Enabling Test Case Management features in Team Foundation Server Web Access
Two of the features i listed in: Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 CTP were: The ability to view and edit Test Cases in a test plan from Team Foundation Server web access The ability to run manual test cases...
View ArticleTeam Foundation Service Update - Oct 9 and VS 2012 Update 1 CTP
Yesterday, two significant things happened (ok, maybe more than that, but two I'm going to talk about :)). Like clock work, we deployed our end-of-sprint update to the Team Foundation Service. You can...
View ArticleRedGate supports Team Foundation Service
RedGate now supports connecting to http://tfspreview.com. Read more here: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/2012/10/08/redgate-sql-source-control-and-tfspreview.aspx Brian
View ArticleProgressive F# Tutorials 2012, November 1-2, London
SkillsMatter have been running training courses in F# in New York and London and also offer training courses through their well known F# experts such as Tomas Petricek and Phil Trelford. Their next...
View ArticleImportant: Security Advisory 2749655 affects WCF DS
What is the advisory? Microsoft just released Security Advisory 2749655, which addresses “an issue involving specific digital certificates that were generated by Microsoft without the proper timestamp...
View ArticleImproving Your App's Performance with PerfView
Late last year, Vance Morrison, who is currently an architect on the .NET Framework Performance team, released PerfView, which is a new performance tool for .NET developers. PerfView helps you discover...
View ArticleManaging automatic updates for Microsoft Test Manager and Microsoft Feedback...
In the Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 CTP blog post one of the new test features as being: Automatic updates for Microsoft Test Manager and Microsoft Feedback Client. Since these user interfaces do not...
View ArticleDoes Not Compute
One of the most basic ways to think about a computer program is that it is a device which takes in integers as inputs and spits out integers as outputs. The C# compiler, for example, takes in source...
View ArticleLearn F# from Real-World F# Users at FP Days, Cambridge UK, October 25-26
October 25 and 26 sees the second edition of FPDays in Cambridge UK. There's lots of good F# content at this event, see http://www.fpdays.net/fpdays2012/programme.php Enjoy! Don, for the Visual F# team
View ArticleTrip Report–DevReach Bulgaria & Silicon Valley Code Camp
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at DevReach in Sofia Bulgaria. I’ve spoken at DevReach before and it’s always a great conference organized by Telerik. What I like most about it is that there...
View ArticleTips for using ads in your Windows Phone apps
Windows Phone developers have three basic ways to make money from their apps: paid app sales, mobile advertising, and in-app purchases (coming in Windows Phone 8). Last month I wrote about my approach...
View ArticleF# samples and community resources
There are lots of resources available for learning more about F#. In this blog post, I’ll call out some of the best jumping-off points for learning F# through samples, asking questions, and getting...
View ArticleNetwork Considerations for TFS Proxy Servers
Just had dinner with one of my buddies in TFS and they pointed out a great post by Ed that didn’t make to the team blog: Enjoy! If you are installing a TFS Proxy server on a machine that is...
View ArticleProject Austin Part 4 of 6: C++ AMP acceleration
Hello, I am Amit Agarwal, a developer on the C++ AMP team. C++ AMP is a new technology available in Visual Studio 2012 that enables C++ developers to make the best use of available heterogeneous...
View ArticleMSDN subscribers worldwide get Pluralsight Starter Subscription
Today we announced that MSDN subscribers around the world are eligible for a 12-month Pluralsight training subscription. We originally made this limited-time benefit available to our US subscribers...
View ArticleDeveloper registration opens in 13 new markets
In my last post, I talked about how we’re planning to roll out periodic updates to the Windows Phone Dev Center and Store infrastructure that address issues you report and occasionally include small...
View ArticleIntel Ultrabook hardware prototype - Windows 8 and the Sensor Platform
What better time to test the Sensors in this Intel Ultrabook prototype then while in the air? I'm on a flight right now from Krakow, Poland to Munich, Germany, and I realized this was the perfect time...
View ArticleHow to call WinRT APIs in Windows 8 from C# Desktop Applications - WinRT Diagram
I was trying to access some of the sensors that are built into this Intel Ultrabook that runs Windows 8. However, while there's support for Location Sensors built into the .NET 4 libraries on Windows 7...
View ArticleBlogEngine.NET and Windows Azure Web Sites
The Windows Azure Web Sites team has been hard at work looking at various applications and working with vendors and community contributors to add some great applications to the web sites gallery. If...
View ArticleCheck out the new C++ AMP book by Kate Gregory and Ade Miller
The C++ AMP book by Kate Gregory and Ade Miller is available in print or online from your favorite retailer! What is in it for you? Among other things, you will discover how to: Gain greater code...
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