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2016 3

  1. Bellevue Event: DevOps = Epic Applications
  2. A ton of new great content on MSDN for VSTS and TFS
  3. A Peek at Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 2 (RC 2)

2015 15

  1. Don’t forget to Connect()!
  2. Roadshow: Re-architecting your apps for the hyperscale cloud
  3. Events in LA & Irvine: PaaS & the Cumulus Cloud
  4. Activating Visual Studio 2013 on an Offline Machine
  5. Woot! Visual Studio 2015 Product Line Announced
  6. March Webinars from InCycle Software
  7. Notes from my 2/27 Office Hours
  8. Notes from my 2/13 Virtual Office Hours
  9. My Office Hours are Back!
  10. More CloudFests! Hello, Portland!
  11. More CloudFests! Hello Bellevue!
  12. Check out the Cloud Platform roadmap
  13. More CloudFests Coming your Way!
  14. In case you missed it, do more with VSO Basic!
  15. Go Big with the New Azure G-Series Virtual Machines

2014 29

  1. New Updates Rolling out to Visual Studio Online (VSO)
  2. Live Webinar: Leverage Microsoft Azure for Next-Gen App Development
  3. Quick Reminder for Windows Phone 7.x Developers
  4. What the What? Why Microsoft is Open Sourcing the .NET Framework
  5. First Coding Lesson to my Son: Coding Saves Time
  6. Visual Studio & TFS 2013 Update 4 (CTP 1) is Available
  7. Upcoming Visual Studio Webinars Series
  8. QuickHit Video – Getting Started with Visual Studio Online
  9. Send Email to a Team Room with VSO Service Hooks and Zapier
  10. VSO is Happy to See You! Project Welcome Pages
  11. First QuickHit video – MSDN Azure Benefits
  12. Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 RTM is available!
  13. Upcoming Leadership Events: Azure, Agility, and Automation
  14. Microsoft Test Case Management – Handling Test Steps with Multiple Expected Results
  15. FREE Imaginet ALM Webinars: June through Dec 2014
  16. Microsoft Test Manager – Working Across Projects: Adding an Existing Test Case vs.Cloning/Copying
  17. Panels vs. Context: A Tale of Two Visual Studios and a Practical Explanation of the Value of CodeLens
  18. Jump in the Deep End with Visual Studio "14" CTP
  19. Heads up: DEVintersection is in Vegas this November!
  20. Already here: Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 CTP 1
  21. Visual Studio Online: Migrating from TFS on-premise
  22. Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 is Here!
  23. Event: ALM Symposium in San Diego, April 30th 2014
  24. Denver Event: Professional Scrum Development with Visual Studio
  25. Webcasts: MSDN, Meet Azure. Activate your Benefits
  26. Visual Studio Online (VSO): Owning Multiple VSO Accounts
  27. Visual Studio Online (VS) – Transitioning from Early Adopter Plans
  28. Event: Las Vegas - Modern Web and App Development with Visual Studio 2013
  29. Webinar Series: How Do Enterprises Make the Cloud Work for Them?

2013 23

  1. Webinar: The Longest Yard – Getting across the goal line when releasing to production
  2. Build 2014 has been announced!
  3. Recording from Dec 6 Webcast: A Lap Around Visual Studio ALM 2013
  4. Fall Webinar Series from Imaginet
  5. Hey, Boise! The Quality Enablement Roadshow is Coming to You..
  6. Power Tools and other Extensions for VS/TFS 2013 RC
  7. VMWare IT Pros: Gain twice the virtualization skillset. Cover more ground.
  8. IT Camps: Discover Key Hybrid Cloud Solutions for IT Pros
  9. Visual Studio 2013 RC and the Virtual Launch
  10. Denver: FREE TFS Training Workshop from Aspenware
  11. Denver Event: Quality Enablement Through Agile Testing
  12. Upcoming Visual Studio ALM Workshops from Imaginet
  13. Windows 8 App Factor Events Near You!
  14. Better Multi-User Support for Work Item Tracking in TFS 2012
  15. Upcoming Webcasts from Northwest Cadence
  16. Imaginet Visual Studio Workshops and Webinars
  17. Build conference is coming!
  18. Event Series: Why Requirements Still Matter
  19. Finding What’s Out of Date In your Workspace
  20. Denver Study Group, by the Denver Visual Studio User Group
  21. Visual Studio Update 2 is here (well, the CTP is)
  22. New Office Hours for this Spring
  23. Team Foundation Server vs. Team Foundation Service

2012 30

  1. Upcoming Visual Studio 2012 ALM Webcasts from Imaginet
  2. December Webcast: Improve Quality, Collaboration, and Visibility into Your Projects with Visual Studio Premium 2012
  3. The Largest Hack-a-thon in the World is in Colorado!
  4. Team Foundation Service is Live!
  5. Upcoming Coffee Talks from Northwest Cadence
  6. VS/TFS 2012 Tidbits: TFS Feedback Management Behind the Scenes
  7. Upcoming ALM Webcasts from Neudesic
  8. Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 Installfest - Denver (October 9, 2012)
  9. Content from Denver VS 2012 Launch Roadshow
  10. VS/TFS 2012 Tidbits: Using SkyDrive/OneDrive with Team Foundation Service (or Server)
  11. Visual Studio 2012 Launch Roadshow!
  12. VS/TFS 2012 Tidbits: When to Use the Feedback Client
  13. VS 2012 ALM Tidbits: The Feedback Client’s Two Modes
  14. Want More VS 2012 ALM Training? You Got It!
  15. Additional VS 2012 ALM Webcasts by Imaginet
  16. VS/TFS 2012 Tidbits: Requesting a Code Review on Code Already Checked in
  17. VS/TFS 2012 Tidbits: Merging Changes by Work Item
  18. VS/TFS 2012 Tidbits: Agile Planning - Drag & Drop to Assign Sprints
  19. Denver Event: SQL Server 2012 Breakthrough Insights
  20. Pluralsight + MSDN = Loads of free training!
  21. Hey Denver, there’s a new Meetup in town!
  22. Catching up..
  23. Microsoft’s Visual Studio ALM is a leader in the the Gartner Magic Quadrant
  24. Slide content from Denver ALM Roundtable
  25. Thoughts on Managing Documentation Efforts in Team Foundation Server
  26. Content from the VS11 ALM Roadshows (Denver/Phoenix/Lehi)
  27. Holy VS 11 Webcasts, Batman!
  28. Upcoming Free Webinars and Workshops from Imaginet
  29. Upcoming Webcasts from ALPI
  30. Upcoming Events & Webcasts for You

2011 31

  1. Steve’s Monthly Newsletter – December 2011
  2. Event: Practical Team Foundation Server
  3. Adding Members to Your Project Collection on TFS Preview
  4. Steve’s Monthly Newsletter – November 2011
  5. “Fake” a TFS Build (or Create a Build That Doesn’t Do Anything)
  6. Announcing My New Virtual Office Hours!
  7. Free Webinar – Load Testing in the Cloud
  8. Steve’s Newsletter – October 2011
  9. Partner Event: Double Feature - Testing and ALM for Agile Development
  10. Windows Phone WEB Marketplace is Live
  11. Coming Soon – Windows Phone Camp!
  12. FAQ from Lab Management Event (Denver) on 8/9/2011
  13. Preview of the Aug 2011 TFS Power Tools
  14. LightSwitch 2011 is Here! No More Excuses!
  15. Event: Accelerate Testing with Lab Manager 2010 Summer Roadshow!
  16. Opening a OneNote 2010 notebook with section groups on WP7
  17. ALM Rangers at work again!
  18. Partner Webcasts: Northwest Cadence
  19. Steve’s Newsletter–June 2011
  20. Free HTML5 Web Camp - Colorado Springs
  21. Today at TechEd: ALM Roadmap Released!
  22. Steve’s Newsletter – May 2011
  23. Running Code Metrics as Part of a TFS 2010 Build – The Poor Man’s Way
  24. Steve’s Development Tools Newsletter – April 2011
  25. Using Oracle and Visual Studio together?
  26. New Invoicing Option Available for Azure Benefits on MSDN
  27. Updated Training on MSDN
  28. Content from My DevExpress Webinars this Week
  29. Holy Accelerated Training, Batman!
  30. Upcoming Visual Studio 2010 ALM Roadshows (FREE)
  31. Steve’s Development Tools Newsletter – January 2011

2010 39

  1. Don’t Forget to Try the VS 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta
  2. Build & Brew Follow-up
  3. Get your VS Feature Pack 2 Here (or at least from here)
  4. Steve’s Development Tools Newsletter – November 2010
  5. Team Explorer Everywhere (TEE) 2010 SP1 Beta is Out!
  6. Hey Denver! PDC Viewing Event has moved
  7. Turn It On! My Visual Studio LightSwitch (Beta1) Presentation
  8. No PDC Tickets? Watch it with us at PDC Live!
  9. Steve’s Development Tools Newsletter – October 2010
  10. Ordered Tests in TFS Build
  11. Steve's Development Tools Newsletter – September 2010
  12. Window Phone 7 Developer Launch Events Coming to the West
  13. Lab Management is now Available
  14. Double Whammy! MSDN Event on Entity Framework 4 Presented by a Long-lost Friend
  15. August 2010 - Steve’s Monthly Developer Tools Newsletter (First Installment!)
  16. Steve's Development Tools Newsletter - August 2010
  17. Introducing Visual Studio LightSwitch!
  18. Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 Template is Released
  19. Microsoft .NET 4.0 Framework and Visual Studio 2010 Boot Camp for Developers
  20. It’s Not Too Late! See “The Full Testing Experience”
  21. Test Drive the New TFS Scrum Template v1.0 (Beta)
  22. Woot! Expression Studio 4 is Here
  23. Visual Studio 2010 Feature Packs are Here
  24. Ordering Method Execution of a Coded UI Test
  25. Free Webcast: The Full Testing Experience – Professional Quality Assurance with Visual Studio 2010
  26. Hey South Coloradans! Did you miss the launch?
  27. Hey Slange, where have you been?
  28. The Visual Studio 2010 & .NET 4 Launch is Here
  29. Released: Visual Studio Performance Testing Quick Reference Guide (Version 2.0)
  30. Interested? March Architect Innovation Cafe Webcasts
  31. Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta – Thank you and goodnight!
  32. Support for VS 2010 from Micro Focus
  33. Developer Evangelist Needed in Phoenix! (+ a couple other openings)
  34. Power Tools are Available for TFS 2010 RC
  35. Ready for a Read? VS 2010 Licensing White Paper is Available
  36. Happy Valentine’s (Early): Visual Studio 2010 RC is Available
  37. It’s Official: VS 2010 Branding & Pricing
  38. The “Ultimate” Event: Visual Studio 2010 & Team Foundation Server 2010
  39. Event: SharePoint as a Development Platform

2009 68

  1. New Virtual Images for you (yep, Happy Holidays!)
  2. Check Out Bytes by MSDN
  3. TFS 2010 Beta 2 Power Tools & BPA now Available
  4. Scrum For Team System Process Template Released for TFS 2010
  5. PDC 2009: Day 2 – silverlight, Free Laptops, and the Underground
  6. Day 1: PDC – Information Overload
  7. Watch the Underground @PDC Live!
  8. PDC 2009: Day 0 – It’s All About Software Quality
  9. Querying the TFS Database to Check TFS Usage
  10. Visual Studio for Oracle Developers – “Project Fuze”
  11. Microsoft Acquires Teamprise Assets, Provides Cross-Platform Support for Visual Studio
  12. Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is Here + The New MSDN
  13. Sweeping Changes in Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN - 60 Minute Webcast Series
  14. What’s NEW in Visual Studio Team System 2010 and MSDN - 60 Minute Webcast Series
  15. PDC09 – Will I See You There?
  16. Data-Driven Tests in Team System Using Excel as the Data Source
  17. patterns & practices Summit 2009
  18. Thank you, Denver! Goodnight!
  19. 60 Minute Webcast Series: Team Foundation Server Today & Tomorrow
  20. MSDN Events Coming Your Way!
  21. Upgrade Paths to Windows 7
  22. PDC 2009 Registration is Open
  23. Join me at the Denver Visual Studio User Group this Month
  24. Quick Way to Integrate PhpED and Team Foundation Server
  25. Expression Studio 3 Now Available to ALL MSDN Premium Subscribers
  26. Come Learn about TFS @ the South Colorado UG on 8/4
  27. Take TFS for a Test Drive with a Hosted Trial
  28. New Release of WCF Load Testing Tool
  29. Denver VS.NET User Group: Sponsored Training for VSTS 2008 Database Edition
  30. Bing! You are Now Free to Move About the Web
  31. New Zune HD Unveiled
  32. The Team System Firehose: Customer Questions – part 1
  33. New! Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) Process Template for TFS
  34. Please join us for a “First Look” at BizTalk Server 2009!
  35. Slide Decks Posted for Team System Big Event - Phoenix
  36. Slide decks Now Available from the Team System Big Event - Denver
  37. Phoenix: Scrum event has a new date!
  38. In Phoenix? Want WPF Training? Don’t Want to Pay for It?
  39. Team System Big Event – episode 2: The Tester
  40. Team System Big Event – Thanks, Denver!
  41. “MSDN Unleashed” Presents: The Best of MIX!
  42. Thoughts on the Team System Big Event – from South Park
  43. More on the Big Event webcast
  44. Team System Big Event waitlisting in Denver & Phoenix
  45. TFS on MSNBC Mobile
  46. Team System Big Event will be Streaming, Too!
  47. GertD has a new home: DBProj.com
  48. Brian Harry’s Speaking at the VSTS Virtual UG on 4/16
  49. XAMLFest in Salt Lake City
  50. New Release: Teamprise Client Suite 3.2
  51. Team System Big Event 2009
  52. I told you it was coming! “Team System Big Event”
  53. Application Lifecycle Management for Sharepoint Development
  54. Check out these Free ALM Catalyst Workshops
  55. Get Started! Free Hosting & Tools on the Microsoft Web Platform
  56. Sssshh!!! The Team System Big Event is Coming..
  57. Where Do You Go To Find Events In Your Area?
  58. Check it out: Oracle Database Development in Visual Studio
  59. Team System 101 sample
  60. Forrester Report on SCM Trends
  61. There are Promotions & Discounts, People!
  62. Take the Mystery Out of Team System and Team Foundation Server
  63. Get your VSTS Demo Here! Visual Studio Team System Webcast Series
  64. The Best of PDC is Rolling Through Colorado!
  65. Finding Microsoft Developer Events in the West – something better’s coming!
  66. Microsoft and Intertech Present: Load Testing with VSTS Webcast
  67. Leading Industry Analyst Firm Assesses the ALM Market Offerings and Their Providers
  68. MSDN Events Unleashed Series: The Best of PDC (Salt Lake City)

2008 60

  1. Just in Time For Christmas! New Team System Virtual Images
  2. TFS Proxy Performance Benchmarking
  3. TFS Branching Guide v 2.0 Shipped!
  4. Recap: MSDN Event Series: SQL 2008, VSTO, & Silverlight 2
  5. Phoenix Event - MSDN Events Unleashed: The Best of PDC
  6. New TFS Power Tools – October 2008 Release
  7. Get your feet wet with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM): 11/12
  8. Upcoming MSDN Event in Denver (11/18)
  9. Get your VSTS 2010 CTP, New .NET logo included
  10. Develop from Home? Try the Teamprise's Remote Accelerator with TFS
  11. "How "Synthy is Your House?
  12. Insight into VSTS 2010 Architecture Edition on ARCast.TV
  13. Additional MSDN "Unleashed" Event in Salt Lake City (10/23)!
  14. Calling all Denver Area Team System Users!!!
  15. One-Click Check-in on Southwest Airlines with your Windows Mobile Phone
  16. New Page: (Semi-)consolidated calendar, UG meetings, events, etc.
  17. What's Going On? Event Calendars & Websites for the Developer Community..
  18. MSDN Events around the Region
  19. RMWTUG: Special Virtualization Event
  20. OMG! Microsoft joins the Object Management Group
  21. patterns & practices Summit: November 3-7, 2008
  22. Seinfeld & Gates - Together at Last
  23. Fun Friday: Be the Brain at PDC 2008
  24. View<myWorld> - What's it like to Work at Microsoft
  25. Welcome Back from Vacation - Here's Chrome!
  26. Microsoft PDC: Extended Early-Bird Registration
  27. (Not so) Fun Friday: Kitesurfing Gone Bad
  28. Thanks, AZ .NET UG!
  29. Fun Friday: See the Total Solar Eclipse
  30. The "Mojave Experiment"
  31. New TFS Migration Tools for CVS & StarTeam
  32. Desert Mountain Events Calendar
  33. FREE Event: Agile & Scrum Essentials
  34. iPhone - Will It Blend?
  35. Heads up: Agile & Scrum Day is coming..
  36. Fun Friday: Drunk Soccer Referee
  37. Rocky Mountain Windows Technology User Group: Open Protocols
  38. VSTS Seminar Series - Thank you, Phoenix & Denver!
  39. Collecting Code Coverage Data from a Load Test
  40. DB Pro ("DataDude") June CTP
  41. VSTS Architect Edition Gets a Boost
  42. Visual Studio Myth Week
  43. Creating a Data-Driven Web Test against a Web Service
  44. Cash Back from Live Search? Really?
  45. Team System Key Online Resources
  46. Phoenix: Awesome Upcoming SDLC/VSTS Event
  47. Denver: Awesome Upcoming SDLC/VSTS Event
  48. Webcast Series from Neudesic
  49. Sarbanes-Oxley 404 and Visual Studio Team System 2008
  50. Heroes Happened @ the Phoenix Launch
  51. DENVER: Team System Training Open Enrollment
  52. New Specs for TFS "Rosario" Posted
  53. White Paper: Team System and Requirements Management
  54. Wanna Chat with the Team System Team?
  55. Need your Zune Fixed? Great experience!
  56. NuCon Denver - 2008
  57. "Planeguage"
  58. Bill G's Last Day at Microsoft
  59. Heroes Happen Here - Get Ready for the Launch
  60. Come See ' The Big Event'

2007 29

  1. Announcement: VS 2008 is HERE!
  2. Announcement: Registration open for MIX 2008
  3. Requirements Management in TFS: Part 4 (of 4): Summary
  4. Requirements Management in TFS: Part 3 (of 4): Integrations
  5. Requirements Management in TFS: Part 2 (of 4): TFS Out of the Box
  6. Requirements Management in TFS: Part 1 (of 4): Overview
  7. Announcement: TFS to TFS Migration Tool - pre-release
  8. Announcement: TFS Operations Guide is Posted
  9. Announcement: New TFS Power Tools
  10. Announcement: Seattle Team System User Group
  11. Halo 3 - Do you Believe?
  12. TFS - ClearCase Migration/Sync Tool
  13. TFS 2008 Feature List is Finalized
  14. New version of TeamPlain.. I mean TFS Web Access, is available!
  15. What if the "Internet crashed"?
  16. Release dates for Visual Studio 2008 (&quot;Orcas&quot;), SQL 2008, &amp; Server 2008 Announced
  17. New geography for me..
  18. Announcement: Project Server 2007 Connector for Team Foundation Server
  19. Silverlight - 'Nuff Said
  20. Key Team System Onine Resources
  21. Can't Move Forward Until You Know Where You Are
  22. Want browser-based access to Team Foundation Server?
  23. VSTS Prescriptive Guidance From Patterns & Practices Team
  24. VSTS For Database Professionals Among Jolt Award Winners for 2007 Announced at SD West Expo
  25. Released: Team Foundation Power Tools V1.2
  26. Why are all the links broken in the Team Foundation Server install guide?
  27. Tag: I guess I’m it
  28. Where's my old Borland blog?
  29. My 2 cents on Areas and Iterations in Team Foundation Server

2006 15

  1. VSTS Database Professional Launch Events Coming Your Way!
  2. Overview of ‘Data Dude’ aka Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals
  3. TFS Deployment Across Two Non-Trusted Domains
  4. Where can I download the TFS Workgroup edition from MSDN?
  5. What's this? Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals?
  6. SoCal Team System Community Site
  7. But wait! I want the FULL version of Team Foundation Server, not a demo!
  8. Where can I download Team Foundation Server from MSDN?
  9. Where can I find the VSTS Virtual PC Image?
  10. Upcoming VSTS Webcasts by the West Region team
  11. Team Foundation Server: Capacity Planning
  12. Who's using Team System?
  13. Is Team System Right for You?
  14. Is Team System Right for You?
  15. Big news from Borland

2005 8

  1. Do I have to use requirements for my project?
  2. Group-based Permissions in Team Foundation Server
  3. Integrating Project Server and Team System
  4. Team Foundation Server: Beta 3 Refresh vs. CTP
  5. Web Interface to Team Foundation Server
  6. Timestamps and the Team Foundation Server
  7. New scalability news regarding Team Foundation Server!
  8. My first few days..