April 2008 - Posts
Driving Predictability, Visibility, and Control into your Software Development Process Want to learn more about Visual Studio Team System without having to leave your own home or office? Simply register to attend our weekly VSTS webcast series. Every
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One of our consultants has created a how-to-video to demonstrate how the tfs-to-tfs migration tool works. This video covers the following scenario: - Individual Project has to be migrated from TFSSERVER1 to TFSSERVER2 - 1 Team Project Named “Pilot Project”
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Some VERY BIG THINGS, that's what. Lets start with WIWA. What the heck is WIWA? Well, Hakan's blog has way more info but here is a preview: WIWA is a Web UI that allows using some work item tracking features even if the user doesn’t have a Client Access
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April Meeting: Java Development with Team System Ed Thomson from Teamprise will be presenting on using Team System for developing applications using non-.NET languages like Java. Yes, it can be done. :) If you are in a multi-language development shop,
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Heroes Happen Here Launch in Second Life -- April 26th, 2008 Once again we are poised to make history for Microsoft by holding the first ever full-fledged Launch event in Second Life. With less than two weeks to go I wanted to post again about the event
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Database C hange M anagement U sing Team System 2008 Ever make a bunch of changes to your database then lose track of what you’ve changed? Frustrated with trying to come up with consistent, “meaningful” test data to test your applications? Wish you could
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Did you know you could disable a Continuous Integration build process from firing as result of a check-in event? You simply need to add ***NO_CI*** to the check-in comment. I can't take the credit, this is Buck's little nugget of wisdom. I just thought
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There is now a new site for signing up for Chicago and Downers Grove based VSTS User Group meetings. We will use this site going forward to post new events, share presentations and demos as they are available, and as a general landing pad for VSTS User
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This Week's Featured Video How Do I: Write a Simple Custom Policy? Join Pat Tormey as he demonstrates how to write a simple custom policy to add to your existing Team Foundation Server development environment. He will walk you through the design, show
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Did you miss the Chicago and Indianapolis launches? Live in the Chicago or Northern Indiana Area? Well, now is your chance. This is a combined Launch Event for all 3 Microsoft products. Come on by to meet the speakers, grab some dinner, get some awesome
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Get free support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (All Languages). Unlimited installation and compatibility support is available at no charge until March 18, 2009 . You do need a Windows Live ID to use this service. Additional Resources TechNet provides
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I know this is old news, I found it in my drafts folder in <shameless product plug> Windows Live Writer </shameless product plug> and had never actually published it. Figured maybe it was news to you :) DOH! Our hard-core and super-cool VSTS
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Notion Solutions delivers webcasts every Thursday. The sessions are designed to provide customers with a solid understanding of how Team System’s role-based tools support the entire software development team, including architects, developers, testers,
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Agile Testing: Test Early and Often for Better Software Quality Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Time: 2:00 PM Eastern; 11:00 AM Pacific; 1:00 PM Central About the Webcast: It is cheaper and faster to fix defects early in the development lifecycle. With
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Apr 22, 08 2pm EST Topic: New Testing Features in VSTS 2008 Abstract: Visual Studio Team System 2008 introduces new capabilities to help drive higher application quality, including AJAX application testing and correlation, more quality metrics, and more
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bookpool's Sale of the Month: Wrox Press See all Wrox Titles - at 45% Off See Wrox New Releases - at 50% Off Professional ASP.NET 3.5: in C# and VB This new edition helps the experienced programmer put key new developer features including AJAX, LINQ,
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Event Code: 126869 4/8/2008 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Welcome Time: 4/8/2008 5:55 PM Central Time Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. 404 North Hershey Road Bloomington, IL 61704 USA driving directions General Event Information Featured Products/Topics: Visual Studio
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DevCares , delivered and hosted quarterly by our Partners is designed to keep you up to date on the cutting-edge technologies that provide the fastest means for building and deploying state-of-the-art applications. DevCares is a FREE half-day technical
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