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Open sourcing the MSTest Test Framework

Brian Harry March 28, 2017 Mar 28, 2017 03/28/17

A couple of months ago I blogged about open sourcing the VS Test platform. In that post, I talked about the numerous test frameworks that it supports, on of the most popular ones being MSTest. I also foreshadowed our plan to also open source MSTest V2. Today I'm happy to announce that we have open sourced MSTest V2 under the MIT license...

New Windows Dev Center release

Brian Harry May 16, 2013 May 16, 2013 05/16/13

Yesterday we launched a new Windows Dev Center. You might ask “Why are you telling us about that, Brian?” Well, the answer is that my team is responsible for MSDN and much of the infrastructure behind it. We partner very closely with the Windows team team produce an awesome Windows Dev Center. Yesterday was the ...

Git-TF 2.0 update available

Brian Harry November 2, 2012 Nov 2, 2012 11/2/12

Yesterday, we released our second major version of Git-TF. To refresh your memory, Git-TF allows developers to use Git locally and “sync-up” with a central TFS server. It’s a particularly nice way to, for example, enable integrated version control is XCode but still participate in a team working with TFS. This ...

Team Foundation Service RTM

Brian Harry October 31, 2012 Oct 31, 2012 10/31/12

Today, we announced that the Team Foundation Service has released. Read more about it on the service web site here: http://tfs.visualstudio.com/en-us/home/news/. I wanted to provide a bit of my own commentary (beyond what I put on the web site news)… Our original plan was to hold RTM until all the billing infrastructure is in place...

Team Foundation Service Updates – Oct 29th

Brian Harry October 30, 2012 Oct 30, 2012 10/30/12

Yesterday, we deployed our sprint 38 work to the service. You can read the release notes on the service here: http://tfspreview.com/en-us/home/news/2012/oct-29/ Other than some bug fixes, this sprint was primarily about our build automation features. We announced the new build drops feature, the ability to download builds as zips ...

MSDN subscribers worldwide get Pluralsight Starter Subscription

Brian Harry October 11, 2012 Oct 11, 2012 10/11/12

Today we announced that MSDN subscribers around the world are eligible for a 12-month Pluralsight training subscription. We originally made this limited-time benefit available to our US subscribers over the summer. Due to the great response and feedback from our customers, we’re excited to expand this benefit globally through ...

Team Foundation Service Updates 9/17

Brian Harry September 18, 2012 Sep 18, 2012 09/18/12

Yesterday we published a new update for the Team Foundation Service. You can read more about what’s in it here: http://tfspreview.com/en-us/home/news/2012/sep-17/ A couple of notes… You’ll notice that the release notes, this week, were written by Aaron Bjork rather than me. Aaron is the GPM responsible for most ...

TFS 2012 Power Tools are now available!

Brian Harry September 14, 2012 Sep 14, 2012 09/14/12

I know many of you have been waiting patiently. I apologize for the delay. They actually shipped yesterday but I didn’t have time to write a blog post about it until tonight. Team Foundations Server 2012 Power Tools A few reminders about how Power Tools work and comments on this release… For the ...

iOS, iPhone & iPad storyboarding

Brian Harry September 13, 2012 Sep 13, 2012 09/13/12

Update: when I first wrote this a couple of hours ago, the link to the iPad shapes was broken so I didn’t mention them. It’s since been fixed so I’m adding it to this post. Clearly there’s a lot of overlap between the iPhone & iPad shapes. So much happened yesterday I’m still trying to catch ...

Visual Studio Update this Fall

Brian Harry September 12, 2012 Sep 12, 2012 09/12/12

For a while now we’ve been talking about increasing our delivery cadence for Visual Studio. Jason first talked about it at DevConnections in the Spring and I wrote a blog post a couple of weeks ago outlining our general approach to cadence (focused on TFS). This week, at the launch of Visual Studio 2012, we gave a bit more ...

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