Hello,

With the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2010, the Library Experience team is consolidating its blogs. This blog will be retired. Paul O'Rear (a.k.a The Help Guy) will be blogging about the new help system in his blog. Here is a bit about Paul from his blog:

For the last 8 years that I've been working at Microsoft, I've worked a lot with Visual Studio Industry Partners (VSIPs) and their need to integrate their Help content with the various versions of Visual Studio that we've been shipping since around 2000. To many of them I've become "the Help guy." Also, for many teams in Microsoft who have tried to work with that Help system (Microsoft Help 2.x) I've become the go-to guy for getting answers.

Even before working at Microsoft though, I've always been passionate about "helping" people with Help related conundrums. I was even a Microsoft Help MVP for several years, and oversee the current Help MVPs now. I just can't help myself!

Paul's blog won't replace Kimberly Wolk's blog. Kim is the Product Unit Manager responsible for the MSDN TechNet Publishing System (MTPS), the MSDN and TechNet online libraries and the new Help Viewer released with Visual Studio 2010. Her blog will continue to provide a high level view into help - offline and online, and deep dives into the technical and business aspects of shipping the new help system. Kim's blog is focused on content consumers, while Paul's blog is geared towards content producers.

The team monitors and contributes to both blogs. We look forward to engaging with you and hearing your feedback on current and future offerings in the help arena. Please update your links and RSS feeds.

Regards,

Library Experience Team