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Free upcoming ALM events...
31 October 11 02:02 PM | dmckinstry | with no comments

In case you haven't been following along, Imaginet is doing a series of free roadshows and webcasts. Tomorrow, Anna Russo will be presenting a webcast on Testing in an Agile Team . We've had great feedback from our related webcasts. And, of course, the...

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Upcoming Free VS ALM Webcasts
13 October 11 07:41 AM | dmckinstry | with no comments

Ed Blankenship and I (and if I can loop her in, Anna Russo ) are presenting a testing-focused series of webcasts. These are either 100-level of 300-level workshops (I'll update the post later to spell it out) covering a variety of testing topics. Ed's...

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Team Review @ TSUG
14 March 10 06:07 PM | dmckinstry | with no comments

In case you haven’t heard, JB Brown is going to be presenting online at the Team System User Group this Thursday.  This month’s presentation will explain how Team Review (freely available) can be used with Team Foundation Server 2005, 2008 and even...

Filed under: Pass it on, Team System, TSUG-VE

SharePoint as a Development Platform (Denver Event)
08 February 10 09:35 AM | dmckinstry | with no comments

In case you’re interested in SharePoint technologies and Live in the Denver area, Microsoft is putting on a great event focused on SharePoint 2010.  Why am I, an “ALM guy” interested in SharePoint 2010?  Because the team-development story for...

Filed under: Pass it on, Team System, Visual Studio, SharePoint

Using Visual Studio 2010 yet?
29 October 09 09:30 PM | dmckinstry | 1 comment(s)

I am and its great! It is must faster, more stable and feature rich than Beta 1.  Not using it?  May I need to remind you that there is a “Go Live” license (nudge nudge). If you are using it, Microsoft (via Jeff Beehler ) wants to know you you...

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Visual Studio Team System is Dead!?!?!
19 October 09 10:48 AM | dmckinstry | 2 comment(s)

Say what? I looked closely at the press release today with Visual Studio 2010 and… there is NO “TEAM SYSTEM”!?!?!  Yes, it’s true. It appears that Microsoft is killing off Visual Studio Team System.  The press release from Microsoft today and...

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Tomorrow: Three online presentations for VSTS 2010
14 October 09 11:14 AM | dmckinstry | 1 comment(s)

Just a heads up.  Tomorrow is the monthly online Team System User Group ( http://www.tsug-ve.com ).  I will be presenting on the new Automated UI Testing features in the ‘EMEA’ meeting at 10AM Pacific time on Thursday October 15.  Chris...

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Notion Tools for Team System V1.1 Released
07 July 09 08:38 PM | dmckinstry | with no comments

For those of you who read my blog and don’t know (anybody out there?) I work for Notion Solutions.  Today Notion announced v1.1 of the Notion Tools for Team System. In addition to a few bug fix, support in the primary tools (e.g., Timesheet and the...

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VSTS Big Event - “It works on my machine”
11 May 09 08:12 AM | dmckinstry | with no comments

If you attended the “VSTS Big Event” in Phoenix last week, I promised anyone interested a copy of the slides.  So, here they are!  If you’d like the complete day’s contents, check out Steve Lange’s blog .

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Brian Harry speaks…
05 April 09 07:47 AM | dmckinstry | with no comments

The Team System User Group (TSUG) is proud to welcome the TFS Product Unit Manager, Brian Harry . You may have read Brian’s popular blog or seen him present on the big stage. This is the opportunity to hear him speak and ask him questions in a more intimate...

Filed under: Pass it on, Team System, VSTS Database Edition, VSTS Architecture Edition, VSTS Development Edition, VSTS Test Edition, TSUG-VE