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We’ve just released an update the the very popular Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools.  We’ve incorporated bug fixes, some key user feedback and some cool new features. The first key user feedback worth mentioning is the ability to independently turn off extensions that might conflict with something you already have.  You can get to this thr...

The documentation team continues with their plan to ship documentation updates every month to address the biggest areas of user feedback.  New content in the June update includes: Planning and Tracking Projects  Tracking Bugs, Tasks, and Other Work Items  New and updated topics about work item tracking can help you manage and track t...

The Ranger team has released a new CodePlex project that contains some good guidance for using the architecture tools in VS 2010.  It is very scenario oriented and includes hands on labs that walk you through using the tools to solve some real world problems. http://vsarchitectureguide.codeplex.com/ Brian

We’ve recently published a new MSDN section focusing on the ALM aspects of Visual Studio.  There’s some pretty good content there to help you learn about our offerings and over time we’ll be adding more.  We’ve got a bunch of “How-To” videos in the works.  My hope is that, over time, this becomes k...

I've had numerous conversations with customers about the frustrations of lack of synchronization of products coming out of Microsoft.  For instance, the fact that you can't use VS 2010 to do BizTalk 2006 development.  I continue to advocate inside the company for us to be better about this.  I won't bore you now with a list of exampl...

Yesterday, the Rangers released an update to the WCF Load Test tool that fixed some bugs and added support for integrating with VS 2010 Ultimate.  Check it out: http://wcfloadtest.codeplex.com/Brian

In a post a week or so ago, I introduced the notion of Feature Packs.  Now I get to tell you about the availability of the first one!  I intended to post the same day but I sat down to play with the feature pack to make sure I understood what all it could do and I realized that my impressions didn’t quite match reality.  I wanted to spend some time...

I’m VERY pleased to announce the latest addition to the Visual Studio Power Tools line-up – the Visual Studio Pro Power Tools.  Over the past few years, Power Tools have been such a successful way to deliver compelling value to customers quickly that more and more teams are adding it to their repertoire.  Today, we are releasing the first delivery ...

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, then you’ve heard about these things we call “Power Tools”.  You might have even tried them out and found out they could be darned useful :)  We’ll if you’ve been following my blog long enough, you’ll know that at one point they were called Power Toys ...

We recently sponsored a site where the community can upload Visual Studio wall paper.  You'll find it at: http://vs2010wallpapers.com/ There are some very nice wall papers up there.  I've just chosen "Shoot for the Moon" for my desktop.  Just right click on the image and choose "Set as Background".  There are some clever, beauti...