PDC and MISC :-)
PDC
If you're at PDC next week, stop by and check out the Compuware and Sourcegear booths - they're both doing great integrations with VSTS worth taking a gander at. I'll also be at PDC - but will be much more difficult to find :-) - look for a petite gal with a big cheshire smile - I'll be at the MS booth from time to time. And don't miss the following VSTS sessions - all excellent speakers:
TLN301 VSTS: Behind the Scenes of Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
Day/Time: Tuesday, September 13 1:00 PM- 2:15 PM Room: 502 AB
Speaker(s): Doug Neumann
Session Type(s): Breakout
Session Level(s): 300
Track(s): Tools & Languages
Drill into Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. Learn how it works under the covers. Hear about how the Version Control System leverages SQL Server. See new and enhanced features since beta 2. Walk the 'core' Team Foundation Server services, learning how to customize and extend the server using registration, linking, evening and security/authorization services. Finally, Brian Harry, Microsoft's Product Unit Manager of the project, shares lessons learned building this high scale distributed application (multiple cooperating servers and clients, geographically distributed) on Windows .NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005.
TLN311 Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects and Future Directions in Modeling Tools
Day/Time: Thursday, September 15 10:00 AM- 11:15 AM Room: Halls C & D (Petree Hall)
Speaker(s): Jochen Seemann
Session Type(s): Breakout
Session Level(s): 300
Track(s): Tools & Languages
This session focuses on extending the suite of tools offered in Visual Studio to design, develop, and deploy Enterprise applications. We demonstrate how the Microsoft DSL Tools can be used to generate custom modeling tools for different aspects of Enterprise applications. We show how visual languages for architectural design and process modeling are specified and used as input for the generation of domain-specific modeling tools that are integrated into Visual Studio. We demonstrate how partners and users have built designers for the model-driven development of .NET Enterprise applications. We show how custom designers for requirements modeling and higher-level design can be integrated with the Class Designer in Visual Studio 2005.
TLN312 VSTS: Building More Reliable and Better Performing Web Applications with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Day/Time: Thursday, September 15 11:30 AM- 12:45 PM Room: 403 AB
Speaker(s): Gabriel Marius
Session Type(s): Breakout
Session Level(s): 300
Track(s): Tools & Languages
Drill into techniques for improving your code using new tools for code profiling, static code analysis, unit testing, code coverage and Web load testing. This is a deep dive session examining specific code patterns in an ASP.NET application to illustrate applications of each tool. Gabriel Marius, Program Manager on the product team that is delivering these tools, provides unique insights and context of the evolution of the tools that will help PDC attendees get the most out of Visual Studio 2005.
PNL01 Advances in Agile Development
Day/Time: Friday, September 16 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM Room: 409 AB
Speaker(s): Randy Miller, Jim Newkirk, Peter Provost, Donald Reifer, Don Reinertsen, Clemens Szyperski, Kumar Vadaparty
Session Type(s): Panel
Session Level(s): 300
Track(s): Tools & Languages
The pressure for application development teams to deliver more value to the business has never been greater. No single methodology fits all project types, yet it's critical to provide a common framework and taxonomy across projects and teams. Come see how industry gurus and leading services organizations discuss advances in using a combination of agile frameworks and methodologies, like 'MSF for Agile Software Development' to deliver real business value by helping development teams meet aggressive delivery schedules and achieve better, faster, and cheaper results, while at the same time adapting to changing business requirements.
In other news:
Osellus has posted a slick demo of their integration with VSTS: Enacting RUP in VSTS.
Itching to adopt Team Foundation? Keep your eye out for the upcoming Team Foundation Beta 3 - coming soon - this will have a go live license and support for premier customers - and even better - a path to RTM in Q1. More details in this forum thread.
A recent question:
Would Beta 3 of VSTS be compatible with Sept CTP bits of Whidbey?
Answer:
Absolutely…TFS Beta3 is built on top of the RC / PDC build of Whidbey (.26). (same as Sept CTP)
