Application Life Cycle

Save and restore app data and the UI state of your Windows Store app so that users can pick up right where they left off. For more information, see the app state sample.

Developers come in all shapes and sizes.  You have preferences as to what environment and languages you choose to developer your code.  Interestingly enough, Visual Studio and its Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) capabilities can support almost any of these preferences.  Paul…

Flexibility and agility in Visual Studio 2013 enables development teams and organizations to do ALM their way. Visual Studio Guru Adam Gallant shows off how Visual Studio 2013, TFS, and Visual Studio Online make life easier for development teams of all sizes. Plus: Jonathan and Adam…

The success of a project requires clear understanding of success measurements. Watch this session to learn more on defining code quality indicators, how to incorporate unit testing, how to develop code and validate quality. [05:35] - Define code quality indicators [17:18] - Incorporate unit testing…

This module provides an overview on implementing an automated deployment process, implementing a pre-production environments and how to manage feedback between development and operations while successfully troubleshooting production issues. [01:24] - Customize a team project [21:15] - Automated…

In this module Anthony and Steven provide an in depth overview on the best ways to elicit requirements, how to best estimate, document, and prioritized requirements. [01:23] - Elicit requirements [16:50] - Estimate requirements [35:23] - Document requirements [54:17] - Prioritize requirements Full…

The key to a successful release cycle is to plan a release by defining project-tracking and scoping it correctly. Watch this module to see tips and tricks on the best practices from two experts in the field. [02:32] - Plan a release [18:56] - Define project-tracking process [30:44] - Scope a project…

There are different roles in the ALM processes. Tune into how to implement a Scrum/Agile process, how to define a Scrum/Agile process for a team using the Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) for CMMI Process Improvement. [01:12] - Role of different ALM processes [19:52] - Scrum events [36:55] -…

Andrew Lockwood joins Lex Thomas for today’s “Taste of Premier” as they discuss the Microsoft Client Lifecycle Enterprise Management (CLEM) Tool. Tune in for this demo as they show us how it can help better align all aspects of IT operations into a more cohesive and efficient unit. Click here to…

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…