CodeCampSA is on again this year in Adelaide over the weekend of 18th & 19th July. The event is completely free and a fantastic way to catch up on some of the latest Microsoft Technologies. I’ll be presenting a session or two on VSTS 2010 with a focus on the new testing and architect features. The...

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After an extended period of inactivity, the Gold Coast .NET Special Interest Group is up and running again and I’m their speaker for tomorrow night. I know it’s very short notice but for anyone on the Gold Coast interested in seeing what’s coming for testers in VSTS2010 this should be a great meeting...

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For anyone in the greater Brisbane area, I will be presenting the following session at the QLD VSTS Users Group next month in case you’re interested in coming along. Eliminating No-repro Bugs A look at the new Microsoft Visual Studio® Team Test 2010 product. The next meeting of the QVSTSUG will see a...

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Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is now available for download for MSDN Subscribers!...

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I heard from Shuk Chan today that there are still some places available on the Visual Studio 2010 training in Sydney next week. If you’re available on 19th-21st May and interested in attending, email Shuk Chan before the places are gone… I have also noticed that Coatsy has blogged the agenda for the...

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Now that my demonstration laptop has been rebuilt using the Windows 7 Release Candidate, I need to get my standard virtual machines up and running for a demonstration tomorrow. After a bit of pondering I decided to give Windows Virtual PC a go instead of Virtual PC 2007. In case anyone is interested...

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Today I was working with a client that wanted to install the recently released SQL 2008 Service Pack 1 on their TFS Server. They were eager to know if the SQL Service Pack would be compatible with TFS 2008 SP1. The good news is that you can install SQL 2008 SP1 onto your TFS server if you happen to have...

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I am running one of my popular VSTS Essentials for Project Managers and Business Analysts courses in Brisbane as part of the Tech SummerFest events on Thursday 9th April. If you’re interested in attending this one-day course, you can view the course outline here and register online on the Portal Synergy...

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The Tech SummerFest roadshow was held in Brisbane this week and as part of the Technology Showcase event on Monday we had a full copy of Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite with 12mth MSDN Premium Subscription to giveaway to one lucky attendee. Congratulations to Marinos who was the very happy winner of this...

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Fellow Team System MVP, Chris Menegay, and the guys at Notion Solutions have been busy creating a great set of utilities for Team System. You can see from the line up below that Chris and his team have come up with solutions for many of the most frequently requested add-ons for Team System today.

Here’s the announce from Chris I received this morning.

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