Computer Business Review: Microsoft Bringing Partners into ALM Platform

Computer Business Review Online has this article today about the services Visual Studio Team System uses that will enable partners to integrate, too.

Microsoft Bringing Partners into ALM Platform - Computer Business Review

Microsoft Corp will next month come a step closer to realizing its emerging Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) vision, by releasing a series of XML schemas underpinning its recently announced Visual Studio 2005 Team System.
The schemas will help partners integrate their own ALM tools with the planned Visual Studio 2005 Team System, due in the first half of 2005, providing a foundation for communication between distributed members of an ALM team.