From time-to-time I try to check which Team System blogs I regularly look at and I though sharing this with you might be pretty helpful:
A really great new "German" blog http://www.tfsblog.de/ was started by AIT AG one of our German Team System Quality Board partners and what I like about this one are the valuable articles they publish. They really put in additional value and share their experience.
If you speak German, be sure to visit their blog.
Another German alternative is Christians blog. Christian is a broadly known Team System expert and colleague of me here at Microsoft Germany: http://blogs.msdn.com/cbinder/
#1 blog is and stays Brian Harry: http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry , just in case you have not fell over it?
Additionally I want to point you to Stephanie's blog that still is pretty new:
http://blogs.msdn.com/stephaniesaad - Stephanie mainly focuses on future development, agile and distributed team topics.
Big value I also get from WIT Tools blog, they currently have a great series on internal Team System adoption at Microsoft: http://blogs.msdn.com/teams_wit_tools/
Not to forget Neno, a Team System MVP personal friend and Team System geek: http://msmvps.com/blogs/vstsblog/
A big bunch of other are out there and worth looking at. I will list a few more below:
http://blogs.msdn.com/processblog
http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffbe
http://blogs.msdn.com/gertd/
I just saw that I never blogged the information that we have fully installed Team System VPCs available as TRIAL downloads. This is extremely helpful if you want to get a first look into Team System or play around a bit without the need to order hardware and install the whole Server product.
For TRIAL Download just look here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts2008/products/cc268311.aspx
And for the ones already looking for the next release, a VPC with the Rosario Community Technology Preview can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts2008/bb725993.aspx
AS already mentioned we captured a bunch of sessions at TeamConf in April. Now 4 of them are Online. You can find them here: http://www.microsoft.com/germany/msdn/events/teamconf.mspx.
Including Keynotes from Ivar Jacobson and Sam Guckenheimer!
Have a look there to see what you missed or to get inspired what kind of value you may see at TeamConf 2009.
I wrote quite a lot about TeamConf 2008 beforehand but got lost in workload after the conference, not finding the time for writing a review.
The first "Team System Only" Conference world wide was a great success.
We had over 250 attendees and 97% of all attendees gave us the feedback, that they will will recommend TeamConf to others.
We had 3 fantastic days, starting off with practical half and full day workshops, one of the workshops even went till 8:30 pm (scheduled till 6 pm). In the workshops attendees had the chance to really hear practical experience around the Team System space....
The following 2 days where stuffed with great sessions and especially the customer sessions where highly rated. We had > 10 user-sessions from live VSTS customers sharing their experience and success stories. This was a tremendous benefit to the conference. Additionally Ivar and Sam had great keynotes that rounded of the conference program.
One point not to miss: Everyone really enjoyed the networking possibilities. We had a good platform for formal and informal talks in the "finger food" dinner area. This was one of the most important pieces of the conference, besides content and really made a difference according to othe revents I have been.
To sum up: We will have a TeamConf 2009. Be sure to save the date 5.-7. May 2009 in Munich.
And we look forward to see even more attendees, customer success stories and networking possibilities there.
If you are interested, you can have a look to the session content on the TeamConf website.
Stay tuned for an update: We recorded a bunch of sessions, that we will make available on Channel9 the next weeks. I will promote this on my blog.
Besides, according to my blog title: Events like this are pure "Team System Motivation"
I really hear this question quite often and the answer is not easy: If you use Team Portal you are able to profit from all SharePoint Collaboration possibilities, but you don't get Versioning/Labeling with the related Source Code. If you store Documents in Versioncontrol, all NON Developer Roles, not having Team Explorer installed, can't work on them. Both solutions don't really satisfy :-(
Sometimes good solutions are so near. With the TFS Migration Toolkit we deliver a reference implementations for syncing data between TFS and WSS. This makes it possible to use best of both worlds and lets you just synch Team Portal Docs into Versioncontrol. Just have a try!
Many thanks to Klaus Liebe from Zühlke for this tip.
Sonntag 2.0 – ein Mini-Barcamp zum Thema: Web 2.0 und Sicherheits-Aspekte
Schon mal auf einem Barcamp gewesen? Am Sonntag den 25.05.2008 findet unser erstes Mini- Barcamp in München statt zum Thema: Web 2.0 und Sicherheits-Aspekte. Mehr Informationen und kostenfreie Anmeldung unter: http://sonntag.mixxt.de/
The ones who missed the launch or interesting sessions can download presentations and video recordings on the Launch Portal.
The following Team System related content can be downloaded:
Erfolgreiche Softwareprojekte mit Visual Studio Team System 2008
Marcus Alt
Team Foundation Server 2008 - Versionsverwaltung im Überblick
Christian Binder
Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals
Bernhard Frank
Bessere Applikationen entwickeln durch Integrierte Qualitätssicherung mit Visual Studio Team System 2008
Christian Binder
Additionally I want to point out, the following Session from Stefan Grasmann / Zühlke,
that made a very good review on Software Factories in real life projects:
Software Factories in der Praxis
Stefan Grasmann / Zühlke
Die Teilnehmer der Launch-Veranstaltung in Frankfurt konnten bei der kostenlosen Software zwischen der englischen und der deutschen Sprachversionen wählen.
Da beim Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server (TFS) ein nachträgliches Wechseln der Sprache speziell von deutsch auf englisch technisch nicht möglich ist (siehe auch Plan Language Blog Eintrag), sollte vor der Installation die Sprach-Entscheidung getroffen werden. Neben der Oberfläche sind auch die Projektinhalte von der Sprache betroffen.
Wenn Sie auf der Launch-Veranstaltung eine deutsche Version des TFS gewählt haben, können Sie trotzdem die englische Version installieren.
Bitte gehen Sie dabei wie folgt vor:
(1) Laden Sie die englische TFS Trial Version herunter und installieren Sie diese komplett. Diese finden Sie hier:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/de-de/vstudio/aa700831.aspx
(2) Anschließend die Installation erneut aufrufen (über die Windows-Systemsteuerung), die Option „TRIAL aktivieren“ steht direkt im ersten Dialog zur Verfügung.
(3) Den Key der deutschen TFS-Version aus dem Launch Kit eingeben und damit die englische Version des TFS aktivieren.
Ein ausführlichere Beschreibung finden Sie auch auf Brian Harry´s Blog unter:
http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2008/01/15/how-to-i-upg...
Another Team System Conference News:
Kevin Kelly is a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft responsible for all Team Foundation Server marketing. Before that Kevin was a leader in developing Team Foundation Server (TFS) serving as Principal Program Manager for work item tracking and version control subsystems
We have a limited possibility to setup personal meetings with Kevin. So if you plan to attend TeamConf and have topics that you want to discuss with our product marketing, please ping me and I will check wether we can arrange a meeting. A talk with Kevin or Sam at TeamConf will always be possible because they are around most of the time.
Looking forward to see you at the conference!
Security 360° - das bedeutet Sicherheit aus der Rundum-Perspektive. Microsoft bietet auf dieser Veranstaltung einen umfassenden Überblick zum Thema „Sicherheit in der Softwareentwicklung“ - für Entwickler, Projektleiter, Architekten und Entwicklungsleiter. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf den Grundlagen der Entwicklung sicherer Software. Die Vorträge der Veranstaltung geben handverlesene Erfahrungen weiter, die direkten Praxisbezug haben.
Die Termine:
· München, 26. Mai 2008, Frankfurt/Hanau, 28. Mai 2008, Düsseldorf, 30. Mai 2008
Weitere Informationen, eine detaillierte Agenda sowie die Möglichkeit zur Anmeldung (Early-Bird-Preis: 125,- EUR bis 25.04.2008) finden Sie unter: http://www.securitytour.de/
We have waited long for it but now a fully installed VPC is available for public download:
This virtual machine is running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, SP2. It contains a full installation of Team Foundation Server 2008, Team Build 2008, Team Explorer 2008, Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite and all necessary prerequisites. In addition, it has been updated with Office 2007 SP1, current Windows Updates as of March 25, 2008, and the December Release of the TFS Power Tools. Team Foundation Server is installed in workgroup authentication mode and thus does not require a domain controller.
This release also contains 38 hands-on labs and sample data. Please examine C:\MSLabs inside the VPC image. If you desire, you can download the hands-on labs and their support files only. See the MSI download link below.
Please note: future updates to this image will be provided in the form of Virtual PC Differencing Drives. You may find it convenient to keep a copy of this download unmodified for these future updates so that you do not need to re-download this base image.
To learn more about this release, please visit the Visual Studio Team System 2008 home page.
I am really excited to give you the latest information on the German Team System Conference April 22th-24th in Munich.
TeamConf will have two super-interesting Keynotes:
- Ivar Jacobson speaking on the topic "Enough of Process – Let’s do Practices"
- and Sam Guckenheimer (Group Product Planer VSTS) talking about
"Managing Complexity: The VSTS Journey"
Additionally the conference provides plenty super-interesting sessions and Real-Live reports from many Team System customers e.g.
Additionally you find many other sessions on technical and specialized topics.
The conference is rounde3d of by a Pre-Workshop day. Some workshops are already nearly filled up.
Be sure to have a look at the program and make your reservation very soon.
Hearing this from customers a bunch of times now I want to point out, that you should carefully decide if you really want to use a localized TFS Version.
There is NO supported WAY to change the chosen TFS language after you have created Team Projects. (Before you can for sure uninstall and reinstall). Microsoft does not support changing TFS languages in any way!
If you e.g. install a German TFS and want to use the SCRUM Project Template you are already in trouble. SCRUM as well as most others 3rd Party process templates do not support a German TFS.
If you are not sure, put yourself on the safe side and install an English TFS.
To be clear: This is different for Team Suite and all other Client products here you can change language by simply uninstalling the old and installing the new language version, if you have a valid licence :-)
Today is the third day of the German Launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 in Frankfurt. I am more then just a bit excited: We had 6.000+ attendees at the Launch and additional 1.500 at the parallel SharePoint Conference.
Heroes Happen Here:
All Team System sessions and we had 5 Team System only ones, where crowded. The rooms where full and we had rooms for 600+ people! We had great feedback and super interesting discussions on all kinds of Team System topics. The Ask the experts booth for Team System was really overrun during most breaks. For me this was one of these events where you really feel proud to belong to the Team System family and this motivates for every minute I invest in Team System.
Der Launch 1 Ort. 2 Veranstaltungen. 4 Produkte.
vom 19.-21. Februar 2008 wird das Ereignis zu Visual Studio 2008.
Für alle Teilnehmer die vor allem an Visual Studio Team System Themen interessiert sind haben wir alle Session's zu diesem Thema zusammengefasst, so dass die persönliche Agendaplanung leicht von der Hand geht. Ich freue mich viele "Leser" meines Blogs in Frankfurt zu treffen und werde am Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Stand zu finden sein:
Team Foundation Server 2008 - Versionsverwaltung im Überblick
Christian Binder, DEV Track1, Dienstag 17:15 Uhr
Erfolgreiche Softwareprojekte mit Visual Studio Team System 2008
Marcus Alt, TDM Track, Mittwoch 09:15 Uhr
Visual Studio Team System 2008 im Überblick
Christian Binder, DEV Track1, Mittwoch 11:00 Uhr
Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals
Bernhard Frank, DEV Track2, Mittwoch 13:45 Uhr
Bessere Applikationen entwickeln durch Integrierte Qualitätssicherung mit Visual Studio Team System 2008
Christian Binder, DEV Track1, Mittwoch 15:30 Uhr
