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Well – the tech preview for Office 2010 is now public – and I am bursting to tell you guys my favorite features of Outlook in Office 14. Being a Microsoftie, I practically live in Outlook…and Outlook 14 has some pretty nifty improvements that I absolutely
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So, we've been heads down building the latest Rosario CTP of VSTT for you guys. Some good new stuff heading your way... more details when we release it ;-) Meanwhile, like you must be knowing already, Orcas is on it's way to RTM . VSTT has some great
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Well known test consultant James Bach has now coined a new term for manual testing - it's called sapient testing . Well, the part of manual testing that is not drudgery is called sapient testing at least. James makes a great point about how manual testing
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OMG! This has got to be the best blog writer tool I have ever seen! Forgive my drooling...but Live writer has just enchanted me with it's great features. The setup is a ZERO hassle process akin to the marvelous setup experiences I've had with Outlook
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Continuing the manual test thread that I started last week, here is a pain point that I experienced first hand while doing a bout of manual testing during a bug bash yesterday. When I file a bug, I need to attach an image to the bug to elucidate the erring
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Raman Sarin has built a device that points to the nearest Starbucks coffee shop from any given location that was showcased in the latest Microsoft TechFest. It is a small wooden box with a compass at the centre that points in the direction of the closest
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Outlook 12 has fulfilled a few wishes off my Office features wish list! First, the To-Do bar is so obviously simple yet so handy. For the first time in my life, I seem to have started using the tasks pane as it was meant to be used! Of course the more
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Yesterday, I happened to attend a talk by Lori Brownell on "Leading at Microsoft". Lori has been at Microsoft for over 18 years and shared some of her experiences working in the company. Clearly, the most fascinating story was of an event that happened
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Dinesh asked me to support training at a deep dive VSTS last week and I readily agreed. I really can't pass an oppurtunity to see how people use our product and hear their feedback. The training was in Bangalore and I have lived in Bangalore for 21 years
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I just finished my web chat session. We had nearly 50 qs asked in an hour or so. I must say it brought back memories of exams... As I went to the conf room with a borrowed laptop, I was nervous. Ok - I was a little more than nervous - bordering on jittery
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at http://www.microsoft.com/india/msdn/chat/default.aspx Join the chat if you want to know about what internationalization is all about and how you can develop your apps for everyone around the world. :)
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Last week, I was out at the movies to watch Hanuman , the new animation movie by Sahara One. Having seen Goblet of Fire FDFS(1st day 1st show), I wanted to watch it again. When I landed at the theatre, I was in a dilemma since tickets to GoF were available!
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Check out http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=143589 to see the team building Team Build! There's a short demo of Team Build that I gave along with Abhinaba We also got most of our team members on tape. Do take a look at the video - I even cleaned
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Hi! After a looooong break, I am back again. So what kept me so long.....first, we had to ship beta 3 of VSTS in September. That meant the entire test team was heads down in a 4 week full test pass to ensure we run our entire colossal set of tests against
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Hi! I am Anu, a tester in the Team Build team, that is a part of the growingly popular Visual Studio Team System. This is my opening blog entry and I intend to share my thoughts about my product, my team and about other general software development and
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