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The Ottawa .Net Community community is having ET present on Process Templates in VSTS   Description :  This presentation will focus on the creation of new process templates and the various customization options that are made available to you...

I know with all the noise about the next version of Visual Studio Team System code named Rosario it seems weird to have a post on how to get started on VSTS 2008 – but i have had three requests for this type of information in the last two days.  ...

Brian Keller has done an incredible job pulling together 20! Rosario Videos which is he is gong to release through out the week. The first 6 are already live: Announcing Visual Studio Team System 2010 Visual Studio Team System 2010 Week on Channel 9!...

This topic area is maintained by Microsoft technical evangelists to bring you all of the latest Channel 9 videos and other content related to Visual Studio and the .NET Framework. Check it out at: http://channel9.msdn.com/VisualStudio/ September 29th...

Just a reminder if you are playing with Rosario and want to supply feedback or need help their are two places you can go:   For help with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Code named Rosario please see:  Team Foundation Server Code named...

Mike Azocar (one of the authors of the VSTS Lightweight Scrum template) will be presenting: Scrum-tastic Development with Visual Studio Team System and Light Weight Scrum Thursday, September 25 th , 2008 | 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT, Redmond time) https:/...

I went to the Visual Basic User group this evening knowing it was going to be good one with Beth Massi covering WPF Databinding but was still pleasantly surprised to see several members of the Visual Basic Team in attendance.  Come to find out the...

I just recently upgraded my X61 laptop from Vista 32 bit to dual booting Windows Server 2008 64 bit and Windows Vista 32 bit.  The primary reason was to take advantage of the 4gb of RAM that came with the laptop.  I must admit i had expected...

  Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) in Visual Studio 2008 Web Seminar Series Application lifecycle management is a comprehensive approach to envisioning, architecting, developing, deploying and maintaining a software solution. In this series...

Good friend and fellow community person Beth Massi is in town this week; doing her stuff with WFP and Databinding – see you there!   Date: Monday 9/22/2008 Event: Visual Basic Meeting Location: Microsoft Building 40, Steptoe Room #1450 Time: ...

In the last three days I have had three different MVPs express an interest in what my day to day job really looks like as well as one person call out my name in a community blog post musing: “I wonder what their (Microsoft community people) KPIs are”...

Despite loving the book snowcrash I am not a huge fan of Second Life – but I am sure having a VSTS User Group in Second life will make all the difference in the world! For more information please see: http://www.tsug-ve.com/   TSUG VE for Second...

Matt and the team just released new versions of the TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit and TFS to TFS Migration Tool Congrats Guys!

I just found out last night that our partner group has done a great job of pulling together lots of VSTS. While the training is targeted partners/ISV’s it does not require you to be partner just to register.  Also despite some of the training is...

I am only going to be able to stick around for the first half but looks to be a good night When: Tuesday, September 16th, 2008      Where: Microsoft HQ, Redmond, WA Building #: Building #:36 Room: 1106 Time: Meeting Start 6:15...

I just discovered the Partner group offers free VSTS training on a regular basis.  Tomorrows training is on Version Control.  To access the training you first need to register at: http://www.isvinnovation.com After you register you can access...

The next Team Test Special Interest group will take place on Monday September 22 nd from 3-5:00PM in the Kalaloch Room of Microsoft Building 35 ( map ). The August Session will follow the following schedule: 1. Discussion on Leveraging and Using Requirements...

If you haven’t checked out Fitnesse yet and happen to live in North Carolina this looks to be your lucky week!  Building real world, quality applications Mark Arnott... and others Fri Sept 19 at 12 noon      http://trinug...

I just received an invitation to what looks to be a killer event hosted by DPE India called “Virtual Tech Days” and it made me wonder – i wonder if this style event is the death of our loved events from yesteryear like Dev Days . …I certainly hope not...

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 @ 6 PM Requirements Management – Chris Tullier Chris Tullier will discuss how TFS and partner tools that integrate with TFS can help your software development team discover software requirements and ensure that these requirements...

Maor David just pointed out i missed the Israel ALM Usergroup in my New User groups post …and looking at their presentation on Camano last night a user group definitely worth visiting! http://vstskb.net/blog/

For all the VSTS Videos Please see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts2008/test/bb507749.aspx   Join Richard Hundhausen as we learn how to use the TFPT UNSHELVE command, part of the Team Foundation Server 2008 Power Tools, to overcome a limitation...

MVP TV - Scrum-tastic Development with Visual Studio Team System and Light Weight Scrum                      All the Interaction of the MSDN Chats but...

One of the coolest things of working at Microsoft is that i get to hang out with the Xbox and Games developers.  One of the first i met after coming back to Redmond was Sheridan Martin SMALL - a producer working on what the next generation of what...

Domestic VSTS Usergroups · Minnesota VSTS · Indy TFS · MA VSTS Usergroup · Omaha Team System · Dallas VSTS · Chicago Visual Studio Team System Users Group · Seattle Team System Usergroup · A new New York City VSTS user group (NEW!) · A virtual VSTS Usergroup ...