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| Willy-Peter Schaub | In search of IT simplicity, quality and tranquility |
An antidote to drowning in email and losing sight of the important communication threads
This post is primarily intended for my fellow ALM Rangers, but should add some value to anyone...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/05/2015
Ranger Flash – January 2015 … we focus on the best of the best and TechReady
You can find the latest flight plan snapshot at aka.ms/vsarFlightPlan Recent landings Git support...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/05/2015
Git support included with the extracting effective permissions sample and research completed
We have completed our research and released the findings for Extracting effective permissions and...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/04/2015
Understanding TFS migrations from on-premises to Visual Studio Online – Part 2: Walkthrough
We are pleased to announce the release of the second Understanding TFS migrations from on-premises...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/03/2015
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Radoslav Minchev
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/03/2015
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Abel Wang
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/01/2015
Visual Studio ALM Rangers - Champion Awards 2015
We are pleased to announce the Champion Awards 2015 winners, the “best of the best”, selected by...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/16/2015
Wondering who the ALM Rangers are? Start here…
Understanding who [1] the ALM Rangers are, their mission and manifesto [2], solutions [3],...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/15/2014
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – David Starr
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/15/2014
Understanding TFS migrations from on-premise to Visual Studio Online – Part 1: Concepts
We are pleased to announce that the release of the Understanding TFS migrations from on-premise to...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/11/2014
Hassan Fadili @ SDC Conference and VINCI institute – the evidence :)
In the Hassan Fadili @ SDC Conference and VINCI institute post we mentioned that Hassan would be...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/11/2014
Extracting effective permissions from TFS whitepaper and sample
We are pleased to announce that the release of the Extracting effective permissions from TFS...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/09/2014
Ranger Flash – November 2014 … a very brief flash!
You can find the latest flight plan snapshot at aka.ms/vsarFlightPlan latest news Team...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/09/2014
Influence triage of project ideas #11 and what the ALM Rangers focus on in next in three easy steps
Vote for existing ideas or submit your own on UserVoice – Visual Studio, and selecting the Rangers...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/07/2014
Team Foundation Server Word Add-in goes OSS as a “sample”
We are pleased to announce that the release of Team Foundation Server Word Add-in as a sample...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/03/2014
Fun of PM.4 … Advocate and evangelise
After covering Persona, Energise and Enable, we have reached the end of the series with this post...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/02/2014
Another custom t-shirt for our midnight demo warrior!
We recently had an important end-of-project demonstration, for the Extract effective permission from...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/26/2014
Hassan Fadili @ SDC Conference and VINCI institute
Hassan will be sharing his experience and passion for ALM at SDC Conference in the Netherlands on...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/26/2014
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Danijel Malik
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/21/2014
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Gerson Dias
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/21/2014
Chuck being sucked down the audio channel vortex
I am dedicating this fun post to my son, Jacques, who calls me grumpy every day. In this short audio...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/19/2014
Many Git Repositories, but one Team Project to rule them all
One of our current objectives is to dogfood one Team Project, with one default and eight feature...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/19/2014
Visual Studio ALM Rangers update a la Channel9 series
Our monthly status and updates from the community is shared in as in the recent Ranger Flash –...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/10/2014
Pop Quiz – Answers … which Rangers solution enjoyed the highest downloads :)
In Pop Quiz … which Rangers solution enjoys the highest downloads we asked you which of the Ranger...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/04/2014
Pop Quiz … which Rangers solution enjoys the highest downloads?
Looking at Visual Studio ALM Ranger Solutions Catalogue (aka.ms/vsarsolutions), do you have any idea...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/24/2014
ALM Rangers – Triage #10 is gathering evidence and we need your input
UPDATE: 2014.11 - No new project ideas have been prioritised, other than re-stating the Git for the...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/16/2014
PowerShell Desired State Configuration for DevOps and ALM Practitioners v1
We are pleased to announce that the first version of the PowerShell Desired State Configuration for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/16/2014
Certificate in DevOps - Minimal Capabilities for DevOps
We are pleased that the registration has re-opened for the Certificate in DevOps and the first...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/14/2014
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Donovan Brown
Who are you? Casual Q&A at TechReady 20 I am an avid programmer and still sling code every...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/08/2014
Ranger Flash – September 2014 brings guidance updates and reminds us of the news widget
You can find the latest flight plan snapshot at aka.ms/vsarFlightPlan news TFS Upgrade...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/06/2014
Widgets rule … but how do you find them and do authors care about feedback?
My experience in why the Visual Studio NEWS extension is nothing to ignore or sneeze at made me...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/03/2014
Fun of PM.3 … Orchestrate and enable
After covering Persona and Energize in the Fun of PM.1 and Fun of PM.2 posts, it is time to focus on...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/26/2014
Why the Visual Studio NEWS extension is nothing to ignore or sneeze at!
Note to self … remember the widgets and use them. news? Utkarsh Shigihalli and Tarun Arora developed...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/26/2014
TFS on Azure (IAAS) Planning and Ops Guide v1.4.2 update published
We are pleased to announce that the v1.4.2 update of the TFS Planning and DR Avoidance Guide which...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/25/2014
Controlled Vocabulary 101 … typed at the most stunning office!
Yesterday I enjoyed listening to Hyper-V, PowerShell and other 933>|m (aka geeky) MVPs sharing...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/25/2014
Project Unicorn – Part 1. Initial context and an explanation of our “kick-off” event
We are embarking on an exciting new project, codenamed Unicorn. And no, this project is not related...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/23/2014
ALM Rangers Triage #9 – the first of the rolling triages
If you have recently submitted an ALM Rangers solution idea on Visual Studio UserVoice, you should...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/19/2014
Testing and evaluating Microsoft Word as my blog editor
Since 2009 I have been relying on LiveWriter as my blog editor. As there have not been any updates...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/15/2014
FAQ - Why do we use the flight analogy for our projects?
From a high-altitude view, we visualize our projects as flights. Each flight is time boxed, has one...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/13/2014
TFS upgrade guide revision and the new process guidance paper landed safely
A quick summary of recent releases (landings) of ALM Ranger solutions and other flights we were...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/11/2014
Are our project idea triages effective? Help us reflect and innovate!
We switched to a more transparent, adaptive and responsive triage process as outlined in Triage of...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/10/2014
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Josh Garverick
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/10/2014
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Oscar Garcia Colon
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/10/2014