Ravings of a Microsoft Evangelista

Take a test drive Did you know that there is a HUGE product launch coming soon! That's right, this event will cover SQL Server 2008, Windows Longhorn and Visual Studio 2008. Now the confusing part is what is actually available? Well, Visual Studio 2008...

Not sure why I waited this long to share this awesome techie book site with everyone, but they have the deepest discounts on new books I have seen. Found this place when I was back at NIU, have used them almost exclusively ever since. 45% - 50% of MSPress...

First Look: Top to Bottom of What's “Nu” in MS '08 Technology! Come join Neudesic for a day OUT of the office, learning about the newest Microsoft technologies and implementation strategies. Co-sponsored by Neudesic, Microsoft, Insight and IMG, NuCon...

So I have had at least a half dozen customers ask about this recently, and found a great article on the Code Analysis Team blog . Yoinked from their post ... Technorati Tags: Code Metrics , Check-in Policy , TFS 2008 Can a check-in policy be defined based...

Well, not so new anymore but you may have missed the original announcement like I did. Download the installs and get the details of "What's New" here: TFS 2008 Power Tools: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/tfs2008/bb980963.aspx Team Foundation Server...

It can be a bit overwhelming keeping track of all of the various tools and widgets that have been developed for TFS. Even more so if you want to be able to figure out which ones are the most popular or have the most community support. Wouldn't it be great...

IT Manager Webcast: Application Platform: Getting the Right Build Management Process in Place (Level 200) Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time IT Manager Webcast: Application Platform: Using KPIs to Streamline Development (Level...

Paul Hacker started a new monthly Team Foundation Server newsletter back in December that focuses on a new topic each month, as well as solicits articles from area experts. He has now published his January 2008 Edition - focusing on TFS Build. You'll...

Totally yoinked this from Jim Blizzards email signature. I have already posted some of these over the last 18 months, but hey, you obviously have nothing better to do right now so maybe they are new to you.. There were some really interesting case studies...

I am not particularly endorsing one partner product over another, I just thought this was a really cool way to take advantage of 2 technologies used VERY heavily today in project development in conjunction with Team Foundation Server. I consistently get...

My evangelist buddies kicked off their first listener contest on The Thirsty Developer podcast this week. Listen in and you could win a custom Thirsty Developer Zune80 from Zune Originals . While you’re over there, be sure to subscribe to the podcast...

For any of my buddies in the great White North, we have an event for you. At the January 2008 Wisconsin .NET User Group meeting, I will be conducting a high level overview of all the new technologies included with this triple release, and demo-ing some...

Yoinked from Brian Randell's blog entry : For those of you that want to try out Visual Studio Team System 2008 including Team Foundation Server, without having to go through the process of installing the product, we have recently released two VPC images...

This Week's Featured Videos How Do I: Use the TF Destroy Command in Visual Studio Team System 2008? In this how-to video, we will look at using the TF Destroy command, found in Visual Studio Team System 2008 to permanently delete artifacts out of Team...

Happy Holidays and welcome back! I wanted to kick off the new year with an invite to the next Chicago VSTS User Group Meeting. We will be covering “What’s New in VSTS 2008”. Here are the details: The next session of the Chicago VSTS Users Group will be...

We're excited to announce the second Silicon Prairie Social , a technology networking event in the western Chicago suburbs. The event will be held Thursday, January 24 at Mullen’s Bar & Grill in Lisle. After our successful first event in September...

Are you a Professional Developer or Architect working for a Microsoft Partner Organization in the U.S.? Then you may want to consider joining Partner Huddle, an online social community for members of the Microsoft partner community. To learn more about...

What better way to say I love you than stuffing their stockings with some great p&p content around Application Lifecycle Management :) These guides are now available from MS Press, on vendors sites such as Amazon and BN.com just in time for the holidays...

The Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2008 features and a variety of framework technologies including: LINQ...

Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Team Foundation Server, Team Suite, Architecture Edition, Development Edition, Database Edition, and Test Edition. In addition, discuss what's new for these editions...

December Session - Future of Web Development & Visual Studio 2008 Install-Fest Session 1: A tour of ASP.NET Futures The first release of ASP.NET AJAX significantly changed the game for building responsive, engaging Web user experiences with ASP.NET...

Since VS 2008 shipped a little over a week ago, we have gotten a lot of questions about where you can find it. Well, here is a quick summary of all the ways to get your hands on it (especially if you could not get into any of the VS2008 Holiday parties...

I wish I could hand out cigars and balloons to you all! With all the previews, trials and CTPs that have been floating around, it almost seems anti-climactic that it is finally here. But I am proud, excited, overjoyed to announce that we released Visual...

Working with Builds in Visual Studio 2008 We are going to Deep Dive into Team Build in Visual Studio 2008. We will discuss the following topics: Improved and extended management of Triggers - every check-in, accumulate check-ins in order to prevent an...

I stole this directly from Dave Blogs latest blog entry: Thirsty Developer Opens the Airwaves The Thirsty Developer will be ongoing podcast series where Larry and I[Dave Bost] sit down with some of the great people we meet, maybe over a beverage or two...