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Social media and other resources about Visual Studio ALM and Team Foundation Server now on our blog

May 26, 2011 May 26, 2011 05/26/11

Esther Fan

The right side of our blog now features Facebook and LinkedIn communities that focus on VS ALM and Team Foundation Server where you can find news, discussion, and other useful content. I also added other resources and a list of blogs about VS ALM and Team Foundation Server...

Visual Studio ALM at Microsoft TechEd 2011

May 18, 2011 May 18, 2011 05/18/11

Esther Fan

Lots of exciting stuff, so check out the session videos on Channel 9:    ...

Videos about how to use layer diagrams, use case diagrams, and activity diagrams in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate

May 2, 2011 May 2, 2011 05/2/11

Esther Fan

These short YouTube videos show how to visualize: How to visualize software architecture on a layer diagram: [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf__skaJIdI] For more information about layer diagrams, see the following topics on MSDN: How to visualize users' needs on a use case diagram: [View:https...

Updated Architecture Tooling Guide for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate

April 21, 2011 Apr 21, 2011 04/21/11

Esther Fan

The Visual Studio ALM Rangers have updated this guide, which includes automated guidance, hands-on-labs, and videos that show how you can use the Visual Studio architecture and modeling tools to help you understand an existing software system or create a new system...

VS ALM Library Updates on MSDN for April 2011

April 18, 2011 Apr 18, 2011 04/18/11

Patrick-MSFT

Normally, I use this space to discuss the important stuff: me, and the weather in the Pacific Northwest. But not this time. This time it's all about the writers. They are all fine people. Even though, except for one glorious day last Saturday, it has only been above 55 degrees twice since Febuary 1, and no one seems to understand ...

How to verify Web application links using Web performance tests in Visual Studio

April 14, 2011 Apr 14, 2011 04/14/11

Esther Fan

Howie Hilliker, who writes about how to test applications with Visual Studio, created some samples to show how to verify Web application links by using Web performance tests:http://blogs.msdn.com/b/howie_hillikers_blog/archive/2011/03/24/verifying-the-links-in-your-web-application-using-a-web-performance-test.aspx...

Visual Studio ALM Hands-On Labs

April 6, 2011 Apr 6, 2011 04/6/11

Esther Fan

The Developer & Platform Evangelism group recently published the following ALM hands-on labs as part of the Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 training course (click to download) on MSDN:                     ...

Developing Windows Phone 7 apps with the help of dependency graphs in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate

March 24, 2011 Mar 24, 2011 03/24/11

Esther Fan

Chris Lovett, an architect on the Visual Studio Ultimate team, wrote an interesting article about developing his first Windows Phone 7 app. He shows how he used dependency graphs in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate to help him visualize and understand the organization of his code during the development process: http://...

VS ALM March 2011 Library Updates and New VS SP1 Content

March 15, 2011 Mar 15, 2011 03/15/11

Patrick-MSFT

This month's continuous publishing release of the MSDN Library includes content for the release of VS 2010 SP1.VS2010 SP1Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 has been released. In this release we addressed some of the most requested features and top voted issues from our customers. Library UpdatesWe've also continued to work on VSALM content ...

Live Meeting events about the ALM tools in Visual Studio

March 7, 2011 Mar 7, 2011 03/7/11

Esther Fan

Microsoft UK is hosting a free Live Meeting event series about the following topics: and many other events through June. For more details, click here.   ...