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Comments on Visual Studio, Visualizations & Modeling, .NET, and beyond
The UML Model Explorer
In the VSTS 2010 Architecture product, we've added another toolwindow to VS designed to help you...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 12/01/2008
Model and Work Item Integration
I want to continue discussing some of the "Team Collaboration" features in the upcoming...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 11/24/2008
VSTS 2010 Architecture : [Part Two] Model Project and 4+1 Project Template
In my last post, I introduced the Modeling project that will be introduced in the VSTS 2010...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 11/23/2008
VSTS 2010 Architecture: [Part One] Model Project
In my last post, I began talking about the logical structure of the VSTS 2010 Architecture product....
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 11/16/2008
Visual Studio Team System 2010 Architecture: Prologue
Now that we have made the 2010 CTP available for your use ( please see Brian Keller's post for all...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 11/10/2008
Sticky Toolbox
I wanted to make folks aware of a seemingly small but quite important new feature found in the...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 11/09/2008
Lap around VSTS 2010 PDC session available
I gave a talk in front of over 1000 people at the PDC this last Monday. That was absolutely a blast!...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 10/29/2008
Visual Studio 2010 CTP available!
Folks, I'm sitting here waiting for Anders Hejlsberg to give his talk about the Future of C#, and...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 10/27/2008
PDC 2008 Is Here!
It's the night before PDC, and all is quiet! But tomorrow, the LA convention center is going to...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 10/27/2008
RadioTFS Broadcast
I had the opportunity to sit with the guys at RadioTFS and talk about the good stuff coming in the...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 10/16/2008
VSTS 2010 and Channel 9
If you or someone you know is interested in finding out what all the new ground we've been breaking...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 10/07/2008
Architectural Validation and Synchronization
In one of the articles that just hit recently around our upcoming "Architectural Validation" feature...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 09/30/2008
VSTS 2010 and .NET 4.0
Wow, last week was a whirlwind! Dave Mendlen and myself spent a lot of time with our friends in the...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 09/30/2008
Microsoft joins the OMG
Today we've announced the fact that Microsoft has joined the OMG. Please see the press release here....
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 09/10/2008
PDC Discount Available
For those of you planning on going to this year's PDC, if you register by Sept. 8th, you can save...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 08/20/2008
Blogs to take note of
Wanted to point out a couple of blogs that I would recommend checking out. James Whittaker has...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 07/25/2008
Layer Diagram
At TechEd2008 this year, the Rosario April CTP version of the VSTS Architecture Edition bits were...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 07/11/2008
Agile and Tools
Kent Beck has written a great white paper talking about the importance of tooling in the Agile...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 07/02/2008
Hot fixes and Code Gallery
Brian just posted about our new Hotfix information site on Code Gallery. This is a great way to keep...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 07/02/2008
PDC2008 pre-con
If there is ever a time to come to the PDC, this is the year to do it! Team Architect is planning on...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 06/25/2008
DSL + UML = Pragmatic Modeling
There has been some speculation in the press recently around Microsoft's commitment to DSLs now that...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 06/25/2008
New role running the VSTS Architecture Edition team
Ok folks, as I mentioned in a previous post, I'd like to discuss a few of the things I've been up to...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 06/12/2008
PDC2008
As you can tell, I have not blogged for way too long. There are some good reasons for that, and...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 05/28/2008
Next Chat
Come chat with the Visual Studio Team System group – December 5th Join members of the Visual Studio...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 11/21/2007
How to download Rosario VPCs
In the next version of VSTS ( code named "Rosario" ), we are planning on providing early looks at...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 09/08/2007
Subtle changes in branding
I wanted to point out a post that Rob Caron put out a few weeks back that is worth mentioning, as it...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 08/24/2007
Another Channel9 Video
Brian Keller uploaded another video that was done with Sachin Rekhi a few months back that talks at...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 08/16/2007
Webcast recording Available
As I mentioned in a post the other day, I co-presented with my CA colleagues today, showing the...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 08/14/2007
New Channel 9 video on Power Tools
Folks, be sure to check out the great video Gert Drapers and Brian Keller just completed up on...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 08/14/2007
Database Edition PowerTools Now Available!
The team has had our hands full getting all our V1 bits wrapped up and into Orcas Beta 2, while at...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 08/12/2007
TFS 2008
Folks, Brian has a great post talking about all the features in TFS that will ship with Orcas....
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 08/09/2007
ERWin 7.2 and DBPro WebCast
I will be participating with my partners at CA to present a "Taming and Managing Database Change"...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 08/06/2007
First Rosario CTP
We've finally put the finishing touches on a CTP that begins to get you a clearer picture on what...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 08/05/2007
Hosting TFS
On other TFS news, one of our partners, Readify, has gone live with a service that hosts Team...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 07/31/2007
Web Access to TFS
The TFS team has just released another killer power tool that allows web access to the server. Check...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 07/31/2007
ERWin for Database Edition
Just wanted to make sure all you ERWin users out there were aware of the fact that you can now use...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 07/30/2007
Another TeamSystem Chat
Hope to see you folks online at the next TeamSystem chat happening this Wednesday. Here are the...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 07/30/2007
Go on vacation and things get done!
So in the last two weeks, while I was traveling in India on business, then taking a vacation for the...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 07/29/2007
What 3rd party databases do you need DBPro support for?
In the first release of our product, we consciously targeted SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 as...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 07/16/2007
ERWin 7.2 and DBPro
We've mentioned this before, but I did want to make sure you had a little more information about the...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 06/12/2007
DataDude at TechEd 2007
Wanted to make sure you were aware of all the sessions and breakouts that we will be presenting at...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 06/04/2007
Fantastic Guide to TFS
Folks, if you are using Team Foundation Server ( TFS ), thinking about using it, or wish you could...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 05/24/2007
CTP of SR1 now available!
Come check out a CTP of our upcoming Service Release for DBPro V1. For all the details, please check...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 05/04/2007
Orcas Beta One Downloads available
Wanted to make sure you all were staying up with the latest events happening with Visual Studio...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 05/04/2007
Another VSTS Chat
Wanted to make sure you folks attended the chat that is schedule on the 27th. These are always quite...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 04/22/2007
VSTS Guidance
Please be sure to check out this blog post by J.D. Meier over in the Patterns & Practises team....
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 03/26/2007
First DBPro Service Release
Folks, please see Gert's blog for a description of what to expect in our upcoming service release....
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 03/22/2007
DBPro wins Jolt Award!
We just received word that DBPro ( aka DataDude! ) won the Jolt award in the "Database Engine and...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 03/21/2007
Designers
One of the things that I've been most proud of the DBPro team has been our absolutely rabid desire...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 03/21/2007
DB Unit Testing Whitepaper Available
Sachin Rekhi just got his "Database Unit Testing with Team Edition for Database Professionals" up on...
Author: CameronS - MSFT Date: 03/18/2007