My time with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

Now that Microsoft has released the beta versions of Visual Studio 2008 SP1, TFS 2008 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, how should you go about evaluating them? Remember - As beta products, you should NOT install these in production environments. (OK - so you're not silly enough to consider that anyway...

Evaluating the VSTS/TFS 2008 SP1 Beta - How to get started →

Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 Beta was announced today after being kept as a secret for some time. Here is the list of available downloads as part of this release: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service pack 1 Beta - Full Installation Microsoft...

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 & TFS Service Pack 1 Betas now available →

One of the great things that the VSTS Product Team showed us at the MVP Summit a couple of weeks ago was an overview of the things coming in TFS 2008 Service Pack 1. Unfortunately this was all covered under NDA and we weren't permitted to blog about it :) Brian Harry has now blogged about the many new...

TFS 2008 SP1 - An impressive list of features →

This month I will be presenting at the Queensland VSTS Users Group. In this "roadmap" session, I will discuss upcoming features for VSTS/TFS including the new WIWA CTP, TSWA updates and *possibly* TFS 2008 SP1. I'll then look at "Rosario", the next version of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and walk...

Queensland VSTS Users Group May meeting →

The latest update to the Microsoft's TFS Power Tools has just been released and as usual there should be something for everyone in this latest version. My top three features are: TFSServerManager client - Now you can product your very own Dogfood statistics for management TFS BPA support for Windows...

New TFS Power Tools released - March 2008 →

One of the things that Microsoft did with the release of VSTS 2008 was to relax the TFS licensing to enable a number of use scenarios. Specifically they now " allow an unlimited number of users in your company to create any work item, query for work items they have created and view or update any...

Work Item Web Access Power Tool - CTP Available →

The next meeting of the QLD VSTS Users Group is scheduled for this coming Friday, 18 th April. Come along and hear Carl Rogers tell us all about Improving Team Productivity via Process Enactment with Team Foundation Server. Venue: Microsoft Theatre 1, Level 9 Waterfront Place, 1 Eagle Street Brisbane...

QVSTSUG April Meeting - Friday 18th April →

One of the most popular "extras" for Team Foundation Server is the Team System Web Access (TSWA) power tool. This is a power tool that provides a fantastic web interface into TFS and as a power tool, it is completely free to licensed TFS users. Hakan and the team at Microsoft have been busy enhancing...

Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 - CTP now available →

For those people wanting to keep an eye on what the product team are doing for the next release of Visual Studio Team System, the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) is now available for download. The "Rosario April CTP" or more offically the "Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team...

A new look at progress on "Rosario" - April 2008 CTP →

I've been running this blog on Community Server 2.1 for quite some time now and have never got around to upgrading to a more recent version. I notice that they have just released the Community Server 2008 RC which has some great new features. In terms of my blog this is a little overkill so I have decided...

Now running on Graffiti CMS →