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Get a PLK or SLK without logging into VSIPMembers.com
23 June 08 11:57 AM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
We know deploying your VS package can be a pain and there are often a lot of pain with getting a PLK. Now getting a PLK is a lot easier with the page we have launched here . Read More...
VS Gallery Gets New Features!
09 June 08 03:14 PM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
I was just going around and talking about the VS Gallery on our European Tour, and on last Friday, we have added several new features. Since Anthony did such a great job in summarizing the new features, let me quote him here: --- Start of Quote --- Today Read More...
Stop 1: Brussels, Belgium
21 May 08 04:51 PM | jameslau-MS | 8 Comments   
Yesterday in Brussels, we made our first of a series of presentations in our European tour. I met up with Jean-Marc in the morning at the Microsoft office in Brussels. We ran through our preparation work one more time to make sure we have everything ready. Read More...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta and Updates
12 May 08 07:08 PM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
Today, we release the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. This service pack is particularly important for Visual Studio extenders because they can test it and report any compatibility problems with their extensions. You can find the downloads are Read More...
HEROES happen {here}
26 February 08 10:35 PM | jameslau-MS | 2 Comments   
I am in L.A. today and tomorrow, to attend and speak at the Visual Studio, SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 launch event. I feel very lucky to be able to participate in this historical event. This launch wave is the largest one ever for any developer Read More...
Source Code Outliner PowerToy is now available for VS 2008!
27 January 08 12:06 AM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
The popular Source Code Outliner PowerToy has been updated for VS2008. Get it now from MS Download Center ! Read More...
Upgrading VS 2005 Packages to VS 2008: A Basic Guide
21 January 08 06:27 PM | jameslau-MS | 7 Comments   
Today, I heard several developers in the community experiecncing some trouble upgrading the VS 2005 package projects to VS 2008. So I took a look at what's going on and decided to blog about it here. Note that I am blogging about all the things that you Read More...
Barcelona, here we come!
26 October 07 12:18 AM | jameslau-MS | 3 Comments   
We put on a good show last week at the VSIP Summit & Developer Conference. We had lots of attendees, lots of sessions, and lots of good food :) We are wrapping up both the VS 2008 SDK on our team, and working with the rest of the Division to wrap Read More...
Help with creating your first environment based on VS 2008 Shell (isolated mode)
04 October 07 10:54 AM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
We know that it is a little difficult to use the VS 2008 SDK Aug. CTP to create your first environment based on the Shell. We are working to improve the development experience right now before we ship the final product before the end of this year. Right Read More...
Upcoming VSX Events
29 September 07 10:20 AM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
I can't believe it's almost October, and our team is working on so many things right now. First, we are trying to wrap up the platform components that we own in the VS 2008 product, including the VS Shell redistributable pack pieces. It's actually a very Read More...
Important workaround for VS 2008 SDK July CTP for building VS Shell!
02 August 07 12:21 AM | jameslau-MS | 9 Comments   
Yesterday, we released the VS 2008 SDK that targets the Beta 2 release of Visual Studio. You can read all the details on our team blog . One of the most exciting things about this release is the ability for customers to build the VS Shell (isolated mode). Read More...
Videos from TechEd 2007
07 June 07 06:00 PM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
Our good PM, Ken Levy, has just posted several video interviews taken right on the TechEd show floor. The VS 2008 Shell is really getting a lot of buzz and they seem to have been inundated with questions about it. I am really excited about this new offering Read More...
BlackBerry Plug-in for Visual Studio
22 May 07 09:50 AM | jameslau-MS | 2 Comments   
For those of you who don't know, I am a University of Waterloo alumus. Research In Motion's headquarters is located in Waterloo, right next to the university. In fact, I have spent a couple of internships at RIM, working on their device software on the Read More...
Visual Studio 2005 Settings Trick
08 April 07 11:23 AM | jameslau-MS | 1 Comments   
When you start Visual Studio 2005 for the first time after installation, you will see the following dialog: Several people have been asking me about how they can bypass the Choose Your Environment Settings dialog when they first start up Visual Studio. Read More...
SlickEdit Gadgets for VS 2005
08 November 06 03:45 PM | jameslau-MS | 0 Comments   
The folks over at SlickEdit has just released a set of cool tools for Visual Studio 2005. They call them "Gadgets", but they are what we would call Power Toys. The set of Gadgets include the following: Editor Gadgets - a collection of utilities to dazzle Read More...
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