Brian Harry's Blog

Visual Studio Online Update – Feb 28

February 28, 2014 Feb 28, 2014 02/28/14

Brian Harry

Today we finished the deployment for sprint 61.  You can read the service news to see what’s new.  A lot more new code was deployed than is apparent.  We’re gearing up for some big announcements in April and May – expect to hear more in that timeframe. Overall this deployment went reasonably well.  Much better than ...

VS Online early adopter program extended to May 7, 2014

February 21, 2014 Feb 21, 2014 02/21/14

Brian Harry

***UPDATED*** June 2014 - The early adopter program ended in may and the data export capability described below expired on May 20th. I know this is the second time I am doing this but I believe it is the last.  For a refresher for those who don’t remember what the early adopter program is, let me explain.  We released the ...

Visual Studio Online Update – Feb 10

February 10, 2014 Feb 10, 2014 02/10/14

Brian Harry

Yesterday, we completed our sprint 60 deployment.  With it comes two new features: Exporting test plans as HTML documents and a permission to control who can create new work item tags.  You can read more about the new features on the service release notes here: http://www.visualstudio.com/news/2014-feb-10-vso. As you may know, since ~Oct...

Application Insights Visual Studio Add-in preview

February 6, 2014 Feb 6, 2014 02/6/14

Brian Harry

In the fall, we introduced a preview of a new VS Online service called “Application Insights” that enables you to instrument your app to ensure that it is available, performing and successful.  It combines APM capabilities with usage analysis, aimed at developers to help them create the best possible apps. Yesterday, we released a ...