August 2007 - Posts

Watch TFS - Project Server Connector Channel 9 video
Brian Keller recently interviewed Lenny Fenster, the lead VSTS Ranger on the TFS-Project Server Connector , about the project. If you want to learn more about what we did and why, I'd recommend taking the time to watch this interview . Read More...
Posted 16 August 07 01:56 by jeffbe | 3 Comments   
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Team Architect August Power Tool available
The Team Architect folks have just released an update to their Power Tools for Orcas Beta2. Check out their blog announcement for more details. I've lost count...how many releases does that make for the Team System team in the past month? We're on fire Read More...
Posted 16 August 07 01:33 by jeffbe | 2 Comments   
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New spelling features added
David Kean recently posted an article announcing new spelling support for Code Analysis in Team System 2008 - Development Edition. It's kinda funny...when I describe what static code analysis is to people who aren't coders, I use the example of Word's Read More...
Posted 15 August 07 04:18 by jeffbe | 1 Comments   
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Doug wants to know what you want
Doug Seven , our newest addition to the Team System marketing team, would like to hear from you regarding future topics for him to cover in his blog. Take a look at his post and let him hear from you. Read More...
Posted 15 August 07 04:09 by jeffbe | 5 Comments   
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Guide to Team Build 2008
Check out Buck's post written by Patrick Carnahan summarizing the key features available in Team Build for the upcoming release of TFS 2008. The work that he and his team completed for this release is pretty impressive and I think customers will really Read More...
Posted 15 August 07 03:34 by jeffbe | 0 Comments   
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Watch Channel 9 video on news from DataDude
Brian Keller just announced the availability of a new Channel 9 video featuring Gert Drapers (aka Data Dude) covering various topics including the recent Service Release and Power Tools from our team. Enjoy! Read More...
Posted 15 August 07 03:21 by jeffbe | 1 Comments   
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DataDude ships again!
As if releasing their service release as well as VS2008 Beta2 last month wasn't enough, our DataDude team has done it again...this time shipping Power Tools that extend the functionality of Visual Studio Team Edition for Data Professionals to meet the Read More...
Posted 11 August 07 04:31 by jeffbe | 2 Comments   
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My foreword
For the recently published Team Development with TFS guide , I wrote the following foreword which seemed worthy of posting here as well. Before we released Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team Foundation Server (TFS), we first used it to develop TFS. For Read More...
Posted 07 August 07 02:50 by jeffbe | 0 Comments   
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final version of Team Development with TFS now available
We hear on a regular basis that customers want our advice and guidance on how best to use Team Foundation Server. Given the power and flexibility of TFS, it's reasonable that folks would want us to point them down a proven path rather than leaving them Read More...
Posted 07 August 07 02:42 by jeffbe | 3 Comments   
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Initial feedback on Rosario starts flowing in
It hasn't taken our early adopters much time to start providing feedback on Rosario since our announcement just under two days ago. We've received our first bug through Connect , seen our first questions on the Rosario forum and just recently Grant Holliday Read More...
Posted 05 August 07 02:22 by jeffbe | 3 Comments   
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First Rosario CTP now available!
It’s with great pleasure that I announce the availability of the first Rosario CTP (officially known as Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System code name “Rosario” August 2007 CTP ). Customers can immediately begin downloading the VPC images and learning Read More...
Posted 03 August 07 09:51 by jeffbe | 34 Comments   
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Moving to Team System 2008 Beta 2
Hopefully by now you've downloaded Visual Studio Team System 2008 Beta 2 , read Brian's blog on upgrading TFS as well as Buck's on Team Build compatibility and are ready to get started using Beta 2 in earnest. Since this is expected to be our final beta Read More...
Posted 01 August 07 02:34 by jeffbe | 0 Comments   
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Why choose Team System?
I recently received an email from one of our customers asking for a list of reasons to choose Team System. There are so many, it's hard to know where to start! One of the best ways I've found to answer questions like this is to point folks to our various Read More...
Posted 01 August 07 12:55 by jeffbe | 0 Comments   
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Upcoming Team System webcasts
Adam Gallant recently posted a listing of many Team System webcasts that are scheduled for the next 10 months or so. Some of them look really interesting...maybe I'll listen in and learn something too! His blog has a full listing...I've just included Read More...
Posted 01 August 07 12:36 by jeffbe | 1 Comments   
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