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Dev Tools Power Hour Series Resources
As mentioned, all of the resources for the Dev Tools Power Hour are posted in this entry in my blog....
Author: adamgams Date: 10/17/2008
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 White Paper: Team Foundation Server Version Control Setup
Brian Harry mentioned this on his blog, and similarly, I’ve frequently been asked about...
Author: adamgams Date: 06/26/2008
Moving Towards Team Development with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
Very cool. Another series from Programmer’s… May 22: Why Team Development? Why...
Author: adamgams Date: 05/20/2008
Osellus Visual Studio Team System Webinar
These guys really know their stuff… Osellus has been on board with VSTS since before we shipped, and...
Author: adamgams Date: 05/20/2008
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Licensing
Yes, it’s true. Sometimes our developer tools licensing can be thought of as complicated. This...
Author: adamgams Date: 05/13/2008
Microsoft Web Deployment Tool - Tech Preview 1 - x86
A common request from customers is a way to manage moving web applications and configuration from...
Author: adamgams Date: 05/08/2008
SharePoint Load Tests
"If you are deploying SharePoint, you really need to load test the servers before putting them into...
Author: adamgams Date: 04/23/2008
InCycle VSTS Info
You know, in my job at Microsoft Canada, I get the pleasure of working with lots of really awesome...
Author: adamgams Date: 04/03/2008
Just a refresher… Managing and Resetting Service Accounts and Passwords
I get this question a lot, and I thought I'd post the stuff you need here. It's also part of the...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/31/2008
Update: Webcast Registration Page is fixed...
Not sure how many people had issues with this, but it seems our webcast registration page was only...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/29/2008
New Visual Studio® Team System 2008 VSTS VPC Image-Dec 2008 Expiry...
This is nice.,.. a new set of VSTS/TFS VPC images, with the VSTS 2008 Hands-on labs is now live. The...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/29/2008
Updates to: Visual Studio Team System Code Name "Rosario" Specifications
Some neat updates have been posted to the VSTS "Rosario" specifications. In particular, the three...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/28/2008
It's that time of year again...
Well, spring is coming like a lamb this year. Still have snow on the ground (STILL) and got another...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/28/2008
Jelle Druyts - Just Released: BuildCop v1.0!
Jelle's tool looks wicked... a great utility when managing regular builds and trying to ensure high...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/23/2008
VSIP Addin Custom CommandBars - jonathan's blog
For some reason, the list below (thanks Jonathan) was eluding me when I was creating my...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/21/2008
TFS Trial about to expire? Purchased TFS, need a product key?
Well, it's a common request. You started out using the Trial edition of Team Foundation Server 2008,...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/18/2008
Open in Blend context menu in Visual Studio 2008
So, I've been working on this YOUFirst stuff, and I'm constantly going back and forth between...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/16/2008
My "YOUFirst" day plan...
So my team has a great initiative, called a YOUFirst day, which is a day reserved for us to do...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/16/2008
Silverlight 2 in Financial Services Demonstrator
It's nice to see this app make the light of day. I saw it a few months ago. InfusionDev did a great...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/13/2008
Microsoft Announces New Accessibility Tools and Resources for Developers
This is indeed wicked cool! A constant challenge for developers is designing in and verifying...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/13/2008
2 Great new Videos from our Heroes Happen {Here} launch
Well, the big one is over, our Toronto 'Heroes Happen {Here}' launch event with Kevin Turner and...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/11/2008
TeamDevCentral – hosted TFS launched in North America!
Rational Eyes now has a Visual Studio Team System partner offering for hosted TFS services in North...
Author: adamgams Date: 03/06/2008
Visual Studio Team System SharpVision™
One of our close Visual Studio Team System partners, here in Canada, Objectsharp is offering a 3-5...
Author: adamgams Date: 02/29/2008
Open License Promotion for VS in Canada
Now until May 30th, 2008, be eligible to receive a rebate of up to $515 CDN per license when you...
Author: adamgams Date: 02/28/2008
Reminder: Webcasts on VSTS !!!
Just on a webcast where we didn't have the time to do a demo on VSTS Test Edition, and I mentioned...
Author: adamgams Date: 02/20/2008
Creating and customizing TFS Reports...
As the multitude of companies adopting TFS continues to grow, I'm getting more and more questions...
Author: adamgams Date: 02/20/2008
Tools for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition
The “DataDude” team is happy to announce the availability of the Power Tools for Visual Studio Team...
Author: adamgams Date: 02/20/2008
only 35% of developed software on time/budget!
Imaginet is a great partner here in Canada, doing a lot of great work around VSTS/Process... Looks...
Author: adamgams Date: 02/06/2008
If you can't measure it, how can you manage it?
Wicked session being delivered from one of our top Team System partners here in Canada! Join us on...
Author: adamgams Date: 02/06/2008
WCF Load Test Tool
Now available on Codeplex, the newest version of the WCF Load Test tool, which was created by the...
Author: adamgams Date: 02/04/2008
VS2008 at the Movies: What's Hot and What's Not in Visual Studio 2008 - ObjectSharp
This sounds like a great event! I love it when top-notch partners step up and give our customers the...
Author: adamgams Date: 01/15/2008
Avanade - VSTS Seminar Feb 12 2008
One of our Canadian partners is running what looks like a great event on VSTS! Discover how Visual...
Author: adamgams Date: 01/15/2008
Application Platform Optimization
The Microsoft Canada: APO (Application Platform Optimization) Self Assessment site is now Live....
Author: adamgams Date: 01/09/2008
New MSDN Virtual Labs: VB9, C# 3 and ASP.NET
MSDN Virtual Labs are an amazing tool that's available to anyone for FREE and provide a no-impact...
Author: adamgams Date: 12/10/2007
Microsoft Expression Blend December CTP
December CTP has arrived! Grab it from https://www.microsoft.com/expression. An impressive list of...
Author: adamgams Date: 12/10/2007
YouHaventHeard.NET
Do you need help with MSDN Admin? How about MSDN Blueprints? What about SDLC? Check out these...
Author: adamgams Date: 12/07/2007
VSTS Edition for Testers presentation!
VSTS Edition for Testers - ObjectSharp Presents at TASSQ Participate in a day in the life of...
Author: adamgams Date: 12/06/2007
- Updated - Governance in Software Development Webcast
As the software industry matures, the terms "governance," "compliance," and "standards" are taking...
Author: adamgams Date: 12/03/2007
What's New in Visual Studio 2008
There's even more new in the core Visual Studio 2008 product set... I've pasted below links to a lot...
Author: adamgams Date: 11/20/2007
What's New in Visual Studio Team System 2008
There's a ton of new stuff in Visual Studio Team System 2008. I've copied the content list...
Author: adamgams Date: 11/20/2007
VS2008 opening VS2005 Project/Solution Files...
That's right, Visual Studio 2008 includes "multi-targeting", which allows you to build...
Author: adamgams Date: 11/20/2007
What's new in Visual Studio 2008 (Long!)
From the new product guide, I thought I'd post this stuff up here: What’s New in Visual...
Author: adamgams Date: 11/20/2007
TFS for Defect Tracking! Licensing Change!!!
I'm very happy to announce (or re-announce, as it were) that there has been a change in...
Author: adamgams Date: 11/20/2007
Fun with the WorkItemChangedEvent
I was goofing around the other day with TFS 2008 Beta 2, and decided I'd write an extension to...
Author: adamgams Date: 11/03/2007
It's called "Managing Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System"
I keep getting the name of this book wrong on my webcasts (sorry Joel and everyone else)... Here are...
Author: adamgams Date: 11/03/2007
Financial Services Developers...
Sometimes, Microsoft seems so big, with so many cool resources, that it's tough to stay on top of...
Author: adamgams Date: 08/02/2007
Visual Studio Accelerate Webcast Series
Our 2007-2008 Webcast series has been scheduled and the registration links are live! Hope you can...
Author: adamgams Date: 07/31/2007
Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications
This is very timely content! The PAG group has released Beta 1 of the Performance Testing guidance...
Author: adamgams Date: 07/04/2007