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Monday, July 30, 2007 3:06 PM

Visual Studio 2008 Overview White Paper

If you'd like an overview of what you'll find in Visual Studio 2008, you should download a copy of the following white paper, which was updated for the Beta 2 release. It is available as a Word document, PDF, or XPS. This white paper provides an overview
Posted by Rob Caron | 2 Comments
Friday, July 27, 2007 11:23 AM

Using Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPCs

I know how it is. You find the download page you're seeking and you immediately scan the page to find the cherished Download button. For this reason, I always advise teams not to rely on download page content to ensure customer success with the download.
Posted by Rob Caron | 7 Comments
Thursday, July 26, 2007 6:07 PM

Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Installation Guide (Beta)

If you'd like a jump on getting the prerequisites in place while you're downloading the bits, you can download the latest version of the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Installation Guide . Since Beta 1 is still available for download,
Posted by Rob Caron | 1 Comments
Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:42 PM

An Easier Way to Download Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2

Psst! Looking for an easier way to download those huge Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 files? Go grab the Microsoft Secure Content Downloader from Microsoft Research. All you have to do is pick your favorite flavor of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 and tell it where
Posted by Rob Caron | 4 Comments
Thursday, July 26, 2007 1:57 PM

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is Served. Come and Get it!

See Soma's post for the details: Announcing the release of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET FX 3.5 Beta 2, and Silverlight 1.0 RC 1323
Posted by Rob Caron | 1 Comments
Thursday, July 26, 2007 1:25 PM

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio 2008, Part II

If you don't already follow Sara Ford's blog , you really should subscribe to her Visual Studio 2008 Tip of the Day . She'll enlighten you daily with nuggets of good info about Visual Studio 2008. For Visual Studio 2005, she ran a Visual Studio 2005 Tip
Posted by Rob Caron | 5 Comments
Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:37 AM

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio 2008, Part I

When you download and install Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, you may notice that some of the product names have changed for this release. On the Help menu in Team Suite, click About and you'll find that many of the products in Team System have a new name.
Posted by Rob Caron | 30 Comments
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:57 AM

Discuss Beta 1 with the Team System Team

Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group on Friday, April 27th from 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. Pacific Time to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team System. In addition, discuss what's new in the Visual Studio code name “Orcas” Beta
Posted by Rob Caron | 0 Comments
Friday, April 20, 2007 9:49 AM

Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Beta 1 for MSDN Subscribers

It appears that the ISO images for Visual Studio code name "Orcas" Beta 1 are now showing up on MSDN Subscriber Downloads. The ISO image for Team Suite should appear anytime now. 1292
Posted by Rob Caron | 3 Comments
Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:36 PM

1 KB Files for Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Beta 1

For those are downloading Visual Studio code name "Orcas" Beta 1 files from Microsoft Downloads, you may have seen what appears to be a misprint: I can assure you that the Team Foundation Server with Team Suite VPC is much larger than 9 KB total and that
Posted by Rob Caron | 4 Comments
Thursday, April 19, 2007 1:53 PM

Download Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" and .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 1

See Soma's blog for the details, and the MSDN Visual Studio Futures site for the bits to download. Orcas Beta 1 bits for the various different product SKUs will be available at the MSDN Visual Studio Futures site over the next day or so. The team and
Posted by Rob Caron | 1 Comments
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:55 PM

Visual Studio Unit Testing Extends to Visual Studio Professional in Orcas

If you haven't heard the news yet, Visual Studio Unit Testing, which was only available in some Team System products in Visual Studio 2005, will be available in the Professional Edition of Visual Studio code name "Orcas". See this post from Naysawn Naderi
Posted by Rob Caron | 3 Comments
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:56 PM

Now Available: Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" March CTP

The March CTP is now available for download. The March CTP includes the first "Orcas" CTP release of Team Foundation Server. You can install it yourself by grabbing the self-extracting installation file, or you can grab one of the VPC images. For more
Posted by Rob Caron | 5 Comments
Monday, February 12, 2007 10:24 AM

Why Vista Matters to Developers

Darryl Taft has an article on eWeek that outlines Why Vista Matters to Developers . As Jim Allchin notes, you can build applications that take advantage of the new technologies in Windows Vista today using Visual Studio 2005 (see Ready for a New Day for
Posted by Rob Caron | 0 Comments
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Monday, February 05, 2007 10:05 PM

Team System Chat on Wednesday

Here's your chance to interact with the Team System product team and get the answers to your toughest Team System questions. In addition, discuss what's new in the latest Visual Studio code name "Orcas" Community Technology Preview (CTP). Join the chat
Posted by Rob Caron | 1 Comments
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