Brian Keller
Group Program Manager, Visual Studio Team Services
MIX07 Session Recordings
Phew - it's been a long week! I spent the first half of the week down in Las Vegas. One of the...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 05/04/2007
So what is a Team Project exactly? (Or: How to structure your Team Foundation Server team project layouts)
"What is a team project made up of?""Should all of my developers work on a single team project, or...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/27/2007
More Channel 9 Interviews with the Team Foundation Server Team
We recently posted two new Channel 9 videos for your viewing pleasure. Using Team Foundation Server...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/26/2007
Clear Channel's adoption of Visual Studio Team System
Today I'm pleased to report that we have published a case study showcasing Clear Channel's adoption...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/25/2007
Team Foundation Server Migration and Synchronization Toolkit: Pre-release
We have just released the "pre-release" of the Team Foundation Server Migration and Synchronization...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/22/2007
Configuring Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Update 7/19/2007: We have now published this guidance on MSDN as a TechNote. It is available for...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 04/14/2007
Visual Studio Team System Goodies
Wow, it's been an exciting couple of weeks for Visual Studio Team System users. Generally I...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/27/2007
New Channel 9 Video: Team Build "Orcas" demo and interview
We just posted a new Channel 9 video interview with Buck Hodges and Jim Lamb in which they discuss...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/14/2007
Job Posting: Team System + BI expert wanted
Siddharth Bhatia, a group program manager on the Visual Studio Team System team, is looking for...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/12/2007
VSTS & TFS "Orcas" CTP, Visual Studio 2005 SDK v4.0 Available
Wow - there is lots of good stuff coming online this week! First, we released the February CTP of...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 03/01/2007
Visual Studio Team System Webcasts
Adam Gallant just pointed out a series of upcoming Visual Studio Team System Webcasts his team has...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/27/2007
More Team Foundation Server Videos on Channel 9
There are some more Team Foundation Server videos on Channel 9 as of the last few days. Branching...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/23/2007
New Power Tools for Team Foundation Server
The Team Foundation Server team in partnership with the patterns & practices group has just...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/21/2007
Stay Tuned to Channel 9 for some Team Foundation Server Product Team Interviews
I wanted to make a quick plug for some video content which will be coming to Channel 9 over the next...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 02/02/2007
Tag, I'm it. Five things you (probably) didn't know about me.
Jeff Beehler has tagged me which means it's my turn to write five things about myself which most...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/12/2007
Team Edition for Database Professionals Case Study
I'm pleased to report that just one month after the RTM bits became available we have published our...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/10/2007
Changes to the DBPro Download
We recently made some changes to the download of the Visual Studio Team Edition for Database...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 01/08/2007
Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and Team Foundation Server SP1: Get it while it's hot!
Visual Studio 2005 SP1 is out the door! Get your bits here. There are fixes and enhancements across...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 12/15/2006
Submit Your Questions for the Upcoming Channel 9 Interviews of the Team Foundation Server Team
On Dec. 14 & 15 I will be filming more Visual Studio Team System Channel 9 interviews on-site...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 12/04/2006
How to install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter on Windows Vista
Recently I've been trying to figure out how to install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter on Windows...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 12/03/2006
Team Foundation Server Roadmap
Brian Harry published a must-read roadmap which should give you a good idea of what's coming in...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 12/02/2006
How to Disable Hibernation on Windows Vista
Hibernation is a feature introduced in Windows 2000 and later in Windows XP which allows your...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/27/2006
Visual Studio and .NET Framework v.Next Specs
While catching up on some post-turkey reading I came across this blog entry by Brian Harry pointing...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 11/26/2006
Team Foundation Server Migration Toolkit
Matthew Mitrik, a PM on the Team Foundation Server, blogged about the TFS Migration Toolkit that his...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/30/2006
So you think you can code?
Every year Microsoft runs a worldwide student coding contest called The Imagine Cup. (Yes, there is...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/19/2006
New Video: Erin Geaney on the Team Foundation Server Power Toys
If you follow Brian Harry's blog then you've probably heard of the Team Foundation Server Power Toys...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/09/2006
New Tag for Discovering Team System Videos on Channel 9
We recently started tagging new Visual Studio Team System-related content on Channel 9 with a VSTS...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/05/2006
Adding Custom Controls to a Work Item Type
Last week I posted about the availability of the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 beta. I mentioned that the...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 10/04/2006
FASTDash Video on Channel9
Another Channel9 video I recently filmed is now on Channel9: FASTDash: A Visual Dashboard for...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/28/2006
Video tour of the patterns and practices lab
If you caught my earlier blog post I wrote about the new and improved Microsoft patterns and...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/26/2006
Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Beta Available
The beta of Visual Studio 2005 SP1 is now available! This includes several fixes and enhancements to...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/26/2006
More Team Foundation Server Adoption Evidence: Telemar
A new case study just went live which details how Telemar adopted Visual Studio Team Foundation...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/25/2006
Interpreting Team Test Load Test Results
I just noticed a new article on MSDN which explains how to interpret the test results you get by...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/25/2006
More Great Surfing Videos
In my post titled "What's this 'DataDude' thing anyway?" I talked a bit about Visual Studio Team...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/16/2006
Joel Semeniuk Discusses Team System on DotNetRocks
I just listened to this week's episode of DotNetRocks which features a great Team System interview:...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/15/2006
Visual Studio 2005 SDK v3 Available for Download
As James Lau points out, version 3 of the Visual Studio 2005 SDK is now available. This is a...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/15/2006
Team System "Chat" transcript now available
It looks like the the transcript from our September 6th "Chat" on MSDN is now available. It was...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/14/2006
What's this "DataDude" thing anyway?
My colleague Grace Francisco just posted a humorous but insightful overview of the newest Visual...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/13/2006
Team System Power Toys Galore!
If you haven't already done so, head on over to Brian Harry's blog to check out his post on the new...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/08/2006
Urban Transit: The Gator Bus
Here's a fun thing to check out... some of my friends back in Florida recently purchased a retired...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 09/07/2006
Upcoming Team System "Chat" on MSDN
We have a Team System "Chat" coming up which is a nice way to talk in real-time to the product team...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/31/2006
Upcoming Visual Studio Team System Training Offerings
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the "beta teach" for the 300-level Visual Studio Team...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/29/2006
IIS 6.0 with ASP.NET: Required on the TFS Application Tier, but not the Data Tier.
I received a great question via my blog from Mitchell Land about whether or not IIS must be enabled...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/10/2006
Team Foundation Server Trials: The end is near! (maybe)
I hate to just be an echo chamber for Rob and Brian's blogs, but it's important to get the word out...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/08/2006
More about the glass walls in the patterns & practices lab.
Yesterday I received an email from Beyhan Trock who is an architect (of buildings, not software)....
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/02/2006
Team Foundation Server: Application Tier Cache Settings
A great question came in this morning from a customer regarding the recommended system requirements...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/02/2006
First three movies available on both hi-def formats.
This article marks a landmark in the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray format wars: the first batch of movies are...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/02/2006
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Standardized as Enterprise-wide Service at Microsoft.
Recently I started compiling a list of the teams at Microsoft who are using Visual Studio Team...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 08/01/2006
Using Visual Studio Team System in Microsoft Legal.
I wanted to highlight this Channel 9 interview with Richard Murillo who is a lead developer at...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/28/2006
Supporting Agile Development at Microsoft with Next-Gen Workspaces.
This week there was a great article in Microsoft's internal newsletter (MicroNews). The article...
Author: Brian Keller Date: 07/27/2006