Cameron Skinner and Gert Drapers on DataDude (#181) DataDude is the code name for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals, announced shortly before Tech-Ed 2006. Carl and Richard interviewed Cameron Skinner and Gert Drapers from...

We are preparing the CTP4 release. This will relect a sprint in which we focused on fixing things rather than building new features. So, you won't see new capabilities as much as you will see a more stable product. You will see the new project UI and...

We have just published two new downloads http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/d/a/5daf1dba-13f4-450a-9005-8001bb638965/TE_Data_CTP3.exe http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/d/a/5daf1dba-13f4-450a-9005-8001bb638965/VSTE_Data_CTP3_pdi.exe ...

After we finished CTP3 we decided to do something different. Rather than jumping back on the feature creation stream we decided to keep working on stabilization and closing bugs. So the next CTP we drop won't have more features, just be better. We are...

DataDude is the code name for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals, announced shortly before TechEd in June, 2006. Carl and Richard interviewed Cameron Skinner and Gert Drapers from the DataDude team on June 12th at TechEd, in...

Our own Jeff Welton does a little podcast and finds that it is interesting "demoing" a tool in an audio podcast.

We have just posted two walkthrough videos of VSTE for DB Professionals to our teamsite . These let you see how the product works for setting up a project and connecting to version control and creating unit tests. If you haven't downloaded the CTP yet...

TechEd overall was been a great event and our team members have been energized by hearing that all our hard work has paid off in a product that is compelling and of value. I want to thank everyone who stopped by the booth, came to our sessions, and interacted...

TechEd brought lots of opportunites for coverage of the product. Here are pointers to a few locations: For instance Stephen Wynkoop's overall assement of the show and a view of the tool: There are huge other benefits to the software. Schema comparisons...

We continue to hear this message and believe me, we want intellisense in the product. There are 3rd parties that provide this type of functionality in VS today. What I am more interested in is how you want intellisense to work. If you are on a project...

I blogged before about Scott Ambler's database refactoring book , Scott also run's an agile database forum over on Yahoo that you should check out if you are interested in the topic.

We have our CTP available now on MSDN and MSCOM . This download is a CD image file. You can either burn a CD and run it or you can use software to mount the image as a disc and run the setup. Or, remember if you are at the show, come see us in the TLC...

I am sitting in a session on WCF now but just have to keep blogging about this cool product we have. In the last post I talked about using regular expressions and the value of "human readable" vs. schema correct tests. Let me illustrate another way that...

There is a lot of interest in the data generator here at the show and one of the cool generators that we provide is the Regular Expression driven generation. This lets you utilize regular expressions as a fast way to create data that looks more realistic...

I am back stage at Steven "Guggs" Guggenheimer's app plat talk. We have about a 7 minute demo going on, ie another fast pass through the product. I need to go get in postion. The download link should go live by tonight on MSDN. Download should also...

At TechEd, the various booth/chalktalk/experts areas are all combined now to be the TLC area Technical Learning Center. Here is our little booth with Robert and Jon, two excellent members of the QA team. Notice the "DataDude" uniform. If you see anyone...

Well for those not there, the keynote went really well. Keith Smith did our demo tonight and he did outstanding and the software well, it just plain worked. Here he is getting a feel for the stage and the nasty slap-back echo in the huge keynote room...

The CTP discs arrived in Boston yesterday. They weigh 207 lbs...about the same as myself. But you can only take our CDs home with yourself. I checked out the venue quickly tonight. The Keynote hall is HUGE. I am stoked for tomorrow night to get this party...

One of the coolest parts of Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals is the whole system we have created for unit testing your database. We can unit test any arbitrary SQL and we will automatically generate the test code for calling stored...

We have been working some improvements to the SQL editing experience in the Team Data product. I know that this means the first question is "do we have Intellisense?" high on our list too but I am sorry to report that won't be in V1. But we have lots...

http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2006/virtualteched.mspx This could be cool -- if you are not in Boston you can catch the keynote virtually. We only have a 4 minute slot but I tell you what you see in that four minutes just might knock your socks...

We got the confirmation mail from manufacturing and 4000 CTP disks are on their way to Boston. You will be able to pick them up in our TLC area. The first of the team is flying out tonight and the rest of us will be heading out Saturday and Sunday. We...

Our TechED CTP has been signed-off and is off for production for TechEd. We should have downloads available on MSDN soon. To use the CTP you will need a box with VS Pro or Team Suite installed as well as the default SQL Express install. If you don't have...

We will be presenting at the NW SQL user group meeting on July 12th. For more information go here: http://groups.msn.com/pnwsql . We are also looking to setup presentations in other locations. If your SQL group would be interested in a presentation about...

Cameron Skinner, our Product Unit Manager, will be in David Campbell's session as the final demo, for ~10 minutes. You will also get to see some cool BI stuff as well as very cool ADO.NET 3. Title : Microsoft's Data Platform Vision Level : 200 ...