• [00:10] 100 million licenses, 250 million Store app downloads, 400 million active Outlook accounts
• [00:56] Build will release a public preview of “Windows Blue”
• [01:36] Visual Studio 2012.3 (Update 3) “go-live” CTP is now available (Brian Harry),http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=290979, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2835600
• [02:46] Announcing availability of ISOs for Visual Studio Updates (Eric Knox), ISO Recorder 
• [04:12] TFS 2012.2 Power Tools update available (Brian Harry)
• [05:09] Publish Individual Files to your Server in Visual Studio 2012.2 (Rick Strahl)
• [06:18] Announcing TechEd Achievements (D. Begley, Karsten Januszewski)
• [07:18] .NET Crash Dump and Live Process Inspection (Lee Culver)
• [08:42] Windows Store app Development snack: Compress your images! (Robert MacLean )
• [09:41] Channel 9 Highlight: Inside Code Digger (Nikolai Tillmann, Peli de Halleux)

Picks of the Week!

• Dan's Pick of the Week:[11:10] Creative Coding Videos
• Brian's Pick of the Week:[12:03] Unit Test Generator under the bonnet (hood) … aka vsarUnitTestFx (Willy-P. Schaub)

Production Note: Yep, no bumpers... Golnaz wasn't available, leaving Brain and Dan on their own, and well... enough said.

Bookmarks and comments by our captain, Robert Bernstein:

• [00:21] Project overview 
• [02:03] New Sharing Demo
  Fabio Stawinski: I love what you've done with the Sharing contract in v2.  It worked well in v1, but feels much more polished now.  Nice work! 
• [03:04] New UX Demo
  Anisha Pindoria: You've done a great job designing the new UX for v2.  The updates make me want to resubmit our MSDN Magazine article with the beautiful new artwork!!! 
• [04:03] Code Overview
  Robert MacLean: While I liked your explanations for why you're excited to be Dev Lead on this project, I was really impressed with your clear explanations of how the code is implemented.  You got the full point about how the app was written across while keeping it straightforward and concise.  That's hard to do in just a couple of minutes.  Well done!

This solution developed as part of the ALM Rangers readiness solution family, by the phenomenal team that was distributed around the planet (North America, Europe and Africa).

Related

• ALM Readiness Treasure Map Blogs
• ALM Readiness Treasure Map v1 Paper Map and Sample Source Code
• ALM Readiness Treasure Map v1 Windows Store Application

More information

You can find more information on the ALM Rangers here and submit feedback for the Visual Studio ALM Rangers or ideas for future guides as outlined here.

[00:12] - Project overview 
[01:25] - Visual Studio extension demonstration 
[04:43] - Branch model customisation demonstration 
[09:03] - Conclusion and references

This solution developed as part of the ALM Rangers dog-fooding and the Quick Response solution family, by the phenomenal team that was distributed around the planet (North America, Sweden and Russia).

Related viideos

Micheal Learned demonstrates the Visual Studio Extension solution as part of his chat with Brian Keller in Branching and Merging Guidance for Team Foundation Server and the team give us an insight into the inner world of the Quick Response TFS Branch Tool, its architecture and the rules engine in An insight into the inner world of the Quick Response TFS Branch Tool. Make sure you watch these sessions!

More information

You can find more information on the ALM Rangers here and submit feedback for the Visual Studio ALM Rangers or ideas for future guides as outlined here.

Micheal Learned demonstrates the Visual Studio Extension solution as part of his chat with Brian Keller in Branching and Merging Guidance for Team Foundation Server. Make sure you watch this session after this RangersTalk to see the solution "in action".

You can find more information on the ALM Rangers here and submit feedback for the Visual Studio ALM Rangers or ideas for future guides as outlined here.

The recent beta release of Visual Studio 11 and Team Foundation Server, as well as the discounts available for upgrades will have you contemplating whether you will make a case for an upgrade. What will you gain by upgrading and what will it mean to you, to the dev teams, to the infrastructure teams, and to the business stakeholders? What are the pros and cons of making this move and do they make it worthwhile? Make the right decision for your team. Join Ruth Morton, Jonathan Rozenblit, and guests, ObjectSharp partners Dave Lloyd and Barry Gervin for the debate.

Resources

• To see the changes for yourself, download Visual Studio 11 Beta and give it a try.
• Take advantage of current prices and discounts before things change with the next release.
• Watch Adam Gallant's DEV380 – What's New in Visual Studio 11 Beta on TechDays Online.

Dave Lloyd
Dave Lloyd is a founding partner of ObjectSharp. He has 25+ years of experience in the IT industry designing and building software solutions for a large number of clients in varying industries. Dave is a seasoned project manager with a great deal of experience implementing process into development teams, from small and large ISV's to in house development teams. Dave has also spent time during his career implementing test solutions for clients. Working with the most current automated test tools and implementing successful test environments. Dave brings to the table 20+ years of teaching experience.

Because of Dave's experience in the many roles of a software development team it's only natural that he would gravitate toward Team Foundation Server and the ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) world. A lot of Dave's assignments involve helping teams with their development process and to better utilize Team Foundation Server to enhance their Software Development Lifecycle. Dave has received the Microsoft MVP award for ALM.

Barry Gervin
Barry Gervin is a founding Partner of ObjectSharp. As a Principal Consultant and Instructor with ObjectSharp, Barry provides technical leadership to his valued clients, staff, and the development community. Over his 17 year career in the IT industry, he has helped many development teams architect and successfully deliver large software projects within tight schedules and budgets that consistently perform for their end users. He currently holds several technical designations including MCSD.NET, MSF Practitioner and MS Certified Trainer. Barry currently serves as a MS Regional Director in Southern Ontario and has received the Microsoft MVP Award for Solutions Architecture for the past 3 years.

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Fancy learning all about a new platform during the summer months? We're giving our MSDN newsletters a holiday feeling with four different topics in a bite-size format.

The second newsletter in our summer edition lets you dive into the new features in Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management.

Your main goal is building quality applications that meet business requirements. ALM is designed to help you manage the entire lifespan of your application within the organization, using a set of proven processes supported by tools that integrate team members and activities.

Discover how we have pre-packaged both process and tooling content in bit-size formats. And of course: enjoy your holiday!

Speaker : Katrien De Graeve

Other interesting Summer Campaigns :

- For IT Professionals : Virtualization, Desktop Deployment

- For Architects : Cloud Power, Windows Azure Platform

- For Independant Software Vendors (ISV) : Leveraging the Cloud, Unlocking your Data 

This is the first of six videos which demonstrates Sample Visual Studio Extension that introduces the guidance in the IDE, based on Feature Builder Power Tool.

This video presents a quick overview of the guidance, where to get started and demonstrates the Codeplex environment.

For more information please check out the Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance Codeplex project and Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance blogs.

There are five other videos in this series:
2. Quick review of the guidance project templates for Visual Studio
3. Show how to use the new solution HOL project template
4. Show the navigation feature included in the guidance extension
5. Show the command execution feature included in the guidance extension
6. Show how to extend the guidance extension

This is the second of six videos which demonstrates Sample Visual Studio Extension that introduces the guidance in the IDE, based on Feature Builder Power Tool.

This video gives an overview of the guidance project templates included with the guidance for Visual Studio.

For more information please check out the Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance Codeplex project and Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance blogs.

There are five other videos in this series:
1. Overview of the Visual Studio Architecture Guidance
3. Show how to use the new solution HOL project template
4. Show the navigation feature included in the guidance extension
5. Show the command execution feature included in the guidance extension
6. Show how to extend the guidance extension

This is the third of six videos which demonstrates Sample Visual Studio Extension that introduces the guidance in the IDE, based on Feature Builder Power Tool.

This video shows how to use the new solution project template for hands-on labs (HOL).

For more information please check out the Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance Codeplex project and Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance blogs.

There are five other videos in this series:
1. Overview of the Visual Studio Architecture Guidance
2. Quick review of the guidance project templates for Visual Studio
4. Show the navigation feature included in the guidance extension
5. Show the command execution feature included in the guidance extension
6. Show how to extend the guidance extension

This is the fourth of six videos which demonstrates Sample Visual Studio Extension that introduces the guidance in the IDE, based on Feature Builder Power Tool.

This video presents the navigation features included in the guidance extension.

For more information please check out the Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance Codeplex project and Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance blogs.

There are five other videos in this series:
1. Overview of the Visual Studio Architecture Guidance
2. Quick review of the guidance project templates for Visual Studio
3. Show how to use the new solution HOL project template
5. Show the command execution feature included in the guidance extension
6. Show how to extend the guidance extension

This is the fifth of six videos which demonstrates Sample Visual Studio Extension that introduces the guidance in the IDE, based on Feature Builder Power Tool.

This video presents the command execution feature included in the guidance extension.

For more information please check out the Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance Codeplex project and Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance blogs.

There are five other videos in this series:
1. Overview of the Visual Studio Architecture Guidance
2. Quick review of the guidance project templates for Visual Studio
3. Show how to use the new solution HOL project template
4. Show the navigation feature included in the guidance extension
6. Show how to extend the guidance extension

This is the sixth of six videos which demonstrates Sample Visual Studio Extension that introduces the guidance in the IDE, based on Feature Builder Power Tool.

This video shows how to extend the guidance extension, allowing you to customize and extend the guidance.

For more information please check out the Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance Codeplex project and Visual Studio ALM Rangers Architecture Tooling Guidance blogs.

There are five other videos in this series:
1. Overview of the Visual Studio Architecture Guidance
2. Quick review of the guidance project templates for Visual Studio
3. Show how to use the new solution HOL project template
4. Show the navigation feature included in the guidance extension
5. Show the command execution feature included in the guidance extension

You should definitely check out the session if you are at Tech Ed. If not, you can watch the full session right here in a couple of days.

Can't wait that long? Well, no problem. Terry and Rong came to the C9 Studio a few days ago to share some of what they'll be talking about at Tech Ed in Atlanta. They've done some great work in VC10, but ALM tools for C++ developers in the next version of Visual Studio will be better, taking architectural visualization, unit testing (yes!), andmore to the next level for C++ developers. 

Tune in. The C++ Renaissance at Microsoft continues to be televised on Channel 9. 

Enjoy.

In this first One on One with Visual Studio conversation, we’re joined by two of Canada’s experts on Visual Studio and ALM (application lifecycle management). Etienne Tremblay and Vincent Grondin will be talking to you about how Visual Studio’s extensive integrated tools make you more effective and efficient, allowing you to collaborate better with the rest of your project team. They’ll show you how testing tools like MS Test, IntelliTrace, and Coded UI make it easier for you to test, and test often, while not increasing your workload; about Team Foundation Server’s work item management and it facilitates better communication between you, the testers, project managers, and development managers; Team Foundation Server’s version control, lab management, and team build tools and how they can automate many of the manual tasks that you’re required to do today; and lastly, about Visual Studio Test Professional’s Test Manager and Test Runner so that you can do your part in reducing testing efforts and as a resut, faster time to market.

For more information, please see Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010: Part 12 of 13 - Validating UI Automation on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

Share your comments and feedback on our Ignite Your Coding LinkedIn discussion. Etienne, Vincent, and I will be monitoring the discussion and will be happy to hear from you.

Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010 is part of an ongoing conversation, One on One with Visual Studio on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

In this first One on One with Visual Studio conversation, we’re joined by two of Canada’s experts on Visual Studio and ALM (application lifecycle management). Etienne Tremblay and Vincent Grondin will be talking to you about how Visual Studio’s extensive integrated tools make you more effective and efficient, allowing you to collaborate better with the rest of your project team. They’ll show you how testing tools like MS Test, IntelliTrace, and Coded UI make it easier for you to test, and test often, while not increasing your workload; about Team Foundation Server’s work item management and it facilitates better communication between you, the testers, project managers, and development managers; Team Foundation Server’s version control, lab management, and team build tools and how they can automate many of the manual tasks that you’re required to do today; and lastly, about Visual Studio Test Professional’s Test Manager and Test Runner so that you can do your part in reducing testing efforts and as a resut, faster time to market.

For more information, please see Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010: Part 11 of 13 - UI Automation on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

Share your comments and feedback on our Ignite Your Coding LinkedIn discussion. Etienne, Vincent, and I will be monitoring the discussion and will be happy to hear from you.

Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010 is part of an ongoing conversation, One on One with Visual Studio on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

In this first One on One with Visual Studio conversation, we’re joined by two of Canada’s experts on Visual Studio and ALM (application lifecycle management). Etienne Tremblay and Vincent Grondin will be talking to you about how Visual Studio’s extensive integrated tools make you more effective and efficient, allowing you to collaborate better with the rest of your project team. They’ll show you how testing tools like MS Test, IntelliTrace, and Coded UI make it easier for you to test, and test often, while not increasing your workload; about Team Foundation Server’s work item management and it facilitates better communication between you, the testers, project managers, and development managers; Team Foundation Server’s version control, lab management, and team build tools and how they can automate many of the manual tasks that you’re required to do today; and lastly, about Visual Studio Test Professional’s Test Manager and Test Runner so that you can do your part in reducing testing efforts and as a resut, faster time to market.

For more information, please see Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010: Part 10 of 13 - Testing in the Lab on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

Share your comments and feedback on our Ignite Your Coding LinkedIn discussion. Etienne, Vincent, and I will be monitoring the discussion and will be happy to hear from you.

Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010 is part of an ongoing conversation, One on One with Visual Studio on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

In this session of our conversation, Bridging The Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010, Etienne and Vincent introduce us to Lab Management, a new feature of Visual Studio that lets you manage a collection of virtual machines, templates, and virtual environments where you can develop, test, or run your application. Etienne demonstrates how to create a new lab environment and start it in order to test applications.

For more information, please see Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010: Part 9 of 13 - Multi-Environment Testing on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

Share your comments and feedback on our Ignite Your Coding LinkedIn discussion. Etienne, Vincent, and I will be monitoring the discussion and will be happy to hear from you.

Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010 is part of an ongoing conversation, One on One with Visual Studio on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

In this session of our conversation, Bridging The Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010, Vincent updates the code to fix the production bug. Once fixed, he shows us how he associates the changes with the bug and commits the changes. Etienne then creates and runs a test case to prove that the bug has been resolved. Vincent highlights an important point – the new feature that he added is not in the build that Etienne is testing. Why? Etienne is testing the build from the code in the branch that was created for the production release (Vincent’s feature was not part of the production release). Etienne then merges the release branch with main branch to bring the bug fix in with the new features developed after the production release.  

For more information, please see Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010: Part 8 of 13 - Let's Get Back On Track on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

Share your comments and feedback on our Ignite Your Coding LinkedIn discussion. Etienne, Vincent, and I will be monitoring the discussion and will be happy to hear from you.

Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010 is part of an ongoing conversation, One on One with Visual Studio on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

In this session of our conversation, Bridging The Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010, Etienne and Vincent show how the developer uses the information gathered by the tester within Visual
Studio to resolve a bug. Vincent explores the test results and shows us the output of the recording taken when Etienne, as a tester, was running his test. Remember the IntelliTrace test setting that was enabled? Vincent looks at the results of that IntelliTrace and debugs the code to find the exact line of code that caused the application to crash. Once he makes the required updates to the code, he checks in the code and associates the code check-in with the bug filed by Etienne in the previous session. Last but not least, he updates the bug status, which lets Etienne know that he has a new bug to test.

Etienne looks up the recommended tests for the particular bug and reruns the test to ensure that the bug is, in fact, fixed. The first time he runs through the test manually. The second time, he uses Test Runner’s action
playback capabilities to have Test Runner run through the test case, enter all the data, and capture the results, all on its own.

For more information, please see Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010: Part 6 of 13 - Bridging the Gap on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

Share your comments and feedback on our Ignite Your Coding LinkedIn discussion. Etienne, Vincent, and I will be monitoring the discussion and will be happy to hear from you.

Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010 is part of an ongoing conversation, One on One with Visual Studio on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

In this session of our conversation, Bridging The Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010, Etienne and Vincent explore the many different facets of manual testing. First, they introduce us to the different types of tests that can be run with Test Manager and walkthrough creating a test case that runs against the application. Once the test case is designed, Etienne and Vincent show us how to run the test case, record the actions for each step as the test case is being executed, and then explore the results of the test and the information Test Runner captures. All of that information is then used to create a new bug that is then filed for the developers. Etienne also highlights different settings that can be enabled or disabled for each test, including video recording and IntelliTrace.

For more information, please see Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010: Part 5 of 13 - Tester at Work on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

Share your comments and feedback on our Ignite Your Coding LinkedIn discussion. Etienne, Vincent, and I will be monitoring the discussion and will be happy to hear from you.

Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010 is part of an ongoing conversation, One on One with Visual Studio on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

In this session of our conversation, Bridging The Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010, Etienne and Vincent talk to us about what is a build, types of builds you can configure in Team Foundation Server, and the advantages of each. They also walkthrough configuring a build, explaining each
of the steps required in enabling automated unit tests, sharing of source and symbol files, and retention of builds. Once the build is done, they show us how to read the progress report and understand the information it displays.

For more information, please see Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010: Part 2 of 13 - Automating the Build on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.

Share your comments and feedback on our Ignite Your Coding LinkedIn discussion. Etienne, Vincent, and I will be monitoring the discussion and will be happy to hear from you.

Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Testers Using Visual Studio 2010 is part of an ongoing conversation, One on One with Visual Studio on the Canadian Solution Developers' Blog.