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I have been with Polaris Solutions as an ALM Practice Lead since January 2011. As I go about my day to day, I often stumble across things I want to share out with the community. This is my soap box.

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2012 1

  1. So in case you were wondering… Yes, I did indeed change careers.

2011 41

  1. FREE ALM Webcast Series in November/December
  2. Clint and Zain Return to the Midwest in December to WOW us with Visual Studio and TFS Goodness!
  3. Ever Thought to Yourself “Wow, Angela has a FUN and AWESOME job in DPE”? Well, we are currently looking for a few good folks to join us!
  4. Live Webcast with Clint and Zain! The Ultimate Guide to Visual Studio 2010: Coding Debugging, Modeling, Testing, Building and Deployment
  5. Free Event: ALM for Agile Development with Visual Studio and TFS 2010 in Chicago, Milwaukee and Indianapolis in November
  6. Some Great FREE Windows Phone and ALM Sessions coming to IL, IN and WI in November!
  7. FREE Software Process & Scrum On-line Event Series by Northwest Cadence in October and November!
  8. These are a few of my favorite things… by which I mean Windows Phone Mango updates!
  9. FREE Web Workshops on Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 ALM tools by Imaginet
  10. A Day with Microsoft Virtualization, Hyper-V, SCVMM 2012 and SCOM 2012…Coming to a City Near You Soon!
  11. Windows 7 Deployment Online Event on October 25th. Register Soon!
  12. Tech.Days Online Event Coming October 27th, 2011. Sign up today!
  13. Richard Hundhausen Speaking in Chicago About TFS 11 and Scrum in October!
  14. Indianapolis TFS User Group Meets on October 5th to talk about Load & Performance Testing!
  15. FREE Live Webcast on “Getting Agile with Testing” with Sam Guckenheimer on September 22nd
  16. Check out Chicago’s SQL Server User Group. Some great, fresh content coming up!
  17. September ALM User Group – TFS 2010 Build and Windows Workflow
  18. WOW, some great FREE Live Workshops on Visual Studio 2010 and TFS 2010. Sign up Today!
  19. Are You Doing SharePoint Development? You’re Using TFS/Visual Studio for SCM and Deployment Too Right?
  20. The 2012 Global QAI Quest Conference is Coming Back to Chicago in 2012
  21. Another Tech Conference in Chicago this Summer? YES! Check Out TechWeek RIGHT NOW
  22. Have Cheers, Jeers, Opinions about Visual Studio, TFS and Other Microsoft Products? How Can You be Heard? Here is how!
  23. ALM Catalyst Live Workshops – The Smart Way to Learn.
  24. More Free TFS 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 Webcasts available in June and July!
  25. Visual Studio vNext is coming! But have you already ramped up on what’s already in Visual Studio 2010?
  26. Excellent List of FREE Webcasts around our new Visual Studio 2010 Testing Tools!
  27. Indianapolis TFS & ALM User Group Presents–Visual Studio 2010 Test Manager on June 1st
  28. Windows Phone Accelerator Labs Coming to Chicago and Dallas in May
  29. Chicago Girls in Tech - Meet Aveda at the Microsoft Store April 21st - HURRY!
  30. Chicago VS ALM User Group Meets in Downers Grove on May 12th to Talk TFS SCM!
  31. Get in the cloud for free!
  32. MSDN Events Presents: WebMatrix to ASP.NET MVC Web Camp
  33. Supporting Database Development and Deployment with Visual Studio 2010 and TFS
  34. Indianapolis TFS User Group Discusses TFS 2010 Scrum Template on April 6th
  35. TFS Product Team Coming to Chicago/Milwaukee in April to talk TEE
  36. FREE Live Roadshow - Using the Visual Studio 2010 ALM Tools to Improve Your Software Lifecycle Management
  37. This Social Networking Thing ::sigh::
  38. FREE WEBCAST “Implementing Project Server/TFS 2010 Integration”
  39. CQAA February 2011 Lunch & Learn - Meeting New Business Challenges With Dynamic Quality Assurance
  40. Indianapolis TFS User Group Meets in February to Talk Agile!
  41. More ALM Catalyst Workshops to Help You Leverage TFS 2010 and Visual Studio 2010!

2010 18

  1. Chicago Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management Group Reboots!
  2. Indianapolis TFS and Application Lifecycle Management Group Meets in December!
  3. Free Resources for Students, Teachers, and Start-ups from Microsoft!
  4. Live Webcast: Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for C++ Development Teams
  5. PDC Sold Out in Record Time, Now What? Join us for a Recap!
  6. Microsoft Presents: The Full Testing Experience
  7. Rebooting the Indianapolis Area ALM/TFS/Visual Studio User Group!
  8. Great New FREE On-line Workshops – Learn About Visual Studio and TFS 2010!
  9. Boot Camp Extravaganza – Learn Windows Phone 7 Development
  10. Richard Hundhausen talks about a New TFS 2010 Scrum Process template - June 16th, 2010 in Chicago
  11. Jay Schmelzer Tour and the Visual Studio 2010 Launch
  12. 5 New Visual Studio & TFS 2010 Hands-On-Labs Released!!
  13. Join in on the Visual Studio 2010 Launch Excitement!
  14. Free Event! Next Generation Testing with Visual Studio 2010
  15. Brian Harry Speaking at Clarity Consulting in Chicago in March
  16. Tech Twitter Roundup!!
  17. Chicago-land Girls in Tech Event on 01/28/10 – Resume Building and Networking!
  18. Mark Your Calendars! New Visual Studio and SharePoint 2010 Webcasts

2009 69

  1. Visual Studio Testing Tools Roadshow in Chicago, Lombard and Milwaulkee
  2. More Tech Tweets!
  3. Notion Solutions Bringing Some AWESOME VSTS 2010 Training to You!
  4. More Consolidated Tech Tweets, It’s Been a Good Week :)
  5. Great VSTS 2010, Agile, and Scrum Webcasts Available Soon!
  6. Tech Tweets Consolidated! Azure, Win7 and TFS, OH MY!
  7. Hey Microsoft Coders! Free Stuff (Training, Books, Magazines) to Sharpen your skills!
  8. Wanna See the VSTS 2010 Architect Tools LIVE and IN-PERSON (in Chicago)?
  9. A First Look:Visual Studio Team System 2010-Architecture Edition
  10. TechNet & MSDN Events Present: Real World Azure with Microsoft IT
  11. Visual Studio’s Built-In Code Generation Tool
  12. CNUG Downers Grove Meeting July 15th
  13. July 23rd Chicago VSTS User Group - VSTS 2010 Architect Edition
  14. THRIVE for Developers NOW LIVE!
  15. LIDNUG: Advanced developer features in Visual Studio 2010
  16. IndyNDA July 9th - RESTing on the Web with Dan Rigsby
  17. Indianapolis Event – TFS 2008 Build and Source Control Deep Dive
  18. A First Look: Visual Studio Team System 2010
  19. June 17th - CNUG Downers Grove Meeting Talks JavaScript
  20. Chicago Webgrrls Networking Meeting Coming July 22nd – Sign Up Early!
  21. Notion Solution Presents! Webcasts in June on VSTS 2008…
  22. Women In Technology to Speak at CQA Luncheon on June 8th
  23. Midwest Cloud Computing User Group Meeting Tomorrow in Downers Grove
  24. Chicago VSTS User Group Meeting in DG This Week
  25. Writing Maintainable and Robust Applications using Visual Studio Team System – Free Webinar
  26. Not Too Late to Catch MSDN Unleashed in Downers Grove, IL
  27. Chicago .NET User Group Presents: Windows Azure
  28. Are You On TeamSystemLive.com yet?
  29. 4 Upcoming Tech Events in the Midwest You Should Know About
  30. Eavesdrop at the Microsoft Enterprise Developer and Solutions Conference
  31. Are Women Taken More Seriously On The Web?
  32. Women in Technology… Are YOU One? Or do you KNOW one?
  33. Azure “How Do I?” Videos
  34. Microsoft MSDN Events Unleashed – IE 8 and Windows 7 Development
  35. Chicago .NET User Group Meets Tonight in Downers Grove!
  36. Some Great Web-casts in April Around Agile and Scrum
  37. VSTS Rangers Released Team Test Quick Reference on CodePlex!
  38. Team System Cafe - The Place to BE
  39. It's Not Too Late to Register for the QAI Quest Conference
  40. Notion Solutions – Visual Studio Team System Webcast Series
  41. Microsoft MSDN Events Unleashed
  42. Microsoft ArcReady Coming to a City Near You!
  43. Teamprise 3.2 Released This Week!
  44. Guidance Released for MOSS Development using TFS
  45. Chicago .NET Users Group is this Wednesday, March 18th
  46. Free Event in Downers Grove: AGILE & SCRUM ESSENTIALS
  47. Visual Studio (2005, 2008, 2010) Tips and Tricks
  48. Notion Presents... More Great VSTS 2008 Web-casts
  49. Chicago VSTS User Group Meets in Chicago in March
  50. February CNUG Presents - MOSS for Web Content Management
  51. Cool Site I should Have Already Known About
  52. Upcoming MSDN Events Unleashed Events in the Midwest
  53. Upcoming TechNet Unleashed Events in the Midwest
  54. Midwest ArcReady Events
  55. IndyNDA Presents: The Future of Managed Languages
  56. The Chicago VSTS User Group Presents... VSTS 2010
  57. Another Plug for Team System Cafe and its Amazing Resources!
  58. Team System LIVE Site, for All of Your VSTS Needs
  59. List of Midwest Developer Technology User Groups
  60. Webinar: Visual Studio for Database Professionals
  61. Notion Presents...Everything You Wanted to Know About VSTS 2008!
  62. Don't Forget the Cloud Computing User Group Meets This Week in Chicago!
  63. In the Milwaukee Area and Want to Learn About VSTS 2010?
  64. New Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server SP1 and Team Suite SP1 VPC Trial Image
  65. Just When You Thought You Had It All!
  66. Another Shameless Plug for Thirsty Developer and MDC
  67. Cloud Computing User Group Meets in Our New Office in January!
  68. Visual Studio Team System and Expression Promos
  69. Listen to Mario Rodriguez and ME on Thirsty Developer

2008 115

  1. Microsoft Launches Great New Resource Site for Student and Teachers
  2. It's Not Too Late to Register for the QUEST Chicago 2009 Conference
  3. Missed the WomenBuild workshop at PDC?
  4. Two New Great Architecture Web-casts
  5. Windows Azure Cloud Computing User Group
  6. Ramp Up Training Now Includes Sharepoint Track!
  7. Chicago .NET User Group Presents...
  8. Indy TFS Meeting - Lap Around VSTS 2010 Presented by Paul Hacker
  9. Silicon Prairie Social's "Very Prairie Christmas 2008" Meets Soon in Chicago Suburbs
  10. So Many Cool Announcements, Where to Start?
  11. Building Multi-Enterprise Business Applications on the Azure Services Platform
  12. Best Reason Ever for a Ridiculous Tattoo and a Mohawk...
  13. Get ready to be inspired! PhizzPop Design Challenge in Chicago
  14. VSTS User Group Meets in Chicago and Downers Grove Oct 29th and Nov 5th
  15. Latest and Greatest VSTS 2010 VPC Available Now!
  16. MSDN Unleashed - SQL Server 2008 and Silverlight 2.0
  17. Microsoft ArcReady - Professional Patterns on the Job
  18. Great Article on Using TFS to Create a Robust Dev Environment
  19. Can't Go To PDC? Attend the MSDN Developer Conference
  20. Channel 9 Videos I LOVE, Maybe You Will Too
  21. Silverlight and Expression Blend, New and Improved!
  22. VSTS User Group Meets in Chicago Loop and Downers Grove Soon!
  23. Missing Out on PDC? Get the Next Best Thing...
  24. Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Web-Cast in November
  25. VSTS 2008 Overview Webcast Coming on October 23rd
  26. Moss Camp and Cloud Camp Coming to Chicago!
  27. IndyNDA and the TFS SIG Meets Again on Thursday, October 9th
  28. WOW! The new TFS Power Tools are Coming and they are AWESOME...
  29. VSTS 2010: Check out All the Latest News!
  30. Some Awesome Free Events in the Midwest for Developers
  31. Chicago VSTS User Group: Extending Team Foundation Server 2008-SP1
  32. Cool New Team System Landing Pad - Team System Cafe!
  33. VSTS User Group Coming Directly to You, Virtually That Is
  34. Top 10 Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS) Articles You Must Read
  35. Chicago Quality Assurance Association Presents...
  36. Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Training and Certs for Free!
  37. MSDN Unleashed: Demystifying WPF and Developing Applications with VS 2008
  38. Announcing the Debut of MVP TV!
  39. September/October ArcReady: Architecting Modern Distributed Applications
  40. Chicago MSDN Event – Visual Studio 2008, WPF and Vista Security
  41. Woohoo!!! SQL 2008, VS 2008 SP1, TFS 2008 SP1 and .NET 3.5 SP1 are Available NOW!
  42. Indy TFS SIG - 1st Birthday Celebration and TFS Extensibility in August
  43. I'm totally getting a mohawk! OK, just kidding...
  44. Hands On VSTS Training Coming to Indianapolis - Write Better Code with Team Dev!
  45. Codeapalooza Comes to Chicago!!
  46. July Indy TFS SIG meeting - Rosario TFS vNext
  47. Have You Checked Out Thirsty Developer Lately?
  48. Our Very Own ALM Tools "Myth Busters"
  49. Join Microsoft and Pluralsight in a timely discussion on Next Web
  50. New Edition of TFS Times Focuses on the Testing World!
  51. PDC 2008 Site Launched
  52. VSTS User Group Talks about SCRUM Tonight in Downers Grove, IL
  53. End to End Scenario Articles Released for VSTS 2008
  54. Kanban meets TFS at the Indianapolis TFS SIG in June
  55. New Training Options for VSTS (yoinked verbatim from MSDN)
  56. Looking to Get Certified on VS 2008 or SQL 2008? And save Money?
  57. Chicago VSTS User Group: May Meeting in Downers Grove to discuss SCRUM and TFS
  58. CNUG Presents CodeFest in Chicago this Month!
  59. Bookpool May Sale - 45% Off Microsoft Press, Cisco Press, and New Releases
  60. Another Round of DevCares in May addresses VS Designers and SQL 2008!
  61. ArcReady - Coming to a Town Near YOU in May
  62. Indianapolis Team System SIG Presents SCRUM
  63. Webcast Series: Essential Visual Studio Team System 2008
  64. Wanna See the TFS To TFS Migration Tool in Action?
  65. What's New with Team Foundation Web Access
  66. Chicago VSTS User Group Discusses TeamPrise - Team System for EVERYONE!
  67. Database Change Management Using Team System 2008
  68. Did You Know You Could...?
  69. New Website for Chicago VSTS User Group
  70. More "How Do I...?" Videos Have been Released for VSTS!
  71. MADNUG Launch Event *TONIGHT* (Server 2008, SQL 2008, & Visual Studio 2008)
  72. Free (Yes, FREE) Support for Vista SP1 Issues
  73. Updated Project Server/TFS Connector for 2008!
  74. Even MORE WebCasts on Visual Studio Team System 2008
  75. Webcast Coming: Agile Testing: Test Early and Often for Better Software Quality
  76. Not Too Late to Bone Up on VS 2008!
  77. Awesome Technical Book Sale at BookPool.com!
  78. Bloomington .NET Users Group presents: Heroes Happen {here} 2008 Launch Wave
  79. DevCares Lives on in Q4!!
  80. Indianapolis TFS Meeting Announced - March 2008
  81. Chicago VSTS User Group is Still Alive and Kicking!
  82. Patterns and Practices has Released the Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition
  83. Quality Assurance Institute QUEST Conference Comes to Chicago in 2008
  84. New and Improved MSDN Site
  85. New Edition of TFS Times is Available for March 2008!
  86. More "How Do I?" Videos for TFS 2008
  87. CNUG March/April Meetings Announced - Mark Your Calendars!
  88. Microsoft Launched DreamSpark on Channel 8 Last Week, Did YOU Know?
  89. Suprise Guests at VSTS User Group Meets in Chicago Tonight!
  90. Total Lunar Eclipse tonight!
  91. SharedView - A Not So New and VERY COOL Tool That is New To Me
  92. 2 User Group Meetings featuring VS 2008 in Chicago Next Week!
  93. Centare Group, Ltd. Presents - Application Lifecycle Management & Visual Studio 2008
  94. TechReady 6
  95. Webcast Series- Visual Studio Team System 2008
  96. Microsoft ArcREADY – Service Lifecycle Management
  97. NEW TFS Admin Tool 1.3 Released For TFS 2008 on CodePlex!
  98. MSDN Events - Get Free Training Sessions and Walk Away with Some great Resources!
  99. February DevCares - Hackers and Office Development Take the Stage
  100. February VSTS User Group Meets in Chicago Loop on February 20th
  101. Completely Non-Tech Related Post
  102. Microsoft Press Books on Sale at Bookpool.com
  103. Launch Into 2008. Attend NuCON to learn more about what's HOT!
  104. Enforcing Code Metric Policies on Check-in
  105. New Releases For TFS 2008 - Power Tools and MSCCI Provider!
  106. Best TFS Widget Archive EVER! Well, the best one I found *today* anyway :)
  107. Application Platform - Live and On-Demand Webcasts
  108. New TFS Times Edition
  109. More Ways to Learn about Team System. . .
  110. Cool Video of TeamSpec and TeamLook Now Available
  111. Listen to Thirsty Developer and have a chance to win a custom Zune80
  112. Wisconsin .NET User Group Presents - TFS and VSTS 2008!
  113. New Public TFS and VSTS 2008 VPC to Play With
  114. New "How DO I?" Videos for Team Suite
  115. Chicago VSTS User Group Meets in January to Discuss VSTS 2008!

2007 72

  1. Another Silicon Prairie Social Returns to Chicago Suburbs in January 2008!
  2. Announcing Partner Huddle for Professional Developers
  3. Microsoft patterns & practices recently released two guides IN PRINT
  4. VS, VSTS and TFS 2008 Training Available Online
  5. Come chat with the Visual Studio Team System group – December 5th
  6. December Dev Cares - Even MORE on VS 2008! Sign up now ...
  7. I keep hearing: "OK, seriously, where can I get my hands on VS 2008?"
  8. Learn about TFS 2008 Build at the Indianapolis TFS SIG
  9. Wow, check out what the local evangelists are doing!
  10. Attend the Chicago VSTS User Group this week - TONS of Giveaways!!
  11. Great New MSDN Events Available in a City Near You
  12. November’s Chicago VSTS User Group - SCRUM
  13. It's Official, Visual Studio 2008 Releases This Month!!
  14. PRE-Release of TFS to TFS Migration Toolkit available on Codeplex
  15. November DevCares - Maximize your Productivity with Visual Studio 2008
  16. New Tester Center Debuts on MSDN!
  17. Need a Jumpstart for Team Test? (a.k.a. I love Ed Glas for sharing)
  18. MOSSCamp in Chicago November 9th
  19. Microsoft ArcREADY Presents: Software + Services
  20. October DevCares: Visual Studio 2008 & LINQ
  21. Reference Source Code for the .NET Framework
  22. That Other Visual Studio Team Edition that Noone Likes to Talk About
  23. Indianapolis VSTS User Group Presents TeamSpec in October
  24. VSTS Check in Policy Installer - Helper Project
  25. Got some time to kill? How about watching some webcasts on Orcas and Rosario?
  26. September 2007 Power Tools Released!!!
  27. Some Great Mindmappings of TFS Build Targets and VSTS Guidance and Documentation
  28. Great list of VSTS Testing Walkthroughs
  29. Chicago VSTS User Group - October Focuses on Eclipse Plug-in
  30. 2007 Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference in Redmond - You're Invited!
  31. Indianapolis VSTS SIG Presents: Source Control Strategy within VSTS
  32. Silicon Prairie Social in Chicago this week!
  33. Halo 3
  34. TFS Tool for Rational ClearCase released today on CodePlex!!
  35. The Patterns and Practices Team Releases Team Development Guidance!
  36. Halo 3 Frag Fest on September 24th in Downers Grove IL
  37. Microsoft.Net Technology Briefing in Indianapolis on 09/19
  38. SilverLightDevCamp coming to Chicago!
  39. How Do I: Use the MSSCCI Client in Systems Other than Visual Studio?
  40. Did you know....?
  41. Data Dude gets a Makeover! OK, maybe it's more a freshening up.
  42. DevCares and Arc Ready - Midwest District Updates
  43. Indy Visual Studio Team System SIG - August is all about Orcas!
  44. Visual Studio Accelerate Webcast Series
  45. w00t! Rosario CTP available for download!
  46. It was so good, we are doing it again!
  47. Team Foundation Server Web Access is Available for Download!
  48. Just when you thought there could be no more cool free events for me to post about in a single day!
  49. Are you Ready for Web 2.0 and Beyond?
  50. Great Article on TFS and VSTS Best Practices
  51. Curious How Microsoft Manages IT?
  52. Happy Anniversary to Me!
  53. V1.0 of the TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit is LIVE! Why should you care?......
  54. Indy VSTS Sig Meets This Week
  55. June DevCares Coming to Downers Grove!
  56. Webcast: Using VSTS and Compuware TOGETHER for Tracing Requirements
  57. June VSTS User Group Meeting Registration is Open!
  58. Get a Grip on Version Control!
  59. Chicago Visual Studio Team System User Group Meets TONIGHT!
  60. VSTS, TFS and .NET Framework Reference Posters Anyone?
  61. May DevCares - Visual Studio Orcas and LINQ
  62. Looking for a VSTS/TFS Training or Demo Application?
  63. Migration Toolkit Pre-release Now Available on CodePlex!
  64. Visual Studio "Orcas" and the .NET 3.5 Framework are now in public beta, w00t!
  65. Team System User Group Meets in Chicago in May!
  66. VSTS Orcas/Rosario Roadmap
  67. Microsoft Acquires DevBiz Business Solutions
  68. Free Developer E-Learning Courses Available
  69. Visual Studio Team System User Group launches in Chicago in April. Sign up now!
  70. Finally, Team System Guidance is available on CodePlex!
  71. So what doe a truly HUGE deployment of TFS look like?
  72. DevCares, coming soon to a city near you! Provided you live in the midwest :)

2006 2

  1. Search MSDN Magazine on-line, All you can eat VSTS web-casts, and now "What's Next?" web-casts
  2. First blog as a Microsoft employee...