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Visual Studio Coded UI for Word Add-In v2 Sample Solution has shipped!
We are pleased to announce that we have released the sample solution with support for Visual Studio 2012 RC. Overview This project delivers practical and scenario based sample code and guidance for the Visual Studio Coded UI Microsoft Word Add-in, which extends the Coded UI feature support to Microsoft Word documents. Without this Add-in, the Coded UI feature has the following shortcomings: The add-in also provides the following functionalities for Coded UI: To get started, grab the Hand-On Lab, which steps you through building the solution and using it. Download Packages Team Andr...
Creating Team Foundation Server 2012 Lab Management Standard Environments and getting error “Verify that the machines are accessible using the user name and password provided”
Getting ready for Code Camp Seattle i decided to do a demo of Build-Deploy-Test using a non domain joined Windows 8 Release Preview machine as my lab management/hyper V Server creating a Windows 7 Standard Environment as my test environment. Unfortunately everything I did kept getting the error below in the verification step… “Verify that the machines are accessible using the user name and password provided” Turns out you MUST turn off something called “Remote User Access Control” in the Standard Environment machine if you are using a non domain joined computer….if you look closely the the error does give...
Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012 Beta Overview class by David McKinstry June 27
Just got off the phone with one of my ALM MVPs, David McKinstry, and he mentioned he is offering a limited Beta offering of their Visual Studio & TFS 2012 Overview class…If you want to get up to speed on what is new in Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012- this is the class for you! He also mentioned this will be a smaller than normal sitting and they only have limited seats left. Visual Studio & TFS 2012 Beta Overview ClassThis training will focus on the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) features in Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server, which will offer a proven ...
Wesley MacDonald with a LAP AROUND VISUAL STUDIO 2012 at Ottawa IT Community June 14
One of my MVPs from the great white North is delivering a end to end on Visual Studio 2012- I have known Wes for a while and this guaranteed to be a great show!Session Details below LAP AROUND VISUAL STUDIO 2012 Want to see what's around the corner for Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server? We shall cover some of the new features that have been added/improved in the product line such as Agile Project Management, Storyboarding and Collecting Stakeholder Feedback. See how you can use IntelliTrace in Production to help you diagnose issues in production. Go off road in Microsof...
Free Webinar: HP Quality Center Integration Patterns with Team Foundation Server using Tasktop Sync Thurs June 28th
Recently while I was at StarEast in Florida one of the more common questions I heard: “How do we continue using our HP Quality Center investments with Team Foundation Center” So when Wesley at Tasktop mentioned he was doing a free a Webinar on ALM Integration Patterns (Including but not limited to HP Quality Center)with Tasktop Sync I immediately signed up! -I hope Wesley doesn’t mind the liberty I took with the title of the post…. If you want to join me, Wesley and Lance on this webcast I have included the details below. (Hard to believe but I will be a silent participant!) See you there Chuck...
Quick Response Sample – Command line utility to manage Team Foundation Server Teams and Users
Quick Response samples provide information directly from Visual Studio ALM Rangers working with the Microsoft Visual Studio Product Group, in response to feature gaps to supplement the product and knowledge base information. Issue The Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server VM Factory automation team, working on the Visual Studio Readiness “Gig” Hands-on Lab (HOL) prerequisite setup automation, required a command line utility, such as TFSSecurity.exe , to add Teams and Team members to a Team Project. Investigations highlighted that in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 RC, a command line utility with ...
DevExpress Releases DXperience 12.1 with Coded UI Support
It is no secret that it is our partners that help make Visual Studio the best development environment on the planet – and DXperience 12.1 from DevExpress ensures that this thought leadership and great experience will continue going forward. As many developers already know DXperience tools address a wide range of software development needs, including the ability to target new user experiences such as Touch, create incredibly immersive applications and to accelerate productivity so you can build solutions in the shortest possible time-and with the highest of Reliability (in case you haven’t...
Developer Division is running on TFS 2012 RC!
This past weekend we upgraded the TFS server used by the Developer Division and other teams who deliver Visual Studio 2012. It is now running TFS 2012 RC!read more about it… Follow me at twitter.com/tfsbuck
What’s new for Microsoft Test Manager in VS 2012 RC
As you may know, we recently announced the launch of the Visual Studio RC 2012. Here is a list of some exciting new features in the MTM RC 2012: The new Video Recorder To further ease the usage of Microsoft Test Manager, a Media Foundation based video recorder has been integrated with the product, which means that you don’t have to install Expression Encoder anymore to create video recordings during your testing sessions. Manual testing support for Metro style apps built using XAML You can now generate rich action logs, with both text and image descriptions of your actions, fo...