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As the lead to the ALM MVPs I am continually surprised by the breadth of skills my MVPs have.  For instance this post was created by Terje Sandstrom.  In our ranks we tend to think of Terje as an architect and of the worlds foremost expert on our UML designers and Architect Explorer.  So this morning it was with a bit of surprise when i see not onl...

This past summer I had the chance to play around a bit with a tool called the Eylean Board - an add-in for TFS that provides visual project management.  In TFS 2012 we shipped a set of features to visually manage your backlog, sprint plans, etc. The Eylean Board provides a similar experience but offers a broader set of functionality (reports, confi...

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 provides complete record and play support through Coded UI for performing UI validations on Sharepoint 2010 applications. Recording and playing back on a sharepoint application is no different from recording on any webpage on Internet Explorer as internally the Coded UI IE plugin is being used. This blog assumes that y...

  We just released a new Microsoft Exam  “Software Testing with Visual Studio 2012” which covers manage the process of running tests, creating and monitoring bugs, and managing and mitigating issues that a software organization has in controlling test coverage for project requirements. Mainly focusing on Microsoft Test Manager 2012. Wha...

Earlier this morning at the Build conference here in Redmond we announced that Team Foundation Service is now out of Preview!  The new URL for the service is http://tfs.visualstudio.com. You can read about the changes here: http://tfs.visualstudio.com/en-us/pricing/information/ With this change, your accounts are now accessible at http://.visualst...

Coded UI Tests help automate browser based applications built on Internet Explorer. We are now enabling cross-browser testing of such applications. Users will be able to perform functional testing of web applications across IE/Firefox/Chrome.  One can use IE to record tests and validate control properties using Coded UI Test Builder. Users als...

 One of the common challenges with getting started with a new technology is discovery of the tools and resources that can help you get started and increase your productivity…With that in mind the team has collected their list of favorite test tools:  

Another in my MVP series of blog posts: This post is by one of the most active of the Canadian MVPs, Wes McDonald.  I find it interesting that Wes and our neighbors up north have taken the spirit of the US code camps and turned it in to arguably Canada’s best developer conference that is both internationally recognized and commercially v...

  11/26/2012 Update.  Note The final release of Visual Studio Update 1 now available, please see: Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 1 now available       Summary This week we are releasing the final CTP for Visual Studio 2012 Update 1.  This release is a Consumer Technology Preview of the forthcoming Visual Studio Update ...

Another one of the ALM MVPs, Kris Lankford, has written a quick getting started with Code Map in Visual Studio 2012 Thanks Kris and sorry this has taken so long to publish!!!   Introducing Code Map for Visual Studio 2012 CTP  By Kris Lankford As part of the Visual Studio 2012 CTP for September, Visual Studio got a little sexier at ...