New Zealand ISV Blog : Visual Studio 2010

Microsoft Unplugged Update – December 2009

NZ ISV Blog Team — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:34:35 GMT

Join us in December 2009 for the latest Microsoft UNPLUGGED Update. Come to TechNet morning for IT Pros and/or afternoon MSDN sessions for Developers.
TechNet Sessions for IT Pros: 9am – 12.30pm

• Migrating Windows XP to Windows 7: Get it done with Microsoft Deployment Tools
• Microsoft Infrastructure Update

Nathan Mercer, Microsoft New Zealand IT Pro Evangelist will take IT Pros through the process of migrating Windows XP to Windows 7, and provide a Microsoft Infrastructure Update showcasing the latest Microsoft technologies for IT Pros. Level 300.

Wellington: 1 Dec - Register
Christchurch: 2 Dec - Register
Dunedin: 3 Dec - Register
Tauranga: 8 Dec - Register
Auckland: 9 Dec - Register

MSDN Sessions for Developers : 1.30pm – 5pm

• Windows Azure – All You Need To Know To Get Started!
• Get ready for Visual Studio 2010

Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud platform will be launching at PDC 2009 this month. Mike Zeff and Ryan Tarak from Microsoft will take you through how Developers can start using and benefiting from Windows Azure. Also, Visual Studio 2010 will be the latest release of Microsoft Developer tools. Come for an overview presented by John-Daniel Trask from Mindscape. Level 300.

Wellington: 1 Dec - Register
Christchurch: 2 Dec - Register
Dunedin: 3 Dec - Register
Tauranga: 8 Dec - Register
Auckland: 9 Dec - Register
Level 300 events for IT Pros and Developers. Free to register. More information...

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Available

NZ ISV Blog Team — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:10:33 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is available for download by MSDN (and BizSpark) subscribers today, with a more general availability starting October 22nd (NZ Time).

There are also some changes coming to the number of versions of Visual Studio and MSDN available. There will now be only 3 versions you need to choose from:

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN: the comprehensive suite of application lifecycle management tools for software teams to ensure quality results from design to deployment.

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Premium with MSDN: a complete toolset for developers to deliver scalable, high quality applications.

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN: the essential tool for professional development tasks to assist developers in implementing their ideas easily. (Note: Visual Studio 2010 Professional will also be available without MSDN subscription)

Scoot over to the Visual Studio product site to compare what’s included in each version.

The testing tools in Visual Studio 2010 are a personal highlight for me. So often you see testers discovering and logging bugs that then get closed as ‘No Repro’ by the developers. The Test and Lab Manager along with TFS 2010 allow testers to capture both screenshots AND full screen video of a bug which can then be attached to the bug report. Along with IntelliTrace (historical debugging) the developer then has the repro steps plus a historical stack trace and other debugging information. Have a look at Brian Keller’s Channel 9 10-4 video and Habib Heydarian’s blog. Nice.

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Beta 1 available for MSDN Subscribers

NZ ISV Blog Team — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:06:27 GMT

As announced on Soma’s blog, Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Beta 1 was made available for download to MSDN subscribers today. If you are an MSDN subscriber you can visit the download centre and download it now.

If you want to know more about what is new in Visual Studio 2010 have a look at the product page or watch some Channel 9 videos.

I have installed it on a machine with Visual Studio 2008 as well and so far it appears to play nice (though I haven’t done any extensive testing).

It will be made available for general download starting Thursday, NZ time. Beat the rush, get it now!