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We are pleased to announce that we have shipped a new exciting project, focused on IntelliTrace, under the Visual Studio Test Tooling Guidance umbrella. This release supplements the Test Tooling Guide with the DevOps end-end scenario, giving you access to ALM end to end labs and guidance that include...

We are pleased to announce that we have shipped two new exciting projects introducing practical guidance on the use of Microsoft Fakes and for Team Foundation Server (TFS) d isaster r ecovery avoidance, planning and step-step recovery walkthroughs for the worst case scenarios. New Better Unit...

We are pleased to announce that we have released the version of the Windows Store reference application that delivers the ALM Readiness treasure map to your Surface and other Windows 8 devices. Both the paper based map and the Windows Store application allow you to explore the ALM guidance delivered...

We are pleased to announce that we have released the first update to version (1.0.12.0622) of the Team Foundation Server Word Add-in, adding support for Word 2010 64-bit. See Word4TFS10-x64misi and Rangers_vsarword4tfs_1.0.12.0622_Everything.zip files in the latest The add-in allows you to import...

Quick Response samples provide information directly from Visual Studio ALM Rangers working with the Microsoft Visual Studio Product Group and Microsoft Services, in response to feature gaps to supplement the product and knowledge base information. Issue It is not simple to implement a consistent branching...

Quick Response samples provide information directly from Visual Studio ALM Rangers working with the Microsoft Visual Studio Product Group and Microsoft Services, in response to feature gaps to supplement the product and knowledge base information. Update 2012/11/22 - Please refer to the Quick Response...

We are pleased to announce that we have released the new Branching and Merging Guide using the new ALM Rangers documentation style as discussed in ALM Rangers – Raising the Quality Bar for Documentation (Part 2) .   For more information on this project, please visit the Codeplex project. Please...

We are pleased to announce that we have released the first version (1.0.12.0622) of the Team Foundation Server Word Add-in. The add-in allows you to import work items from a Team Foundation Server Team Project and generate professional-looking Word document from TFS Work items. For more information on...

The ALM Rangers started the Demo nstration factory initiative to raise the overall quality bar of hands-on labs and to create DemoMate based recordings. The team’s key objectives were to improve accuracy and consistency in terms of style and delivery of hands-on labs and walkthroughs. ALM Rangers Demo...

As mentioned in Cowabunga! Visual Studio ALM Rangers Readiness “GIG” goes RTM! the RTM version of the Branching and Merging Guide for Visual Studio 2012  was not included in the sim-ship wave. But we have just received the following signal from the product owner Matthew Mitrik and the project lead...

JasonZ announced the Visual Studio 2012 RTM, which triggered a final SIM ultaneous- SHIP ping event for the Visual Studio ALM Rangers Readiness solutions wave ALM Ranger Solutions Find the latest list of all ALM Ranger solutions here and a list of all ALM Ranger projects on CodePlex here . For...

The Japanese community, under the mentorship of Rex Tang (湯川 智彦), have localised the Visual Studio 2010 Quick Reference Guide. Release notes Rex Tang (湯川 智彦), Takaho Yamaguchi (山口 孝穂), Masashi Fujiwara (藤原 祐之), localized and reviewed the Quick Reference Guidance for the Japanese communities, based on...

The Japanese community, under the mentorship of Rex Tang (湯川 智彦), have localised the Visual Studio 2010 Branching Guide. Release notes Rex Tang (湯川 智彦), Takaho Yamaguchi (山口 孝穂), Hirokazu Higashino (東野 紘和), localized and reviewed the Branching Guidance for the Japanese communities, based on http://vsarbranchingguide...

We are pleased to announce that we have released the sample solution with support for Visual Studio 2012 RC. Overview This project delivers practical and scenario based sample code and guidance for the Visual Studio Coded UI Microsoft Word Add-in , which extends the Coded UI feature support to Microsoft...

Q uick R esponse samples provide information directly from Visual Studio ALM Rangers working with the Microsoft Visual Studio Product Group, in response to feature gaps to supplement the product and knowledge base information. Issue The Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server VM Factory automation...

We have just refreshed Visual Studio ALM Quick Reference Guidance download package for Visual Studio 2012 RC, after we noticed package file corruptions. Get the latest and greatest content, which includes 23 quick reference posters / sheets and 1 video from here: Here are a few examples:    ...

Three of the ALM Ranger Dev11 Readiness solutions, which were announced in Welcome to Visual Studio 11 ALM Rangers Readiness Beta “Wave” .  and another supporting solution are dedicated to Visual Studio ALM Test Tooling and are driven by phenomenal teams as shown below. Guidance http://vsartesttoolingguide...

The Visual Studio ALM Rangers are actively contributing to MSDN Flash Newsletter , MSDN magazine and other publications. Here is a handy list of the latest articles published in MSDN magazine and CodeProject : Title Publication Channel Publication Date Migrating from an On-Premise Team Foundation Server...

We are pleased to announce that we have released another one of the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” projects, delivering practical guidance focused on branching and merging . Bill Heys cooking up a storm in the Branching Guide ChalkTalk at TR9! For more information on the ALM Rangers Visual...

We are pleased to announce that we have released another one of the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” projects, delivering supporting guidance focused on Team Foundation Service. For more information on the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” please refer...

Last month the team silently released a new release of the TFS Integration Tools on the Visual Studio Gallery , which now includes support for Team Foundation Server 11 and Team Foundation Service. The list of resolved bugs which we received from the community and from internal dogfooding environments...

We are pleased to announce that we have released another one of the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” projects, delivering guidance for both Coded UI and MTM testing. For more information on the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” please refer to here or click the image above. For...

We are pleased to announce that we have released another one of the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” projects, which delivers quick references which started in 2009 with a request from Steven van Niekerk (Technical Lead / Architect, South-Africa) initiated this project with his question ...

We are pleased to announce that we have released another one of the ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness “Gig” projects, which delivers practical guidance and extensive PowerShell and Custom Control supporting samples for Team Foundation Server Process template customization. For more information on...

We are pleased to announce that we have released the sample solution, which many have been waiting for This project delivers practical and scenario based sample code and guidance for the Visual Studio Coded UI Microsoft Word Add-in , which extends the Coded UI feature support to Microsoft Word documents...