Here is the link to the support site for my Team System book. It contains comments and corrections.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905038
Also, I just found an error today, thanks to a reader:
"In your book on page 179 you put a reference to a figure 8-1 as the Team Model comparison, but the figure shows the Process Model comparison.
Have you ever seen this error ? Do you have the right figure ?"
This should refer to figure 8-4
A student pointed this out in class today. The free editions of Visual Studio 2005 Express won't be free forever - only until November 7th, 2006, which is one year from the launch. After that, it's assumed that the Express editions will be $49 each. You can find this information on the FAQ under pricing.
SQL Server 2005 Express edition, however, will remain free, as was promised during the launch events.
Why am I telling you this? So that you'll go download your free copies today! 
Check out this article on CNNMoney. It lists the top 5 jobs in having the biggest demand for employees. .NET Developers made the list!
Here's an excerpt:
Developers who are expert users of Microsoft's software programming language .NET can make between $75,000 and $85,000 a year in major cities when they're starting out. If they pursue a job at a company that seeks someone with a background in a given field (say, a firm looking for a .NET developer experienced in using software related to derivatives) they might snag a salary hike of 15 percent or more when they switch jobs.
Microsoft just announced this a few minutes ago, literally. It appears they are on track for a Calendar Q1 release of TFS!
What: Tech-Ed 2006
Where: Boston, MA
When: June 11-16, 2006
Why: Dude, it's Tech-Ed!!!
Be sure to visit the site and get registered!
And, if you can make it, be sure to attend an awesome pre-conference seminar on customizing Team System.
I just received an email from Yahoo, letting me know about their Yahoo! Answers service. Sounds a lot like Google Answers.
So, why not ask it How much wood could a woodchuck chuck? or, as Dennis The Menace puts it ... How much ground could a groundhog grind?
Some changes this year from Microsoft. It seems that they are merging the usually separate and distinct Tech-Ed Europe (traditional audience of 50% devs/50% IT pros) and Microsoft IT Forum (100% IT pros) into just "Tech Ed Europe". They will be run in two consecutive weeks in November:
- Tech Ed: Developers (week November 6th, CCIB Barcelona, Spain)
- Tech Ed: IT Forum (week November 13th, CCIB Barcelona, Spain)
For more information, check out the Tech-Ed Europe site.
Bookmark this site if you are interested in what Microsoft Research is doing to improve the quality of software through analysis, program verification and software measurement techniques. I wonder how many of these tools might make it into VSTS in the future? MUTT might be interesting.
Here are a couple of interesting articles:
This question was recently asked on the VSTS forums.
As Rob Caron explains, the integration depends solely on Borland's ability to integrate TFS into Delphi's IDE. Until then options include using the standalone Team Explorer, command-line utilities, or possibly the newly available MSSCII Provider for Team Foundation Server.
Open the champagne, because on June 30, 2006 Microsoft will bring a close to Extended Support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me as part of the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy. Microsoft will retire public and technical support, including security updates, by this date.
Read more about this here.
According to Jeff Beehler's recent blog posting, we should see an RC by the end of February. We're getting closer folks!
You may have noticed a bit different look (and feel). I decided to get current on dasBlog, so I downloaded the latest from SourceForge.
Yep, I've got it this week. Had to go in on Monday, sit in a room with 300 other citizens and then get told that the prosecuting attorney was ill. All the time I was envisioning how a Web service or well-placed smart-client application could have eased our boredom.
I was outta there by mid-morning; but, it looks like tomorrow my number came up again.
The pay? 9$ per day for the first 3 days and $25 per day thereafter. "While people should not profit from jury duty, people should not suffer economic loss for fulfilling civic duty."
One of my students from Israel sent me this link. It seems someone has built a clever facade that sits over the Google search engine. Funny.
Teamlook brings together the ad-hoc communications domain, specifically messaging, and the structured software engineering team domain by integrating Microsoft Outlook 2003 with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System.
Visit Personify Design's site to download Teamlook and check it out.
Also, check out their TFS Outlook Starter Kit.
A friend of mine, Peter Kellner, has a couple of articles online:
If you're working with ASP.NET 2.0 role-based security, give them a read!
If you are wanting to play an active (or passive) role in the Boise Code Camp, please visit www.boisecodecamp.org to stay in tune with the happenings.
At this point, we have a location (University of Phoenix in Meridian), but not yet a date. We're choosing between the weekends of March 4th, 11th, and 18th.
I'll continue to blog more information as it becomes available.
I just received my letter from Microsoft welcoming me back to the Microsoft Regional Director program for the 2006-2007 period. Thought I'd share.
If your domain includes working with Microsoft connected systems (BizTalk, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, SQL Server, Visual Studio, etc.) then you should be aware of this user group.
The UG covers the greater Seattle area, but you can stay engaged through their Website.
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