We continue from Visual Studio ALM Rangers Transparency – Clarifying the processes: Projects (Part 1) and Visual Studio ALM Rangers Transparency – Clarifying the processes: Guidance (Part 2) , which covered the high level project and guidance project...

This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See An index to all Rangers covered on this blog for more details. Who are you? Krithika Sambamoorthy, Premier Field Engineer, Microsoft. What makes you “tick”? I’m passionate about technology...

TechReady is over … the dust is settling and I am convinced that all ALM Rangers are relaxing and recovering from a loooooooooooooooooooooong week of information overload :) Here are the other TR14 blog posts: TechReady 14 Report … T-3 days and a going...

Cowabunga ! The Visual Studio ALM Rangers have published their latest article on www.codeproject.com , which is focused on one of the most exciting dogfooding initiatives we have been involved in … read all about it in How the Visual Studio ALM Rangers...

I am exhausted and therefore today’s post will be brief and include mainly photographic evidence Take note of tomorrow’s ALM Ranger sessions, highlighted in yellow, struck through indicates that session has been delivered: DEV329...

Projects News Visual Studio Coded UI Microsoft Word Plug-in  ( VSCUG ) … as part of the latest sabbatical, we improved the code quality and are preparing the Codeplex project. Word4TFS ( TFSWP ) … The big change to the design experience is now implemented...

Today was a loooooooooooooong day as we had sessions all day, followed by the Ask The Expert gathering. It was really great to see all the colleagues from around the world, especially those who made it across from good old South-Africa Today’s ALM Ranger...

We continue from Visual Studio ALM Rangers Transparency – Clarifying the processes: Projects (Part 1) , which covered the high level project view. In this post we will have a closer look at the new experimental guidance checklist for GUIDANCE-type projects...

Today was a phenomenal ALM Rangers day, with project leads, project members and product owners pouring invaluable knowledge, energy and passion into the sessions. A huge THANK YOU and Kudos to Paul, Pramod, Ed, Rob, Gregg, Tina, Mario and most importantly...

We had a turmoil first day, with both the second part of the ALM Rangers sabbatical #4 starting (see upcoming flash for details) and the first two ALM Ranger sessions taking place at TechReady. We got great feedback for the Quick Reference project, which...

This post is primarily intended for all Visual Studio ALM Rangers, serving as a reference point that is literally accessible anywhere in the world. It should, however, be interesting for anyone in the community who interacts with ALM Ranger teams or uses...

Continued from TechReady 14 Report … T-3 days and a going back to the future , we have completed the second and third day of the Windows Azure exploration and( in parallel) last-minute preparations for the TechReady event. More pictures snapped during...

The TechReady event is an internal Microsoft event, so I cannot cover any of the event content. However, I can try to capture the vibe and the activities by the ALM Rangers highlighting the bridging, collaboration and sheer passion that the Rangers community...

This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See An index to all Rangers covered on this blog for more details. Who you are? William H. Salazar, Director, ALM Practice – Neudesic What makes you “tick”?   I have a passion for ALM...

The AIT TeamSystemPro Team has released a new version of our AIT Dependency Manager on VS Gallery: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/92a6416d-fc18-4b5b-9b66-fba7af728984 The latest release includes the following features: Free Visual Studio...

During the Christmas holidays Nico published a new version of the Skype provider, a modified Messenger provider with TFS 2010 Power Tools on Codeplex https://tfscollab.codeplex.com and a new Checkin Policy. To polish up your German, digest the following...

Every so often we invite ALM Rangers to collaborate with us on a strategic project. They are typically roped into meetings during their vacation time, which means that they are giving up their vacation time for the commun ity We had tree previous ALM...

Here is my favourite picture from the past 3 days in Whistler, where we soaked up snow, blue skies, sun and adventure … and here are more pictures showing the sheer beauty of Canada and my wonderful family having a blast

Anyone who knows me will have a smile on his face when noticing the acronyms and heteronyms that have entered the ALM Ranger ecosystem. If you are wondering about acronyms and my feeling about them, then have a peek at TLA ... why, why, why? and for heteronyms...

This is part to an exploration of the upcoming ALM Rangers solutions for Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 11. Previous posts: ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness – Part 1: A small peek at the upcoming TFS Planning Guide (ACV) ...

Welcome to 2012 … I trust that everyone has had a safe and fun hyper-space jump from 2011 to 2012. Here is my favourite picture of the week, which features Boundary Bay @ around 16:00 in the afternoon at my favourite location , as the “early” night approaches...

Projects News Visual Studio Coded UI Microsoft Word Plug-in ( VSCUG ) … ready to ship after all assessments have been completed. Word4TFS ( TFSWP ) … team is evaluating the latest user experience improvements, in particular with the management of templates...

We try and highlight all the outstanding contributions by ALM Rangers and regularly nominate Champions, Champion of Champions and special achievements … but  unfortunately we do not know about all the phenomenal work done by the ALM Rangers behind...

This is part to an exploration of the upcoming ALM Rangers solutions for Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 11. Previous posts: ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness – Part 1: A small peek at the upcoming TFS Planning Guide ALM Rangers Visual Studio...

… the happy gang in Dullstroom in 2008 As we get ready to unplug ourselves from the digital world, we would like to thank everyone who has been part of our family journey, the phenomenal Visual Studio ALM Rangers and all the wonderful colleagues within...