Ranger September 2015 Flash – The start of content alignment and discoverability.

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10/09/2015

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news

TFS Upgrade Guide has been retired on CodePlex and moved to MSDN.com and the team blog:
- MSDN: Upgrade your deployment to the latest version of TFS
- Blogs: New Elements of TFS 2015 that influence an upgrade, Short Lead Checklist, Long Lead Preparations, Long Lead Checklist, and Post Upgrade Checklist
Version Control (ex Branching and Merging) Guide has been retired on CodePlex. Watch the space for upcoming articles on VS.com and enjoy the first few supporting blogs in the meantime:
- Alternative Branching Strategies and Frequently Asked Questions
- Branching Strategies: MAIN Only and Simplicity Rules, Development Isolation, Feature Isolation, Release Isolation, and Servicing & Release Isolation
- TFVC: Create a new local workspace, Use the local workspace in online mode, Use the local workspace in offline mode, and Explore the diff and merge tools
New on Channel9: Monthly Catch-up: S89 and VSO Extension Project Template
New on MSDN Magazine: Enabling DevOps on the Microsoft Stack

new community widgets

More cool, productive and recommended community widgets:

more community activity gems worth noticing

The ALM Rangers often engage and deliver value to the ALM community behind the scenes. Here are some of the many nuggets:

Hassan Fadili delivered another community event in Morocco for MSP’s and professionals: https://www.facebook.com/events/953070888082257/
Ricardo Serradas and Vinicius Moura delivered their first (of hopefully many) Sprint 88 - Improvements in Kanban, tests and pull request session.

interesting reads

general
- Self Organizing Teams - what does it really mean?
- Announcing Git-LFS on all VSO Git repos
- Pocket Dialing Paul
- SonarQube Integration Plans
- VS Online Update – Sept 18
- 2015 Ignite New Zealand demo prep:Step 1, Step 2
- Microsoft DevOps workshop in a city near you
- Git Bye Summer
team blog (aka.ms.vsarblog)

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