January 2008 - Posts

Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison
Rob Caron just finished working on a very comprehensive product comparison for Visual Studio 2008. If you're at all interested in understanding the various differences between the following products, take a look: Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition Read More...
Posted 30 January 08 02:00 by jeffbe | 0 Comments   
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Welcome Chuck!
Just under two weeks ago, Charles Sterling (aka Chuck) joined our team to lead our Team System community efforts. I'm really excited to have him join us and have high expectations of the impact he'll have on our team. It's been fun watching him reorient Read More...
Posted 28 January 08 01:32 by jeffbe | 1 Comments   
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Load testing Windows Communication Foundation applications
The VSTS Rangers have done it again! They've identified a gap in our current product offering that was blocking it's adoption by a major customer and found a way to deliver tooling to fill the gap. In this case, the challenge at hand was load testing Read More...
Value of Community Tech Previews
We've been issuing Community Tech Previews (CTPs) for some time now including the most recent for Team System code named "Rosario", and I recently asked our MVPs to help me understand what value they derive from these releases. I received a flurry of Read More...
Posted 18 January 08 03:21 by jeffbe | 3 Comments   
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Visual Studio Team System 2008 VPC images available
For those of you that want to try out Visual Studio Team System 2008 including Team Foundation Server, without having to go through the process of installing the product, we have recently released two VPC images for your use: The first VPC is what we Read More...
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