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Big thanks to Matthew Mitrik and John Nierenberg for sanitizing three more of the Rosario specifications for download Codename “TFS Bug Submission Portal” Power Tool for Team Foundation Server 2008 Send Mail from TFS Core Linking Work Item Tracking Apparently...

Long ago i learned you really don't get to know your peers/peeps/coworkers until you spend an evening with them and their family. Living this ideal made for a busy week last week as i had one my MVP's stay with us, then had Beth Massi and Sara Ford over...

In getting to know my new team mates i found the Team System development is made up of 5/6 teams. (6 including the MVP's) In this post I am including my first cut of the Team Foundation Team System MVP's roll. I realize I am missing a bunch of people...

I compiled the questions from the forums and internal discussion lists. Q: Where is the Visual Studio 2010 documentation? A: With Beta1 the documentation will only be available online.  This can be found at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library...

Gert and his team are at it again…this time by shipping complete support for SQL Server 2008! Way to go guys!   The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR September CTP is now available for download. This is the last CTP, we started...

Not a lot of new traffic on the forums today but they are good ones!   Q: Is the checking of contracts in static code analysys implemented in beta 1? A: Static checking of contracts is available as a DevLabs download here: http://msdn.microsoft.com...

I am always amazed at how much mail we generate and go through at Microsoft. Lately I was asked to create and send mail on how much mail the ALM MVPs generate (pretty certain the irony of this request was lost on the person requesting it). But in either...

As pretty as the Orange was it needed to go so i thought i would try my hand at painting a car…how hard could it be? Step 1 Put on the Primer Step 2. Shoot some paint (note the engine is back out)     Step 3. Remove Tape Step 4. Reassembly Step...

  Must admit I have a very cool job here at Microsoft…at the most basic level my role is to make sure your experience working with our developer tools is as good of an experience as possible!  …And today my job just got easier!   Hopefully...

Not certain how Microsoft manages to get the incredible people we do to be our MVPs – but I am very glad we do! Today on a call i mentioned not having time to do blog posts for the new features in Visual Studio Update 1 and one of my MVPs (now one of...

Had a couple of people ping me about running Blend 3.0 with Visual Studio 2010.  Blend 3.0 Preview was released two months ago and it is no surprise the two aren’t compatible – yet. When opening a .NET 4.0 project you get the error: “The solution...

With Visual Studio 2010 Beta1 now becoming mainstream i needed to format my work laptop to be able to install it natively –as there was no install for the previous VS 2010 CTP.   Friday i download the Windows 7 RC ISO then realized i didn’t...

Okay the Video on Downloading and installing Visual Studio 2010 isn’t new but i keep getting the question “How do i easily create a virtual image with Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio 2010?” –and Brian Keller does such a great job on this video...

EVENT ABSTRACT Please join Northwest Cadence for this half-day training event on Visual Studio Team System 2008. Successful Adoption of VSTS Are your legacy tools no longer meeting your needs? Is VSS too small for your development team or not well suited...

Note this post has been edited to have people copy the files to their hard drive BEFORE running setup!)   The release candidate of Visual Studio 2010 is only available as iso*…Now for me this isn’t a big deal as ISO’s are the ONLY thing i download...

  The mad man with the camera is still at it.  Today Brian released four more videos –today focused on Team Foundation Server Project management and Processes. His goal is to have 20 by the end of the week! So if you haven’t visited Channel9...

Definitely looking forward to my trip to PDC!  I plan to drive down with Grant Holiday and stopping by Portland Area .Net User Group , then Bay.NET on the way and hitting the SoCal code camp in LA.   I ‘think’ I am doing a WPF/Vista session...

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...

If you missed it this session is definitely worth watching the recording. Mike Azocar presented Scrum-tastic Development with Visual Studio Team System and Light Weight Scrum All the Interaction of the MSDN Chats but with the richer experience of Live...

If anybody can deliver a better presentation than Mike Azocar i believe Steven Borg is it…the fact this session was rated as the second best presentation at TechEd US certainly gives him a running start! MVP TV edition #3: Gaze into the Crystal Ball:...

Just noticed one of the VSTS MVPs Mario Cardinal did an ARCast on Channel9 . Check it out at: ARCast.TV - Mario Cardinal on Layer Module Injection   Also if you speak French make sure and check out Mario’s Visual Studio show at: http://www.visualstudiotalkshow...

I was asked by one of my coworkers “What video’s do we have on VSTS 2010” –turns out mostly due to Brian Keller’s efforts – A LOT. Below is the list i know about: Announcing Visual Studio Team System 2010 Visual Studio Team System 2010 Week on Channel...

I just saw; one of my favorite VSTS MVPs Steven Borg is on the road and doing TONS of VSTS presentations!   COFFEE TALK 5-PART SERIES This 5-part series will bring you from VSTS 2005 to VSTS 2010 with lots in between.   Bring your questions...

(If the tone seems a little strange it is because this was an update to the VSTS Team) Last week one of the VSTS MVPs ( Ed Blankenship ) went WAY beyond the call of duty and spent his vacation time and frequent flyer points to fly himself to Redmond to...

Looking for more information on Visual Studio Team System? Well there are three great sites for you to check out this Holiday season! http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/ http://microsoft.com/visualStudio http://www.visualstudioteamsystem.com/ 10-4  ...