Brian Harry's Blog

Visual Studio 2012.4 RC 3 Available

September 11, 2013 Sep 11, 2013 09/11/13

Brian Harry

Every few weeks I’ve been posting about new pre-releases for VS/TFS 2012 Update 4.  Yesterday we released another one – RC 3. Important links: Among other things, the KB article contains a list of fixes in Update 4.  At this point we are starting to get towards the end of the Update 4 cycle and I’d ...

Visual Studio 2013 & TFS 2013 RC is available

September 9, 2013 Sep 9, 2013 09/9/13

Brian Harry

Today we released the Release Candidate for the VS 2013 suite of products.  This is a “go-live” production worthy version and will likely be the last publicly available build before we RTM.  I strongly encourage you to try it out and let us know if you find any blocking issues.  The clock is ticking and time is ...

Expanding Windows Azure MSDN Benefit

September 3, 2013 Sep 3, 2013 09/3/13

Brian Harry

We are expanding the Windows Azure MSDN benefit to two additional subscription levels: MSDN Platforms and Visual Studio Test Professional with MSDN. MSDN Platforms subscribers will receive a $100 monthly credit, while Visual Studio Test Professional with MSDN subscribers will receive a $50 credit per month. Plus, subscribers will receive a $...

VS/TFS 2012.4 (Update 4) RC 2 is available

August 19, 2013 Aug 19, 2013 08/19/13

Brian Harry

Three weeks ago I announced that there will, in fact, be a fourth update to VS/TFS 2012.  It’s going to be a very small update – really not much more than key bug fixes.  It’s going to ship sometime toward the end of the year and, between now and then, we will be releasing as series of “Release Candidates”.  Normally we’d only ...

Feedback on the refreshed Microsoft Developer Network

August 6, 2013 Aug 6, 2013 08/6/13

Brian Harry

First, thanks for all the feedback, even if some of it is a bit brutal.  Sorry for not getting back a bit sooner.  I had planned to it Monday but came down with a pretty nasty cold this weekend.  However, I’ve been reading all the feedback carefully and digesting it. Let me distill the feedback that I heard in order of ...

The Improved Microsoft Developer Network

July 31, 2013 Jul 31, 2013 07/31/13

Brian Harry

Today we launched the new Microsoft Developer Network site.  As I've mentioned before, my team is responsible for much of the infrastructure and experience for MSDN.  I’m very proud of what we have and at the same time see opportunities for improvement. There are two primary use modes for the MSDN web site.  The biggest one is search...

VS 2012.4 (Update 4) will exist!

July 30, 2013 Jul 30, 2013 07/30/13

Brian Harry

Sometime this spring, though for the life of me I can’t find it, I wrote a blog post where I said I thought Update 3 (VS/TFS 2012.3) would be the last update in the VS/TFS 2012 update line.  I often say that nothing that is said about the future is more than a guess with varying levels of confidence.  So, it turns out that I was wrong.  A...