Be sure to read Jack Vaughan’s interview with Team System product planner Sam Guckenheimer on TheServerSide.NET ( Sam Guckenheimer, software engineering and VSTS ). Sam Guckenheimer’s “Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual...

In Brian Harry ’s recent Tech Ed 2006 and Stuff in the pipe for Team Foundation Server posts, he talked about a forthcoming Team Foundation Server service pack. This service pack will include a number of fixes and improvements, including basic authentication...

As reported by Darryl Taft in eWeek ( Microsoft Releases CodePlex with 30 Projects ), we launched CodePlex 1.0 today. As you may recall, CodePlex uses Team Foundation Server for version control and work item tracking. It adds forums and RSS feeds to create...

From Component Software comes another new application for Team Foundation Server, TFSLinks . If you miss the shared file feature of Visual SourceSafe, TFSLinks can providing similar functionality. The TFSLinks product maintains the relations between...

Time is running out! The Step-up to Suite promotion ( Step-Up to Team Suite ), which allows you to renew existing MSDN subscriptions to Team Suite with MSDN Premium at renewal pricing, expires this Friday, June 30th. For a limited promotional period...

If you’d like some insight into the next release of Visual Studio, code-named "Orcas", visit the Visual Studio Future Versions site. On that site, you’ll find a roadmap that provides a brief overview of what to expect in "Orcas". Visual Studio Code...

Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell interviewed Team Edition for Database Pros product unit manager Cameron Skinner , and development manager Gert Drapers for .Net Rocks! about this new addition to Team System ( Cameron Skinner and Gert Drapers on DataDude...

Earlier this month, Grant Holliday created a great little utility, TFS Bug Snapper , to simplify the process of attaching screen captures to work items in Team Foundation Server. While you’re at it, take a look at his Clipboard Image Monitor , which...

Howard van Rooijen released an update to his Team Foundation Server Notification Web Services project template. See his ProjectDistributor.net site for the details and download. You can download the updated Visual Studio 2005 Project Template from...

On Friday, Brian Harry blogged an update about our (Developer Division) dogfooding of Team Foundation Server over the last month, which includes lessons learned about our SAN usage and the latest stats. The big learning (for me) in the past month...

Jon Baker offers his initial take of the first Team Edition for Database Professionals CTP release on his SqlJunkies.com blog: I finally got around to installing Data Dude on my PC to try it out. Having used a number of tools in the past, I was...

Roy Osherove tackles a subject that is a frequent topic of discussion on blogs, forums, and at conferences – adopting a version control strategy in Team System. I was recently asked by a client who I'm helping to integrate Team System, to...

When we moved the MSDN Product Feedback Center to Microsoft Connect ( Product Feedback Center Now Part of Microsoft Connect ), we also assigned new IDs to each feedback item imported into the system. If you are trying to find an item on Microsoft Connect...

Since its launch two weeks ago ( MSDN Wiki ), 165 contributors added 744 content blocks to 613 topics in MSDN Wiki! In my opinion, that’s not a bad start; however, most of those contributions appear to come from two Microsoft employees. I think...

Trial editions of Visual Studio 2005 Team System software (Team Suite and Team Foundation Server) are now available for download from Microsoft Downloads. Some localized releases are also available, but others should be available soon. The trials are...

For a look at what Team Edition for Database Professionals has to offer, watch these high-quality videos to see demonstrations of: Importing a Database Schema and Adding it to Team Foundation Server Source Code Control Creating a Test Project...

A new release of the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider is now available for download. This release includes the following changes: GetLatest on Checkout support Work items can be modified in the check-in window Setup...

If you plan to customize MSF process guidance, you want to go read this six-part series of articles by Allison Bokone that provides the most thorough coverage available on the topic. Customizing the MSF Process Guidance Customizing Activities...

The Microsoft Solutions for Security and Compliance (MSSC) team published the Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide , which is also available for download as a Word doc. The Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide helps you understand what you need...

RedmondMag.com has an article ( Third Parties Demo Visual Studio 2005 Tools ) by Stuart Johnston about two ( AVIcode & Personify Design ) of the many companies with products that extend Team System. Two third-party firms showcased new development...

TheServerSide.NET published Part 1 of George Lawton’s article on Team System’s unit testing capabilities. It’s unclear to me if the series is limited to unit testing, or if it will cover all apsects of testing in Team System. Unit...

Michael Ruminer launched a project on CodePlex to develop a version control tree browser for Team Foundation Version Control ( TFS Source Code Version Tree Browser ). He is currently seeking others to help with this project. If you want to gain some experience...

TeamLook by Personify Design At TechEd, Personify Design launched their first product, TeamLook. I’ve been using TeamLook throughout their beta period since December. It’s a natural integration of Team Foundation Server with Outlook 2003...

To the authors who participated in the Team System book signing at the TechEd Bookstore today I’d like to extend a public, “Thank You!” (Front row, left to right: Juan J. Perez, Sam Guckenheimer, and Richard Hundhausen; back row...

Later this afternoon, we’re holding a book signing for several Team System books at TechEd in Boston. When: Tuesday, June 13th, 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM Where: TechEd Bookstore (located on Level 1 near the Expo Hall) Books: Working with Visual...