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October 2006 - Posts

Subscription Queries?

If you have a query about your subscription (things like what version have you got, when does it expire, can you take advantage of the free migration to a Team System role etc) then you can call the MSDN contact centre on 0800 0517215. There are a team Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:10 PM by Jon Pratt | 0 Comments

View Version History Diagrams

When I'm demonstrating Team Foundation Server to Clearcase users they sometimes ask about version history/branch diagrams in TFS. Diagrams are not a feature of v1 but if it is a blocker for you then check out these two options: Foundation Tree TFS Source Read More...
Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 2:24 PM by RichE | 0 Comments

Upcoming Visual Studio Team System Chat

Want to put your questions directly to the VSTS Product group? Get amongst them at the VSTS chat! Visual Studio Team System Chat - Wed, Nov 8th Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Read More...
Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 10:59 AM by RichE | 0 Comments
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Announcing the Visual Studio Team System - Project Server Connector

This is really great news! It means that it is possible to integrate the project & portfolio management functionality of Microsoft Project Server with Team Foundation Server. This means updates to work items in VSTS are automatically applied to the Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:59 PM by Jon Pratt | 0 Comments

The Profiler collects more than I realised

Team Developer includes a very useful and powerful profiler for profiling managed and unmanaged code. By default, when you have selected that the profiler should collect Object allocation and Object Lifetime information, only the allocation details are Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:34 AM by neilk | 0 Comments

VSTS Customer Case Studies

Stay up to date on the latest global VSTS customer case studies published here I LURV the CitiGroup story :-) Read More...
Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 11:22 AM by toonarmy | 0 Comments
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Blogging History

Interesting blogging article in the Telegraph, I wonder how many people blogged on the 17th October and made history: here Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:44 PM by ukvsts | 0 Comments

Transitioning from older versions of MSDN

One of the most popular questions we get asked is what is the transition path from older versions of MSDN to Visual Studio 2005 with MSDN? Well here is a simple list that hopefully will show the transition paths available to you: Current MSDN Universal Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:28 PM by charduff | 0 Comments
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Did you know buying MSDN with Visual Studio 2005 just got cheaper?

You can now get Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition with an MSDN subscription with a 15% discount. This discount is valid on Open and Open Value licenses - you can see the different license types here So why would you want MSDN? Well MSDN provides Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:11 PM by charduff | 1 Comments
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Want to see Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)?

Are you interested in purchasing Visual Studio Team System? Are you a senior developer, architect or project manager? The following sessions are free and limited to 15 people and are held in Microsoft's Technology Centre (MTC) at Microsoft's UK HQ, Thames Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:07 PM by ukvsts | 0 Comments
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Frequently asked Questions

One thing that microsoft developer tools and licensing does raise is questions - as a team we will answer numerous questions as we go about our week. Have a look here http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/default.aspx#licensing to see if your questions Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 2:55 PM by ukvsts | 0 Comments
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New to MSDN? Not sure where to start?

If you are brand new to the Microsoft Developer Network - a good place to start is here . It will guide you to the various sub sections of information that you may be searching for whether it be related to downloads, how to buy, events, partners, the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:42 PM by ukvsts | 0 Comments
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Front Page to Expression Web

Did you know that FrontPage is being superseeded by a new product called Expression Web? Expression Web will give you all the tools you need to produce high quality, standards based websites the way you want them. Expression Web will be compatible with Read More...
Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 11:06 AM by toonarmy | 0 Comments
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Microsoft using Visual Studio Team System internally

Microsoft is well known for "dogfooding" - running our business on our own software - often in mission critical roles using beta versions!. Read and download the technical case studies on our VSTS internal experiences at this site Read More...
Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 10:57 AM by toonarmy | 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): CASE STUDY - Microsoft OEM IT and VSTS.doc
 
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