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We are in the final testing phases of our final CTP ( CTP7 ). ( Think of this as our release candidate! ). CTP7 will be out early next week. I want to discuss a couple of important topics about the upcoming release in this post. CTP7 Installation Requirements...

DBPro supports an offline development model. This is a key notion to understand if you are to realize the full potential of Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals ( aka "Data Dude" or "DBPro" ). Many folks do not quite understand the...

This has been a fantastic day! Today at the SQL PASS conference, we publicly announced our RTM ( Release To Manufacturing ) date, and have announced additional content to the MSF Agile and MSF CMMI process guidance templates. CA also announced an integration...

Please follow this link to get our final CTP before release! Please be sure to read my post from yesterday , and be sure to check out Gert's post for more lower level details about the CTP. Onward!

We had our first DBPro specific chat today. What a blast! We over a 100 questions roll in that kept most of the team hopping for about an hour! Thanks to all the folks who participated in the chat! Here's the transcript of the session if you're interested...

Another all-up Visual Studio Team System Chat is planned for tomorrow. These chats have been going over very well, giving folks like yourself the ability to get in and ask some questions with VSTS team members. So if you have some thoughts / questions...

I mentioned in my last post the availability of the new MSF process guidance that included the DBPro content, but failed to mention where you can actually download that content and check it out. If you are interested in the MSF for Agile content, click...

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