Brian Keller
Group Program Manager, Visual Studio Team Services
New Article: Integrating the Infosys Project Management System with Visual Studio Team System
I am pleased to report that we have just published a whitepaper I wrote which details how the Visual...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/05/2008
Life hack: Permanently delete email with your mobile device
One of my favorite things to do with my mobile device (I use an HTC Dash Smartphone running Windows...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/28/2008
Unplugging for a few weeks...
I'm getting ready to head off on vacation for a few weeks. I'll be backpacking through Patagonia...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/25/2008
Use Live Mesh to sync your Visual Studio settings
This is a great idea! Nice write-up, Laurent.For more great ideas on how to get the most from Live...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/25/2008
XNA Community Games
Today the XNA team delivered some much-anticipated details regarding the forthcoming XNA Community...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/22/2008
Search for Microsoft EULA's Online
From time to time I routinely field questions from customers wanting to see the End-User Licensing...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/15/2008
Getting Started with Project Server
Mickey Gousset and I were recently looking for some resources on getting started with Microsoft...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/13/2008
"It burns!"
Dan and I delivered a special edition of This Week on Channel 9 to help celebrate America's...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/07/2008
Pex interview on Channel 9
I recently visited Nikolai Tillmann and Peli de Halleux on the Pex team to talk about how Pex can...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/03/2008
Register to attend the Visual Studio Team System pre-con at PDC2008
If you're headed to PDC2008 in October (and I hope you are!) you should consider registering for one...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/13/2008
Updated links for Visual Studio Team System 2008 VPC Images
I have made a long overdue update to my earlier post, A More Reliable and Faster Download Experience...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/13/2008
Come "Show Off" at PDC2008!
If you were at PDC05 or MIX08 then you already know about the now-popular Show Off event which...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/12/2008
This Week on Channel 9 from TechEd Developers 2008
Last week Dan and I headed down to TechEd Developers 2008 and while we were down there we filmed an...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/09/2008
Brian the Build Bunny
Martin Woodward just posted a very entertaining and informative video about Brian the Build Bunny...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 05/28/2008
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Licensing Whitepaper
The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Licensing Whitepaper is now published. This paper is in the same...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 05/13/2008
Team System Web Access 2008 SP1
A new Community Technology Preview was just released for Team System Web Access 2008 SP1. Hakan...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/09/2008
Better Project Management with Team Foundation Server
Reader's of Brian Harry's blog will be familiar with the "dogfooding statistics" he posts...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/20/2008
This Week on Channel 9 with Scott Hanselman
A new episode is live and we have a logo (Thanks, Lincoln!)! This week was a TON of fun to film....
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/15/2008
This Week On Channel 9: February 8, 2008
A new episode is live and we have a show name! Click here for the list of topics, including...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/08/2008
Weekly Developer Show
Dan Fernandez recently joined our team to work with Jeff, Charles, and the rest of the Channel 9 /...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/01/2008
My Virtual TechEd Interview with Brian Harry
When I was at TechEd South Africa in October I sat down with Brian Harry to talk about the (at the...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/18/2008
Koders now integrates with Team Foundation Server
Koders just released a product which integrates nicely with Team Foundation Server to help you...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/14/2008
Upcoming Webcasts on Visual Studio Partner Solutions
My colleague Terry Clancy, a business manager on the Visual Studio Extensibility team, is delivering...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/09/2008
New Visual Studio 2008 VPC's
From Brian Randell's blog entry: For those of you that want to try out Visual Studio Team System...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/04/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Customer Success Stories
One of the best aspects of my job is working with early adopters of Microsoft technology and then...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 12/04/2007
Updated instructions for downloading Visual Studio VPC's with a download manager
Just a quick note to reference the fact that I have updated my original post about how to download...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/28/2007
DEV306 from TechEd South Africa
And here's the deck from the second session I presented at TechEd South Africa. This session was...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/06/2007
DEV201 from TechEd South Africa
As promised, attached is my slide deck from the first presentation I delivered at TechEd South...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/03/2007
My building was flooded
Looks like I picked a good time to leave the country - on the day after I left my building was...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/22/2007
Oops - this may mean we sell fewer Team Foundation Server licenses...
...but what's "bad" for Microsoft is good for customers! What am I talking about? The results are...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/19/2007
ClearCase to Team Foundation Server migration tool
If you are interested in migrating your source code from ClearCase to Team Foundation Server be sure...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/15/2007
A More Reliable and Faster Download Experience for VS2010/ VS08 VPC's
***Updated 12/29/2011: The files mentioned in this post are no longer available. For the latest...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/06/2007
New Channel 9 Video: Understanding the “offline database development” paradigm
In the past we have published a few Channel 9 videos and screencasts featuring Visual Studio Team...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/15/2007
New Channel 9 Video: Team Foundation Server 2005 / Project Server 2007 Connector
In this video Lenny Fenster, a consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services and one of our esteemed...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/15/2007
New Channel 9 Video: DBPro Service Release and Power Tools
Gert Drapers and I recently sat down to film a Channel 9 interview showcasing the new Service...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/14/2007
Guidance: Team Development with Team Foundation Server
Hot off the presses... one of the most common requests we get from customers adopting Visual Studio...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/06/2007
Consolidated list of top Visual Studio Team System case studies
Previously the best way to find a Visual Studio Team System case study was to either wade through...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/01/2007
Upcoming MSDN Webcast: Overview of the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server - Project Server 2007 Connector
**Updated 7/31: Fixed registration URL.If you are interested in the recently released connector...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/28/2007
New Case Study: Top Image Systems
We just published a new case study which showcases how a software team in Israel, Top Image Systems...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/26/2007
Visual Studio Team System sessions from TechEd 2007 available online!
This year at TechEd 2007 in Orlando there were over a dozen breakout sessions covering various...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/26/2007
DBPro Success Story on TheServerSide.NET
Ted Malone just sent me a link to an article he was interviewed for about his team's experience...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/26/2007
My paragliding trip
This past weekend I went paragliding with my brother, his girlfriend, and some other friends of...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/20/2007
Update to Guidance: Configuring WSS 3.0 with Team Foundation Server 2005
I have updated my older blog post to reflect the fact that the guidance for configuring Team...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/19/2007
Survey: Which databases should Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals support?
The team who builds Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals is collecting input on...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/16/2007
New Case Study: VSTS enables CMMI Certification
We have just published a new case study which helps to underscore how Visual Studio Team System can...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/06/2007
Configuring Team Foundation Server 2008 (aka "Orcas")
Sudhir Hasbe has been posting some really good information on his blog about configuring Team...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/20/2007
New Team Test Case Studies: Hotmail.com and "March Madness"
What do Hotmail.com and March Madness have to do with each other? Well they both generate HUGE...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/19/2007
Windows is starting to use Team Foundation Server!
As an evangelist for Visual Studio Team System one of the most common questions I get from customers...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/18/2007
What's new in MSF v4.2?
If you've played with the beta of Team Foundation Server 2008 (formerly code-named "Orcas") then you...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/14/2007
Performance Testing Guidance
I'm a couple of weeks late blogging about this but in case you haven't seen the new guidance be sure...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 06/12/2007