Ravings of a Microsoft Evangelista
I have been with Polaris Solutions as an ALM Practice Lead since January 2011. As I go about my day to day, I often stumble across things I want to share out with the community. This is my soap box.
The Patterns and Practices Team Releases Team Development Guidance!
Technorati tags: patterns & practices, Team Development with TFS Guide, TFS, Codeplex Welcome to the...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 09/14/2007
Halo 3 Frag Fest on September 24th in Downers Grove IL
Technorati tags: Halo 3, XBox 360 That's right, you heard me correctly. September 24th! You need a...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 09/13/2007
Microsoft.Net Technology Briefing in Indianapolis on 09/19
Technorati tags: Indianapolis .NET Technology Briefing, TFS, VSTS, Orcas .NET Technology Briefing...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 09/12/2007
SilverLightDevCamp coming to Chicago!
Technorati tags: SilverlightDevCamp. BarCamp, Silverlight Stolen from Dave Bost's blog. For those of...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 09/10/2007
How Do I: Use the MSSCCI Client in Systems Other than Visual Studio?
Technorati tags: MSSCCI, TFS, How Do I? Hope everyone had a great long weekend for the Labor Day...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 09/05/2007
Did you know....?
Technorati tags: VSTS, How Do I? That you have the ability to send bugs and feedback to the product...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 08/29/2007
Data Dude gets a Makeover! OK, maybe it's more a freshening up.
Technorati tags: VSTS, DataDude, Database Professional, PowerTools Waiting for Orcas to see what's...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 08/20/2007
DevCares and Arc Ready - Midwest District Updates
Technorati tags: DevCares, ArcReady, Silverlight, Web 2.0 August DevCares: Microsoft Silverlight in...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 08/20/2007
Indy Visual Studio Team System SIG - August is all about Orcas!
Technorati tags: Indianapolis TFS Sig, Orcas What?: Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas)! Where?: Indy Visual...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 08/16/2007
Visual Studio Accelerate Webcast Series
Technorati tags: VSTS, How Do I?, Team Foundation Server Our 2007-2008 Webcast series has been...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 08/16/2007
w00t! Rosario CTP available for download!
Technorati tags: Rosario, VSTS, Team Foundation Server Holy Cow! Orcas is not even released and they...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 08/07/2007
It was so good, we are doing it again!
August’s Technorati tags: Chicago VSTS User Group, ALM, Application Lifecycle Management...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 07/31/2007
Team Foundation Server Web Access is Available for Download!
Technorati tags: Team Foundation Server Web Access, TFS Team System Web Access (formerly known as...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 07/31/2007
Just when you thought there could be no more cool free events for me to post about in a single day!
Technorati tags: DevCares, Silverlight DevCares presents: Microsoft Silverlight In-Depth Microsoft®...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 07/16/2007
Are you Ready for Web 2.0 and Beyond?
Technorati tags: ArcReady, Web 2.0 Microsoft ArcREADY - Web 2.0 & Beyond Applying Lessons to...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 07/16/2007
Great Article on TFS and VSTS Best Practices
Technorati tags: TFS Guidance, VSTS Guidance A lot of you probably get MSDN Flash, or subscribe to...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 07/16/2007
Curious How Microsoft Manages IT?
Historically, Microsoft has used a variety of internal tools, such as Source Depot and Product...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 07/13/2007
Happy Anniversary to Me!
Well, I did it. I have now been at Microsoft for a whole year. Wahoo! Hopefully I'll be a bit more...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 07/03/2007
V1.0 of the TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit is LIVE! Why should you care?......
Technorati tags: TFS, TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit Well, first, note the name change to...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 07/02/2007
Indy VSTS Sig Meets This Week
I am making an appearance in Indianapolis this week to present at their Visual Studio Team System...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 06/26/2007
June DevCares Coming to Downers Grove!
Microsoft Expression Microsoft Expression takes your creative possibilities to a new level. The...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 06/19/2007
Webcast: Using VSTS and Compuware TOGETHER for Tracing Requirements
Technorati tags: How Do I?, VSTS, Compuware Using Optimal Trace and Visual Studio Team System to...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 06/12/2007
June VSTS User Group Meeting Registration is Open!
Technorati tags: Chicago VSTS User Group, dataDude, database Professional, VSTS Join us for another...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 06/05/2007
Get a Grip on Version Control!
Technorati tags: TFS Source Control, Codeplex, TFS, TFS Guidance I often have customers ask me...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 06/05/2007
Chicago Visual Studio Team System User Group Meets TONIGHT!
Technorati tags: Chicago VSTS User Group, TFS Build, TFS, Continuous Integration Part 2 of the VSTS...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 05/09/2007
VSTS, TFS and .NET Framework Reference Posters Anyone?
So I swear it USED to be easier to come across full sized posters of the Framework Libraries, event...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 05/03/2007
May DevCares - Visual Studio Orcas and LINQ
Technorati tags: DevCares, LINQ, Orcas, Visual Studio Catch the Vision for the Next Version of VS...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 04/27/2007
Looking for a VSTS/TFS Training or Demo Application?
Technorati tags: VSTS, TFS, How Do I? Want a way to learn some basics about VSTS and TFS without...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 04/26/2007
Migration Toolkit Pre-release Now Available on CodePlex!
Technorati tags: TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit, TFS, Codeplex Looking for a way to get...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 04/26/2007
Visual Studio "Orcas" and the .NET 3.5 Framework are now in public beta, w00t!
Technorati tags: Orcas, .NET 3.5, Beta, Visual Studio Get an early look at Visual Studio code name...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 04/24/2007
Team System User Group Meets in Chicago in May!
Technorati tags: Chicago VSTS User Group, Continuous Integration, TFS Build, TFS Part 2 of the VSTS...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 04/24/2007
VSTS Orcas/Rosario Roadmap
Technorati tags: Orcas, Rosario, VSTS Roadmap Have you been wondering what else is in store for you...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 03/26/2007
Microsoft Acquires DevBiz Business Solutions
Technorati tags: TFS, Team Foundation Web Access Very exciting news in the VSTS world! It was...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 03/26/2007
Free Developer E-Learning Courses Available
**This free training has expired. There are still some great resources on...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 03/21/2007
Visual Studio Team System User Group launches in Chicago in April. Sign up now!
Join us for the maiden voyage of the Chicago Visual Studio Team System User group! Microsoft Visual...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 03/12/2007
Finally, Team System Guidance is available on CodePlex!
Technorati tags: VSTS Guidance, Codeplex Technorati tags: Best Practices When do I create a new Team...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 03/02/2007
So what doe a truly HUGE deployment of TFS look like?
When I first started, this diagram and info was being circulated, and it was pretty darned...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 03/02/2007
DevCares, coming soon to a city near you! Provided you live in the midwest :)
We have added a downtown location to our monthly DevCares program. Starting tomorrow we will be...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 02/12/2007
Search MSDN Magazine on-line, All you can eat VSTS web-casts, and now "What's Next?" web-casts
OK, so maybe not rocket science, bat darned handy. Now you can search current and back issues of...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 10/16/2006
First blog as a Microsoft employee...
Well, I'm not exactly "new" anymore, I have been at Microsoft just over 2 months now. On the one...
Author: Angela Ann Dugan Date: 09/14/2006