This post is a terse summary of major events that occurred in the Rangers community during December 2010, continued from the November 2010 update . The Rangers wish everyone a safe and joyous slide into 2011! May the new year be the best ever for everyone...

In Going AWOL and heading North … see you on December 27th we said goodbye and were looking forward to our vacation. Well, we are now looking back at a phenomenal vacation we did in memory of our late son Alexander and here are a few pictures that show...

The time has come to do the last backup, hibernate the laptop, pack the bags, vanish into nowhere, and to reboot through relaxation, away from the digital world. We are realizing a family dream to experience the Northern Lights and to use the time away...

If you are interested in a career with Microsoft in the Team Foundation Server development team? If yes you should checkout Buck’s blog post which mentions the following openings: Software Development Engineer (Redmond, WA) Senior Program Manager , North...

We recently noticed a support thread that was discussing a synchronization issue between ClearQuest and TFS. While the field mappings as defined in the session configuration worked like a charm from ClearQuest to TFS, they did not appear to take effect...

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? Paul Meyer … also known as the VM Factory Master. Read about a recent session on the factory here and use...

As part of the Rangers Lab Management Guide and Build Customization Guide projects we are assembling a frequently asked questions (FAQ) and answers section in each project, in which we are trying to address some of the challenges, questions and their...

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? Hi, my name is Eric Golpe.  I currently work for Microsoft, as a Senior Applications Development Consultant...

Brian Keller has updated the infamous Visual Studio 2010 ALM Virtual Machine with a new version that will expire June 1, 2011 and replaces the now old version that expires December 15, 2010. This event is around the corner, so start your download soon...

This post is a terse summary of major events that occurred in the Rangers community during November 2010, continued from the October 2010 update . Rangers Index Updates Three Rangers introduced themselves this month on our Rangers Index : Richard Fennell...

Service Pack 1 Beta for Visual Studio 2010 is making an appearance. See Jason’s blog post and MSDN for the latest information!

  … what? Willy has a smartphone? … Zayd’s reaction. Last week on Thursday I received a box from our mobile provider, which effectively replaced my Motorola W370 phone , with a LG LG-E900H Windows ( Smart )phone. Robert , please get some water, because...

  If you are wondering what the WCF Load Test tool tool is all about, have a peek at the blog of the UK Solutions Development Team of Microsoft Consulting Services, for a great walkthrough: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mcsuksoldev/archive/2010/12/03/generating...

As part of our Rangers process formalisation and associated Ruck evaluation we have created a reference deck of slides which summarise our thinking around teams, personas, epics and user stories. All of the current Rangers projects are based on these...