Jason Zander's blog
Corporate Vice President, Windows Azure
New Team, New Challenges
Last week we officially launched VS2012 and the .NET Framework 4.5. I’ve spent the last couple...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 09/19/2012
Tune in to the Visual Studio 2012 Launch
This morning we kicked off the VS 2012 launch with an event in Seattle. You can tune in to the...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 09/12/2012
Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 released to the web!
I’m thrilled to announce that this morning we released Visual Studio 2012, Team Foundation...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 08/15/2012
Final Build for VS 2012 - Availability and Launch Dates Ahead
The final build of Visual Studio 2012 is now complete! The engineering team is finished and is now...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 08/01/2012
My Favorite Features: Entity Framework Code First and ASP.NET Web API
It’s an exciting time for Entity Framework! Last Thursday, the team announced an open source...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 07/23/2012
Introducing “Napa” - Office 365 Development Tools
Yesterday was a very exciting day for Office and SharePoint! The team unveiled plans for the new...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 07/17/2012
Live from TechEd Europe: LightSwitch HTML Client Preview and Visual Studio 2012 Tools for SharePoint
This morning I presented the keynote at TechEd Europe 2012 in Amsterdam, and shared some updates on...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 06/26/2012
Gartner Recognizes Microsoft as an ALM Leader
Gartner recently issued its 2012 Magic Quadrant report for Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)....
Author: Jason Zander Date: 06/10/2012
TechEd North America starts next week
TechEd is our premier conference for developers and IT professionals, and our North America 2012...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 06/08/2012
Announcing the June 2012 Release of Windows Azure SDK for .NET – Now with Support for Visual Studio 2012 RC
I’m excited to announce the release of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET – June 2012, which...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 06/07/2012
Announcing Microsoft “Roslyn” June 2012 CTP
I’m happy to announce a new Microsoft “Roslyn” CTP release, which is available for immediate...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 06/05/2012
Welcome to the new blog design
Redesigning our blogs reminded me of painting the walls at home. It’s one of those things you...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 05/30/2012
My Favorite Features: Managing Projects with the Backlog, Sprint Planning and Taskboard Features in Team Foundation Server 11
In my earlier post on Continuous Value Delivery, I talked about the role that features like the...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 05/29/2012
My Favorite Features: Creating Storyboards with PowerPoint
In my last post on Continuous Value Delivery, I talked the importance of communication between the...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 05/24/2012
Continuous Value Delivery with Visual Studio 11 ALM
In the next couple of posts, I’m going to dive into some of my favorite ALM features coming in...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 05/23/2012
My Favorite Features: Unit Testing Enhancements in Visual Studio 11
I’ve been writing a set of posts on some of my favorite Visual Studio 11 features that...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 05/22/2012
Find out what’s in store for the Visual Studio 11 UI in the RC release
After announcing the Visual Studio 11 Beta developer experience, we received considerable feedback...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 05/08/2012
Better Together: TFS 2010 and System Center 2012
This week, we’re celebrating the launch of System Center 2012 at the Microsoft Management...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 04/17/2012
Tune in to Lang.NEXT Videos Online
Language innovation is an important aspect of building developer tools. As technology evolves, so do...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 04/06/2012
Visual Studio Ultimate Roadmap
Today at DevConnections I shared some insight into the roadmap ahead for our Visual Studio Ultimate...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 03/27/2012
Sneak Preview of Visual Studio 11 and .NET Framework 4.5 Beta
Today we’re giving a “sneak peek” into the upcoming beta release of Visual Studio...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 02/23/2012
Join me at the ALM & Test days in Italy
I’m looking forward to my upcoming trip to Italy next week, where I’ll have an...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 01/19/2012
January 17th What’s Happening Around Visual Studio
I hope everyone had a great holiday season, and is off to a good new year. I enjoyed taking some...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 01/17/2012
Microsoft® Visual Studio® LightSwitch™ 2011 is Available Today
I am happy to say that as of 10:00am PDT today, Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 is...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 07/26/2011
June 28th What's Happening Around Visual Studio
A quick recap of what's been happening on the team. Unit Testing Windows Phone 7 applications - Amit...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 06/28/2011
Please welcome Erich Gamma to the Visual Studio team!
Today I am thrilled to announce that Erich Gamma will be joining the Visual Studio team as a...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 06/06/2011
May 27th What's Happening Around Visual Studio
Last week was Teched North America in Atlanta, GA. It was a great event and continues to be one of...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 05/27/2011
Announcing ALM Roadmap in Visual Studio vNext at Teched
I get a lot of questions about the future of Visual Studio; while I can't talk about everything...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 05/16/2011
April 19th What's Happening Around Visual Studio
It's been a while since I've done a look back on what's been happening on the team. I thought this...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 04/19/2011
Announcing Microsoft® Visual Studio® LightSwitch™ Beta 2
I’m happy to announce that as of 10:00 AM PDT today Microsoft® Visual Studio®...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 03/15/2011
Announcing Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
I’m happy to announce that as of 10:00 AM PST the final version of the Visual Studio 2010...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 03/08/2011
Performance Troubleshooting Article and VS2010 SP1 Change
We are getting very near to the final release of VS2010 SP1 (if we were landing a plane the wheels...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 03/03/2011
Visual Studio Jobs
Often times when I'm attending conferences I am asked if Visual Studio is hiring. Here are a few...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 02/15/2011
January 14th What's Happening Around Visual Studio
Quick recap of what's been happening on the team. Rangers Highlights of 2010 - Learn more about the...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 01/14/2011
Tutorial: Dynamic Tile Push Notification for Windows Phone 7
As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to update my Tip Express application with dynamic tile...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 01/03/2011
Windows Phone 7 Useful Links for Tile Push Notifications
I’m on holiday break right now which means it’s time to write some code; I tend to go into...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 12/23/2010
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Interim Fix List
One of the most common requests from the announcement of VS2010 SP1 was for the list of fixed issues...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 12/20/2010
December 16th What's Happening Around Visual Studio
Quick recap on what's been happening on the team. Team Foundation Server and Project Server...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 12/16/2010
Announcing Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta
I'm happy to announce that the Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta is now ready for download!...
Author: Jason Zander Date: 12/07/2010