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Git vulnerability with .gitconfig

December 18, 2014 Dec 18, 2014 12/18/14
Brian Harry
Today the Git community disclosed an issue in Git that, in the worst case, could allow a developer’s machine to be taken over.  This is an issue that manifests across much of the Git ecosystem and is not unique to Microsoft’s Git implementation or to Windows.  I’ll describe the problem and the steps we’ve ...

A new Visual Studio Online and Team Foundation Server Features Timeline

December 17, 2014 Dec 17, 2014 12/17/14
Brian Harry
We are always working on ways to communicate more effectively with customers about what we have done, what people like and don’t like, what they want, what we’re planning, etc.  A year or so ago we added a Features Timeline page to our News section of visualstudio.com as one step in that journey. The news section, for VS Online ...

More pricing and licensing changes coming

December 10, 2014 Dec 10, 2014 12/10/14
Brian Harry
Earlier this year, we started a process of reviewing our pricing and licensing for Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online.  Our intent was to review all of the customer feedback we’ve received to look for changes that would simplify purchasing and make it more affordable for teams to include everyone in the broader ...

News from Connect();

November 12, 2014 Nov 12, 2014 11/12/14
Brian Harry
This week we had our “Connect();” developer event in New York.  We made a ton of announcements.  You’ll find a bunch on Soma’s blog, the Visual Studio blog, the Visual Studio ALM blog and in the release notes. At the highest level, we announced: I also previewed some features that will be coming to VS ...

Visual Studio and TFS 2013.4 (Update 4) Release Candidate

October 16, 2014 Oct 16, 2014 10/16/14
Brian Harry
It’s time!  The Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2013.4 and Team Foundation Server 2013.4 is here. I’ve written some posts about the CTPs along the way.  But I’ll give a high-level recap of the ALM improvements and talk about a few of the new things showing up in this RC. Work item tracking and Agile project ...

Visual Studio and TFS 2013.4 CTP2 is available

September 22, 2014 Sep 22, 2014 09/22/14
Brian Harry
Today we released the second CTP (community technology preview) of Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 and TFS 2013 Update 4.  You can read about the VS changes on the Visual Studio blog.  You can download the CTP.  Or you can check out the release notes.  Also here’s the link to the blog post I wrote on CTP1. TFS ...

Team Explorer Everywhere 2013.2 (Update 2)

September 22, 2014 Sep 22, 2014 09/22/14
Brian Harry
Today, we released Update 2 of Team Explorer Everywhere.  You can read details on Will’s blog post. I’ve been amazed lately how many people don’t know about Team Explorer Everywhere.  We’ve had it for a couple of years now.  It’s a really nice solution for Java/Eclipse users to use Team Foundation ...

SAFe with Team Foundation Server

September 12, 2014 Sep 12, 2014 09/12/14
Brian Harry
Greg Boer posted a very detailed article on how to use the Scaled Agile Framework with TFS: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/09/11/scaled-agile-framework-using-tfs-to-support-epics-release-trains-and-multiple-backlogs-whitepaper.aspx Check it out, Brian...

VS & TFS 2013 Update 4 CTP 1 is available

September 3, 2014 Sep 3, 2014 09/3/14
Brian Harry
I don’t know about you but it’s kind of hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that we are already on the road to delivering Visual Studio 2013.4 and Team Foundation Server 2013.4.  Update 3 wasn’t that long ago.  Today we are delivering Update 4 CTP (Community Technology Preview) 1.  As always, there will be a couple of CTPs...