Microsoft Visual Studio UK Team
Application Lifecycle Management, Agile, Code Quality, Testing, Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio.
Visual Studio 2012 Testing Tools Launch Events
nFocus, one of our UK Gold Partners, and specialists in quality assurance and testing, are running...
Author: gdavi Date: 10/04/2012
Delivering an effective enterprise class development process session
Two of our UK ALM Gold Partners, Black Marble and SQS, are running a session to cover: “This session...
Author: gdavi Date: 09/24/2012
Visual Studio 2012 ALM Events in October
A quick heads up that we’ve got a couple of Visual Studio 2012 ALM events in October, both of which...
Author: gdavi Date: 09/17/2012
Visual Studio 2012 Exploratory Testing A Windows 8 App On A Remote Device
The new Exploratory testing capability in Visual Studio 2012 is great, and I’ve been using it with...
Author: gdavi Date: 09/16/2012
Enabling TFS Source Control with Expression Blend for Visual Studio 2012
I’m at the world record attempting GameJam, Gameathon UK, supporting the teams using Team Foundation...
Author: gdavi Date: 09/15/2012
Visual Studio 2012 Launch Events
We’ve got a few launch events coming up, so here’s a quick summary: Global On-line Launch A reminder...
Author: gdavi Date: 09/11/2012
Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012, 5th September
We have this free event running in our Victoria offices on the 5th September: Agenda 09:30...
Author: gdavi Date: 08/28/2012
Visual Studio 2012 Online Event 12th September
On Wednesday 12th September there will be a streamed online event for Visual Studio 2012. There will...
Author: gdavi Date: 08/28/2012
Where are my backlog management and sprint planning features in TFS 2012?
Team Web Access in Team Foundation Server 2012 (and Team Foundation Service) has been completely...
Author: rerwin Date: 08/20/2012
New TFS 2012 courses in London
Anthony Borton has announced some new TFS 2012 courses that will be run in London. There is a new...
Author: gdavi Date: 07/19/2012
Visual Studio 11 (2012) On Line Event Summary
We held the Visual Studio 11 (Now known as Visual Studio 2012 as the Release Candidate shipped...
Author: gdavi Date: 06/29/2012
Partner Event: Leveraging Agile to Hit Your Budget & Timeline Every Time
Our Gold Certified Partners, Telerik are hosting two events in London on 28th June. Leveraging Agile...
Author: rerwin Date: 06/08/2012
Join us for a Tech.Days Visual Studio 2012 Online Event
On 28th June 2012 we’re hosting an online Q&A session covering Visual Studio 2012 (previously...
Author: rerwin Date: 06/08/2012
Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate on Windows 8 Consumer Preview
A word of warning - If, like me, you thought: “I haven’t got time to upgrade my Windows 8 version...
Author: rerwin Date: 06/01/2012
Visual Studio 11 Release Candidate now available, and called “2012”
The Release Candidate is now available and the name for Visual Studio 11 is announced as Visual...
Author: gdavi Date: 05/31/2012
Free One Day F# Workshop
F# is now one of the managed languages that comes with Visual Studio. If you haven’t had the...
Author: gdavi Date: 05/29/2012
Visual Studio 2010 UML Design Pattern Toolbox Items Extension – Updated for Visual Studio 11 Beta
I’ve been meaning to update the UML Design Patterns extension I put together a while ago and have...
Author: gdavi Date: 05/22/2012
Visual Studio 11 UK Online Conference Pre-Reading Details
Background This on-line conference will provide an overview of the key new features and capabilities...
Author: gdavi Date: 05/16/2012
Agile Software Engineering with Visual Studio & TFS: Downloadable Course
Lee Stott recently told me about a course on Agile Software Engineering using Visual Studio 2010 and...
Author: gdavi Date: 05/10/2012
UK Tech.Days Visual Studio 11 Beta & Team Foundation Server 11 Beta Videos
We recorded some sessions a little while ago around Visual Studio 11 Beta and these are now...
Author: gdavi Date: 05/10/2012
Visual Studio 11 Event in Yorkshire, 31st May
We’ve decided to run a Visual Studio event at Black Marble’s offices on the 31st May. The event will...
Author: gdavi Date: 05/10/2012
TFS 2010 and Visual Studio 11 Training Courses in June & July
I’ve just been introduced to Anthony Borton, a TFS MVP, and he’s looking to run some TFS 2010...
Author: gdavi Date: 04/30/2012
What Agile or Lean Process Do You Use: Poll Results
I see a lot of different organisations and meet many development teams and the impression I get is...
Author: gdavi Date: 04/30/2012
Getting feedback on your Visual Studio 11 Storyboards
I really love the PowerPoint Storyboarding and the Stakeholder Feedback Client that are part of...
Author: rerwin Date: 04/27/2012
New Visual Studio Events
Rich and I are presenting at some additional events running in the next couple of months. They’re...
Author: gdavi Date: 04/26/2012
Team Foundation Service - Build in the cloud!
This is very cool: Today at the VS Live conference in Vegas, Microsoft announced a new cloud based...
Author: rerwin Date: 03/27/2012
Free Webinar on Team Explorer Everywhere from Black Marble
Richard Fennell, MVP and ALM Ranger from Black Marble, is following up the guest post he wrote for...
Author: gdavi Date: 03/06/2012
Visual Studio 11 Beta download now available
A very short post to point out that the VS 11 Beta downloads, including TFS and TFS Express, are now...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/29/2012
Dealing with conflicts in TFS work items using the Excel integration
A question that pops up reasonably regularly when showing the Excel integration into TFS is how it...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/27/2012
An Overview of the Visual Studio 2010 Testing Tools LiveMeeting
We’re delivering a joint LiveMeeting with one of our Testing Gold Partners, Testhouse, on Wed 29th...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/27/2012
Visual Studio 11 Beta
There’s a been a flurry of information last night about Visual Studio 11 Beta and I’ve...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/24/2012
Windows Azure Tech.Days Online Conference
I thought it was worth pointing out the following Azure online conference, the details below are...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/23/2012
Learn about the new SQL Server Data Tools from the original DataDude
SQLBits is coming to London on 29th – 31st March this year and there are some great sessions...
Author: rerwin Date: 02/03/2012
An introduction to Agile development with Team Foundation Server: But I’m not a .NET developer
TFS support for Agile practices Tailoring TFS to support your Agile process with process templates...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/02/2012
An introduction to Agile development with Team Foundation Server: TFS Support for Agile practices
TFS support for Agile practices Tailoring TFS to support your Agile process with process templates...
Author: gdavi Date: 02/01/2012
Visual Studio 2010 UML Design Pattern Toolbox Items Extension
I presented at the Black Marble Architecture Forum in the North event in December and one of the...
Author: gdavi Date: 01/31/2012