Tim Star, one of the ALM MVP  will be presenting at the Feb. 20112 MN ALM User Group Meeting….Looks like a fun show!Preview of Dev 11 Test Tool Enhancements Feb 15, 2012 5:00-6:30pm Intertech's New Offices! 1575 Thomas Center Dr Eagan, MN 55122Click to Attend DescriptionIf the much anticipated Dev 11 beta ...

In Visual Studio 2010 Under certain circumstances the you may encounter problems opening the Test View window. (see image below) Luckily it is easy to fix.  To make it go away, you need to close/reopen Visual Studio. If you don’t want this ever happening again, do the following: 1. Go to the Tools main menu -> Options… | Test Tool...

  Working with Ken Schwaber  Microsoft and Scrum.org has developed a program that helps developers learn Scrum, techniques of software craftsmanship, and all while working in teams to deliver real software on the Visual Studio ALM platform! The Professional Scrum Developer (PSD) program recognizes that excellent technical practices and world-cl...

As a reader of the ALM Blog you already know, a corner stone of the next version of Visual Studio code named “Visual Studio 11” is delivering the next generation of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools.  February 21th two of the principal stakeholders for ALM tooling at Microsoft Brian Harry and Sam Guckenheimer will be vis...

Anthony Borton looks like he is hosting another great User group this month with Andrew Harcourt and Software Project Rescue: A Fairy TaleFriday, February 3, 2012 from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM (GMT+1000)Brisbane, QueenslandMicrosoft Office - South Stradbroke Island Room Level 28 400 George Street Brisbane, Queensland 4000 Australia Friday, F...

I really need to get out to the MN usergroup! They seem to have some of the best most consistent topics around!   January 18th, 2012 5:00-6:30pm Click to Attend Description Everyone has that application that just doesn't perform as well as it should, or that one application that you think might be a bit slow,...

The Microsoft Visual Studio Design Research Team i.e. the folks that work on the user interface for Visual Studio are doing rounds of usability labs –and would love for you to participate! Specifically they are looking for participants to give us direct feedback on our development tools, languages and libraries!    Opportunities inc...

Working with MSDN and Channel9, the ALM Summit folks have posted all Session the content at: https://channel9.msdn.com/events/alm-summit/2011 If you are looking for recommendations my top 5 were:  

One of the pioneers of the application quality ecosystem, Theresa Lanowitz, has founded Voke – a company focused Application Lifecycle virtualization and convergence markets.   A big part of her and Voke’s focus right now is insight how different development methodologies are doing.  If you want a free copy of her latest ...

In response to your requests and feedback on Uservoice and Connect we have released several QFEs and a Hotfix Rollup Package for Microsoft Test Manager.  Highlights of these updates include:  For more information on the entire list of updates or for download information please see the blog post: QFEs for Microsoft Test Ma...