Saturday, November 9, 2013

SoCal CodeCamp - LA November 9th & 10th

For those of you who were able to attend my session on Implementing Release Management with Visual Studio 2013, here is a link to the slides  - http://sdrv.ms/1exzAi9.

Update: link to actual PowerPoint presentation - http://sdrv.ms/1hYwPWV

I hope you found the session valuable and try out the new release management tools found in Visual Studio 2013. 

Feel free to contact me at wsalazar@live.com if you have any questions.

Regards,
William Salazar
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

GIT support comes to TFS Service and Visual Studio!

Application Lifecycle Management comes to GIT. Brian Harry announced today at the ALM Summit native support for GIT in Team Foundation Service and Visual Studio! It is full fidelity GIT implementation not a Microsoft version of GIT. You now have seamless work item association with GIT, build automation and test case integration.

Team Explorer and Solution Explorer supports local GIT repository via cloning. Interesting seeing commit versus checkin terminology in Visual Studio - true integrated DVCS support.
Branch selector takes advantage of GIT simplified branching model.  GIT support only available in TFS service and VS client support will be available as post update.  Visit Brian Harry's blog for more details - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/01/30/git-init-vs.aspx and the VS ALM blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2013/01/30/getting-started-with-git-in-visual-studio-and-team-foundation-service.aspx.
 
You can download the Visual Studio Tools for GIT at http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/abafc7d6-dcaa-40f4-8a5e-d6724bdb980c.  You can download the required Visual Studio CTP 2 update at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36508.
 
 
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Friday, December 21, 2012

Visual Studio 2012 Resources

With the release of Visual Studio 2012, I thought I would share some useful resources to get you up to speed on the newest release of Microsoft's Application Lifecycle Management & Development Platform.  Enjoy!

Web Sites

Guidance/Whitepapers


Team Foundation Server Integration

·         TFS Integration Platform
·         Team Foundation Server Integration Tools
·         Microsoft® Team Foundation Server® 2010 and Microsoft Project Server® 2010 Integration CTP Hyper-V Virtual Machine
·         TFS 2010 Support for Project Server
·         Team System Outlook 2007 Addin - v1.0
·         TeamLook - TFS Outlook Add-in
·         TFS & Outlook add-ins
·         Working in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project Connected to Team Foundation Server
·         Working with Team Foundation Clients


VS2012 Evaluations

Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. Be sure to download the trial for Visual Studio 2012.

Trials:
Virtual Machines:
 
Documentation

MSDN Product Documentation:
 
Team Foundation Server 2012:

Blogs 
·         Brian Harry
Brian Harry is "the guy" at Microsoft for Team Foundation Server.  
·         Rob Caron
Rob Caron's blog - a great dev tools resource!  
·         Bruno Terkaly
Bruno is the Developer Evangelist in Northern California.  
·         Gert Drapers
Gert's blog about all things Team System Database Edition.  
·         Steve Lange
Steve Lange is the Developer Technology Specialist for Colorado, Arizona, Utah, S. Nevada, New Mexico, Wyaoming, and Montana.  
·         Brian Keller
Brian Keller is a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. Brian is based in Redmond, Washington.  
·         Buck Hodges
Buck Hodges' blog  
·         Joe Shirey
Joe Shirey is a Senior Architect Evangelist based in Denver, Colorado.
·         Manish Agarwal
Manish Agarwal's blog  

·         David Jung
David Jung is the Developer Technology Specialist for Enterprise customers in the Southwest Region.
·         William Salazar
William Salazar is the ALM Practice Director for Neudesic, a National Systems Integrator.  
 
 
Videos

VS2012 Launch:  This video series provides an overview of the key features of Visual Studio 2012, including new IDE features for modeling and understanding code, developer and test collaboration, team collaboration with Team Foundation Server, Project Management, and application development for Windows, Web, and SharePoint 2010.

 Learning Resources

MSDN Magazine Articles

 
ALM Catalyst free live workshops:

ALM Catalyst free live workshops teach participants how to make the most of ALM solutions.

Instructors deeply cover specific topics, answer questions and show an interactive demonstration that participants can then develop fully on their own.

For details about ALM Catalyst live workshops, current schedule and to register, please visit our ALM Catalyst site.

 
Case Studies 
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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Speaking at the Microsoft 2012 Launch Event Series


 

 

 

 


APP SUCCESS BEGINS HERE.

The biggest wave of innovation in Microsoft history is creating unprecedented business opportunities for developers. Join me at this free launch event, and you’ll see how the latest developer tools and platforms can help you gain recognition and make money with your apps.
  • Be one of the first to see Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and the new Microsoft Office at work.
  • Participate in hands-on demos, and learn how to design compelling apps for Windows 8 and the new Office.
  • Get tips and tricks from your peers, and connect with Microsoft evangelists for insights and guidance.

I will be speaking at the event in Hollywood, CA on Tuesday 10/30 and Bellevue, WA on Thursday 11/9; many more will be held across the U.S. for the follow months. Visit the NEW ERA OF WORK website for more details and specific dates and venue locations, and of course, to register.

I hope you will be able to join me.

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