Willy's Reflections
| Willy-Peter Schaub | In search of IT simplicity, quality and tranquility |
MVP Summit – The day of quiet … no MVPs :(
The ALM MVPs were all downtown, which left a near deserted campus and no ALM MVPs or ALM MVP Rangers...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 03/01/2012
MVP Summit–The day of the box of painaids
Today was a very busy day, which started with the launch of a number of solutions between 6 and...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/29/2012
Welcome our new Visual Studio ALM Ranger Champions and the (UN)HIDE button
Every year we get together to nominate the champions amongst the Visual Studio ALM Rangers and the...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/29/2012
Visual Studio 11 ALM Rangers Readiness “BETA” wave rolled this morning!
Based on feedback and questions it appears that not everyone is keeping an eye on the “News about...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/29/2012
MVP Summit – The day of the (UN)HIDE button
Today was a stressful (at the time) and hilariously funny (looking back) day at the MVP Summit....
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/28/2012
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Anil Chandra Lingam
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See An index to all Rangers covered...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/27/2012
Quick Poll Results – Which publication channel and document format should we use?
We recently had a quick poll with ALM Rangers to determine which publication channel and...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/22/2012
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Hansjoerg Scherer
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See An index to all Rangers covered...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/15/2012
Visual Studio ALM Rangers Transparency – Clarifying the processes: Release (Part 3)
We continue from Visual Studio ALM Rangers Transparency – Clarifying the processes: Projects (Part...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/09/2012
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Krithika Sambamoorthy
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See An index to all Rangers covered...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/06/2012
TechReady 14 Report … T+4–Final Day Report from Willy’s perspective
TechReady is over … the dust is settling and I am convinced that all ALM Rangers are relaxing and...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/04/2012
How the Visual Studio ALM Rangers use Team Foundation Service to Get Ready for Visual Studio 11
Cowabunga! The Visual Studio ALM Rangers have published their latest article on www.codeproject.com...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/03/2012
TechReady 14 Report … T+3 – The best ever TR session happened today!
I am exhausted and therefore today’s post will be brief and include mainly photographic...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/02/2012
Rangers Flash - January 2012
Projects News Visual Studio Coded UI Microsoft Word Plug-in (VSCUG) … as part of the latest...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/02/2012
TechReady 14 Report … T+2–Beyond BRDLite and Architecture
Today was a loooooooooooooong day as we had sessions all day, followed by the Ask The Expert...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/01/2012
Visual Studio ALM Rangers Transparency – Clarifying the processes: Guidance (Part 2)
We continue from Visual Studio ALM Rangers Transparency – Clarifying the processes: Projects (Part...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 02/01/2012
TechReady 14 Report … T+1 – Four ALM Ranger Sessions dominated the day
Today was a phenomenal ALM Rangers day, with project leads, project members and product owners...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/31/2012
TechReady 14 Report … T+0 - Day 1 was focused on Ruck and Quick Reference Guidance
We had a turmoil first day, with both the second part of the ALM Rangers sabbatical #4 starting (see...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/30/2012
TechReady 14 Report … T-1 days and getting nervous
Continued from TechReady 14 Report … T-3 days and a going back to the future, we have completed the...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/29/2012
TechReady 14 Report … T-3 days and a going back to the future
The TechReady event is an internal Microsoft event, so I cannot cover any of the event content....
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/27/2012
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – William Salazar
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See An index to all Rangers covered...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/24/2012
AIT TeamSystemPro Team has released a new version of our AIT Dependency Manager to the Community
The AIT TeamSystemPro Team has released a new version of our AIT Dependency Manager on VS Gallery:...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/24/2012
New version of Skype and Messenger providers … Nico Orschel was busy over Christmas :)
During the Christmas holidays Nico published a new version of the Skype provider, a modified...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/23/2012
ALM Rangers Sabbatical #4 – Focusing on the Coded UI Word Add-In
Every so often we invite ALM Rangers to collaborate with us on a strategic project. They are...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/20/2012
Picture(s) of the Week … 12 … Beautiful Canada!
Here is my favourite picture from the past 3 days in Whistler, where we soaked up snow, blue skies,...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/15/2012
Oh those acronyms/heteronyms … what are the ACV, ABE, ATE and CEO TLAs all about?
Anyone who knows me will have a smile on his face when noticing the acronyms and heteronyms that...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/06/2012
ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness – Part 5: A small peek at the upcoming Build Customization and “Tooling” Guidance (ATE)
This is part to an exploration of the upcoming ALM Rangers solutions for Visual Studio and Team...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/06/2012
Picture(s) of the Week … 11
Welcome to 2012 … I trust that everyone has had a safe and fun hyper-space jump from 2011 to 2012....
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 01/03/2012
Rangers Flash - December 2011
Projects News Visual Studio Coded UI Microsoft Word Plug-in (VSCUG) … ready to ship after all...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/30/2011
ALM Ranger Champions – Willy’s nominations!
We try and highlight all the outstanding contributions by ALM Rangers and regularly nominate...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/30/2011
ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness – Part 4: A small peek at the upcoming Lab Management Guidance
This is part to an exploration of the upcoming ALM Rangers solutions for Visual Studio and Team...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/27/2011
A happy and safe festive season and holiday everyone!
… the happy gang in Dullstroom in 2008 As we get ready to unplug ourselves from the digital world,...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/22/2011
ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness – Part 3: A small peek at the upcoming TFS Upgrade Guidance
This is part to an exploration of the upcoming ALM Rangers solutions for Visual Studio and Team...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/22/2011
ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness – Part 2: A small peek at the upcoming TFS Branching and Merging Guidance
This is part to an exploration of the upcoming ALM Rangers solutions for Visual Studio and Team...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/21/2011
ALM Rangers Visual Studio 11 Readiness – Part1: A small peek at the upcoming TFS Planning Guide
In Understanding our Visual Studio 11 Readiness conspiracy we introduced our latest wave of ALM...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/20/2011
Picture(s) of the Week … 10 “Owl”
Special post for Bill Heys … some Artic Owls we spotted this morning And another Eagle keeping watch...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/19/2011
Picture(s) of the Week … 9 “Eagle”
I observed a Bald Eagle on one of the masts while taking the dog for a walk … he returned after a...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/18/2011
Picture(s) of the Week … 8
A few snapshot made on my WinPhone on route to and around the BattleStar #41 this week. … who says...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/14/2011
Why we believe in dogfooding …
Who is we? We are the project team working on delivering practical and scenario based guidance for...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/10/2011
MSDN Magazine Articles by the ALM Rangers
So far we have published the following articles: Team Foundation Server: Visual Studio Team...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/09/2011
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Rex Tang
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See An index to all Rangers covered...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/08/2011
Picture(s) of the Week … 7
This weeks pictures are all from a great day with a phenomenal ex-boss, colleague, friend and...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/08/2011
Rangers Flash – November 2011
Projects News CodedUI (VSCUG) … We have two out of three assessments (Geopol, Accessibility &...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 12/02/2011
Team Foundation Server – Trying to understand Server versus Local Workspaces
I often have these mind numbing episodes where I am trying to understand technology, pondering over...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/30/2011
Applying to formatting hotfixes to ALM Rangers guidance … and subtle caution for next wave of guidance!
Michael Fourie has recently identified a small, but annoying gremlin in the...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/28/2011
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Tony Whitter
This post is part of an ongoing series of Rangers introductions. See An index to all Rangers covered...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/24/2011
Two events that introduce anomalies even into “Swiss” project planning
Imagine trying to schedule an ad-hoc, or even worse a regular recurring meeting for a team that is...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/24/2011
Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Prasanna Ramkumar
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Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/23/2011
Visual Studio 11 Readiness Initiatives – Driven by Epics, Personas and Customer Types
In Requirements Management for Ranger Projects ... Epics, Team and Personas we introduced a more...
Author: Willy-P. Schaub Date: 11/23/2011