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VS/TFS 2013.3 (Update 3) released

August 4, 2014 Aug 4, 2014 08/4/14
Brian Harry
Today we released the final version of Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 and Team Foundation Server Update 3.  You can get the update using the link below.  Note that the link includes both the Visual Studio & TFS downloads (among other things) if you expand the Details section on the page. Download Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 See the ...

Visual Studio “14” CTP 2 Available

July 8, 2014 Jul 8, 2014 07/8/14
Brian Harry
I’m not going to make too big a deal about this because there’s going to be tons of them between now and when VS “14” ships.  But we shipped another CTP today and you can learn more about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/07/08/visual-studio-14-ctp-2-available.aspx We’re continuing ...

TFS Upgrade Improvements in TFS 2013.3

July 3, 2014 Jul 3, 2014 07/3/14
Brian Harry
I’ve talked about this before but something happened today that got me thinking about it again.  One of the necessary components of the rapid release cycle we are on for VS and TFS is an easy and seamless upgrade process.  All through the 2012 Update cycle (.1, .2, .3) we worked on making the TFS Upgrade process easier and more...

The effect of Updates

June 12, 2014 Jun 12, 2014 06/12/14
Brian Harry
There was a question on one of our internal aliases today about version to version improvements in our test capabilities.  One of the program managers in that area wrote a response that really caught my eye.  Primarily because it seems like an awesome demonstration of the effectiveness of our “Updates” model.  It&...

VS/TFS 2013.3 CTP 2 is now available

June 9, 2014 Jun 9, 2014 06/9/14
Brian Harry
Today we released the second preview (CTP) of VS/TFS 2013 Update 3.  You can download it here. That I know of, there’s not much in the way of new features over and above what I listed in CTP1.  The changes are mostly bugs fixed and features refined. I’ll remind you that CTPs are not “go live” and are only ...

Visual Studio “14” CTP available as an Azure VM

June 5, 2014 Jun 5, 2014 06/5/14
Brian Harry
This is so cool.  Yesterday we uploaded the VS 14 CTP we released the other day as a VM in the Azure VM gallery.  In the time that it took me to drink my morning cup of hot chocolate (I don’t drink coffee), I was able to spin up the VM, start up VS, connect to my VSO account (roaming settings made that even easier), sync my ...

The first Visual Studio “14” CTP

June 3, 2014 Jun 3, 2014 06/3/14
Brian Harry
Today we released the first Visual Studio “V.Next” Community Technology Preview.  You can read more about it on Soma’s blog post.  Don’t confuse this with my announcement of the VS 2013 Update 3 CTP that I announced 4 days ago.  We are doing development on the next major version of Visual Studio in ...

Visual Studio/Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 3 CTP1 (VS 2013.3.1 if you wish)

May 30, 2014 May 30, 2014 05/30/14
Brian Harry
Better late than never, I guess.  Sorry for being so late blogging about this; it’s been a crazy week.  About a week ago we announced the availability of Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 – Community Technology Preview 1.  That's a mouthful.  Just a bit of orientation.  This is a VERY early preview of Update 3 – heck, we just shipped ...

VS 2013 Update 2 and other TechEd news

May 12, 2014 May 12, 2014 05/12/14
Brian Harry
Today at TechEd in Houston, we announced the final release of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2.  Remember that Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 2 released about a month ago.  You can get the Visual Studio update from the VS updates service in the IDE or look in the “Additional software and updates” section in the VS download...

Creating installers with Visual Studio

April 18, 2014 Apr 18, 2014 04/18/14
Brian Harry
Some years ago we discontinued support for creating installer projects in Visual Studio and directed people to InstallShield for that functionality.  There were a number of reasons for that decision that I won’t detail here.  However, there was vocal feedback from many of our users that they were very unhappy with that decision...