User Group Session: A Lap Around Visual Studio Team System 2010

On Monday, 13-Oct I will be presenting a session at my local (and favorite) user group, the .NET Developers Association. For this session I will be providing a demo-filled tour of the next release of VSTS - Visual Studio Team System 2010. This is your chance to come and see some of what we will be showcasing at the upcoming PDC 2008 later this month.

Tell your friends, tell your boss (heck, maybe you'll get paid to come). One lucky attendee will walk away with a fully licensed copy of Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite.

 

A Lap Around Visual Studio Team System 2010

In this session you will witness a demo-intensive tour of the upcoming release of Visual Studio Team System. This session will walk-through an example development iteration and highlight some of the advancements, that way you see the new capabilities in context. Expect to see new capabilities being delivered across Team System, including the new Architecture Explorer, architecture layer diagrams, gated check-in, build workflow, branch visualization, historical debugging, test case management and execution, improved work item tracking, and improved support for agile planning. This will be a fast paced, exciting session, filled with demos.

Time and Location

Monday, 13-October, 7:00 PM (networking begins at 6:30 PM)

Microsoft Campus, Building 41, Steptoe Room
http://maps.live.com/?v=2&where1=Microsoft%20Building%2041%2C%20WA&encType=1

 

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VSTS Development Edition + Database Edition

This morning we made the official announcement (general info and press release) of the next release of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework. This includes Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio Team System 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0.

In the next release of Visual Studio Team System we will be merging the feature sets of the Development Edition and the Database Edition into a single product. The new product – part of Visual Studio Team System 2010 – will include all of the features in the Development Edition and the Database Edition as well as new capabilities delivering even more value in a single product. This will provide a more complete set of capabilities for building software in today’s data-driven environments.

Bringing these two feature sets together enables you to take advantage of the core tools for application development as well as the necessary tools for database development, including performance profiling, code analysis, code metrics, code coverage, database refactoring, Schema Compare, Data Compare, and more.

If you have VSTS 2008 Development Edition or Database Edition with MSDN Premium you are eligible to get both products through MSDN Downloads. This is an exclusive offer for MSDN Premium subscribers with these products -- we want you to realize the benefit of this merged feature set now.

Beginning October 1, 2008 eligible MSDN subscribers will have access to both the Development Edition and Database Edition through MSDN Subscriber Downloads. This change also applies to customers who purchased Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers with MSDN Premium Subscription and Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals with MSDN Premium Subscription, who's subscription is still active.

Yes, I'm a P.C.

I LOVE the new "I'm a PC" commercial. It makes me proud to say "I'm a P.C." (OK, that's a bit odd, but what the heck).

I'll admit, I love Apple. In fact, I was a die-hard Apple user for many years before making the move to Windows. Apple makes things very elegant and desirable. Their products, their apps, their Web site...I'll bet their trash just looks good (and it probably operates very intuitively).

The fact is, that I'm a Microsoft guy, and have been for the past 10-years. I've owned Mac's - my last one was the last MacBook before the Intel switch. I've owned iPods - in fact I still have one in my car to play my daughter's Disney songs. I also own Windows P.C.s, Zunes, an XBox, and Windows Mobile phones (OK, I'll admit, I wish Windows Mobile was as sexy as the iPhone, but at least I own my phone instead of renting it).

No real point other than...my name is Doug Seven and I'm a P.C. and I'm proud of it.