release_team's WebLog
The RC: What works with what?
Soma received a few questions on his blog from folks who received the Release Candidate at the PDC...
Date: 09/28/2005
Whidbey RTM Escrow
As we begin to close down on Ask Mode for the Platform and Design Time teams we enter the final...
Date: 08/26/2005
Whidbey RTM Release Criteria – Dogfooding Team Foundation Server
During Whidbey Beta 1 we built a web application for reporting the division release criteria called...
Date: 07/25/2005
Whidbey Community Technology Previews (CTP)
Most of you are already aware of the Visual Studio 2005 Community Technology Previews (CTP) and are...
Date: 07/20/2005
Whidbey RTM Tell Mode!
On Monday (6/20) the Platform teams (those teams shipping in the .NET Framework Redist) entered...
Date: 06/21/2005
Whidbey Security: Pen Testing Engagement
I mentioned in my last blog that we’re heading towards a first step in the "Final Security Review"...
Date: 06/03/2005
Whidbey Beta 2 “Broad Go-Live”
One of the things we are doing in Whidbey Beta 2 is providing a broad Go-Live License agreement....
Date: 04/18/2005
Whidbey Beta 2 Product Metrics/Release Criteria sign-off!
Last I blog’d I talked to the Product Metrics/Release Criteria… and now we’ve released Whidbey Beta...
Date: 04/18/2005
In the home stretch....
Wow! It’s hard to believe but we’ve completed 5 weeks of “Ask Mode”. Every day for the past 5 weeks,...
Date: 03/15/2005
Starting Ask Mode!
Check off another mini-milestone for Whidbey! Beta 2 Tell Mode is over, and we started "Ask Mode"...
Date: 02/07/2005
Whidbey Beta 2 Tell Mode
Two weeks ago, we entered a phase of the Beta 2 product cycle we call “Tell Mode”. This is the point...
Date: 01/31/2005
Whidbey Beta 2 Tell Mode
Two weeks ago, we entered a phase of the Beta 2 product cycle we call “Tell Mode”. This is the point...
Date: 01/31/2005
Whidbey Security Push Progress
The past few weeks have been pretty busy for me. In my last blog I mentioned I was working on...
Date: 01/10/2005
Yukon Bug Progress…
SQL Server 2005 (code named “Yukon”) is built on the Whidbey platform. The integration of the...
Date: 11/16/2004
DCRs and Breaking Changes
Have you ever been asked to change something when you felt you were done? It happens; customers...
Date: 11/12/2004
Shipping the October Community Technology Preview
As part of my tasks as a release manager, from time to time I actually get to ship software! Last...
Date: 10/25/2004
Product Metrics/Release Criteria
As we drive towards Whidbey Beta 2, the Product Metrics/Release Criteria are a main guiding...
Date: 10/14/2004
Product Unit Reviews
We’ve been driving our bug counts down over the past few months, with an eye on what we call ZBB. We...
Date: 10/11/2004
"Going Dark"
Whidbey is progressing toward its ZBB date, with only a few more weeks to go. For the past week, and...
Date: 09/20/2004
Driving to ZBB
With the successful release of Whidbey Beta1 a few weeks ago, we’re now moving toward Beta2. The...
Date: 08/16/2004
Driving our security push
I’ve been spending the past two weeks focusing on pulling together our security efforts for Whidbey....
Date: 08/13/2004
Mike's Intro
Where to begin… I am one of the Program Managers working on the release of Whidbey. I started...
Date: 08/03/2004
What is "Shiproom"?
Many I’m sure have heard the “Warteam” meetings at Microsoft and probably about as...
Date: 08/02/2004
Chris Dias
Hi! I am the Group Program Manager for the Developer Division Release Team. I started at Microsoft a...
Date: 07/30/2004
Natalie's back from leave
I just came back from a 5 month parental leave two weeks ago. I was terrified of the first week...
Date: 07/28/2004
Introducing the Developer Division Release Team
I suppose the first place to start in writing this blog is to begin with an introduction, including;...
Date: 07/23/2004