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New Agile guidance

March 27, 2012 Mar 27, 2012 03/27/12
Brian Harry
We've been working with some of the Agile & Lean thought leaders to gather their perspectives on the state of the art - past, present and future.  It's some good reading.  Check it out here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee889983(v=vs.110).aspx Brian  ...

Announcing a Build Service for Team Foundation Service

March 27, 2012 Mar 27, 2012 03/27/12
Brian Harry
Today in my VS Live keynote, I announced and demonstrated a new cloud based build service for our Team Foundation Service on Azure.  From the beginning with tfspreview, you’ve been able to do builds, but – you had to install, manage, patch, etc the build machines yourself.  With this new service, we’ve made it ...

Keeping your TFS 2010 up to date as of March 2012

March 23, 2012 Mar 23, 2012 03/23/12
Brian Harry
UPDATE It looks like Grant Holliday wrote a nice post that covers more than mine does.  It's not quite as up to date with the Compat GDR but it's good reading too: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/granth/archive/2012/01/03/tfs-2010-what-service-packs-and-hotfixes-should-i-install.aspx We've been releasing a variety of updates to TFS and the VS ...

The Future of CodePlex is Bright

March 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012 03/22/12
Brian Harry
The last 6 months or so have been really busy around here.  Over the next several months, you’ll see a lot of what’s been keeping us busy come to light.  Clearly a big part was unveiled recently with the launch of the VS/TFS/.NET Beta. In this post I want to talk about CodePlex. As you probably know CodePlex is a software ...

VS ALM Rangers Beta Content

March 19, 2012 Mar 19, 2012 03/19/12
Brian Harry
Along with the VS/.NET/TFS Beta, the Visual Studio Rangers created a whole bunch of new readiness content to help you be successful with the next generation of our tools.  Real on their blog for more details: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/02/29/welcome-to-visual-studio-11-alm-rangers-readiness-beta-wave.aspxBrian...

Even Better Access to Team Foundation Server

March 8, 2012 Mar 8, 2012 03/8/12
Brian Harry
About 2 years ago, we first introduced Team Explorer Everywhere.  In doing that we enabled diverse teams to work closely together regardless of platform or technology stack.  We provided organizations a substantially improved ability to manage all of their projects and get consistent visibility across them.  And we gave a new ...

VS 11 Beta and Windows 8 Consumer Previews Available

February 29, 2012 Feb 29, 2012 02/29/12
Brian Harry
As we said earlier this month, the VS 11 Beta and Windows 8 Consumer previews are available.  In the next couple of weeks I’ll write more about things to look for in the TFS Beta.  In the mean time, checkout Jason’s blog for a good overview of what you’ll find.  Here’s a bunch of useful links to learn ...

SCRUM in a more formal organization

February 23, 2012 Feb 23, 2012 02/23/12
Brian Harry
Here’s a nice article on how you can integrate SCRUM and other agile practices into a more formal project management process by combining TFS and Project Server. http://www.mpug.com/News/Pages/Exchanging-Project-Data-with-Your-Development-Team.aspx Brian...

VS Announcements Today

February 23, 2012 Feb 23, 2012 02/23/12
Brian Harry
I’m trying hard to keep up with all of the news.  I’m in India this week and the time zone difference is making it tough.  Here I’m going to give you a bunch of links so you can follow all of the news. The Road to Visual Studio 11 Beta and .NET Framework 4.5 Beta Sneak Preview of Visual Studio 11 and .NET Framework ...

Coming Soon: TFS Express

February 23, 2012 Feb 23, 2012 02/23/12
Brian Harry
Soon, we will be announcing the availability of our VS/TFS 11 Beta. This is a major new release for us that includes big enhancements for developer, project managers, testers and Analysts. Over the next month or two, I’ll write a series of posts to demonstrate some of those improvements. Today I want to let you know about a new way to ...