Background Microsoft platforms (particularly the Microsoft application platform) would not enjoy the success they have had without the Microsoft Partner Program , which helps cultivate a thriving ecosystem of experts who extend and build upon these...

I recently helped a friend publish a business Web site that is a Christmas present for her husband, who owns the business. Originally, I was going to use Visual Web Developer , but I found a basic, inexpensive FrontPage Web site template that did everything...

If you want to get an evaluation copy of Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite (or Visual Studio 2005 Professional, SQL Server 2005, or Team Foundation Server), but you don't have an MSDN subscription to download a copy, you can order a disc from this site. ...

For MSDN Subscribers, the Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server CTP - December 2005 (English) is available for download on MSDN Subscriber Downloads. However, be sure to read the fine print (I’ve highlighted some sections in bold ): Visual...

I’ve blogged about Project Allerton in the past, which was a project created by SourceGear that was later spun-off as its own company, Teamprise , to provide a Java-based client to access Team Foundation Server from other IDEs and platforms. I received...

See Brian Harry's blog for a post with major news about Team Foundation Server scalability.

If you attended a Ready Launch 2005 tour event, you probably saw this in action. During one of the keynote demos, we showed you an Outlook add-in from Personify Design (called Teamlook) that was used to create a new work item from within Outlook. The...

My teammates are reviving the blog we had started to use for posting preliminary docs and tips on using Help. Susan just posted some new docs for your review. Any feedback we can receive would be greatly appreciated. After all, we don’t want to go down...

Earlier this month, the Why Visual Studio page was launched on MSDN. In addition to an evaluation guide of Visual Studio features and a showcase of software life cycle scenarios , you'll also find links to the following series of white papers that focus...

Be sure to visit my team's blog to review some additional prerelease documentation: As promised, we're back again this week with advance-copy looks at two documents concerning Team Foundation Server security: Team Foundation Server Security Concepts...

In Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Refresh, a change was made to provide a unique, but random name for the SharePoint configuration database. However, in the Team Foundation Server Beta 3 to Beta 3 Refresh Migration Guide, a step was missing to reconfigure...

The Team Foundation Server setup experience has been evolving for over a year now in response to feedback we've received from people like you. While we've made significant progress since that first release last year as Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh...

We have a Team System Reviewer’s Guide from earlier this year available for download. It’s a leftover from Beta 2, but the information isn’t too far off. We have a revision in the works that’ll reflect the final shipping version of Team System, including...

Sanjay Narang has written an article for DevX.com on combining Team System with Microsoft Project. I haven't had the opportunity to read it, but if you have please feel free to leave a comment. Combine Microsoft Project and Visual Studio Team System...

Still using Visual Studio 6 and wishing you had an integrated Team Foundation Version Control experience? Now you can! As noted below, the Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider is now available for download . You should note that this version is intended...

We just posted for download a new CHM help file containing the following prerelease documentation in support of DSL Tools. Overview of Domain-Specific Language Tools Describes the architectural model of the Domain-Specific Language Tools. Domain...

Want some insight on Team Foundation Build? Head over to Channel 9 for this video. Anutthara Bharadwaj & Abhinaba Basu show us around the product unit team of Team [Foundation] Build, an out of the box build system providing end-to-end integration...

James Newkirk has released the first RC of his NUnit conversion tool for migrating NUnit unit tests to Visual Studio 2005 Team System: The first Release Candidate of the NUnit Converter has been uploaded to the GotDotNet workspace. It supports the...

Charles Young has a great article in his blog on MSF 4.0 that covers MSF in general and the two MSF process templates that ship with Team System. I believe MSF represents a subtle change in Microsoft's attitude. The promotion of MSF in conjunction...

Barton Friedland has a great post about his company’s experiences with Team System (warts and all) and in particular, Team Foundation Server, that concludes with what I think is a great quote: But what is most interesting to me about all of this is...

You’ll want to add this site to your Favorites: Visual Studio Team System TechNotes TechNotes are short, focused technical articles that explain a specific concept or walk through a particular scenario. TechNotes are intended to supplement the...

I just finished uploading some new builds of MSF content. If you visit the Microsoft Downloads center, you’ll find these are updated with new releases: MSF for Agile Software Development (Process Guidance Only) – Build 100 MSF for Agile Software...

For the curious (me), these are the ten most popular posts on this blog in 2005, which I determiend using an arbitrary system based on Web hits, aggregator hits, and comments. Also, I didn't count the "New Team System Stuff" posts I used to do. ...

Andy Leonard is working on a series of articles that present a visual guide to installing Team Foundation Server (currently for the December 2005 CTP) in a single-server deployment in a Virtual PC from the ground up. You may recall that Dave Bost wrote...

At TechEd 2005 in June, I sat down with Paul Ballard to discuss blogging, Team Foundationg Server installation, and MSF. In the video I talk about our plans (at the time) to distribute differencing disks for hands-on labs and samples. Perhaps that'll...