Willy's Reflections
| Willy-Peter Schaub | In search of IT simplicity, quality and tranquility |
Another great “back to the future” song from South-Africa :)
I enjoy supporting talent, in this case ex-school colleagues from our oldest son Alexander. Special...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/04/2013
TFS Upgrade Guide comes out of silent BETA release and ships v3 for TFS 2013
We are pleased to announce the release of TFS Upgrade Guide, v3 for practical guidance for an...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/03/2013
Pirates ship ALM Readiness Treasure Map v2.1 release for Windows 8.1
We are pleased to announce the third release of ALM Readiness Treasure Map v2.1 to the Windows...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/03/2013
Ranger Flash – November 2013 ... MVP summit, robotics and landing projects
The Unit Test Generator v1.2 bug fix release landed safely. Get your update today! silent landings (...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/02/2013
Looking at ALM Ranger solution download trends and interim prioriti[s|z]ation survey results
One of the metrics we use to measure impact of our solutions is the number of downloads, which have...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/02/2013
Perfect working environment and a question on TFS training for Vancouver community
I have been working in the open lunch area at the Vancouver Development Centre today, with a Star...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/29/2013
Tell us about your success stories!
When walking along the beach, farmlands, watching my sons play soccer, collaborating at an event or...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/28/2013
Unit Test Generator v1.2 and Tim’s Gremlins
The vsarUnitTestFx (Unit Test Generator) team has just finished the testing of the latest version of...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/21/2013
FAQ: What are silent releases and why are the ALM Rangers using them?
As always meeting the ALM Rangers in person at the MVP Summit and mingling with the MVPs and their...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/21/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Chris Margraff
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/20/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Michael Wiley
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/14/2013
Things you probably [did not] know about the Visual Studio ALM Rangers
Did you know that … We are 7 years old! See https://aka.ms/vsarunderstand for details. We...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/12/2013
ALM Rangers Triage #6 - What happened to your idea in UserVoice?
If you have submitted an ALM Rangers solution idea, please locate it below and determine if you are...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/09/2013
Ranger Flash – October 2013
NOTE: Click on images for better quality. Updates Unit Test Generator team has shipped a v1.1 bug...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/04/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Sahaswaranamam Subramanian
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/04/2013
FAQ: Project flight plan used by the ALM Rangers
We have received a few questions on our project flight plan (status) board that can be found on the...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/04/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Michel Perfetti
Who you are? A French developer that uses TFS since 2006. From the last 4 years, ALM is my...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/28/2013
Robert shows us what was involved to upgrade the ALM Treasure Map for Windows 8.1
Robert MacLean from the vsarTreasureMap team gives us a quick tour of the changes made to the ALM...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/26/2013
Vladimir talks about Microsoft Fakes and Team Build on his new English blog
Vladimir Gusarov recently stepped forward (he always does if there is a debugging challenge) to...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/24/2013
Unit Test Generator v1.1 resolves two bugs
The vsarUnitTestFx (Unit Test Generator) team has just finished the testing of the latest version of...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/24/2013
Gordon Beeming joins the Visual Studio ALM Ranger 2013 Champions
Gordon Beeming joins the champions that were announced back in January 2013 in ALM Ranger champion...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/09/2013
Ranger Flash – September 2013
A number of projects landed in September, with one remaining on landing approach and six...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 10/03/2013
Building a Release Pipeline with Team Foundation Server 2012
A real gem! If you fire up your v1 (yes I am still running that one on my Surface RT) you may not...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/30/2013
The hunt for stealth tasks … what happened to my task on the TFS task board?
In one of our project stand-up meetings the ruck master DREDD and project lead STAR (see Practical...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/27/2013
Testing Mobile Applications using Perfecto Mobile's MobileCloud
We are please to announce the release of the first version of the new Testing Mobile Applications...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/27/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Dave McKinstry
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/24/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – João Paulo Rodrigues
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/20/2013
ALM Rangers Triage #5 - What happened to your idea in UserVoice?
If you have submitted an ALM Rangers solution idea, please locate it below and determine if you are...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/19/2013
Planning your TFS deployment for TFS 2013 with the latest planning guide
We are please to announce the release of the v1.3 TFS Planning and DR Avoidance Guide, which is...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/18/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Marcus Fernandez
Who you are? Casual Q&A at TechReady 20 Marcus Fernandez former infantry grunt who broke...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/14/2013
Practical guidance on the concepts of DevOps, continuous delivery and release management
The ALM Rangers introduced the DevOps Workbench solution and practical guidance in collaboration...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/10/2013
Ranger Flash – August 2013
We have a number of projects on final landing approach and a few that have just landed: Related...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/09/2013
Branching and Merging Guide … are we on track with our strategies?
Updated: 2013-09-06 The Branching and Merging Guide team has embarked on an adventure to upgrade the...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 09/04/2013
ALM Rangers ship the Unit Test Generator v1 … now what?
The Unit Test Generator is not about pure feature re-enablement, but instead embraces the new test...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/27/2013
Francisco adds Spanish Poster to ALM Assessment Community Content
Francisco Xavier Fagas Albarracin adds a Spanish translation of the ALM Assessment poster to the ALM...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/26/2013
Planning and Upgrade teams would appreciate your candid feedback!
The TFS Planning and DR Avoidance Guide and TFS Upgrade Guide teams are busy updating the relevant...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/22/2013
¿Habla Español? … Testing Unitario con Microsoft® Fakes
Juan Maria Lao took it upon himself to translate the “Better Unit Testing with Microsoft Fakes”...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/22/2013
ALM Rangers Flight Plan … at your mouse click!
The tiles offering selection of handy links to important information such as understanding the...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/21/2013
Status on the new eBook re-styling for ALM Ranger Guides
We have just updated our https://aka.ms/vsarsolutions page to reference the first three new guides,...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/19/2013
Take some time to listen to a great song by the the Illustrators - Make Love!
When Dominique wrote a special tribute (Goodbye my friend) to our son Alexander back in 2010, we...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/16/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Edward Fry
MOVED TO: Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Edward Fry
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/14/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Mohideen Abdul Kader Sandhu Muzafargani
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/14/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Bryon Root
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/13/2013
Exploring the Unit Test Generator VS Extension v1.RC Feedback and Bug Resolutions
We are busy with the final bug bash for Unit Test Generator and in this post we will look at...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/12/2013
TFS Planning Guide updated with new style and content fixes
We have just updated the TFS Planning Guide as part of the re-styling initiative. See Gearing up for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/11/2013
Richard Hundhausen adds value and a sprinkle of fun to the ALM community
If you have not bookmarked Richard’s community aggregator (https://www.accentient.com/community/)...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/10/2013
Gearing up for the new crisper ALM Ranger guides, which will evolve into eBooks in future
As highlighted by Michael Fourie who is driving our styling and new templates, this initiative has...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/10/2013
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Yang Zheng
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See Ranger Index (Who is Who?) for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 08/09/2013