June, 2005

One of my favorite new tools to come out of Microsoft is the new desktop search tool. I keep this tool running over basically all of my computers directories and it can be a real lifesaver at times. When I need to find what source file an interface that...

Recently at work I was called on to fix a bug regarding primary interop assemblies created with tlbimp. Our issue was in finding out how to get the correct company name and version info into the interop assemblies, since tlbimp does not let you specify...

Every third Wednesday of the month at 10am PST there will be public chats for the Team Developer and Team Test editions of Visual Studio Team System. These talks will cover topics such as the Profiler, Test Tools (Unit, Generic and Manual tests), Web...

At our recent TechEd event, one of the most common questions that we are asked it if it is possible to profile a unit test. This is due to developers seeing a unit test running slowly and they want to pop over quickly to the profiler to investigate the...

A few older articles that I forgot to include with my first post. Other Posts: What are Exclusive and Inclusive?! By: SCarroll What is the difference between Elapsed and Application Time?! By: SCarroll Managing how you Profile .Net Code...

I’ve pulled together all of the technical articles and walkthroughs from the various team member blogs that relate to the profiler. If you want some info about how to use the profiler in Visual Studio Team System 2005 this is the place to be. Posts...

One year ago today, I started my full-time (I was also a former summer intern) employment here at Microsoft. It seems like as good a chance as any to reflect on the things that I enjoy about working here. So since June 8 th is the date, here are the top...

Ars Technica has some of the best hardware coverage online. Here is part one of what looks to be an excellent series on the XBox 360. As I’m not a hardcore architecture / hardware guy some Ars articles can be a little dense for me, but they always do...