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Microsoft UK Events & Courses Roundup
It’s not a definitive list but I’m aware of a few UK events on the horizon around Visual Studio,...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/16/2010
What’s new in Testing for Visual Studio 2010 RC
Although the Release Candidate’s purpose was to tackle the performance issues identified in the IDE...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/14/2010
Visual Studio 2010 RC Stress Testing
This post form Kirill Osenkov is an interesting summary of the improvements that have been made in...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/14/2010
Upgrading Modelling Projects from Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 to the RC
If you had any modelling projects in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, and you’ve installed the RC, then...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/12/2010
Where are the TFS 2010 Web Services?
If you need to give the TFS 2010 data warehouse a kick or change the update interval then you’ll...
Author: rerwin Date: 02/11/2010
Installing from ISO files – handy utilities
I’ve replaced my DVD drive on my laptop with a second hard drive. This means I have enough room to...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/10/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate Released for General Download
Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server and .NET 4.0 have now been released for general download –...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/10/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate Available
Visual Studio 2010, Team Foundation Server 2010 and .NET 4.0 Release Candidates are all available...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/09/2010
Creating an automated test from a manual test with Visual Studio 2010
I really like the capability to create automated tests from manual tests in Visual Studio 2010. I’ve...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/02/2010
New UK ALM User Group
Stuart Preston has formed a new UK Application Lifecycle Management User Group. To steal the...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/02/2010
How to use the Iteration Planning spreadsheet with TFS Basic
With TFS 2008 I used to have a virtual machine running Windows Server, SQL Server and SharePoint...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/31/2010
Link your Sketchflow UI Designs to VS2010 Use Cases
I was putting together a demo this week and came across this post detailing how to link your VS2010...
Author: rerwin Date: 01/29/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Testing Tools Videos
A whole series of videos showing the Visual Studio Test tools in action has been posted here. I...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/29/2010
Registration has opened for the Microsoft Architect Insight Conference 2010
The fifth annual Microsoft Architect Insight Conference builds once again on the success of previous...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/28/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Seminar in Edinburgh
Black Marble, one of our UK Inner Circle Partners for Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server, is...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/28/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Courses and Events – places available
The following Visual Studio 2010 courses are going to be run at the Microsoft Campus in Reading, and...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/28/2010
Update to the “Step Up” offer end date
As the launch date for Visual Studio 2010 has moved from March 22nd to April 12th, the “Step Up”...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/26/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Launch Date Announced
And it’s 12th April 2010. This falls into the better late than never category as I realised I hadn’t...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/25/2010
Current status of performance improvements in VS 2010 Beta 2
Really interesting post here on the results of the performance improvement work that’s been taking...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/25/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server Requirements Management Guidance
The Rangers have released guidance on Requirements Management with Visual Studio 2010. The content...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/17/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Training for Testers
There’s a lot in the new testing capabilities of Visual Studio 2010; the new Test and Lab Manager...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/13/2010
TFS 2010 Upgrade Guide
The TFS Rangers have just posted a TFS 2010 Upgrade Guide on codeplex. Here’s the overview: Visual...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/13/2010
UML Profiles in Visual Studio 2010
It might be somewhat of a dry topic but I’ve found UML Profiles to be very useful in the past for...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/12/2010
“Step up” to the value in Visual Studio 2010
As a reminder of a one-time offer not to be missed, the next versions of the Visual Studio products...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/05/2010
Want do you want for Christmas? Yes, TFS virtual machines galore…
Loads of new Virtual Machines to download. Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010:...
Author: gdavi Date: 12/24/2009
New Talmia Video Overview
Talmia is a really clever and well implemented process automation engine for Team Foundation Server...
Author: gdavi Date: 12/24/2009
UKVSTS on Twitter
I’ve started to tweet about Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server here: @ukvsts. I haven’t...
Author: gdavi Date: 12/09/2009
Free Silverlight/WPF Training Workshop, Reading, 10th Dec (tomorrow)
Some places have become available on a workshop tomorrow at the Microsoft campus at Reading. This is...
Author: gdavi Date: 12/09/2009
A patch for TFS 2010 Beta 2 is available
If you haven’t seen it take a look at this post from Brian Harry. the first of three patches for TFS...
Author: gdavi Date: 12/09/2009
Visual Studio 2010 and ALM Seminar in London on the 17th Dec
One of our Visual Studio Inner Circle Partners, Black Marble, is delivering a seminar in London on...
Author: gdavi Date: 12/08/2009
Visual Studio Gallery Extensions for Visual Studio 2010
I’ve been meaning to have a look at some of the extensions available for VS 2010 in the Visual...
Author: gdavi Date: 11/22/2009
TFS 2010 Power Tools – Coming Soon
A really good update on the release of the Power Tools for TFS 2010 in Brian Harry’s blog. Key...
Author: gdavi Date: 11/19/2009
Installing TFS 2010 on Windows Home Server
A really interesting blog from Jason Neave on getting TFS Basic up and running on Windows Home...
Author: gdavi Date: 11/12/2009
Microsoft has Acquired the Teamprise Client Suite
Very interesting and exciting news – Microsoft has acquired the Teamprise Client Suite that provides...
Author: gdavi Date: 11/09/2009
Enabling Code Coverage in VS 2010 Beta 2
A quick “how-to” as the steps to enable code coverage are different in Beta 2. To enable code...
Author: gdavi Date: 11/06/2009
Migrate Existing Test Cases To TFS 2010
If you have been looking at the new Test & Lab Manager with Visual Studio 2010 and you're...
Author: rerwin Date: 11/06/2009
What Does The Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2“Go Live” Licence Mean?
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and .NET Framework 4 are declared as “go live” releases. What does this...
Author: gdavi Date: 10/19/2009
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Is Available
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is available from MSDN now. It will be made generally available on the...
Author: gdavi Date: 10/19/2009
How TFS 2010 Provides Even Better Support For Small Teams
Great post from Brian Harry on how TFS 2010 can be installed on client machines with minimal...
Author: gdavi Date: 10/02/2009
Get ready for Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 2: Chat with the TFS Setup and Admin Team
I’ve copied the blurb from the post for a LiveMeeting on installing TFS 2010 Beta 2 on the 15th...
Author: gdavi Date: 09/29/2009
Mainframe Support for TFS from Teamprise
I thought this was an interesting blog post from Martin Woodward at Teamprise discussing how they...
Author: gdavi Date: 09/29/2009
Windows 7 RTM Available to all MSDN Subscribers on August 6
On August 6th, the first public release of Windows 7 will be to MSDN Subscribers, which is over two...
Author: Jon Pratt Date: 08/03/2009
Quest Releases Beta of Oracle DSP for Visual Studio Team System 2010
Quest Software has released a public beta of “Project Fuze,” a database schema provider (DSP) for...
Author: Jon Pratt Date: 07/27/2009
New TFS Migration Solutions Page
There’s a new consolidated summary of the TFS migration and integration solutions available here....
Author: gdavi Date: 07/12/2009
Automated Build Video
I’ve put together a video on the automated build capabilities of Team Foundation Server. I thought...
Author: gdavi Date: 06/12/2009
Code Quality with The Development Edition
I thought it might be interesting to quickly demonstrate how you can go beyond unit testing with...
Author: gdavi Date: 06/03/2009
Second Video in the Series – MY First TEam Project
To follow up on Rich’s video What is Visual Studio Team System I’ve added a second video to the...
Author: gdavi Date: 05/27/2009
Bringing Your TFS Process Template To Life with Talmia
A couple of weeks ago Giles and I made the journey up to Harrow to check out a new VSTS add-in from...
Author: rerwin Date: 05/20/2009
First in a Series of Videos – What is Visual Studio Team System
So we’ve been planning to produce some videos for a while now and we aim to build up a good library...
Author: rerwin Date: 05/19/2009