Steve Lange @ Work
Thoughts on DevOps, ALM, the Cloud, and all the related tools..
Bellevue Event: DevOps = Epic Applications
Transform from Good to Great with DevOps! Microsoft’s Application Development team is hosting Gene...
Date: 08/19/2016
A ton of new great content on MSDN for VSTS and TFS
It's not just the Microsoft dev teams that work in sprints - so do the documentation teams! Take a...
Date: 08/02/2016
A Peek at Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 2 (RC 2)
I’ll let you read fo the full details on the Visual Studio site, but here are my highlights.. Work...
Date: 03/03/2016
Don’t forget to Connect()!
Heard of Connect()? If not, you need to know about it! Mark the date on your...
Date: 11/03/2015
Roadshow: Re-architecting your apps for the hyperscale cloud
Check out this upcoming roadshow from our friends at Northwest Cadence, rolling through the...
Date: 09/10/2015
Events in LA & Irvine: PaaS & the Cumulus Cloud
Hey there! Check out this upcoming event series from our friends at Northwest Cadence!...
Date: 07/06/2015
Activating Visual Studio 2013 on an Offline Machine
(File this under “I already know that”, but I get asked this question quite frequently..) Visual...
Date: 06/02/2015
Woot! Visual Studio 2015 Product Line Announced
I’ll refer you to the official Visual Studio blog post for more details, but just a heads up that...
Date: 03/31/2015
March Webinars from InCycle Software
Our friends at InCycle Software have some great webinars coming up this month. Take a look!...
Date: 03/13/2015
Notes from my 2/27 Office Hours
Thanks to those of you who joined my office hours last Friday! I’ve noted some of the more direct...
Date: 03/02/2015
Notes from my 2/13 Virtual Office Hours
Thanks to those of you who joined my office hours earlier today! It was great to chat! I’ve...
Date: 02/13/2015
My Office Hours are Back!
I’ll let the office hours landing page do the talking, but just a heads up that I’ve set up...
Date: 02/05/2015
More CloudFests! Hello, Portland!
On February 10th (next week!), Microsoft will be hosting a CloudFest in Portland! Click here...
Date: 02/05/2015
More CloudFests! Hello Bellevue!
I wanted to let you know about a really exciting Azure Hands-on Workshop event that we have coming...
Date: 02/05/2015
Check out the Cloud Platform roadmap
Microsoft recently added a new resource for all you folks with your heads in the Cloud: the Cloud...
Date: 02/04/2015
More CloudFests Coming your Way!
Learn Azure hands-on! The cloud has moved way beyond novelty—more and more of us live and work there...
Date: 02/02/2015
In case you missed it, do more with VSO Basic!
You can read the full announcement here, but here are some core changes made to VSO Basic plans...
Date: 02/02/2015
Go Big with the New Azure G-Series Virtual Machines
The new G-Series VM’s in Azure are big.. They provide a lot more memory and increased SSD storage...
Date: 01/09/2015
New Updates Rolling out to Visual Studio Online (VSO)
I’ll let you read about these updates in more detail on the Visual Studio News Page, but there are a...
Date: 12/19/2014
Live Webinar: Leverage Microsoft Azure for Next-Gen App Development
Please check out this upcoming webinar! When: Starts: December 18, 2014 10:00 AM-11:00...
Date: 12/12/2014
Quick Reminder for Windows Phone 7.x Developers
Just passing along this reminder! This is a reminder that effective January 1, 2015, it will no...
Date: 12/09/2014
What the What? Why Microsoft is Open Sourcing the .NET Framework
Watch this great video posted on Channel 9 featuring Immo Landwerth and David Kean from the .NET...
Date: 12/08/2014
First Coding Lesson to my Son: Coding Saves Time
First of all – it’s been a while since I’ve posted here. The craziness of the fall, combined...
Date: 12/05/2014
Visual Studio & TFS 2013 Update 4 (CTP 1) is Available
Didn’t we just release Update 3? Brian Harry explains the awesome details of this CTP on his...
Date: 09/03/2014
Upcoming Visual Studio Webinars Series
TestHouse and Comparex are running a webinar series in September covering some core topics of the...
Date: 08/29/2014
QuickHit Video – Getting Started with Visual Studio Online
I just posted a new video in the series (is it a series yet if there are only two?): QuickHit Video...
Date: 08/28/2014
Send Email to a Team Room with VSO Service Hooks and Zapier
If you haven’t read up on some of the great work the VSO team is doing around Service Hooks, you...
Date: 08/26/2014
VSO is Happy to See You! Project Welcome Pages
The August 18th news article on the Visual Studio site announced a fun new addition to VSO: Project...
Date: 08/20/2014
First QuickHit video – MSDN Azure Benefits
This year I’m going to start making some video recordings of the more commonly requested topics I...
Date: 08/12/2014
Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 RTM is available!
Today (August 4th) the Update 3 for Visual Studio 2013 was released! (Download link) So what’s...
Date: 08/04/2014
Upcoming Leadership Events: Azure, Agility, and Automation
Our partner, Northwest Cadence, has been hard at work to build some great new content focused on...
Date: 07/16/2014
Microsoft Test Case Management – Handling Test Steps with Multiple Expected Results
I’ve been asked by a few customers about this topic in the past week, so I thought I’d generalize my...
Date: 06/24/2014
FREE Imaginet ALM Webinars: June through Dec 2014
Here is an updated listing of upcoming ALM webinars from our partner Imaginet. They’re FREE,...
Date: 06/24/2014
Microsoft Test Manager – Working Across Projects: Adding an Existing Test Case vs.Cloning/Copying
You’ve probably noticed that for the most part, managing multiple test plans and test cases are more...
Date: 06/23/2014
Panels vs. Context: A Tale of Two Visual Studios and a Practical Explanation of the Value of CodeLens
If you have Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate, you know CodeLens is amazing. If you don’t know what...
Date: 06/17/2014
Jump in the Deep End with Visual Studio "14" CTP
On Soma’s blog, today he announced the availability of the first CTP for Visual Studio “14”, the...
Date: 06/03/2014
Heads up: DEVintersection is in Vegas this November!
If Your Passion Is Keeping Pace with Technology Take Your Experience to the Next Level! This fast...
Date: 05/30/2014
Already here: Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 CTP 1
Yep! Fresh on the heels of the RTM of VS 2013 Update 2 (I just finished delivering “What’s...
Date: 05/27/2014
Visual Studio Online: Migrating from TFS on-premise
We’ve been providing means to migrate your data from VSO to an in-premise TFS, but not the other way...
Date: 05/12/2014
Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 is Here!
Yep, it’s here (maybe the timing had something to do with //Build?)! I’ll let you get all the tasty...
Date: 04/03/2014
Event: ALM Symposium in San Diego, April 30th 2014
An All Day Event to Train, Inspire & Connect Teams! Microsoft and Northwest Cadence are...
Date: 03/17/2014
Denver Event: Professional Scrum Development with Visual Studio
Delivered by Accentient When: Friday, 11 April 2014 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (MDT) Where: Microsoft...
Date: 03/04/2014
Webcasts: MSDN, Meet Azure. Activate your Benefits
I want to make sure you are aware of the below benefit and how you can enter into a drawing for one...
Date: 03/03/2014
Visual Studio Online (VSO): Owning Multiple VSO Accounts
NOTE: This is not official guidance, nor may it be even officially a supported “feature”...
Date: 03/03/2014
Visual Studio Online (VS) – Transitioning from Early Adopter Plans
Now that TFS Preview Visual Studio Online is transitioning to monetized plans, I’ve received quite a...
Date: 02/28/2014
Event: Las Vegas - Modern Web and App Development with Visual Studio 2013
Connect to the cloud. Create brilliant apps. Transform your potential. In an age of extraordinary...
Date: 01/30/2014
Webinar Series: How Do Enterprises Make the Cloud Work for Them?
Join Forrester and Microsoft for these upcoming webinars! Featured speaker: James Staten, Vice...
Date: 01/17/2014
Webinar: The Longest Yard – Getting across the goal line when releasing to production
Releasing code to production is no mystery. Many development teams and operations managers have been...
Date: 12/20/2013