{"id":1271,"date":"2014-05-30T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2014\/05\/30\/visual-studioteam-foundation-server-2013-update-3-ctp1-vs-2013-3-1-if-you-wish\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T12:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:37:54","slug":"visual-studioteam-foundation-server-2013-update-3-ctp1-vs-2013-3-1-if-you-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/visual-studioteam-foundation-server-2013-update-3-ctp1-vs-2013-3-1-if-you-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio\/Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 3 CTP1 (VS 2013.3.1 if you wish)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Better late than never, I guess.\u00a0 Sorry for being so late blogging about this; it\u2019s been a crazy week.\u00a0 About a week ago we announced the availability of Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 \u2013 Community Technology Preview 1.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a mouthful.\u00a0 Just a bit of orientation.\u00a0 This is a VERY early preview of Update 3 \u2013 heck, we just shipped Update 2 at TechEd about 2 weeks ago.\u00a0 It is <strong>not<\/strong> intended for use in production environments.\u00a0 I\u2019m not expecting everyone to run out an install it but, if you are really interested in what\u2019s in it, it\u2019s a good opportunity to track the progress.\u00a0 We will likely be shipping a few CTPs before we ship a final release \u2013 think of the update cadence as roughly a release every 3-4 months \u2013 so Update 2 in mid-May means Update 3 somewhere in the Aug\/Sept timeframe, assuming all goes as expected.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to check it out, there are the links you will need.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Download Center: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=397827\">http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=397827<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>KB Article: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=397828\">http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=397828<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A few of the notable ALM related things already in Update 3 are:<\/p>\n<h3>Test plan customization<\/h3>\n<p>One of the big innovations in TFS 2013 Update 3 is with Test Plans and Test Suites.\u00a0 We\u2019ve gotten a lot of feedback over the past couple of years about people wanting more capabilities.\u00a0 With Update 3, we\u2019ve changed the underlying implementation of plans and suites to be based on work items \u2013 rather than the custom entities they were before.\u00a0 This means you get all the features you get for work items: customization, querying, an API, permissions, history, etc. automatically.\u00a0 We\u2019ve done it in a way that it\u2019s compatible with previous clients, reports, etc so it should be a non-disruptive change for you and should just make things better.\u00a0 This feature is not available on VS Online yet because we don\u2019t enable any process customization in VS Online yet.<\/p>\n<p>With this improvement, we\u2019ve addressed a slew of User Voice suggestions.\u00a0 You can read more about it <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2014\/05\/23\/test-plan-and-test-suite-customization-with-tfs2013-update3.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0451.image_thumb_6FFDA0CB.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15748\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0451.image_thumb_6FFDA0CB.png\" alt=\"Image 0451 image thumb 6FFDA0CB\" width=\"562\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0451.image_thumb_6FFDA0CB.png 562w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0451.image_thumb_6FFDA0CB-300x51.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/2047.image_thumb_0AC9C6D8.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15749\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/2047.image_thumb_0AC9C6D8.png\" alt=\"Image 2047 image thumb 0AC9C6D8\" width=\"562\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/2047.image_thumb_0AC9C6D8.png 562w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/2047.image_thumb_0AC9C6D8-300x46.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0728.image_thumb_1A6C629A.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15751\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0728.image_thumb_1A6C629A.png\" alt=\"Image 0728 image thumb 1A6C629A\" width=\"562\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0728.image_thumb_1A6C629A.png 562w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0728.image_thumb_1A6C629A-300x41.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0456.image_thumb_37E14457.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15752\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0456.image_thumb_37E14457.png\" alt=\"Image 0456 image thumb 37E14457\" width=\"562\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0456.image_thumb_37E14457.png 562w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0456.image_thumb_37E14457-300x41.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>CodeLens for Git<\/h3>\n<p>Since we released CodeLens, we\u2019ve gotten consistent requests for more.\u00a0 In Update 3, we are adding support for collaboration indicators when you are using Git (in addition the support we already have for TFVC).\u00a0 You can read more about it <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2014\/05\/23\/code-lens-for-git-in-visual-studio-2013-ultimate-update-3.aspx\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 Another top ask is CodeLens support for Visual Studio Online.\u00a0 We don\u2019t have that yet but it\u2019s next on our list after Git support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0207.image_thumb_074DC69F.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15753\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0207.image_thumb_074DC69F.png\" alt=\"Image 0207 image thumb 074DC69F\" width=\"562\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0207.image_thumb_074DC69F.png 562w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/05\/0207.image_thumb_074DC69F-300x45.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Codemap improvements<\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019re continuing our journey to make Codemap a great solution for visualizing your code and its dependencies.\u00a0 With Update 3 we\u2019ve made lots of nice small improvements that overall improve the experience.\u00a0 Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2014\/05\/27\/code-map-improvements-in-visual-studio-2013-ultimate-update-3-ctp1.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Powershell Desired State Configuration support<\/h3>\n<p>I mentioned this one in my talk at TechEd.\u00a0 We\u2019re continuing to evolve and improve our Release Management capabilities.\u00a0 Part of that is working with the Windows and Azure teams on creating the best solution for deploying applications on our platforms.\u00a0 Powershell DSC support is the next step on that journey and will ultimately be combined with other platform technologies coming that will make it very easy to deploy large scale distributed applications and to manage all the deployment automation and configuration assets the same way you do yo\nur application code.\u00a0 You can read more about our new Powershell DSC support in release management <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2014\/05\/22\/release-management-for-microsoft-visual-studio-2013-with-update-3-ctp1-is-live.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully you like what you see so far.\u00a0 All this will evolve between now and the Update 3 release and we look forward to any feedback you have.<\/p>\n<p>Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better late than never, I guess.\u00a0 Sorry for being so late blogging about this; it\u2019s been a crazy week.\u00a0 About a week ago we announced the availability of Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 \u2013 Community Technology Preview 1.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a mouthful.\u00a0 Just a bit of orientation.\u00a0 This is a VERY early preview of Update 3 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