{"id":1501,"date":"2014-03-05T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2014\/03\/05\/vstfs-2013-2-ctp-2-available\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T11:09:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:09:06","slug":"vstfs-2013-2-ctp-2-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/vstfs-2013-2-ctp-2-available\/","title":{"rendered":"VS\/TFS 2013.2 CTP 2 available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we released the next CTP for VS 2013.2 and TFS 2013.2 (aka Update 2).\u00a0 Unfortunately, I was unable to find the time to blog about it because I was in Europe speaking at a conference and visiting customers.\u00a0 So, I\u2019m correcting the error now <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/02\/8228.wlEmoticon-smile_58CD4724.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15586\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/02\/8228.wlEmoticon-smile_58CD4724.png\" alt=\"Image 8228 wlEmoticon smile 58CD4724\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=390521\">Download the CTP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=390522\">Read the KB article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For TFS, at least, this is a \u201cgo-live\u201d release, meaning you can get support and we will enable upgrades from this CTP to the final RTM.\u00a0 In fact this TFS CTP is actually labeled a Release Candidate (RC).\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit weird to have a CTP of VS and an RC of TFS but there are some good reasons for it having to do with the staging of this TFS update, the General Availability of VS Online and the end of the early adopter period that I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2014\/02\/21\/vs-online-early-adopter-program-extended-to-may-7-2014.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for what\u2019s in this Update, you can read about it in my <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2014\/02\/05\/vs-tfs-2013-2-update-2-ctp-released.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage\">announcement of CTP 1<\/a>.\u00a0 The preview of the Git work that I included at the bottom of that post is now included in this CTP\/RC.<\/p>\n<p>One other TFS related feature that I wanted to mention is something called \u201cthe Incoming Changes Indicator\u201d.\u00a0 It\u2019s a CodeLens indicator and is included in this CTP for the first time.\u00a0 I really like it.\u00a0 It provides information about the code element (method, class, etc) to indicate what changes have been made to it in other branches that have yet to be merged into your branch.\u00a0 It allows you to easily explore those changes to understand the possible impact on any changes you may be making.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a very simple example but you can read a lot more in this <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2014\/03\/03\/new-codelens-indicator-incoming-changes.aspx\">blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/03\/1346.clip_image003_thumb_2971E6B2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15783\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/03\/1346.clip_image003_thumb_2971E6B2.png\" alt=\"Image 1346 clip image003 thumb 2971E6B2\" width=\"774\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/03\/1346.clip_image003_thumb_2971E6B2.png 774w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/03\/1346.clip_image003_thumb_2971E6B2-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/03\/1346.clip_image003_thumb_2971E6B2-768x111.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason for designating this TFS CTP as a \u201cgo-live\u201d RC is to make sure we get good validation in real-world environments before we finally release it.\u00a0 If possible, I really appreciate you installing it and giving us feedback on any issues you have.\u00a0 We ran an \u201cupgrade weekend\u201d where we helped several customers through the process last weekend to make sure things seem OK and it was pretty successful.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n<p>Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we released the next CTP for VS 2013.2 and TFS 2013.2 (aka Update 2).\u00a0 Unfortunately, I was unable to find the time to blog about it because I was in Europe speaking at a conference and visiting customers.\u00a0 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