Visual Studio business news : TFS - Team Foundation Server

Visual Studio 2010 - Microsoft Acquires Teamprise and provide support for Eclipse IDE, Unix / Linux / Mac OS X platforms

Dannawi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:24:00 GMT

On November 9, 2009 Microsoft announced the acquisition of most of the technology assets of Teamprise, a division of SourceGear LLC, a provider of client applications for accessing Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team Foundation Server from the Eclipse IDE...(read more)

“Visual Studio 2010 – the ultimate offer” roadshow - invitation

Dannawi — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:37:00 GMT

The next wave of the latest Microsoft technologies is about to land on our shores, providing new and exciting ways to develop custom applications. Visual Studio 2010 is the upcoming release of Microsoft’s market leading integrated Development Tool Platform...(read more)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 – 4 major announcements today (what you need to know)

Dannawi — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:08:00 GMT

Here we go; we have 4 key announcements today to the developer community Information #1: Visual Studio 2010 (and .NET Framework 4) will be officially launched on March 22 nd , 2010. Microsoft has also simplified the product lineup, customers will be able...(read more)

Moving from CVS or SVN (Subversion) to TFS (Visual STudio Team Foundation Server) ?

Dannawi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:09:00 GMT

Best of breed open source solution will not help you in supporting the best practices when building application software. Even if you invest a lot of time (and money), you will only acheive a minimum level of integration (source control and project management...(read more)

Integration between Word and TFS (Team Foundation Server) with Team Spec

Dannawi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:26:00 GMT

Have you heard about TeamSpec ? Team Spec provides rich team project artifact management directly inside Microsoft Office Word allowing specification, requirement, and other document content to maintain integrity with TFS (Visual Studio Team Foundation...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 - Introduction to manual testing

Dannawi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:58:00 GMT

Despite all of the advances in automated testing tools and frameworks over the last decade, manual testing still constitutes the lion's share of testing effort within most software development organizations. This episode of 10-4 will introduce the new...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 : useful links

Dannawi — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:16:00 GMT

Following few demands, here are some useful links : Download VS2010 and .NET 4.0 How to install VS2010 and .NET 4.0 VS2010 beta 1 Forums J....(read more)

[AUS Event] Readify's TFS / Agile Workshop in Brisbane - May 21st - 22nd

Dannawi — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:33:00 GMT

Readify's Professional Series Training ... What’s coming up in Brisbane... Readify’s Team Foundation Server/Agile Workshop This 2-day Team Foundation Server (TFS)/Agile Workshop will provide you with a working knowledge of Agile project management (particularly...(read more)

TCO : Visual Studio Team System or Open source ?

Dannawi — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:21:00 GMT

/ Disclaimer : remove the emotion while reading this post and be as cold in the analysis as an excel spreadsheet can be / / Disclaimer #2 : TCO include more than just the cost of the solution. Keep in mind that 80 to 85% of a devteam cost is based on...(read more)

Team Foundation Server 2010 - Cool new features

Dannawi — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:04:00 GMT

Brian Harry gives a deep dive into the next version of Team Foundation Server (TFS), and learn how TFS has factored its learnings about usability, industrial scale, geographic distribution, manageability, and development process into the next version...(read more)

Teamprise 3.2 release last week

Dannawi — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:55:00 GMT

Teamprise 3.2 release last week. It’s got a lot of new features customers have been asking for, including: Support for building Maven2 projects from Team Build New Command-line Client features include Branch, Merge, and Diff The ability to map projects...(read more)

Measuring ROI - Moving from Cost Centre To Strategic Partner

Dannawi — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:30:00 GMT

I recommand to read the blog post from Josh holmes about the importance of measuring ROI in our IT activities few extracts : "But, if you're not measuring the ROI, how can you talk to the business about the possible ROI?" The cheapest feature is the one...(read more)

New ALM Whitepapers by David chappel

Dannawi — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:54:00 GMT

David Chappell released 4 new ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) Whitepapers. These papers will help you in positioning ALM and its benefits. They are: What is ALM ALM Tool Evolution ALM and Business Strategy ALM as a Business Process you can download...(read more)

SDTimes - ALM ressource center

Dannawi — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:38:00 GMT

The editors of SD Times have created a new section of theirWeb site, SDTimes.com devoted to application lifecycle management. " Every organization has its own variety of the application life cycle. Every organization also has its specific requirements...(read more)

Team System ROI - how do I get that ?

Dannawi — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:26:00 GMT

Calculate a ROI (or just a TCO if you are looking at TFS only) for Team System is not that simple. Each ROI is different looking at your current situation and maturity and the outcome you are planning to acheive. Whilst you need time to estimate the impact...(read more)