Wow, I'm honored! One of my sharper students at a recent talk in Reston, VA was actually paying attention to my discussion of extensibility and customization and has built a VSTS Check-In Policy to help track time working on team projects.
It looks promising. You can read about it at the VSTS Forums, or go to the GotDotNet site. I'll have it available on the Widgets page soon, too.
It's been awhile, but Bill is blogging again. I know he's been busy working on his latest Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server 2005 book and speaking for INETA.
The secret is out! I can finally breathe a sigh of relief and not have to look over both shoulders before saying the words "Data Dude" or "K2".
That's right, Database Professionals will soon get a chance to be part of the Team!
Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals delivers a market-shifting database development product designed to manage database change, improve software quality through database testing and bring the benefits of Visual Studio Team System and life cycle development to the database professional.
Read more here.
Besides giving a couple of talks on Team System and SQL Server 2005, I plan on hitting a few parties and other interesting sessions.
One such session is being hosted by the DataDirect team, who are assembling gathering of ADO.NET, and data connectivity lumaries for an informal gathering during TechEd 2006.This will be an opportunity for everyone who lives and breaths data connectivity, ADO.NET and who is looking to get a first hand feel of everything on the horizon for ADO.NET, LINQ and .NET and meet some of the key players involved.
When: June 13, 2006, between 4pm and 6.30pm, Where: Seaport Hotel in Boston
It's a bit of an older case study, but one I haven't seen before. It's a quick read, as it goes through the situation, solution, benefits, and conclusion.
Last week I mentioned to a group of Team System professionals that I thought MySpace was running Cold Fusion, because of the abundance of .CFM pages.
According to some of the comments from MySpace developers, on Scott Guthrie's article post-Mix, there are CFM files on MySpace.com, but they are not Cold Fusion ...
"To clarify, we wrote a custom configuration section that maps "fuseaction" URL parameters to ASPX extensions so that we'd maintain link integrity. The only place we aren't doing this is 'Browse' and certain other new features. Meanwhile, as Scott said the parts of the site that are running in ColdFusion are essentially doing so in ASP.NET 2.0 (via BlueDragon)."
Sorry, but I chose to use the term Google as a verb here, because Krugle has no affiliation with Google. It looks quite promising ...
"Krugle makes it easy for developers to find source code and technical information - fast!"
Their beta has had a few issues with balancing a slick UI with many different browsers and browser versions, but you should check it out nonetheless.
Visit the Krugle site and maybe even check out their blog.
No, not Windows DNA, but XNA. Yes, it's an exciting new enhancement to DCOM bringing XML manifests and BizTalk schemas! Kidding ...
Microsoft XNA is a tool and set of technologies which will help game studios manage the growing complexities of their game content builds. Basically, it is designed to help game studios and publishers develop better games, more effectively, on all platforms. Microsoft unveiled the XNA Framework at the Game Developers Conference 2006.
Best yet, XNA Studio is based on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System. XNA Studio will extend and customize Visual Studio 2005 Team System to make it an ideal solution for game studios and publishers.
My inteview with Scott Swigart is out in the current Dr. Dobbs. You can read it online here.
Had I known that it was going to make the print version, I wouldn't have been so cheesy!  -Rich
I just got off of a 25 hour train ride from West Palm Beach florida to Washington, DC. I know that some trains on the East coast have WiFi in their cars (if Lufthansa and SAS can do it over the Atlantic, then why can't Amtrak do it on soil?). Alas, no signal was to be found. So, I fired up NetStumbler and ran it for the entire length of the trip.
I found 1288 hot spots along the way - most locked, and none of them broad enough to connect to at 70+ miles per hour!
If you'd like to check out the big list of AP names, speeds, etc. then download my NS1 file. You'll need NetStumbler to read it.
A bit late, but nevertheless, I wanted to let you know that there's an update you should all be aware of ... the samples and sample databases!
- SqlServerSamples.msi -- 19,092 KB
- AdventureWorksDB.msi -- 27,992 KB
- AdventureWorksDBCI.msi -- 29,116 KB
- AdventureWorksBI.msi -- 7,592 KB
- AdventureWorksBICI.msi -- 8,814 KB
Hat-Tip to Korby Parnell and James Newkirk, and the rest of the CodePlex crew. The beta is online, and you can read about it here and try it here.
What is it, you ask?
CodePlex is an online software development environment for open and shared source developers to create, host and manage projects throughout the project lifecycle. It has been written from the ground up in C# using .NET 2.0 technology with Team Foundation Server on the back end. CodePlex is open to the public free of charge.
Addison-Wesley has just released Sam Guckenheimer's book "Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System". Sam is a member of the Visual Studio Team System product team. I'm very interested in reading
Given Sam's extensive background in the industry, I'm really looking foward to reading this book!
Congratulations, Sam!
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Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System Training
Brought to you by the Federal Developer Evangelism Team.
May 24th-25th 2006
This exclusive 2 day technical training seminar is for customers and partners who want to take a closer look at implementing and using Visual Studio Team System. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn the product from experts in the field as well as get experience of using the various features of the platform.
This training is for Customers and Partners who are involved in .NET development (Web or Windows) and are planning on using Visual Studio 2005.
Agenda
Day 1 (VSTS End-to-End) - 200 level
• Introducing Visual Studio 2005 Team System
• VSTS End-to-End: Project Managers
• VSTS End-to-End: Architects
• VSTS End-to-End: Developers
• VSTS End-to-End: Testers
Day 2 (VSTS Deep Dive) - 300-400 level
• Overview of Team Foundation Server
• Customizing process templates
• Migrating from Visual SourceSafe
• Building custom check-in policies
• Team Build & Continuous Integration
Speaker: Richard Hundhausen, Microsoft Regional Director, VS Team System MVP and author of “Working with Visual Studio 2005 Team System”.
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Course VSTSAW: Two days; Instructor-Led Course |
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05/24/2006 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
05/25/2006 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
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Microsoft Conference Center - Reston
12012 Sunset Hills Rd Suite 100
Reston, VA 20190 |
If you are a federal government employee or Partner/SI that do work for the federal government, then you are welcome to attend. To register for this event, please click the link below:
http://www.microsofttraining.com/devonsites/ and enter course code: 304517 or click on http://www.microsofttraining.com/content/invitationcode.asp?txtInvitationCode=304517
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Join me in Minneapolis Thursday at the Microsoft Launch event of Team Foundation Server. It should be fun.
Here are the details.
My old company (DataNOW, formerly ICS) in Twin Falls is holding its annual gathering in Las Vegas on May 1-4. This conference is for its suite of software packages.
If you are using SQL Server 2005, then you will want to download this service pack. There are 32 and 64-bit versions available on the page.
Here is a list of bugs fixed and features added to SP1. Here is a link to SQL Server 2005 Express SP1.
Check out this Wiki-Based C# Editor I just found out about. It features resources, including articles, code snippets, forums, study guides, and tutorials.
http://wiki.csharp-online.net
And then plan some more, write up some requirements, create some UML diagrams, and then finally visit their site to register http://waterfall2006.com
Microsoft just put the 180–day Trial Edition of Team Foundation Server (English) up at the Microsoft Downloads site. It used to be on MSDN downloads, but they have made it more accessible for the rest of the world.
Get it here.
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