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VSTS Receives 2006 Tester's Choice Awards

January 4, 2007 Jan 4, 2007 01/4/07

Brian Harry

Time for a little marketing blurb again :)  I promise I won't do it too often. In December, Software Test and Performance Magazine announced their Tester's Choice Awards.  You can get a copy of their December issue and read all about it. The Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers won first place in the ".NET Test/Performance...

What's in a Code Name?

December 20, 2006 Dec 20, 2006 12/20/06

Brian Harry

Mary Jo Foley is writing about one Microsoft code name per day on her blog.  I think it's pretty cool and there's a few code names I've never even heard of before.  She has written about a couple of Developer Division code names so I thought I'd add my own colorful commentary. She gives a little history on the VS code name ...

New TFS Tools Available!

December 20, 2006 Dec 20, 2006 12/20/06

Brian Harry

Last night we released version 1.2 of the Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider.  This tool enables a wide range of IDEs to access TFS.  It is available for download here and is for use by anyone who owns a Team Foundation Server Client Access License CAL either by purchasing a VSTS role product (e.g. Visual Studio Team System for ...

Update on Bug fixes in TFS SP1

December 19, 2006 Dec 19, 2006 12/19/06

Brian Harry

A couple of months ago I blogged the list of bug fixes & enhancements in TFS SP1.  Since then, we added a few more.  Here are the additional ones.  Some of them are just about fixing bugs with the patch itself.  I filtered those out of the initial list since they didn't seem that interesting.  However, since this ...

A Team System User's group in Minneapolis too

December 18, 2006 Dec 18, 2006 12/18/06

Brian Harry

I just got email that there's a new Team System users group in Minneapolis now - in addition to the one I mentioned in Boston several weeks ago.  It's great to see the community of people interested in Team System continue to grow.  Here's the link if you'd like to check it out: http://vstsmn.net/Default.aspxBrian...

Visual Studio SP1 is Released!

December 15, 2006 Dec 15, 2006 12/15/06

Brian Harry

I'm happy to announce that VS SP1 (including Visual Studio Team System) has released.  It's been a long time in the making and I know it's been frustrating waiting but it is finally available and there is a ton of good stuff in it.  I've blogged about some of the great TFS improvements here and here.  My understanding is ...

Release Cadence

December 14, 2006 Dec 14, 2006 12/14/06

Brian Harry

Sorry I've been away a while.  It's been almost 2 weeks since I've posted anything of much interest.  It's been crazy trying to get so many things finished up by the end of the year and I just haven't had time to think straight.  I've been trying to figure out what I was going to talk about next now that I've pretty much spilled...

TFS Virtual Labs on MSDN

December 6, 2006 Dec 6, 2006 12/6/06

Brian Harry

There's a cool new offering on MSDN now that enables people to give TFS a try without having to deal with downloading it or installing it or almost anything.  I tried it last night and all I had to do was go to the site, download some small ActiveX control and use the demo.  It included a sidebar script that walked me through step by...

Team Foundation Server Roadmap

November 30, 2006 Nov 30, 2006 11/30/06

Brian Harry

I've been hinting at this coming for while now.  I think I promised it would come out in Dec and here it is on the last day of Nov :).  I hope this is helpful to you in knowing where we are headed and also in giving us feedback on where we are missing the boat.  Please share with us any feedback you have.  We are working on...

MSDN Chats on VSTS

November 29, 2006 Nov 29, 2006 11/29/06

Brian Harry

We've been conducting fairly regular chats on VSTS.  They've been very lively and we've good participation.  The last one was November 8th and the transcript from it is here.  We've got another one coming up on December 6th at 10am PST.  Please join us if you are interested...