Team System
Here is the second Rosario Screencast on the Project Management features in the April 2008 CTP. This screencast is Mini-Story #2 - Managing Features with the CMMI Process.
One of the cool things with the Rosario April 2008 CTP is the mini-stories that are included. These mini-stories provide you with a guided way to understand and walkthrough the important new features of the CTP. I've begun recording these mini-stories for your viewing pleasure. While nothing takes the place of hands-on learning, maybe these screencasts, if nothing else, will convince you to download the CTP and take it for a spin.
The first mini-story screencast I have created is a Project Management-Team Foundation Server mini-story. It is Mini-Story #1 - Managing User Stories with the Agile Process.
Let me know what you think.
We've pushed out another Radio TFS podcast. This one is on Visual Studio Team System Development edition:
In this episode we take a look at Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition. We cover the functionality that was included in the 2005 release as well as talk about the new features in 2008 and have the usual sprinkling of tangental discussions along the way.
As usual, a big thanks goes out to Paul Hacker and Martin Woodward for creating the Radio TFS site and editing the podcast.
Like the podcast? Hate the podcast? Got ideas for how we can make it better, or what we should talk about? Email Us!
Microsoft and Notion Solutions are teaming up to get you up to speed on current and future versions of Visual Studio Team System. These briefings are free, one-day sessions on all the different versions of Visual Studio Team System 2008, as well as a preview of the next version of Team System, code named "Rosario".
Here is the agenda for the briefings:
AGENDA
9:00am Intro Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) / Team Foundation Server Business Value
9:30am VSTS Project Management and Collaboration Features
10:15am Break
10:30am VSTS Tester Features
11:15am Version Control and Build Management
12:00pm Lunch (Provided)
12:30pm VSTS Database Professional Features
1:30pm Break
1:45pm VSTS Architect/Developer Professional Features
2:30pm Team System Futures (Rosario +)
3:00pm Closing – Q&A
and here are the dates and locations:
DATES/LOCATIONS:
3/11 Ft Lauderdale, FL Event ID: 1032367780
3/13 Tampa, FL Event ID: 1032367779
3/18 Charlotte, NC Event ID: 1032367770
3/20 Raleigh/Durham, NC Event ID: 1032367772
3/24 Birmingham, AL Event ID: 1032368273
3/25 Atlanta, GA Event ID: 1032357769
REGISTRATION:
You may click on the Event ID link to register for the event. You can also register by phone by calling
1-877-673-8368 and reference your Event ID.
I'd love to see these briefings filled to capacity, so come out and see what all the fuss is about. You'll learn a lot about Team System, and see the direction the platform is headed.
Make sure you tell'em that Team System Rocks! sent ya.
Tech-Ed is Microsoft's big technical education conference that they hold every year. This year it is in Orlando from June 3-6 for Developers and June 10-13 for IT Professionals. I have attended the past four Tech-Eds, first as an attendee, and for the past couple of years as a staff member, working in the Team System Learning Center area.
This year I get to try something new: I've been selected as a session speaker! I'm still reeling in shock at the surprise. This is a great honor, and I plan to work as hard as I can to give a great presentation.
Click here to see the entire session catalog for Tech Ed Developer.
The title of my session is Applied Web Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. Here is the current abstract:
Visual Studio Team System enables you to record and run tests against your Web applications. This session will cover how to create effective Web tests, including recording, running, and validating a Web test. You'll then dive deep into some of the more advanced Web testing features, such as creating coded Web tests, and creating your own custom validation rules. Throughout the session you'll also learn how Web tests are being used in the real world, by real people. This session assumes a basic familiarity with the Web testing aspects of Visual Studio Team System.
Needless to say, I have a lot of work ahead of me to try and put together what I hope is a great session on this topic. So, while I'm still in the planning stages of my talk, I want to get some feedback from you, my readers. After all, ya'll are the ones who will (hopefully) be coming to listen to my talk. So answer the following questions for me, either by leaving a comment on this post, or emailing me at mickey_gousset@hotmail.com:
- What questions do you have around web testing that you would like to see answered?
- Have you used the web testing tools, and if so, do you have any stories you would be willing to share?
- What do you like most and least about the web testing tools in Visual Studio Team System.
Send me some feedback as quick as you can, and I'll do my best to incorporate it into my talk.
One last thing: You can currently go to the session catalog for Tech Ed Developer and rate the sessions and leave comments. Currently all you can see are the session titles, but if you go to the catalog and search for "Applied Web Testing" you will pull up my topic. I encourage you all to go rate my session, along with any others you might be interested in, and leave comments there as well. I don't know if those comments get fed back to me or not, so make sure you send them to me too.
I forsee a lot of late nights over the next couple of months trying to pull this together, but it is sure going to be a fun ride (remind me I said that about a month from now).
Don't forget to leave me some feedback. :)
So every couple of days I go back to this website, the Visual Studio 2008 Demo Challenge, to see if it is open for business yet. And every couple of days I'm disappointed. This looks like an offshoot of the Defy All Challenges website, which I've always thought was interesting.
Anyone know if this thing is going to happen? The launch event is only 28 days away, so that is not a lot of time to allow people to create their videos, or get them judged.
Someone out there has to know something about this. Anyone want to provide any insight? I think this looks like a great competition idea, and I'd hate to see it fall by the wayside.
The newest edition of the TFS Times has hit the web. This month, its all about Team Build:
This month, we focus on one of these features -- Team Build. Of all the new features in VSTS/TFS 2008, I find Team Build to be one of the most exciting.
There are lots of good articles and links in this edition. Go check it out.