Chris Birmele's Blog

Technology is a means, not an end.

I usually ask my customers about business priorities before a Microsoft Development Toolset...

Date: 12/02/2010

KJ Ross, a premium Microsoft Partner, is now offering Visual Studio 2010 based Testing Courses (see...

Date: 08/11/2010

You should be aware of a number of updates to TFS 2010, one is available now, the other two coming...

Date: 08/09/2010

Given the Team Foundation Server 2010 Release Candidate has been released, you may want to upgrade...

Date: 03/07/2010

The Australian ALM Conference Early Bird OfferThe inaugural Australian ALM Conference and Microsoft...

Date: 01/24/2010

As you probably know, VS2010 ships March 22nd 2010, but there is no need to wait until then. Beta2...

Date: 12/10/2009

Microsoft has finally decided to acquire TeamPrise - a long overdue decision! TeamPrise provides an...

Date: 11/09/2009

The next wave of the latest Microsoft technologies is about to land on our shores, providing new and...

Date: 10/29/2009

Now that VS2010 Beta 2 is available, check out the Channel 9 Learning Center for updated VS2010...

Date: 10/21/2009

Now that Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is available, why not install it? Check out Brian Keller's video...

Date: 10/19/2009

Finally the cat is out of the bag - the next version of Visual Studio will be available Monday, 22nd...

Date: 10/18/2009

I am busy getting people excited about VSTS2010 (it's not very hard :-)) and often I get questions...

Date: 09/24/2009

I get more and more questions about VSTS2010 - Microsoft's next generation tool platform - as the...

Date: 09/02/2009

Enhance ALM, a Microsoft Partner in Australia, offers training courses this month to get you started...

Date: 06/02/2009

Readify, one of Microsoft's best partner is running a 2-day workshop in Brisbane, covering agile...

Date: 05/13/2009

If you are using Visual Studio Team Test (VSTT) I suggest you download the new VSTT Quick Reference...

Date: 03/31/2009

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Date: 03/29/2009

The magic formula is: Success == People + Process + Tools Well this is hardly a revelation of...

Date: 03/24/2009

TimelyMigration offers a migration tool to move your Subversion, StarTeam and CVS repositories to...

Date: 03/24/2009

In case you haven't heard (or haven't read my blog!) there is a 30% promotion available to step up...

Date: 03/22/2009

In my role as a Visual Studio Team System technical specialist I spend a lot of time talking to...

Date: 03/22/2009

Quality is one of those words that seem to be self explanatory - "of course we want quality, lots of...

Date: 03/04/2009

I couldn't resist... Windows 7 and Visual Studio Team System 2008 - all on HyperV .... very nice!

Date: 01/09/2009

In case you don't know, our VSTS virtual demo images expire in a couple of days, but thanks to Santa...

Date: 12/28/2008

After Steve Ballmer last week, we have another illustrious person visiting us from Corp (no wonder,...

Date: 11/09/2008

If you monitor Brian Harry's blog you already know we have released a new TFS Powertool. I am not...

Date: 11/09/2008

Readify, one of our partners here in Australia is offering a one day workshop focusing on Team...

Date: 10/06/2008

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Usually I don't blog about product futures, but I make an exception... Microsoft released a few...

Date: 09/30/2008

Well I said we announce something today - and we did ! All well and good, but much more importantly...

Date: 09/26/2008

Now I understand why I haven't heard much from our product groups lately - they have been cutting a...

Date: 08/11/2008

If you are responsible for managing a Team Foundation Server check out the Team Foundation Server...

Date: 01/26/2008

I get asked this question a lot - usually when TFS stopped working because the trial license...

Date: 01/21/2008

If you are using one of the technologies listed below and want to use TFS 2008, you may want to...

Date: 12/23/2007

The VSTS2008TFSPT (short for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools) have...

Date: 12/23/2007

If you plan upgrading from TFS 2005 to TFS 2008 you may want to have a look at this migration tool....

Date: 12/23/2007

Every now and then I get asked whether or not VSTS 2005 bits work with VSTS 2008 bits and vice...

Date: 12/13/2007

... and available now for those with an MSDN subscription! Check here to find out what's new in VSTS...

Date: 11/19/2007

So you think we can't do this in VSTS? Steve Lange has written an elaborate 4-part series about how...

Date: 11/08/2007

Have you ever wondered why specifying requirements continues to be a major challenge for most...

Date: 10/31/2007

Microsoft has created a Test Center community website for anyone interested in the quality aspect of...

Date: 10/22/2007

A software development effort is essentially a "translation" of a business need into a software...

Date: 10/17/2007

Planning the installation and operation of a Team Foundation Server can be daunting at times, there...

Date: 10/02/2007

The new version of the TFS 2005 Powertool includes a "Best Practices Analyzer" that can tell you...

Date: 09/29/2007

For a definitive list of feature in Team Foundation Server 2008 (i.e. Orcas) check out Brian Harry's...

Date: 08/08/2007

Do you want to use Team Foundation Server but don't want to bother with the maintenance? Do you want...

Date: 08/02/2007

Do you need to know what TFS version you are running? Our resident genius Andrew Coates whipped up a...

Date: 06/21/2007

If you are developing an integration of Project Server 2007 to Team Foundation Server (TFS) - stop...

Date: 06/13/2007

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