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Coded UI Test Support Matrix
Please do not use the information in the post below as it is out of date. Updated information about Coded UI Test Support Matrix can now be found at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380742.aspx ******************************************************************************************* Please find the support levels across platforms for Coded UI Tests for...
Set Local Workspaces as Default when Upgrading to TFS 2012
I was reminded yesterday by a customer about something in the upgrade process that I thought was a helpful reminder for all the TFS administrators. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Team Foundation Server to the recently released Team Foundation Server 2012, you’ll want to make sure you add one more step to your post-upgrade plan. If you aren’t familiar, local workspaces is the new feature in Team Foundation Server 2012 that makes it much easier to get started with working in TFS version control. It also improves the “offline” experience for developers and removes the “read-only” bit for versio...
ALM Rangers ship the first version of Team Foundation Server Word Add-in
We are pleased to announce that we have released the first version (1.0.12.0622) of the Team Foundation Server Word Add-in. The add-in allows you to import work items from a Team Foundation Server Team Project and generate professional-looking Word document from TFS Work items. For more information on this project, please visit the TFS Word Add-In Codeplex project. Coffee break with the dev lead To share a bit of the human aspect of this project, we decided to ask our dev lead, Rob Jarratt, the following question: “Why have and are you investing such an amazing amount of time, passion and tenacity...
Microsoft Update available for Visual Studio 2010 SP1
An update to Visual Studio 2010 SP1 with compatibility support for Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8 is available for download at Download Center and as a Microsoft Update.After you apply the Microsoft update, the following Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Test Tools features are improved for Windows 8:Here are the list of new features: The Update also contains bug fixes to below issues:Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 For more details, view KB Article 2736182
September Update CTP for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012
I have had a couple of people ask me about these new downloads appearing in MSDN downloads simply called something like: CTP of Quarterly Update for Visual Studio 2012 (x86) - (English). Unfortunately these downloads contained no description other than: “Statement of Support: This release has not been subject to final verification and validation, and is not intended to be run on production machines.”* As Dave Lubash and Brian Harry posted both Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server will shipping new features every quarter(!)… In addition to these production quality updates being released quarterly we ...
Getting Started with PreEmptive Analytics for Team Foundation Server
Chris Kinsman wrote a great article on where to use PreEmptive Analytics for Team Foundation Server with best practices, implementation considerations etc etc for MSDN Magazine. The best part i found of this article was the tutorial on getting started. In talking to Chris i mentioned i would love to have a quick and dirty “primer” on the ALM Blog. Hope you enjoy it! (Thanks Chris!) ************************* An important new tool inside Visual Studio and TFS 2012 allows you to capture all the information about issues in your applications across clients and services—and quickly respond to them by ...
Planning and Tracking – Flat TOC
Sometimes it's nice to see what's available all on one page. Here's a flat TOC of the Planning and Tracking Projects content for VS ALM Team Foundation Server 2012. While this view doesn't represent all the topics available under the Planning and Tracking node - it does represent the most often viewed topics and those which can take you deeper into an area of interest. Let me know if this is helpful, or how to make it more so. What other flat TOCs would you like to see?What challenges you the most when trying to find content to support your needs?
Keyboard Shortcuts for Team Web Access and Team Explorer
You can use the following keyboard shortcuts within Team Web Access or Team Explorer. You can use the ARROW keys to change the focus. Use the ARROW keys to navigate within lists, menus, to expand/collapse hierarchical data, or to scroll the page. You can use the following keyboard shortcuts to perform the indicated action working within a list or work item form.
5 hour IntelliTrace Course is now available online
Marcel de Vries was one of the first people outside of Microsoft to receive Intellitrace builds, involved with almost as much of the planning as the feature PM (Larry Guger) and managed to find and file the first external bug on Intellitrace – so it is no wonder that it was Marcel PluralSight went to write their 5 hour Intellitrace course. For more information please see: http://www.pluralsight.com/training/Courses/Description/intellitrace Course Description: IntelliTrace is a feature of Visual studio Ultimate that enables application debugging using a historical execution log. This course...