Rangers May 2011 Flash

CodedUI (VSCUG) project is in the middle of sprint 3. The team is working on the guidance outline and also making great progress with the Word Extension for CodedUI testing.
Word4TFS (TFSWP) project is in entrenched in iteration 3. Installers for Office 2007 and 2010 are imminent, which will trigger another wave of rigorous testing.
Branching Guidance (TFSBG) … a preliminary list of Epics for the next release of the guidance is being circulated for refinement and prioritization.
Lab Management Guide (AHE-TFSLM) project is in final technical review by User Education (UE) and VM Factory testing. Release imminent.
Build Customization Guide (ATE-VSBCG) project has just completed the review by User Education (UE) and the final team review. Team is awaiting approval to post to Codeplex. Release imminent.
TFS Iteration Automation (AFE-TFSIA) project is wrapping up the architecture design, with construction planned to commence in sprint 4, starting June.

We added the following new Rangers Index entries this month: Brian Minisi, Danny Crone.

The External Ranger “ Champions ” 2011.1 have been selected by the community of Rangers. Well done Mike, Ed, Francisco and Neno!
The Extended Ranger Champions and the Champion of Champions 2011 have been nominated and will be announced on the Ranger MSDN Landing Page and the Ranger Blog shortly.
The new Rangers Project Nomination process has entered the second phase.
The Visual Studio ALM Rangers manifesto has gone through a few minor revisions and the support by the Rangers is growing.
Bill Heys will be presenting “Branching Techniques for Greater Agility” at the 2011 Engineering Forum on June 6, 2011 in Redmond, WA.
Battling to remember all the Ranger URLs? Just remember https://tinyurl.com/rangersportal, which takes you to our portal where all the URLs, “how-to’s” and other information for the active Rangers can be found.

… no challenge is too big for the Rangers, even if at first it looks impossible J

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