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Microsoft Joins the OMG (Object Management Group)

September 15, 2008 Sep 15, 2008 09/15/08
Brian Harry
Last week we announced that Microsoft has joined the OMG. Over the past year or so, you've probably seen Microsoft talking more and more about modeling as a key technology for business processes and application development.  At Tech Ed this summer, we did a demo in the keynote and BillG talked about how important a role modeling will play...

More things to know about installing SP1

August 12, 2008 Aug 12, 2008 08/12/08
Brian Harry
I'll let this post be a running list of issues that I hear about as people try installing SP1.  So far I've heard mostly good things about the installation process but a few problems as well.  Here's a few things to know: 1) If you get a Windows Update prompt to reboot during SP1 installation, ignore it (don't reboot).  Wait ...

More things to know about installing SP1

August 12, 2008 Aug 12, 2008 08/12/08
Brian Harry
I'll let this post be a running list of issues that I hear about as people try installing SP1.  So far I've heard mostly good things about the installation process but a few problems as well.  Here's a few things to know: 1) If you get a Windows Update prompt to reboot during SP1 installation, ignore it (don't reboot).  Wait ...

VS/VSTS/TFS/.NET 3.5 SP1 is shipping!

August 11, 2008 Aug 11, 2008 08/11/08
Brian Harry
Following on the release last week of SQLServer 2008, we are proud to announce the release of Visual Studio/Visual Studio Team System 2008 SP1, Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.  You can download them here.  Bootstrappers are for online installs and iso is if you want to download the whole thing and ...

VS/VSTS/TFS/.NET 3.5 SP1 is shipping!

August 11, 2008 Aug 11, 2008 08/11/08
Brian Harry
Following on the release last week of SQLServer 2008, we are proud to announce the release of Visual Studio/Visual Studio Team System 2008 SP1, Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.  You can download them here.  Bootstrappers are for online installs and iso is if you want to download the whole thing and ...

Another innovation in the evolution of Hotfixes

July 2, 2008 Jul 2, 2008 07/2/08
Brian Harry
I've been keeping you all abreast of changes in our Hotfix plans.  More than a year ago, we introduced the notion of advertising hotfixes and enabling people to browse and download the hotfixes the find most useful.  Prior to that, the only way to get a hotfix was to call customer support with a problem and have them determine that ...

Another innovation in the evolution of Hotfixes

July 2, 2008 Jul 2, 2008 07/2/08
Brian Harry
I've been keeping you all abreast of changes in our Hotfix plans.  More than a year ago, we introduced the notion of advertising hotfixes and enabling people to browse and download the hotfixes the find most useful.  Prior to that, the only way to get a hotfix was to call customer support with a problem and have them determine that ...

Expression and TFS

June 30, 2008 Jun 30, 2008 06/30/08
Brian Harry
Warning - this is early information and is subject to change but the Expression team cleared me to say something about it. We get a lot of feedback from customers who would like more seamless integration between Expression and the rest of their development team using TFS.  Last week I saw a demo of work being done that will result in TFS ...