Upcoming Visual Studio Team System Demonstrations

We had such great turnout for our previous Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) demonstrations so we will be continue them thru the end of 2006!

All demonstrations will be at 2:00 PM Central Standard Time on these dates. To register for any session click on the date you wish to attend.

7/13/2006
8/10/2006
9/7/2006
10/5/2006
11/2/2006
11/30/2006

Here is your chance to see a live demonstration and ask questions!

DETAILS

So what is Visual Studio 2005 Team System in a nutshell?  VSTS (as it’s called) is a tightly-integrated suite of role-centric tools that shares a common lifecycle framework.  It integrates process guidance, prescriptive architectures, and life-cycle tools for successfully deploying solutions on the Windows platform. Team System includes role-based tools to support the entire software development team, including architects, developers, testers, project managers, and other business stakeholders.  This, coupled with proven process guidance, prescriptive architectural guidance, and solution accelerators, allows VSTS to assist organizations in improving the predictability and reliability of delivering mission-critical solutions.

·         Visual Studio 2005 Team System Home:  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/

·         Videos & Webcasts:  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/technicalresources/presentations/

·         Team System FAQ:  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/technicalresources/faqs/teamsystem_faq/

·         Take Team System for a Test Drive:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/tryit/hosted/teamsystem/

·         Team System Community Forums:  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/community/forums/

·         Team System Rocks – The Team System Community:  http://vstsrocks.net/

Software Architects

Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Architects aims at improving the design and validation of distributed systems. Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Architects gives architects, operations managers, and developers the ability to increase the predictability of success by visually constructing service-oriented solutions that can be validated against their operational environments prior to deployment.

·         VSTS for Architects:  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/teamcenters/architect/

·         Videos:  http://vstsrocks.net/files/10/vste-arc/

Software Developers

Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developers enables advanced developers to verify the performance and quality of the code they write. By integrating advanced tools into the Visual Studio IDE, Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developers assists developers detect coding and security related issues earlier in the development cycle thereby reducing the overall cost of fixing code defects.   

·         VSTS for Developers:  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/teamcenters/developer/

·         Videos:  http://vstsrocks.net/files/10/vste-dev/

Software Testers

Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers provides advanced testing tools that enable teams to verify the performance and quality of applications prior to deployment. By integrating testing into their software life cycle allows organizations to ensure the predictability and reliability and to promote performance testing from an expensive afterthought to an integral part of the entire software development process.   

·         VSTS for Testers:  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/teamcenters/tester/

·         Videos:  http://vstsrocks.net/files/10/vste-test/

Project Managers

            Project managers typically use a wide range of tools – everything from Microsoft Excel to Microsoft Project to Windows SharePoint Services, to name a few. Visual Studio 2005 Team System provides integration with these tools to enable project managers to continue using the tools with which they are comfortable, yet round-trip their development-oriented project data with the rest of their team.  

·         VSTS for Project Managers:  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/teamcenters/project/

Team Foundation Server

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server is the “heart” of Team System. It provides insight into the ‘black box’ that is application development today with integrated version control, reporting, work item tracking, process guidance and automated builds. These features are tightly integrated with Visual Studio 2005 so individuals can work naturally while Team Foundation Server collates their work with the rest of their team.   

·         Videos: Team Foundation Server:  http://vstsrocks.net/files/10/team_foundation_server/

Additional related resources:

·         MSF (Microsoft Solutions Framework):  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/msf/

·         What is CMMI?  http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/general/general.html

·         What is Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)?  http://www.sarbanes-oxley.com/

·         Dynamic Systems Initiative:  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/dsi/

·         Industry buzz about VSTS:  http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/news/

Resources

·         Notion Solutions
http://www.notionsolutions.com

·         VSTS Tutorials, demos and Training videos
http://teamsystemrocks.com

·         VSTS Web Casts & Demos
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnvsts2005.mspx

·         MSDN Training Labs & Workshops
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/workshop/

·         Free E-Learning courses
https://www.microsoftelearning.com/visualstudio2005/

·         Visual Studio Hosted Lab Experience - Try it online!
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/tryit/hosted/

·         VSTS Home Page
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/