release_team's WebLog

The RC: What works with what?

Soma received a few questions on his blog from folks who received the Release Candidate at the PDC...

Author: release_team Date: 09/28/2005

Whidbey RTM Escrow

As we begin to close down on Ask Mode for the Platform and Design Time teams we enter the final...

Author: release_team Date: 08/26/2005

Whidbey RTM Release Criteria – Dogfooding Team Foundation Server

During Whidbey Beta 1 we built a web application for reporting the division release criteria called...

Author: release_team Date: 07/25/2005

Whidbey Community Technology Previews (CTP)

Most of you are already aware of the Visual Studio 2005 Community Technology Previews (CTP) and are...

Author: release_team Date: 07/20/2005

Whidbey RTM Tell Mode!

On Monday (6/20) the Platform teams (those teams shipping in the .NET Framework Redist) entered...

Author: release_team Date: 06/21/2005

Whidbey Security: Pen Testing Engagement

I mentioned in my last blog that we’re heading towards a first step in the "Final Security Review"...

Author: release_team Date: 06/03/2005

Whidbey Beta 2 “Broad Go-Live”

One of the things we are doing in Whidbey Beta 2 is providing a broad Go-Live License agreement....

Author: release_team Date: 04/18/2005

Whidbey Beta 2 Product Metrics/Release Criteria sign-off!

Last I blog’d I talked to the Product Metrics/Release Criteria… and now we’ve released Whidbey Beta...

Author: release_team Date: 04/18/2005

In the home stretch....

Wow! It’s hard to believe but we’ve completed 5 weeks of “Ask Mode”. Every day for the past 5 weeks,...

Author: release_team Date: 03/15/2005

Starting Ask Mode!

Check off another mini-milestone for Whidbey! Beta 2 Tell Mode is over, and we started "Ask Mode"...

Author: release_team Date: 02/07/2005

Whidbey Beta 2 Tell Mode

Two weeks ago, we entered a phase of the Beta 2 product cycle we call “Tell Mode”. This is the point...

Author: release_team Date: 01/31/2005

Whidbey Beta 2 Tell Mode

Two weeks ago, we entered a phase of the Beta 2 product cycle we call “Tell Mode”. This is the point...

Author: release_team Date: 01/31/2005

Whidbey Security Push Progress

The past few weeks have been pretty busy for me. In my last blog I mentioned I was working on...

Author: release_team Date: 01/10/2005

Yukon Bug Progress…

SQL Server 2005 (code named “Yukon”) is built on the Whidbey platform. The integration of the...

Author: release_team Date: 11/16/2004

DCRs and Breaking Changes

Have you ever been asked to change something when you felt you were done? It happens; customers...

Author: release_team Date: 11/12/2004

Shipping the October Community Technology Preview

As part of my tasks as a release manager, from time to time I actually get to ship software! Last...

Author: release_team Date: 10/25/2004

Product Metrics/Release Criteria

As we drive towards Whidbey Beta 2, the Product Metrics/Release Criteria are a main guiding...

Author: release_team Date: 10/14/2004

Product Unit Reviews

We’ve been driving our bug counts down over the past few months, with an eye on what we call ZBB. We...

Author: release_team Date: 10/11/2004

"Going Dark"

Whidbey is progressing toward its ZBB date, with only a few more weeks to go. For the past week, and...

Author: release_team Date: 09/20/2004

Driving to ZBB

With the successful release of Whidbey Beta1 a few weeks ago, we’re now moving toward Beta2. The...

Author: release_team Date: 08/16/2004

Driving our security push

I’ve been spending the past two weeks focusing on pulling together our security efforts for Whidbey....

Author: release_team Date: 08/13/2004

Mike's Intro

Where to begin… I am one of the Program Managers working on the release of Whidbey. I started...

Author: release_team Date: 08/03/2004

What is "Shiproom"?

Many I’m sure have heard the “Warteam” meetings at Microsoft and probably about as...

Author: release_team Date: 08/02/2004

Chris Dias

Hi! I am the Group Program Manager for the Developer Division Release Team. I started at Microsoft a...

Author: release_team Date: 07/30/2004

Natalie's back from leave

I just came back from a 5 month parental leave two weeks ago. I was terrified of the first week...

Author: release_team Date: 07/28/2004

Introducing the Developer Division Release Team

I suppose the first place to start in writing this blog is to begin with an introduction, including;...

Author: release_team Date: 07/23/2004