June is going to be a busy time of people who follow Microsoft technology. We have two conferences that will occur: TechEd and //BUILD. IMO, TechEd is the Microsoft conference you attend if you want learn all about what’s current at Microsoft, best practices...

In a previous article , I talked about how TFS treats check-ins as atomic transactions. In a nutshell, when the check-in is initiated, Visual Studio will provide TFS with some basic information about the check-in. like the number of files and the work...

Brian Keller has updated the Visual Studio 2012 ALM VM and hands-on labs to include VS 2012 Update 2 . All labs have been revised slightly based on Update 2, with two labs gaining new exercises which demonstrate Update 2 capabilities. It’s a pretty large...

When I talk to customers about how they keep track of changes of their source code, you may (or may not) be surprised with what I hear. They range from using some source code control management (SCCM) tool to archive files using ZIP or RAR files. Hopefully...

One of the aspects of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is that its about process. The other two being people and products. Part of the process is managing the portfolio of projects an organization is responsible for, manage the people that can work...

As a software developer, I always found that Windows Server was the better operating system to use because I had access to IIS, could install the full version of SQL Server, and most importantly, Hyper-V. When ever I first got a workstation and installed...

I've been talking to a lot of customers recently about Team Foundation Server (TFS) as a source code control management (SCCM) tool. Some are coming from Visual SourceSafe while others are coming from other SCCM tools. Regardless of what SCCM tool they...

DevOps, as mentioned in one of my previous articles , is about Developer-Operations. One aspect of DevOps people overlook is about ensuring your building healthy systems. When I was previously responsible for Quality Assurance and Operations Developers...

In case you were wondering when the next //BUILD conference would be, wait no longer! The //BUILD conference’s website was updated today letting the world know what the conference will be held in San Francisco, CA at the Moscone Center on June 23-28....

Last week, Microsoft released System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 . Having been an operations manager before, there’s a lot of enhancements that would have made me happy in that former life. What really gets me excited is that this service pack are...

As a technical evangelist for Microsoft, I do a lot of traveling to visit customers to talk about our technology. I often have more than one device with me in order to access corporate and personal email, do technical presentations/demonstrations, and...

DevOps (Development-Operations) is getting a lot of buzz as of late yet the need to get this under control has been around for years. With that said, here are some upcoming webcasts from InCycle Software on how Visual Studio 2012 supports DevOps. Simply...

With the recent launch of the Windows Phone 8 devices, a lot of customers are asking about what does it take to develop to the new devices. There’s a lot of blog articles and individual sessions throughout Channel 9 ; however, two that I would recommend...

A lot of operations folks I come across love the fact that TFS (Team Foundation Server) doesn’t require a full time administer to keep tabs on the environment, configuration, etc. With that said, the usually follow-up that statement with this question...

This is certainly an exciting time at Microsoft. Just a few months again, we launched Visual Studio and .NET 4.5 to the world. At the same time, we also launched Windows 8 to the world. And since then, we’ve be releasing new versions of every current...

  Northwest Cadence is excited to provide you with FREE webcast events around Visual Studio 2012!  There are also a variety of training offerings available. Be sure to register to reserve your (virtual) seat! Refactoring Without Fear: Architecture...

Attend a free Developer Workshop and create your first-to-market app. There's never been a better time to build apps and games. With over 630 million licenses sold worldwide, Windows 8 represents the single biggest developer opportunity to date. Hardware...

As a tester, more times than not you need to prove to the developer that just because the application compiled and worked on their machine, its not working in the Test Environment (or even the Dev Environment for that matter). Depending on the application...

At last year’s //Build conference, we announced the preview of Team Foundation Services hosted on Windows Azure. For about 6 months, the only way to get on the services was if you were given a registration code from someone from Microsoft. Then we removed...

THANK YOU for every who attended the “ The New Era of Work” Launch Event in Los Angeles and a special THANK YOU for those who attended my sessions. I appreciate your attention, feedback, and interaction! For those of you who are interested in the slides...

In my role at Microsoft, I do a lot of demos against virtual machine (VM) environments so I can do repeatable demos from customer to customer, event to event. Those environments are great but often times they are limited to a single environment. What...

I’ve been MSDN user since it was actually called the Microsoft Developer Network. But whether you’re brand new to the subscription or a long time user like me, it has always been beneficial to have a subscription. Well late last week, we just made it...

Here are some upcoming webcasts from our ALM partner InCycle Software ! Managing an agile backlog with TFS 2012 – a Product Owner’s perspective Visual Studio 2012 has not only improved the life of developers but product owners as well! As a PO, managing...

During one of the SoCal VS 2012 Launch Roadshow events, one of the participants had asked how can they provide feedback to the Visual Studio team. Martin Hinshelwood , one of the presenters at the event mentioned that there is a way. It’s call the Visual...

Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell from the Internet Talk Show .NET Rocks have been on the road since September 19 doing their .NET Rocks! Visual Studio Launch Road Trip and they will be coming through the West Region towards the end of November. At each...