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Visual Studio Online Update – Feb 28

Brian HarryFebruary 28, 2014Feb 28, 201402/28/14

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 t

Team Explorer Everywhere 2013 Update 1 available

Brian HarryFebruary 28, 2014Feb 28, 201402/28/14

You can download Team Explorer Everywhere 2013 Update 1 (version 12.0.1) from the Download Center or install the TFS plug-in for Eclipse from directly within your Eclipse IDE (update site URL: http://dl.microsoft.com/eclipse/tfs). Improvements in Update 1 include… Build support for Java projects in Git (and more) The VS Online ser

VS Online early adopter program extended to May 7, 2014

Brian HarryFebruary 21, 2014Feb 21, 201402/21/14

***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 publi

Visual Studio Online Update – Feb 10

Brian HarryFebruary 10, 2014Feb 10, 201402/10/14

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

Application Insights Visual Studio Add-in preview

Brian HarryFebruary 6, 2014Feb 6, 201402/6/14

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 pr

VS/TFS 2013.2 (Update 2) CTP Released

Brian HarryFebruary 5, 2014Feb 5, 201402/5/14

Today, fast on the heels of Update 1, we released the first CTP of VS/TFS 2013 Update 2. Although Update 1 was a pretty small release, Update 2 is much larger. This CTP is *not* feature complete and it is *not* “go-live”. It is an opportunity for you to get a peek at some of the things we are planning to release i

SCOM Management Pack for TFS 2013 Available

Brian HarryFebruary 5, 2014Feb 5, 201402/5/14

OK, that took much longer than it should have – way too much red tape for this, unfortunately, but the management pack for TFS 2013 is now available. I’ve been getting emails, blog comments and other forms of queries for months asking about it and it’s finally here. You can download it here: TFS 2013 management pa

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