Visual Studio 2005 CTP - December 2004 - DVD (English) is now propagating to the MSDN Subscriber Downloads servers. http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/ Here are some visual guides for installing: Two-Computer Install (including Domain Controller...

Quite a backlog of stuff to blog about! However, I think I’ve crossed the line from blog post to newsletter. Visual Studio 2005 Team System, December 2004 CTP If you haven’t heard, we shipped the Dec CTP of Team System last Wednesday, December...

Visual Studio Team System A heads-up from Derek Ferguson , editor-in-chief of the .NET Developer’s Journal ( A Look Back – and Moving Forward ): “Besides the answer to this month's crossword, our January issue will also feature the absolute...

I just posted a new version (1.0.41222) of the Team Foundation Installation Guide for the Visual Studio 2005 Team System December CTP release. This version supersedes the version you’ll see on the DVD. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId...

Visual Studio Team System Chats & Blogs Now blogging: the Visual Studio Team Foundation team ( Introducing the Team Foundation Blog ) – announced by Ling Bao, one of the Program Managers on Team Foundation. Noah Coad asked me to help spread...

Note: Hey, this is just my perspective on CTPs. It should not be construed as an official Microsoft statement on CTPs. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one. What is a CTP? CTP (Community Technology Preview) release are supposed to be a ‘point...

Go away for a week and the queue is filled once again. My apologies for stuff that may be old news for you… Team System Dave Bost follows-up with posts on how his Team System installation went: Team System Install Update (Part 1) Team System Install...

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Visual Studio Team System “From a Team Lead standpoint, it looks absolutely amazing.” – Sean McCormack ( Visual Studio 2005 Team System at DevConnections ) “…there are new "Community Technology Preview" builds of both Visual...

December 26, 1984 Twenty years ago today, I joined the United States Navy as an Electrician’s Mate in the Naval Nuclear Power Program. During my eleven year career in the Navy, I served aboard an aircraft carrier ( USS Eisenhower, CVN-69 video ...

I have half the time at Microsoft that Paul Vick has, but his observations do ring true for a few projects I’ve heard of past and present… Black hole projects I left Office just about the time that Netdocs really started going, but I do know...

If you’re like me, you may choose to use Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 to experiment with Team System. Here’s a document I wish I had found earlier that might make life easier for you when you try to create a private domain: Running Domain...

Just a note about the November CTP that appeared on MSDN Subscriber Downloads late last week… This is not the promised CTP for Visual Studio Team System. That will be available for download as the December CTP sometime before Christmas (knock on...

My team (Visual Studio Team System User Education) now has TWO openings for a Programming Writer , which is a technical writer who writes reference and conceptual documentation for the developer audience. Here're the listings from the Microsoft Careers...

I’ve added some new blog post categories and made some changes. Here’s the current list: Awesome Apps (rss) – non-Microsoft applications I really enjoy. Favorites ( rss ) – posts with links to useful stuff I may need later, and you may find useful, too...

Yes, I'll make a resolution That I'll never make another one Just enjoy this ride on my trip around the sun Just enjoy this ride ... Until it's done – Trip Around the Sun This time of year, most people make promises to themselves about what they’ll...