2005–2014
757 posts
2014 171
December 2014
- IntelliTrace Standalone Collector and Application Pools running under Active Directory accounts
- Custom TraceSource and debugging using IntelliTrace
- Application Insights – Metric Explorer (ME) – Part 2
- Application Insights: Exception Telemetry
- New whitepapers for migration and security … with more to come
- Smart Unit Tests – a mental model
- Export telemetry from Application Insights
- CodeLens in Visual Studio Online is now in Public Preview
- Updated Application Insights Status Monitor to support .12 (and later) Application Insights SDK
- Getting started with Cloud-based Load Test REST APIs
November 2014
- Introducing the Child Process Debugging Power Tool
- Avoiding Visual Studio Fakes Build break
- Introducing Smart Unit Tests
- DevOps style deployment in Visual Studio 2015 preview – Sharing deployment configuration with team
- DevOps style deployment in Visual Studio 2015 preview – A detailed look
- Using Selenium with Cloud-based Load Testing
- Set breakpoints on auto-implemented properties with Visual Studio 2015
- Memory Usage Tool while debugging in Visual Studio 2015
- CodeLens in Visual Studio Online enabled as a Limited CTP
- Announcing Visual Studio 2015 Preview and Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 Availability
- Support for debugging lambda expressions with Visual Studio 2015
- Code Lens for Git “Team Activity View”
- Filter link types on Code Map
- Debugging C++ code on Android with Visual Studio 2015
- Introducing Visual Studio’s Emulator for Android
- Announcing DevOps style deployments using Visual Studio 2015 Preview and Azure
- What’s new in Release Management for VS 2013 Update 4?
- Deploying and testing web applications using Release Management
- How to install RM Azure extension and use the Azure VM in Release Management
- Application Insights – Metric Explorer – Part 1
- Cloud-based Load Testing from Europe is now possible
- Cloud-based Load Testing REST APIs are here
October 2014
- Announcing a simplified browser-based authoring and configuration experience for Load Testing
- Upcoming Changes in Visual Studio Architecture and Design Tools
- New Web Access Test features walk through
- Application Insights SDK (0.11.0-prerelease)
- Visual Studio Cloud Load Testing & Error codes
- Peruse the new PowerShell DSC v1 guidance and other recent releases
- Trigger Release from build with Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 Update 3
- New Breakpoint Configuration Experience in Visual Studio 2015
- Perform diagnostic search across your Application Insights telemetry
September 2014
- Release Management Console times out when launched
- Team Explorer Everywhere 2013 Update 2 is now available
- Now available Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 ALM Virtual Machine and how to connect it to Visual Studio Online
- A smorgasbord of great Webinars including: Performance and Load Testing Sept 18th
- Application Insights tools in Visual Studio 2013 Update 3
- How to setup Azure environments for Agent-less deployments in Release Management 2013 with Update 3 RTM
- Connecting Microsoft Application Insights from “behind the firewall”
- Enhance your Application Availability Monitoring with VS 2013 Web Test Plugins
- Scaled Agile Framework: Using TFS to support epics, release trains, and multiple backlogs whitepaper
- New Intellitrace article from Testing Experience: Successful Quality Management with Visual Studio IntelliTrace
- Application Insights SDK (0.10.0-prerelease)
- Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server Update 4 CTP 1 now available
August 2014
- Monitoring your existing Applications
- Free and unlimited project stakeholders, and organizational accounts for Visual Studio Online
- Data-Driven Load Tests using Visual Studio Online and SQL Azure
- PerfTips: Performance Information at-a-glance while Debugging with Visual Studio
- Application Insights – instrumentation approaches for running tests
- Project Welcome Pages
- IntelliTrace standalone collector is back!
- Restrict Team Foundation Build permissions
- Work-items tracking using Release Management
- Microsoft’s journey to Cloud Cadence
- Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 now available
- Driving Unit Tests from Cloud Load Test
July 2014
- Deploying using PowerShell Desired State Configuration in Release Management
- Where is the field on the work item form to order the backlog?
- Load Testing with Visual Studio Online
- How to trigger deployments to Chef managed environments from Release Management 2013 with Update 3 RC
- Get Application Performance Counters of your choice during load runs with Visual Studio Online
- How to deploy to Standard or Azure environments in Release Management 2013 with Update 3 RC
- How to setup environments for Agent-less deployments in Release Management 2013 with Update 3 RC
- CodeLens Processing pipeline performance improvements
- View Source in the CPU Usage tool
- Application Insights tools for Visual Studio included in Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 RC
- CodeLens for Git improvements in Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate Update 3 RC
June 2014
- Visual Studio ALM Community Widgets (aka.ms/widgets)
- Performance & Load Testing and other great free Webcasts by Northwest Cadence
- TFS Planning, DR avoidance and TFS on Azure IaaS v1.4 guidance landed … what’s next?
- New Environment Verification fails Saying invalid ‘Domain User Name’ using Microsoft Test Manager
- Conduct a Git pull request on Visual Studio Online
- Analyzing Load Test Results and everything you wanted to know about load test reports
- Error importing the result file after a load test run
- The first Cloud Load Test and Application Insights class next week at QuickLearn
- Visual Studio 2015 Preview now available in the Virtual Machine Azure Gallery
- Perform diagnostic search across your logs – Now Improved!
May 2014
- Announcing the New Application Insights Alerts Page
- Cloud Load Testing and Application Insights at the Software Developer Network Event 6-6 Netherlands
- New from Imaginet: Timesheet for Visual Studio Online (VSO)
- Latest Microsoft Monitoring Agent
- Top things a new Visual Studio Online account owner should know
- Code Map improvements in Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate Update 3 CTP1
- Quick IntelliTrace File Open from App Insights
- Multiple Monitor Support for Windows Store Apps in Visual Studio 2013 Update 3
- .NET Memory Analysis: Go to Source in Visual Studio 2013 Update 3
- Code Lens for Git in Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate Update 3
- Test Plan and Test Suite Customization with TFS2013 Update3
- CodeLens Team Indicators – Processing Pipeline
- Coded UI testing support for Silverlight using Visual Studio 2013
- Release Management Update 3 CTP1 is now available with DSC Deployment Feature!
- Test controllers are not visible or marked offline in MTM when multiple versions of MTM are installed
- Application Insights in DevDays Finland
- Practical guidance for TFVC and TFS on Azure IaaS
- Behind the scenes: the Backlog Priority or Stack Rank field
- Binding a Cloud Load Test to a data source
- .NET Edit and Continue Survey
- Microsoft Engineering Stories – How We Build Software at Microsoft
- Migrating Your Data from TFS to Visual Studio Online with New Free Utility from OpsHub
- Release Management for Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 with Update 2 is live!
- Debugging, Profiling, IntelliTrace in VS2013 Update 2 and Tech Ed
- Debugging, Profiling, IntelliTrace in VS2013 Update 2 and Tech Ed
- Import virtual machines or template operation of Microsoft Test Manager throws ‘Object reference not set to an instance of an object’’
April 2014
- Brisbane ALM User Group: Integrating Application Insights in the end to end ALM workflow by Anthony Borton
- Using the IntelliTrace Events window with a log collected from MMA Standalone
- Monitoring Custom Performance Counters in Application Insights
- New agent for Application Insights available
- Application Insights Webinar April 17th 8:00am PST
- Integrating testing tools and devops at the Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group April 17th
- Get Application Performance data during load runs with Visual Studio Online
- Using Coded UI to test XAML-based Windows Phone apps
- Phone Debugging in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2
- Release Management – Continuous Deployment with Visual Studio Online and any CI Systems
- Cloud Load testing with Visual Studio Online – Launching General Availability
- Diagnosing Mobile Website Issues on Windows Phone 8.1 with Visual Studio
- Performance Profiling on Windows Phone 8.1 with Visual Studio
- Case study: Application Performance Monitoring with Application Insights
- Visual Studio Release Management 2013 Update 2 RC now available
- Create Lab Environment using TFS Lab Management APIs
- Querying Lab Environments Using TFS Lab Management APIs
- Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 2 and Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 Release Candidate now available
- Did you uninstall Release Management Server and lose access to the Release Management client?
- Diagnosing memory issues with the new Memory Usage Tool in Visual Studio
- Need to migrate Release Management Server?
- Deploy automatically to virtual machines in Windows Azure using Visual Studio Release Management
- Code Metrics PowerTool for Visual Studio 2013 Available on Microsoft Download Center
March 2014
- Application Insights at the Danish Developer Conference April 30th
- Next best thing to being at Build (Build Application)
- Visual Studio Online Guidance for Consulting Teams and Systems Integrators
- Installing the Application Insights tools for Visual Studio could win you cool prizes at Build
- Step by Step walk through of getting Application Insights Up and running
- Free and great value ALM training on the West Coast
- Visual Studio Online Best Practices: Troubleshooting issues with the “Eligible MSDN Subscriber” license type
- Webinar: Cloud based performance, load, & stress testing March 20th
- Visual Studio Online Load Test Troubleshooting Guide
- Using Application Insights for Windows Phone 8.0 Direct3D C++ Apps
- Enhancements to Debugging Exceptions with IntelliTrace in Visual Studio 2013
- Sample Chapter: “Scrum, Agile Practices, and Visual Studio” from the book “Adopting Agile Software Practices: From Backlog to Continuous Feedback, Edition 3”
- March 6th Quality Enablement Webinar: Testing Lean from Planning to Production
- New CodeLens Indicator–Incoming Changes
February 2014
- A Lap around Application Insights in Brisbane Australia March 18th and 21st and Adelaide March 19th
- New CPU Usage tool in the Performance and Diagnostics hub in Visual Studio 2013
- TFS Lab Management with multiple SCVMM servers
- Usage monitoring with Application Insights JavaScript SDK Update
- Free ALM Webinars from Northwest Cadence
- New CodedUI course from Pluralsight
- IntelliTrace MVC Navigation
- Announcing new Application Lifecycle readiness content by the ALM Rangers
- Combining Tools in the Performance and Diagnostics Hub in Visual Studio 2013
- UI Enhancements for IntelliTrace with Visual Studio 2013 Update 2
- Jump to SQL with IntelliTrace
- .NET Memory Analysis: Object Inspection
- Triggering Prefetch for Windows Store Apps in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2
- JSON Debugger Visualizer in Visual Studio 2013
- Run your Coded UI tests against Chrome using the Selenium cross-browser plugin
January 2014
- How to modify the UpgradeTemplate.xaml to enable releasing from a build
- Free Webinar Scaled Agile Framework and Microsoft Visual Studio ALM Feb 4 11:30 AM PST
- Using Visual Studio Online to Load Test the NORAD tracks Santa website
- New TFS book soon available: Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization
- Cloud Load Testing and Application Insights Webinar – January 23rd
- Invitation code for trialing Application Insights
- Announcing: Updated Visual Studio 2013 RTM ALM Virtual Machine + Hands-on-Labs & Demo Scripts
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December 2013
- Investigating Memory Leaks in Azure Web Sites with Visual Studio 2013
- How to configure Team Foundation Server with Release Management
- Implementing custom events in Application Insights
- Announcing Team Foundation Server Administration Tool
- A handful of ALM Ranger solutions landed to close off another exciting VS ALM year
- How to debug Release Management components
- Configuring Release Management to work across untrusted domains
- Announcing Visual Studio 2013 Virtual Machine with Application Lifecycle Management Hands-on-Labs and Demo Scripts
- Application Insights Microsoft Monitoring Agent setup and trouble shooting FAQ
- How to modify the TFS 2013 default build process template (GitTemplate.12.xaml & TfvcTemplate.12.xaml) to enable releasing from a build
- Meet the Application Insights Team (Application Insights Town hall)
- TF255356: Known Issue with Configuring TFS 2013 RTM Express and Basic
November 2013
- Renaming, aliasing or coalescing applications in Application Insights
- Release Management for Visual Studio 2013
- Just My Code for ASP.NET in Visual Studio 2013
- Using a Visual Studio Web Test for availability monitoring in Application Insights
- Case Study: Using froglogic for test UI automation with Java based applications and Microsoft Test Manager
- First public drill down of Application Insights at DevTeach Vancouver
- Announcing Application Insights Preview
- Load testing with Visual Studio Online – Launching Commercial Preview
- Known issues with load testing in Visual Studio 2013
- Implementing Deployment Markers in Application Insights
October 2013
- TFS 2013 process templates get a name change
- System Center Performance Alerts and IntelliTrace
- Update your Overview and Progress reports to support the Portfolio backlogs
- Visual Studio 2013 Team Foundation Server version control and build
- Announcing Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2013 RTM Availability
- Opening 64-bit Dumps of 32-bit Processes in Visual Studio 2013
- .NET Remote Symbol Loading Changes in Visual Studio 2012 and 2013
- Switching to Managed Compatibility Mode in Visual Studio 2013
- IntelliTrace and WCF Services called by Silverlight
- Tweaking Microsoft Monitoring Agent for Null Values
- Data Breakpoints
- Conditional Breakpoints
- Filter Breakpoints
- Function Breakpoints
- Hit Count Breakpoints
- Breakpoints in Visual Studio 2013
September 2013
- Modules Window Search support in VS2013
- Performance Details in IntelliTrace
- Introducing Microsoft Monitoring Agent
- Announcing the availability of Team Foundation Server 2013 Power Tools
- Just My Code for JavaScript Windows Store Apps in Visual Studio 2013
- Coded UI MTM Issues on Internet Explorer with KB2870699
- Using Internet Explorer 11 and not able to record a web performance test successfully?
- Visual Studio 2013 RC ALM courses available from training partner Quicklearn
- Perform Java code analysis with Team Foundation Server and SONAR
- Start learning the concepts of DevOps & Release Management
- Visual Studio 2013 Release Candidate now available for download
- Verification step of Standard Environment creation fails with team foundation server Lab Management can give error “Microsoft Test Manager can not install agent on the machine because another environment is being created using the same machine”
August 2013
- Visual Studio Unit Test Generator v1 “lands”
- TFS Internal Usage Statistics – 1st Half CY 2013
- Coded UI Test Gesture support in Visual Studio 2013
- Releasing a Planning Poker Application and multi sprint burn down chart
- ALM Readiness Treasure Map – Release 2 available in the Windows Store
- Visual Studio Unit Test Generator is feature complete – v1 Release Candidate lands!
- Visual Studio 2013 Application Lifecycle Management Virtual Machine with Hands-on-Labs / Demo Scripts
July 2013
- Load Testing Siebel Applications using Visual Studio
- Get started with some basic TFBuild scripts
- Creating Fence Environments using Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview Lab Management can put Lab Environment in “Not Ready” state
- Creating Fence Environments using team foundation server 2013 Preview Lab Management can give error “The given key is not present in the dictionary..”
- VS ALM Lab management Frequently Asked Questions
- Performance and Diagnostics Hub in Visual Studio 2013
- XAML UI Responsiveness tool in Visual Studio 2013
- Energy Consumption tool in Visual Studio 2013
- Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview – Upgrade FAQ
- What is New in Code Analysis for Visual Studio 2013
- Debugging Asynchronous Code in Visual Studio 2013- Call Stack enhancements
June 2013
- JavaScript/Native Interop Debugging in Visual Studio 2013
- Seeing function return values in the Visual Studio 2013 debugger
- Load testing with Team Foundation Service – Launching Preview and Early Adoption Program
- Visual Studio 2013 Preview: Git version control and Team Foundation Build
- Using Coded UI to test XAML-based Windows Store apps
- Using Visual Studio 2013 to Diagnose .NET Memory Issues in Production
- Why does Visual Studio 2013 display “Visual Studio 2010” in the Test settings dialog
- Part 3: Unit testing with Traits and code coverage in Visual Studio 2012 using the TFS Build – and the new NuGet adapter approach
- Microsoft Test Manager: Customization of test result fields and marking test results as NA
- Testing Improvements in Team Foundation Service Update for TechEd 2013
May 2013
- Blog Updates
- Final ALM Certification Jumpstarts May 28th and May 29th
- Announcing the ability to Test Windows Phone 8 applications with Experitest SeeTest
- Enabling seamless integration with Team Foundation Server, Microsoft Test Professional and HP ALM with Opshub v5.3
- Known Issue and Workaround for TFS 2012 Update 3 RC1
- Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 now available
- Cloning test plans using Microsoft Test Manager
April 2013
- StarEast and an AMA with noted Test analyst Theresa Lanowitz this week
- Testing Java and Cross Platform applications with Squish and Microsoft Test Professional
- Free Microsoft Exam jump start for: Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio 2012 Application Lifecycle Management
- System Center and IntelliTrace
- Help content for the Agile planning tools gets a makeover with TFS CU2
- ALM Rangers ship guidance for DevOps bug resolution using IntelliTrace
- Visual Studio 2012 – Update 2 RTM!
- Upgrade your 2012 team project from RTM to Update 2
March 2013
- Content Index for Visual Studio Web Tests and Load Tests
- How to fix “TF400898: An Internal Error Occurred.” on your Kanban board in TFS 2012 Update 2
- New tool for converting test lists to Visual Studio 2012 Playlists
- Fixed the incorrect order of the first column on the Kanban board on the service
- Use the Git command prompt to supplement Visual Studio
- core.ignorecase corruption issue fixed in Visual Studio Tools for Git 0.8.0.0
- Use Git 0.8.0.0 to run scheduled builds and resolve conflicts
- TFS Update 2 Offers Settings Preservation for In-Place Upgrades
- TFS Kanban board Swim lane customization walk through
- March CTP (“CTP4”) of Visual Studio Update 2 now available
- Kanban customizable columns, “under the hood”
- ALM Rangers ship guidance for Microsoft Fakes, TFS Disaster Avoidance and updates to two other guides
February 2013
- How to profile a XAML Windows Store App
- Customize Git settings in Visual Studio
- Native debugging for ARM dumps
- Dungeons and Dragons Process Template
- What do you mean “This topic is no longer available” ?
- Testing devices made easier with Perfecto Mobile’s MobileCloud™ platform and Team Foundation Server
- Managing Browser Profiles when using Cross Browser testing in Coded UI Test
- Mixed Native and Managed Debugging Improvements for Windows Store Apps
- Multivaluelist control in TFS Work Item Tracking
- Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP 3–After updating, editing work items from web gives you TF400898: An Internal Error Occurred.
- ALM Rangers ship the ALM Readiness treasure map
- Add bugs to the task board or backlog pages
- Run CI builds in your Git team project
- Light weight browser based test management and execution
- February CTP for Visual Studio Update 2
- DevOps virtual machine with Team Foundation Server 2012 and System Center 2012 now available
- Create, Connect, and Publish using Visual Studio with Git
- Debugging Unhandled Exceptions in a SharePoint App with Visual Studio using IntelliTrace
- Microsoft Internal Usage of TFS: July – December 2012
- Visual Studio Update 2 Team Foundation Server feature -Work Item Tagging
- Improvements in Windows Store Unit Tests: Test Exceptions in Async Lambda Expressions, Run Tests on the UI Thread
- Fixes for TFS 2012 Update 1 (aka Cumulative Update 1 for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 1)
January 2013
- Windows Phone Unit Tests in Visual Studio 2012 Update 2
- Getting Started with Git in Visual Studio and Team Foundation Service
- CTP for Visual Studio Update 2 now available
- VS2012 Update 2 Brings Symbol Improvements to Profiler and IntelliTrace
- Exploratory Tests Auto Created from Product Backlog Item Acceptance Criteria
- More on Symbol Improvements in VS2012 Update 1
- UI Testing of Microsoft SharePoint 2013 with Visual Studio 2012
- Other enhancements in Microsoft Test Manager in Update 1
- Meet the cloud diagnostics and analytics team while at the ALM Summit Jan 29-31
- Introducing window based smart match for Cross Browser Testing with Coded UI Test
- Introducing JavaScript Execution on InternetExplorer and CrossBrowser in Coded UI Test
- New build of git-tf required for use with Team Foundation Service
- How to connect to TF Service without a prompt for LiveID credentials
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December 2012
- Content Index for Coded UI Test
- TFS 2012 Update 1: Permissions lost on attaching a collection–fix available
- Visual Studio 2012 C++ CppUnitTestFramework targeting the Visual Studio C++ 2010 compiler
- ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012 RC, TFS 2012 Monitoring Management Pack AND SQL Server Data Tools December 2012 release now available
- Known Issue Upgrading from TFS 2012 Beta to Update 1
- Debugging SharePoint Apps with IntelliTrace in Visual Studio
- Troubleshooting tips for cross browser testing in Coded UI Test
- Asynchronous calls in C++ Windows Store Unit Tests
- Creating NGEN PDBs for Profiling Reports
- Coded UI Test: Configuring Search Properties while recording on Internet Explorer
- How to execute tests locally using TCM.exe command-line?
- Code Coverage in Microsoft Test Manager – Deep Dive
- Debugging on your Windows RT Device without a Network Connection
- Visual Studio 2012 ALM Virtual Machine with Update 1 and hands-on-labs / demo scripts now available
- Publishing test results through command line test runner
- Implementing Traits in custom Visual Studio Test Adapters
November 2012
- ALM Rangers ship update #1 for the Team Foundation Server Word Add-in
- Code Coverage in Microsoft Test Manager in Visual Studio Update 1
- Integrating existing testing systems with Microsoft Test Manager, Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio
- Introducing SharePoint Emulators
- Quick Response Sample – Visual Studio Extension to support the ALM Rangers Branching and Merging guidance
- Part 2–Using Traits with different test frameworks in the Unit Test Explorer
- Retrying failed playback actions with Coded UI
- New Visual Source Safe Upgrade Tool is Available!
- How to manage unit tests in Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 : Part 1–Using Traits in the Unit Test Explorer
- Migrating Coded UI Test Projects on VS 2012
- Coded UI Test: Why does application close after each test in Visual Studio 2012?
- Enabling Tracing and HtmlLogger in Coded UI Test
- SQL Server Data Tools – November 2012 is now available!
- Edit Test Case properties directly from the test runner of Microsoft Test Manager
- Eylean Board
- UI Testing SharePoint 2010 with Visual Studio 2012
October 2012
- Microsoft exam 70-497: Software Testing with Visual Studio 2012
- Team Foundation Service is out of Preview
- Introducing Cross Browser Testing with Coded UI Tests
- Directory of common test tools and utilities
- Testing SharePoint 2010 with Visual Studio 2012 Update 1
- Final CTP for Visual Studio 2012 Update 1
- Introducing Code Map in Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 CTP
- Quick Response Sample – Command line utility to create TFS Branch Scenarios
- Heterogeneous dependencies: what’s a development team to do? Migrate or integrate!
- Error TF254027: TFS Install and Language Restrictions in SQL Server (Express)
- Building iOS Apps in TFS
- Populate Test Suites using hierarchical queries in Microsoft Test Manager
- Pausing and resuming test execution from the test runner in Microsoft Test Manager
- ALM Rangers ship the new Branching and Merging Guide v2.1
- Locking and git-tf and… danger?
- Team Foundation Server and Xcode projects with git-tf
- Unattended Installation of Team Foundation Server 2012/2013
- Network Considerations for TFS Proxy Servers
- Managing automatic updates for Microsoft Test Manager and Microsoft Feedback Client
- Enabling Test Case Management features in Team Foundation Server Web Access
- Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 CTP
- Coded UI Test Support Matrix
- Set Local Workspaces as Default when Upgrading to TFS 2012
- ALM Rangers ship the first version of Team Foundation Server Word Add-in
- Microsoft Update available for Visual Studio 2010 SP1
September 2012
- September Update CTP for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012
- Getting Started with PreEmptive Analytics for Team Foundation Server
- Planning and Tracking – Flat TOC
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Team Web Access and Team Explorer
- 5 hour IntelliTrace Course is now available online
- Running selective unit tests in VS 2012 using TestCaseFilter
- TFS/Agile PM: Configuring so your tasks are estimated in story points
- Team Foundation Service: Process template changes
- TestArchitect by LogiGear offers module-based keyword test authoring for Visual Studio 2012
- Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Power Tools Ships
- 10+ Free ALM Webcasts on TFS 2012, Load Testing from the Cloud, Managing Labs, Branching, Kanban and MORE!
- How do I get my Visual Studio 2012 feature video links back?
- “The Visual Guide for Building Team Foundation Server 2012 Environments” the first Middle East & Africa ALM Community publication
- Changes to the Process Templates between VS 2012 Beta, RC and RTM
- TeamCompanion 4.7 for Visual Studio 2012 releases and they celebrate their 5th anniversary with a giveaway bonanza
- Odin ships Axe 3.4 simultaneously with Visual Studio 2012
- Customizable Process Guidance for VS ALM 2012
- Visual Studio 2012: “Where is the Test Toolbar. Couldn’t find it anywhere”
- What is this Lab Management network traffic: QueryLabSystemDeploymentTasks, QueryTestMachines, QueryLabEnvironments etc
- Gartner starts a study on Testing tools and publishes its findings on Magic Quadrant for Application Life Cycle Management
- Choosing the Right Tool for the Task to Manage Projects, Collaborate, and Monitor Progress in Visual Studio ALM
- ALM Rangers Demo Factory Team release their first demo nuggets!
August 2012
- Changing fields on the Visual Studio Extension Gallery page
- Clearing the credentials for connecting to a Team Foundation Server
- Enable Remote Audio Capture to when Testing or Providing Feedback on Remote Machines
- ALM Rangers Branching and Merging guide for Visual Studio 2012 is available
- Introducing an Integrated Work Item Field Reference for Visual Studio ALM and TFS
- Work Item Field Attributes – What You Can and Can’t Change
- Few tips on implementing a Coded UI Test Plugin Extension
- Welcome to Visual Studio 2012 ALM Rangers Readiness “Wave”
- Test Attachment, Version Control and Database sizes in Team Foundation server
- Showing files with pending changes or files that are open in Visual Studio 2012 Solution Explorer
- Launching the Feedback client from a Windows 8 application using Team Foundation Server Preview
- Team Foundation Server 2012 and Project Server 2010 Integration
- Changing your account/URL name for your Team Foundation Service Preview (TFSP)
- A Lap around Team Foundation Server 2012 Redmond User Group August 6th
July 2012
- Writing a Visual Studio 2012 Unit Test Adapter
- Resolving Issues with the RC Version of TFS Office Integration After Installing Visual Studio 2012 RC and then Office Customer Preview
- When did my test plan get deleted? Who deleted my test suitetest run?
- Microsoft Internal Usage of TFS: January – June 2012
- Significance of Window Titles in Coded UI Test Playback
- Keyword Driven Testing Webcast July 18th with Visual Studio and LogiGear by Hans Buwalda
- Using the IntelliTrace Standalone Collector Remotely
- Javascript Unit Tests on Team Foundation Service with Chutzpah
- UI Test Plugin for Silverlight Applications
June 2012
- Visual Studio 2010 Quick Reference Guide – Localised for Japan
- Visual Studio 2010 Branching Guide – Localized for Japan
- Installing the TFS Plug-in through the Eclipse Marketplace
- Visual Studio 2012 RC – What’s new in Code Coverage
- Visual Studio 2012 RC – What’s new in Unit Testing
- Visual Studio Coded UI for Word Add-In v2 Sample Solution has shipped!
- 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”
- Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012 Beta Overview class by David McKinstry June 27
- Wesley MacDonald with a LAP AROUND VISUAL STUDIO 2012 at Ottawa IT Community June 14
- Free Webinar: HP Quality Center Integration Patterns with Team Foundation Server using Tasktop Sync Thurs June 28th
- Quick Response Sample – Command line utility to manage Team Foundation Server Teams and Users
- DevExpress Releases DXperience 12.1 with Coded UI Support
- Developer Division is running on TFS 2012 RC!
- What’s new for Microsoft Test Manager in VS 2012 RC
- ALM Rangers – Quick Reference Guidance Downloads for Visual Studio 2012 RC refreshed
- Visual Studio 2012 features enabled by using a TFS 2012 server
- Compatibility patch for VS 2008 SP1 to work with Team Foundation Service Preview and TFS 2012
- How to improve the performance of the first connect to TFS
- Ed Blankenship joins the ALM Team (focusing on Lab Management) at Microsoft
- Enabling Coded UI Test playback logs in Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate
- What is new in the Code Index SDK for Visual Studio 2012 RC?
- Enabling Feedback Requests, the Backlog and Sprint Planning Features in Team Foundation Server 2012
- Getting Started with Load Testing in Visual Studio 2012
- After upgrading to TFS 2012: Updating licensing and enabling async checkout for server workspaces
May 2012
- Deep Dive on Configure Features
- How to Configure Features for dozens of team projects
- Welcome to Visual Studio 2012 ALM Rangers Readiness RC “Wave”
- Team Building your windows 8 Metro style Applications.
- If you are focused on testing, we have great ALM Ranger guides and tooling for you!
- Coded UI Test – New Extensibility QFE
- New article and the latest list of articles published by the ALM Rangers
- Optimizing IntelliTrace Collection on Production Server
- Set the current iteration in your queries
- Testing Mobile devices with Visual Studio using SeeTest plugin
- TFS Integration Tools – What is the difference between cloaking and scoping branches?
April 2012
- May 4th QLD Usergroup: Get your Kanban on!
- Visual Studio 11 Beta–Test Agent needs to be installed on Test Controller box for Load Test
- Anthony Borton and ALM Training releases two new Visual Studio 11 courses
- Visual Studio 11 Beta: Test Controller Goes 64 Bit!!
- Requirements Collaboration-TFS & inteGREAT Webcast April 25th 1:00PM EDT
- Announcing Keyword-Driving Testing Integration from LogiGear
- Test Scribe for MTM 11 Beta is out
- Acceptance Testing UI using Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft Test Manager and Fit style tables
- Friday 13th High Noon – An early BETA of the Branching Guide is released
- Team Foundation Service whitepaper has shipped!
- Automatic requirement traceability with Exploratory Testing
- Lab Management walkthrough using Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview Virtual Machine
- TFS Integration Tools – March 2012 Release
- Test Tooling Guides BETA has shipped!
March 2012
- Build on the Team Foundation Service
- Changing the default filter for exploratory testing
- The Code Index – Part 3 – Code samples for using indexed information
- Visual Studio 11 Beta – Changes in Web Performance Test / Load Test Workflow
- Running IntelliTrace on Applications in Production
- March 21st MN User Group: Visual Studio 11 Beta Upgrade Pleasant Surprises and Lessons Learned
- The Code Index SDK – Part 2 – Bulk indexing assemblies into the code index
- Various test attachment size reduction features in MTMTFS 11
- Mar 21 Developer Breakfast in Sydney, New South Wales: Getting the Most out of TFS
- Changing the default number of tasks displayed on the taskboard
- Test Case Migrator Plus V1.2 released
- What’s new for MSTest unit tests in Visual Studio 11 Beta
- The Code Index SDK
- ALM Quick Reference Guide BETA has shipped!
- Using Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta Feedback Client tool with Windows 8 Metro Style applications
- March 12th TFSPreview.com Update
- Getting Started with Exploratory Testing
- Very nice video about what’s new in Visual Studio 11 Dependency Graphs
- Code First API Library, Scaffolding & Guidance for Coded UI Tests–Released to Codeplex
- Visual Studio 11 Beta: Manual Testing of Windows Metro Style Apps
- Microsoft Internal Usage of TFS: July – December 2011
- What’s New in Visual Studio 11 Beta Unit Testing
- Team Foundation Server Process Template Customization Guide BETA has shipped!
- Visual Studio 11 Beta Testing Documentation
- Visualize Code with Visual Studio 11 Beta
- Visual Studio Coded UI for Word Add-In Sample Solution has shipped!
- Visual Studio 11 Beta – What is new in Coded UI Tests?
- Handling playback failures in Coded UI Test due to stale UI controls
- Visual Studio 11 Beta – Unit Testing Plugins List
February 2012
- Welcome to Visual Studio 11 ALM Rangers Readiness Beta “Wave”
- What’s new for Microsoft Test Manager in Visual Studio 11 Beta
- Code sample for using TFS events
- Enabling Feedback Requests for Team Foundation Server
- Team Foundation Tour kicking off in Montreal 14 with Mario Cardinal
- Special Discount for Scrum.ORG course in China by Adam Cogan
- Team Foundation Service Preview–Updated videos are available
- Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Developer Day Feb 18th 2012 at Hyderabad
- Feb. 20112 MN ALM User Group Meeting: Preview of VS 11 Test Tool Enhancements
- Test View Issue: An exception was encountered while constructing the content of this frame
- Professional Scrum.ORG courses being offered in China, India and Philippines
- How To: Get all test points assigned to you?
- Application Lifecycle Management SDR on Testing in Hyderabad Feb 21st
- New MSDN topic: Coded UI Extension for custom controls
January 2012
- Guidelines on improving performance of Coded UI Test playback
- Queensland ALM UserGroup Meeting Feb 3rd in Brisbane
- Team Foundation Service Preview – Configure a master backlog and sub-teams
- Coded UI Test and Microsoft Test Manager Survey
- FAQ: What is the difference between “Assigned To” and “Tester” in MTM?
- What are Your Top Tasks When Using Microsoft Developer Technologies?
- FAQ: Why are my tests not included in the test run?
- .NET Performance Diagnostics: How and Where to Start -User Group Meeting January 18th Eagan, MN
- Microsoft Test Manager stuck in “waiting for test controller” state
- How To: Associate automation programmatically
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December 2011
- How To: Get the Test Case associated with the unit test?
- How To: Bulk edit action recording?
- Sample XPath utility for Coded UI Test
- Want to give feedback for Visual Studio 11 etc and receive cool gifts?
- Storyboarding with PowerPoint – Short Videos to Get You Started
- ALM Summit 2011 Content Now Live and available
- Interested in Agile Adoption across different industries and geographies?
- Team Foundation Service December Update
- Team Foundation Service Preview – Get Started with Agile Planning Tools
- Team Foundation Service Preview – Upload Source to Your Hosted Account
- Team Foundation Service Preview – Connect Visual Studio 2010 to Your TFS Preview Account
- Team Foundation Service Preview – Add Team Members to Your Project
- Team Foundation Service Preview – Create team project
- Team Foundation Service Preview – Beginner’s Guide
- MSDN Article – Visual Studio ALM Rangers: Rise of the VM Factory
November 2011
- QFEs and Hotfix Rollup Package for Microsoft Test Manager 2010
- Three new TFS Training Modules at MSDN Virtual Labs
- ALM Summit in Redmond
- Troubleshooting Record and Playback issues in Coded UI Test
October 2011
- Using Lab Manager 2010 with Windows Azure Web Seminar Nov 1st
- Coded UI Test Extension for 3rd party Windows Forms controls–How to?
- Coded UI Test Extension for 3rd party controls – the basics explained
- Agile Scrum and Kanban presentation by David Starr Nov 3rd at ODNC and free bonus sessions at DevTeach
- ALM Events in Redmond by Northwest Cadence
- IBM Rational to Team Foundation Server Integration Tools – Training and Exploration Sandbox
- How to Build VB6 Apps with TFS Team Build 2010
- All Star ALM Line up at DevTeach Ottawa Nov 2-4
- Northwest Cadence ALM Presentations on Agile Development using Visual Studio ALM–all over the USA!
- Visual Studio 2010 ALM Tools Live Roadshow Double Feature: Managing Your Software Lifecycle and Agile Management using Visual Studio Team Foundation in a town near you (US)
- FREE ALM Web Workshops For MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 2010
- Free Webcasts, Free in-person events and near free Coffee sessions by two of the best ALM practitioners in the Business Steve Borg and Martin Hinselwood
- Automated Testing Simplified by Richard Banks in Sydney Oct 26
- A custom data diagnostic adapter for Visual Studio Coded UI Test using Windows PSR
- Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview Survey is Open
- Australian ALM conference attendees to receive access to Team Foundation Service Preview
- Queensland ALM User group: What’s new in Visual Studio ALM vNext Oct 7th
September 2011
- Team Foundation Server on Windows Azure: A Rangers dog fooding perspective
- Installing TFS 11 Extension for SharePoint from the BUILD Conference in Anaheim
- Installing TFS 11 Build Server from the BUILD Conference in Anaheim
- Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview Testing Documentation
- Australian ALM Conference Sydney 8th and 9th
- Manual Testing Tools for Windows 8 Metro Style Applications
- Coded UI testing with Multiple UI Maps 09/21/2011 MN VS User Group
- What’s New in the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 11 Developer Preview
- Getting Feedback on Working Software with Visual Studio 11
- Learning about the Visual Studio ALM Rangers and how they embrace products announced at //BUILD/
- Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview ALM: Virtual Machine with Hands-on-Labs + Demo Scripts now available
- Modifying an IntelliTrace Collection Plan for the Stand-Alone Collector
- Installing the Advanced Configuration of TFS 11 from the BUILD Conference in Anaheim
- Installing the Standard Configuration of TFS 11 from the BUILD Conference in Anaheim
- Installing the Basic Configuration of TFS 11 from the BUILD Conference in Anaheim
- Want more info about Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview and Team Foundation Server 11 Preview?
- Learning about the Team Foundation Service Preview
- Software Downloads for the Team Foundation Service Preview
- Welcome to the Visual Studio ALM + Team Foundation Server blog
- Alert: URL change for the Visual Studio ALM + Team Foundation Server blog
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
- Team Foundation SDK Updates: VB Samples + More Samples using the Version Control APIs
- Videos about Visual Studio ALM + Team Foundation Server 2010 on MSDN
- VS ALM Library Updates on MSDN for May 2011
May 2011
- Social media and other resources about Visual Studio ALM and Team Foundation Server now on our blog
- Visual Studio ALM at Microsoft TechEd 2011
- Videos about how to use layer diagrams, use case diagrams, and activity diagrams in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
April 2011
- Updated Architecture Tooling Guide for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
- How to verify Web application links using Web performance tests in Visual Studio
- Visual Studio ALM Hands-On Labs
March 2011
- Developing Windows Phone 7 apps with the help of dependency graphs in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
- VS ALM March 2011 Library Updates and New VS SP1 Content
- Live Meeting events about the ALM tools in Visual Studio
February 2011
- Samples that extend UML diagrams in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
- How do You Prioritize Content Work? Here’s What We Did for Team Foundation Content
- Want to better understand relationships between Team Foundation Server work items?
- The Content Backlog for Team Foundation: It’s About What the Developer Does, not What the Product Does
- Short videos about how to visualize your code or system with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
- Creating a Backlog of Content Work
- VS ALM Library Updates on MSDN for January, 2011
January 2011
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December 2010
- VS ALM Library Updates on MSDN for December 2010
- Manage and Track Your Software Project Portfolio in both Team Foundation and Project Server
- Enabling new Application Lifecycle Management Features for Visual Studio 2010 in Upgraded Team Projects
- Team Foundation SDK Improved for VS 2010
November 2010
- Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2 expands test capabilities and includes code visualization + modeling tools from previous feature pack
- Need your feedback on the MSDN Library topic: “Extending Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management”
October 2010
- VS ALM Library Updates on MSDN for October 2010
- Team Foundation SDK Update includes the Server Object Model
- MSDN Video Series: How to explore unfamiliar code in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
- Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate helps you gain more control over code dependencies
- How is Visual Studio 2010 working for you?
September 2010
- VSALM Library Updates on MSDN for September 2010
- Trouble with work item links and model elements in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate?
- Team Foundation Power Tools Update
- Architecture Tooling Guidance for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
August 2010
- VSALM Library Updates on MSDN for August 2010
- Updated: Customizable Process Guidance
- Customizable process guidance
- Team Foundation SDK Feedback
July 2010
- Channel 9 video series: UML with VS2010 Ultimate
- VSALM Library Updates on MSDN for July 2010
- Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 – Process Guidance
- VSALM Library Updates on MSDN for June 2010
June 2010
May 2010
- Sample Code: Create a Work Item in Team Foundation
- Sample Code: Refactoring to Handle Different Types of Work Items
April 2010
March 2010
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December 2007
November 2007
- New End-to-End Articles for Visual Studio Team System 2008
- Team Foundation for Visual Studio Team System 2008 has shipped!
- Managing Documentation Projects in Team Foundation Server, Part 3: Reporting Status
- Community Health for Visual Studio Team System – Part 3
- Community Health for Visual Studio Team System – Part 3 Details
October 2007
- Managing Documentation Projects in Team Foundation Server, Part 2: Tracking Work Items
- Managing Documentation Projects in Team Foundation Server, Part 1: Planning the Sprint
- Community Health for Visual Studio Team System – Part 2
- Community Health for Visual Studio Team System– Part 2 (details)
- Announcing Operations Guidance for Team Foundation Server
- Announcing Team Foundation Power Tools (September 2007)
September 2007
- Community Health for Visual Studio Team System– Part 1 (details)
- Community Health for Visual Studio Team System– Part 1
August 2007
- Now available: Power Tools for Team Edition for Database Professionals with Service Release 1
- New Content Available on Creating Custom Reports
- Available Now: Team Edition for Database Professionals Service Release 1
July 2007
- How to find your Analysis Services server
- Missing Proxy installation steps in the current installation guide
- Diagram-based articles on CRM
- Do pictures help
June 2007
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November 2006
- New Draft Documentation: Mirroring the Team Foundation Data-Tier Server
- DRAFT DOCUMENTATION: How to: Fail Over to a Mirrored Data-Tier Server if the Principal Data-Tier Server is Unavailable
- DRAFT DOCUMENTATION: How to: Fail Over to a Mirrored Data-Tier Server
- DRAFT DOCUMENTATION: How to: Configure SQL Server Mirroring for the Team Foundation Data-Tier Server
- New help topic on configuring Team Foundation Build for incremental builds
October 2006
- Walkthrough: Setting up Team Foundation Server to Require HTTPS and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Walkthrough: Setting up Team Foundation Server with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and an ISAPI Filter
September 2006
- Custom Controls in Work Item Types
- How to: Move the Data Warehouse SQL Server Analysis Services Database to a Separate Server
- How to: Move the Data Warehouse SQL Server Analysis Services Database to a Separate Server
- Team Foundation Server, Digest Authentication, and Basic Authentication
- Confusion over the Security Section
August 2006
- A question about displaying history of files stored in Team Foundation source control.
- Rate those help topics!
July 2006
June 2006
- Customizing the MSF Process Guidance technical articles are now available on MSDN
- It is not yet possible to restore only one team project
May 2006
- Answer to an e-mail comment concerning policies for work item types
- Answer to an e-mail comment on Move TFS from one Domain to another
- Configuring Team Foundation Build to Create a Visual Studio Setup Project
- Creating a Visual Studio Setup Project in Team Foundation Build
April 2006
- How to: Upgrade from Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition
- How to: Upgrade from Team Foundation Server Trial Edition
- Team Foundation Server Upgrade Types
- Upgrading Team Foundation Server
- Unit Test Sample is Now Downloadable
- Generic Test Sample Is Now Downloadable
- Installation Configurations for Clients of Visual Studio Team System
March 2006
- Comment on :How to: Add Users for Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition
- Comment on: How to: Move Your Team Foundation Server from One Hardware Configuration to Another
- re: Scotty’s question on Team Foundation Server Move Types
- Wouldn’t it be nice to have a wizard to move projects.
- Comment on: How to: Add Users for Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition
- How to: Move from a Single-Server to a Dual-Server Deployment
- Moving Your Team Foundation Server Deployment
- How to: Move Your Team Foundation Server from One Hardware Configuration to Another
- Team Foundation Server Move Types
- How to: Move Your Team Foundation Server from One Environment to Another
- Questions about using CFD with Visual Studio Team System
- How to: Add Users for Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition
- Update to topic on debugging while unit testing in ASP.NET
- A Helpful How-To for Team Foundation Server, Workgroup Edition
- How to: Debug while Running a Test in an ASP.NET Solution
- Updated Team Foundation documentation available on MSDN
- Getting ready to upgrade
- Upgrading from Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Refresh to the Release to Manufacturing Version (RTM) of Team Foundation Server
- Upgrading from Team Foundation Server Release Candidate (RC) to the Release to Manufacturing Version (RTM) of Team Foundation Server
- More About the Data Warehouse
- Troubleshooting the Data Warehouse
- Understanding the Data Warehouse Architecture
- Team Foundation Server SDK question
- Team Foundation Server in Workgroups and Active Directory Domains
- Trusts and Forests Considerations for Team Foundation Server
- Unsupported Domain Configurations
- A Note About Moving a Team Project from One Server to Another
January 2006
- Cool walkthrough Info on merging and branching
- Minimum requirements for upgrading to Team Foundation Server
- Team Foundation Server without Active Directory
- Managing Team Foundation Server in a Workgroup
- Using Cumulative Flow Diagrams in User Education
- More about SQL and Team Foundation Server
- Backing Up and Restoring Team Foundation Server Data
- Planning for Disaster Recovery
- Planning for Backup and Restore
- Planning for Current Needs
- Moving a Team Project from One Version to the Next
- Team Foundation Server Data Warehouse
- Team Foundation Server Permissions
- Team Foundation Server Default Groups, Permissions, and Roles
- Team Foundation Server Permissions
- Migrating from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Source Control
- Preparing to Migrate from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Source Control
- Team Foundation Server Proxy and Source Control
- Remote Connections and Geograpically Dispersed Development
- Configure Team Foundation Source Control to use Proxy Server
- About the Team Foundation Server Proxy Config File
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December 2005
- Info on merging and branching
- Understanding Branching
- Understanding Merging
- Get started understanding and using Team Foundation
- Getting Started with Team Foundation
- Planning a Team Project
- Using Process Guidance
- Understanding Team Foundation Server
- Using Source Control
- Using Team Projects
- Using Work Items
- Using the Team Project Portal
- Some Team Foundation Server security documentation for you today
- Team Foundation Server Security Architecture
- Team Foundation Server Security Concepts
- Team Foundation Server Default Groups, Permissions, and Roles
- Team Foundation Server Permissions
- Backup and Restore Procedures