Scott Dockendorf has a post ( SQLServer: Why to NOT use “sp_” to name your stored procedures ) about this topic with a link to an article from Brian Moran ( Should I Use the sp_ Prefix for Procedure Names? ). Brian’s article gives...

To upgrade from Team Foundation Server Release Candidate (RC), or Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Refresh, to Team Foundation Server (RTM), you should download this upgrade utility package and follow the enclosed instructions: Team Foundation Server...

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...

Visual Studio Team System I can’t wait to see some of the content being developed for the Visual Studio 2005 Team System Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) . According to this post ( Welcome to Martin Danner! ), Martin Danner is working on...

A weekend update... Jason Anderson , a Program Manager on the Enterprise Development and Test (EDT) team, has a great post that provides an overview of static analysis (or as some call it, code analysis): Visual Studio Team System: Overview of Static...

Team System in the News ADTmag.com - Microsoft makes a play for Web services SDTimes.com - One Microsoft Tool Doesn’t Fit All Developers Team System Demo Video Coming Soon Robert Scoble recently attended one of our Wednesday Night Demo Nights and recorded...

FYI – I’m not covering the pricing and licensing debate in this post. I’m still plowing through the large volume of blog posts, articles and e-mail I’ve accumulated on the topic. I’ll be blogging about it soon. Visual...

Open the flood gates - here's what happens when you've been a slug about blogging... Team System PowerPoint slides from Visual Studio 2005 Team System presentations at DevConnections in Las Vegas (November 2004). - Microsoft Download Center and Brian...

We just released Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider Beta 2 , which now includes support for using Team Foundation with both Visual Studio 6.0 and Visual Studio .NET 2003. This release works with Team Foundation Server RC, and should...

Visual Studio Team System If you’re installing Beta 2 using Virtual PC, you should learn to appreciate the almighty differencing disk . Chris Menegay shares Q&A from recent his recent Team System classes here and here . Mickey Gousset...

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...

When I saw this post [ VSTS and SSAS 2005: another example of bad design? ], I passed the link to the PM that’s working on this for Team System, Tom Patton. He put together this response: The cube structure for RTM has been re-designed to address many...

Darryl Taft of eWeek has a great article that not only gives you a glimpse into the Whidbey Ship Room, but also gives you some insight into the history of integrating the CLR into SQL Server. In a nondescript conference room at the heart of Microsoft...

After being somewhat static since it came on the scene a few months ago, we're starting to hammer the Team System Developer Center into shape. In this iteration, we've cleared out some of the static content and added some areas that will be more dynamic...

Windows Mobile just released a batch of what they’re calling, eHow-tos. Essentially, these are multimedia versions of what we call How To topics. Imagine having multimedia versions of walkthroughs, too. What do you think? Wouldn’t this be cool for Team...

Now Blogging - Steve Cook Steve Cook, a software architect on Visual Studio Team System at Microsoft's Cambridge Research Centre , has launched his blog ( Steve Cook's WebLog - RSS ). I've already added Steve to the master list of Team System bloggers...

In his keynote today at SDWest 2006, Rick LaPlante announced that we’re releasing Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server tomorrow. Last year we took the tough decision to disconnect Team Foundation Server from the rest of Team System, but promised...

I just posted a new version (1.0.50412) of the Team Foundation Installation Guide for Beta 2. This version supersedes the version you’ll see on the Team Foundation Server DVD/CD. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E54BF6FF-026B...

Visual Studio Team System Online Chat MSDN Online Chat : New Features in Visual Studio 2005 Team System December 1, 2004 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM PST December 2, 2004 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PST Join members of the Visual Studio Team System team [including yours truly...

Initially, the VPC download [ VPC Available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads ] was only available to MSDN Universal Subscribers. I've just learned that the Team System VPC is now available to MSDN Professional, Enterprise, and Universal Subscribers, as well...

Lock 'em Up Adam Singer , one of the newest Team System bloggers, dives right into a great post on Team Foundation Version Control's locking mechanisms ( Locking ). After you read that, head over to Korby Parnell 's post for some additional color commentary...

Recently, I received a blog comment that said: During the beta period, I have passed 71-510, which was the beta exam. I've received a letter from Prometrics with my result. However, till now, I haven't received any e-mail from Microsoft. PS...

Visual Studio Team System Jeff Beehler on the July CTP of Team System, which we’re now dogfooding. ⊕ Learn more about how we are using Team System within Microsoft. ⊕ Dave Bost hsa posted his slides from a Team System presentation in Chicago...

As noted below, TheServerSide.net is providing a free download (single PDF in an 8.82 MB ZIP) of Essential XML Reference , courtesy of DevelopMentor . Note: Free registration on TheServerSide.net is required prior to download. [TSS.net] Essential XML...

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