September 2013 - Brian Harry's Blog

Team Foundation Service Update – Sept 30

Brian Harry September 30, 2013 Sep 30, 2013 09/30/13

Today we deployed our sprint 54 release. All of the “new” stuff you’ll find in this sprint are refinements of existing features: Check out the release notes for more. This sprint was also really our last TFS 2013 sprint. As you know our release is scheduled for Oct 18th and we are pretty much done. We ...

TFS 2013 Power Tools are available

Brian Harry September 22, 2013 Sep 22, 2013 09/22/13

I apologize for the long wait. But, the TFS 2013 Power Tools are finally available. There’s no new features in this release but there are a fair number of bug fixes and the Power Tools have all been updated to work with VS 2013 and TFS 2013. Also, the version checking has been changed so that these Power Tools will also...

What is a Product Owner?

Brian Harry September 22, 2013 Sep 22, 2013 09/22/13

Adam Cogan, one of our TFS MVPs, had his company put together a short animated video on the role of the product owner. I thought it was pretty cool so I figured I’d share it. It’s only a few minutes. It’s worth checking out… http://tv.ssw.com/what-is-a-product-owner Brian...

Visual Studio 2012.4 RC 3 Available

Brian Harry September 11, 2013 Sep 11, 2013 09/11/13

Every few weeks I’ve been posting about new pre-releases for VS/TFS 2012 Update 4. Yesterday we released another one – RC 3. Important links: Among other things, the KB article contains a list of fixes in Update 4. At this point we are starting to get towards the end of the Update 4 cycle and I’d ...

Visual Studio 2013 & TFS 2013 RC is available

Brian Harry September 9, 2013 Sep 9, 2013 09/9/13

Today we released the Release Candidate for the VS 2013 suite of products. This is a “go-live” production worthy version and will likely be the last publicly available build before we RTM. I strongly encourage you to try it out and let us know if you find any blocking issues. The clock is ticking and time is ...

Team Foundation Service Update – Sept 9

Brian Harry September 9, 2013 Sep 9, 2013 09/9/13

Today we deployed our sprint 53 work to Team Foundation Service and posted the release notes about the changes. When I wrote last sprint’s release notes, I alluded to “one more nice big new feature”. While “big” is in the eye of the beholder, I forgot there are actually 2 “big” new features. Work Item Charting The ...

Expanding Windows Azure MSDN Benefit

Brian Harry September 3, 2013 Sep 3, 2013 09/3/13

We are expanding the Windows Azure MSDN benefit to two additional subscription levels: MSDN Platforms and Visual Studio Test Professional with MSDN. MSDN Platforms subscribers will receive a $100 monthly credit, while Visual Studio Test Professional with MSDN subscribers will receive a $50 credit per month. Plus, subscribers will receive a $...

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