Ranger Flash – August 2013

We have a number of projects on final landing approach and a few that have just landed:

Related announcements

• ALM Readiness Treasure Map – Release 2 available in the Windows Store
• Visual Studio Unit Test Generator v1 “lands”
• ¿Habla Español? … Testing Unitario con Microsoft® Fakes
• ALM Rangers DevOps Workbench Express Edition BETA is available

Channel 9 Interviews by Brian Keller

• Introducing the Unit Test Generator for Visual Studio
• Introducing Deployment Workbench Express Edition
• TWC9: Windows 8.1 RTM's, VS Unit Test Generator, more Azure GA's and more

New and updated family members

• Please welcome the following new Associate ALM Rangers: Amit Gupta, Ben Roscorla, Bryon Root, Dan Hellem, Edward Fry, Evgeniy Berenshtein, Leandro Prado, Mohideen Abdul Kader Sandhu Muzafargani, Nirav Khandhedia and Yang Zheng.
• Please welcome the ALM Rangers Neno Loje and Zayd Kara who joined our Honorary ALM Rangers.

Why are you using these latest Visual Studio Extensions?

• MyHistory
• Sprint Burndown+

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Other interesting ALM Rangers News

• Hosam Kamel has updated the ALMRangers https://twitter.com/#!/HosamKamel/almrangers list, which now contains 73 rangers.
• Francisco adds Spanish Poster to ALM Assessment Community Content
• Planning and Upgrade teams would appreciate your candid feedback!
• ¿Habla Español? … Testing Unitario con Microsoft® Fakes
• ALM Rangers Flight Plan … at your mouse click!
• Status on the new eBook re-styling for ALM Ranger Guides
• Team Foundation Service Update – Aug 19
• Exploring the Unit Test Generator VS Extension v1.RC Feedback and Bug Resolutions
• TFS Planning Guide updated with new style and content fixes
• Richard Hundhausen adds value and a sprinkle of fun to the ALM community
• Gearing up for the new crisper ALM Ranger guides, which will evolve into eBooks in future

Other News

• Register Now For Team Foundation Server 2013 Upgrade Weekend
• TFS Internal Usage Statistics - 1st Half CY 2013
• VS/TFS 2012.4 (Update 4) RC 2 is available
• TFS Agile Poker for Windows 8
• Releasing a Planning Poker Application and multi sprint burn down chart
• South-African ALM Rangers should really enjoy this “made in SA” song … Take some time to listen to a great song by the the Illustrators - Make Love!

Tell us about your success stories!

Are you aware of a success story in which the Visual Studio ALM Rangers and/or their solutions have accelerated the adoption of Visual Studio, unblocked an engagement and/or resulted in a :)(happy) user?

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