tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6288939323278069382024-03-13T23:45:57.693+01:00Visual Studio Tools & Technologies, DevOps and Azure Community Blog and NewsInformation sharing about: .NET / .Net Core, Visual Studio, DevOps, Azure and Mobile Platforms stuff and Community efforts.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-7490417810493742812012-06-01T11:00:00.000+02:002012-06-01T11:00:01.345+02:00Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate, Team Foundation Server 2012 Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate and VS ALM Rangers Release Candidate bits Released!Kudos to Microsoft Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server and Windows Teams from Microsoft with releasing of a bunch of products by May 31th. <br />
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Thanks for the Rangers as well for releasing the RC Bits of some Rangers projects on CodePlex. Thank you all for your hard work and determination in making this happen! Proud to be part of this family BTW :-)<br />
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We really did ROCK!<br /><br />Below the links to more information about the new released stuff by Rangers as by Microsoft Teams: <br /><br />Willy’s post: <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/05/31/welcome-to-visual-studio-2012-alm-rangers">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/05/31/welcome-to-visual-studio-2012-alm-rangers</a>-<br />
readiness-rc-wave.aspx<br /><br />CodePlex: <a href="http://vsartesttoolingguide.codeplex.com/">http://vsartesttoolingguide.codeplex.com</a><br /><br />As part of the sim-ship, the following have also shipped (all are now available for download on MSDN):<br />· Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate<br /> <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us">http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/11/en-us</a><br /><br />· Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Release Candidate<br /> <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29918&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_devresources">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29918&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_devresources</a><br /><br />· Windows 8 Release Preview<br /> <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/nl-NL/windows-8/release-preview">http://windows.microsoft.com/nl-NL/windows-8/release-preview</a><br /><br />· Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate<br /> <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh225126.aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh225126.aspx</a><br /><br />Visit Microsoft Answers, TechNet, or MSDN to ask or answer questions about upgrading, security, apps, and more with Windows <br />
8 Release Preview.<br />Microsoft Answers Windows 8 Forum: <a href="http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8">http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8</a><br /><br />TechNet Windows 8 Forum for IT Professionals: <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w8itpro">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w8itpro</a><br /><br />MSDN Windows Developer Center: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/</a><br /><br />Finally, if you haven’t seen it yet, there is also a new Developer Tools Blogs site, which aggregates key developer blogs <br />
with a nice front-end:<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/developer-tools">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/developer-tools</a><br /><br />So I encourrage everyone to download, test and to provide the feedback on all the Rangers stuff and Tools linked above<br />
Your feedback is much more appreciated to make things better :-)<br />
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Thanks in advance.<br />
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Hassan Fadili<br /><a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Hassan.Fadili">MVP VS ALM</a><br />
<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2012/03/31/understanding-the-visual-studio-alm-rangers.aspx">VS ALM Ranger</a>Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-62799565623017581152012-02-28T01:48:00.004+01:002012-02-28T17:33:05.129+01:00MVP Summit 2012 - MVP2MVP Day sessions Summary LinksFirst of all, Thanks to Neno Loje, Ed Blankenship and Charles Sterling for taking charge of this day. <br />Today started with a warm welcome from the organization, then many short sessions of 20 min are presented by many MVP's <br /><br />based on job and daily experiences on VS ALM Stuff. NO breaks (Just 5 min between sessions to gap some refreshement)! <br /><br />Below the list of some discused topics and links to sites/blogs for additional information to be up to date.<br /><br />- <a href="http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com/<br />">ALM Rangers: Build Customization Guidance:</a> <br /><a href="http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com/<br />">http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com/</a><br /><br />-<a href="http://vsarlabman.codeplex.com/"> ALM Rangers: Automating the Build-deploy-test Process with VS11 Lab Management:</a><br /><a href="http://vsarlabman.codeplex.com/">http://vsarlabman.codeplex.com/</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/92a6416d-fc18-4b5b-9b66-fba7af728984">Managing Dependencies with AIT Tools and how it compares to NuGet:</a><br /><a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/92a6416d-fc18-4b5b-9b66-fba7af728984">http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/92a6416d-fc18-4b5b-9b66-fba7af728984</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://blackmarble.com/<br />">Using Kinect to control TFS Build Monitors:</a><br /><a href="http://blackmarble.com/<br />">http://blackmarble.com/</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.edsquared.com/2011/12/27/Integrating+Red+Gate+SmartAssembly+Into+TFS+2010+Build.aspx"><br /><br />Telemetry and Automated Error Reporting:</a><br /><a href="http://www.edsquared.com/2011/12/27/Integrating+Red+Gate+SmartAssembly+Into+TFS+2010+Build.aspx">http://www.edsquared.com/2011/12/27/Integrating+Red+Gate+SmartAssembly+Into+TFS+2010+Build.aspx</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg465257">Managing Test Artifacts when going to the next Release:</a><br /><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg465257<br />">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg465257</a><br />- <a href="http://www.richard-banks.org/<br /><br />">Git-TFS:</a><a href="http://www.richard-banks.org/<br />">http://www.richard-banks.org/</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.teamcompanion.com/features/">Team Companion and Dev11:</a><br /><a href="http://www.teamcompanion.com/features/">http://www.teamcompanion.com/features/</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://vmwarelab.codeplex.com/">Lab Management for VMWare:</a><a href="http://vmwarelab.codeplex.com/">http://vmwarelab.codeplex.com/</a> (coming soon on CodePlex)<br /><br />- <a href="http://tfseventworkflows.codeplex.com/ <br />">TFS Event Workflows </a><br /><a href="http://tfseventworkflows.codeplex.com/ <br />">http://tfseventworkflows.codeplex.com/ </a><br /><br />This was a great day with a lot of FUN and very important content. Up to Product Team Sessions next days. <br /><br />Stay tuned....<br /><br />HassanHassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-55220767267997722762012-02-15T11:52:00.001+01:002012-02-15T12:55:12.987+01:00TechDays Nederland is van start in het World Forum - Den HaagHet jaarlijkse Microsoft Evenement genaamd <a href="http://www.techdays.nl">TechDays</a> voorheen DevDays van Microsoft Nederland is van start gegaan vandaag en maar liefts voor 3 volle dagen. <br />De eerste dag (15 Februari 2012) staat in het teken van IT Pro specialisten. <br />De 2e en 3rd dagen respectivelijk (16 + 17 Februari 2012) staan uiteraard in het teken van Developers. <br />Op deze beide Developers dagen, zal de Nederlandse Community aanwezig zijn in de zo geheten Community Area waarin de bezoekers terecht kunnen met hun vragen over alle Microsoft Technologieen en Tools.<br /><br />Ben je geintereseerd in wat de nieuwe versie van Team Foundation Server (Hosted TFS), Visual Studio Application Life Cycle Management, Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview, MTM Test Tool-V11 en nog meer? en wil je ermee aan de slag tijdens dit Evenement, dan ben je van harte welkom op de Visual Studio ALM Booth.<br /><br />Ik kijk graag uit naar jullie komst en het beleven van goede momenten.<br />Veel plezier op de <a href="http://www.techdays.nl/Developers.aspx">TechDays Nederland</a>.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-77144322697950887892011-12-16T16:31:00.002+01:002011-12-16T16:41:39.004+01:00December 2011 Power Tools Released!December 2011 release of Power Tools is released last night by TFS Team. Many thanks to everyone worked on that great release and for those who helped testing this bits. <br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2011/12/16/december-2011-tfs-power-tools-release.aspx">Brian Harry </a>have a recent blogpost about this update. This can be found <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2011/12/16/december-2011-tfs-power-tools-release.aspx">here</a>.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.radiotfs.com/">Radio TFS Podcast </a>is rebooted as well, feel free to bring your topics and/or to participate.<br /><br />Watch the recorded show about Power Tools <a href="http://www.radiotfs.com/Show/33/TFSPowerTools%2cLocalWorkspacesandGregJoinstheShow">here</a>.<br /><br />Have Fun. <br />Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-45811383684904200192011-11-23T19:03:00.004+01:002011-11-23T19:13:11.945+01:00SQL Server DATA Tools CTP4 Released!SQL Server team has released the new SQL Server Data Tools CTP4. Congratulations and Thanks to Gert Drapers and his team with this great milestone. <br />To lear more about this SSDT CTP4 Release, check: <br /><br />What’s new in SQL Server Data Tools CTP4?<br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2011/11/21/what-s-new-in-sql-server-data-tools-ctp4.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2011/11/21/what-s-new-in-sql-server-data-tools-ctp4.aspx</a><br /> <br />SQL Server Data Tools CTP4 vs. VS2010 Database Projects<br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2011/11/21/sql-server-data-tools-ctp4-vs-vs2010-database-projects.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2011/11/21/sql-server-data-tools-ctp4-vs-vs2010-database-projects.aspx</a><br /> <br />Top VSDB->SSDT Project Conversion Issues<br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2011/11/21/top-vsdb-gt-ssdt-project-conversion issues.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2011/11/21/top-vsdb-gt-ssdt-project-conversion issues.aspx</a> <br /> <br />Uninstalling SQL Server Developer Tools CTP3 (Code-named “Juneau”) <br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2011/11/21/uninstalling-ssdt-ctp3-code-named-juneau.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2011/11/21/uninstalling-ssdt-ctp3-code-named-juneau.aspx</a><br />This actually points to a nifty PowerShell script to help you uninstall.<br /><br />Have Fun.<br /> Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-26754275857774155662011-11-23T17:08:00.004+01:002011-11-23T18:39:06.905+01:00Succesful Hosted TFS Event at VISUG by Hassan Fadili at Microsoft Belgium<br /><br />On Tuesday November 22th, <a href="http://www.visug.be/">VISUG User Group </a>has hosted an event at Microsoft Belgium about Hosted TFS by <a href="http://hassanfad001.blogspot.com">Hassan Fadili </a>see <a href="http://www.visug.be/Eventdetails/tabid/95/EventId/48/Default.aspx">http://www.visug.be/Eventdetails/tabid/95/EventId/48/Default.aspx</a>. This event was very interactive and many as 60 people have taken part. The topic was about Build, Relase and Deploy with TFS2011 and MS Deploy. A combination of Slides and Demo's was perfect to explain this common mechanism for developers.<br /> <br />To learn more about this topic check the earlier article pubished by <a href="http://hassanfad001.blogspot.com">Hassan Fadili </a>for Software Developer Network Community at: <br /><a href="http://www.sdn.nl/SDN/Artikelen/tabid/58/view/View/ArticleID/3199/Build-Release-and-Deploy-BRD-using-TFS2010-MS-Web-Deploy-and-WIX3X.aspx">http://www.sdn.nl/SDN/Artikelen/tabid/58/view/View/ArticleID/3199/Build-Release-and-Deploy-BRD-using-TFS2010-MS-Web-Deploy-and-WIX3X.aspx</a><br /> <br />If you have questions/Suggestions or thoughts about this topic, feel free to contact me by E-mail: <a href="http://hassanfad001.blogspot.com">hassanfad11@hotmail</a>.com and/or via Twitter: <a href="@HassanFad ">@HassanFad </a><br />Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-72707001726046569462011-09-14T20:51:00.001+02:002011-11-25T17:23:38.235+01:00BUILD conference Day2. All about tools and Azure Services!The <a href="http://www.buildwindows.com/">BUILD</a> event day 2 is started with a great Keynote where many tools and technologies have been announced today. Nice to see wich direction is Micrsoft driving us to go ahead with the technology and take more out the all technical facilities and possibilities to meet our and customer requirements developing powerfull and fast software systems for the web, desktop, mobile devices and cloud. <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=217619">Visual Studio 11 preview </a>and <a href="http://tfspreview.com">Team Foundation Server 11 preview </a>are the major tools I'm focussing on today to get more out them and to discover the secrets of the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ee358786">VS ALM </a>product to support and advice the customers at time to make decisions for now and the future.<br /><br /><br />To see all the products announced today, <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jasonz/archive/2011/09/14/announcing-visual-studio-11-developer-preview.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage">Jason Zanders </a>,<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2011/09/14/learning-about-team-foundation-service-preview.aspx">Martin Woodward </a> and <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2011/09/01/this-is-a-draft-post.aspx">Brian Harry</a> have blogged about the futures of these products. <br /><br />For more preview futures see blogs of <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jasonz/archive/2011/09/14/announcing-visual-studio-11-developer-preview.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage">Jason</a>, <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2011/09/14/learning-about-team-foundation-service-preview.aspx">Martin</a> and <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2011/09/01/this-is-a-draft-post.aspx">Brian</a>. <br /><br />The <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=217619">Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview</a>, <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=228707">.NET Framework 4.5 Developer Preview</a>, <a href="http://tfspreview.com">Team Foundation Server Developer Preview </a>and many more tools are available today on <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com">MSDN subscription </a>downloads and will be soon available publicaly. <br /><br />Enjoy the <a href="http://www.buildwindows.com/">BUILD</a> conference. Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-58013114957879561532011-09-13T23:40:00.003+02:002011-11-25T17:23:38.240+01:00BUILD Conference and Windows 8 Preview!After a long time waiting for the <a href="http://www.buildwindows.com/">BUILD</a> conference, It is so far. Today September 13th is the <a href="http://www.buildwindows.com/">BUILD</a> event starting day with a GREAT keynote and with the first preview of the next Windows version "<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home">Windows 8</a>". <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/B8Blog/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashx">Steve Sinofsky </a>have announced many gadgets of the new OS on both software and hardware levels. The powerfull hardware and exciting software combination, makes "<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home">Windows 8</a>" a faster OS that Microsoft have build ever right now. With 4 amazing demo's, we saw: <br />- The new windows experience<br />- Some Metro style-apps<br />- Hardwre platform<br />- Cloud Services<br /><br />There are many many futures built in "<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home">Windows 8</a>" that we will see and experiment soon after downloading the bits later today or after receiving the "Slates" as <a href="http://www.buildwindows.com/">BUILD</a> conference attendees. Congratulations everyone :-) in Anaheim. <br /><br />The <a href="http://www.buildwindows.com/">BUILD</a> conference this week is focused on developers and hardware partners.<br />For the keynote and more than 100 sessions, check out the available streams on <a href="http://buildwindows.com">http://buildwindows.com</a>.<br /><br />You probably want to try out the preview release—and you can. Starting later tonight you can download the Windows 8 Developer Preview. This includes a 64-bit (x64) build with development tools to build apps, and a 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) build without development tools. The releases also include a suite of sample applications (please note these are merely illustrations of potential apps, not apps that we intend to ship with Windows 8). The ISOs are linked to from <a href="http://dev.windows.com">http://dev.windows.com</a>. <br /><br />There is a lot of new stuff that will be announced during this <a href="http://www.buildwindows.com/">BUILD</a> Conference. Stay tunned and have a great time at <a href="http://www.buildwindows.com/">BUILD</a> conference in Anaheim or virtual via the web.<br /><br />Enjoy the <a href="http://www.buildwindows.com/">BUILD</a>.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-15969969148189004202011-08-19T22:20:00.007+02:002011-11-25T17:23:38.245+01:00TFS Power Tools (August 2011 Release) Available Now!With many thanks to <a href="http://woodwardweb.com/">Martin Woodward </a>and his team working last time very hard to get this release ready for the community and customers, this release is now available for download. <br />For more information on the highlights of this release see <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2011/08/19/august-11-tfs-power-tools-are-available.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2011/08/19/august-11-tfs-power-tools-are-available.aspx</a> or download the final versions here (same links as last time):<br /> <br />· <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c255a1e4-04ba-4f68-8f4e-cd473d6b971f">TFS 2010 Power Tools</a><br /> <br />· <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/2d7c8577-54b8-47ce-82a5-8649f579dcb6">Build Extensions</a><br /> <br />· <a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/bce06506-be38-47a1-9f29-d3937d3d88d6">MSSCCI Provider</a> (Not updated!).<br /><br />A short link that always will point to Power Tools is:<br /><a href="http://aka.ms/tfpt">http://aka.ms/tfpt</a><br /><br />Enjoy the new TFPT Bits. <br /> Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-74051491878505760932011-04-28T16:22:00.004+02:002011-04-28T17:02:16.067+02:00Community and Customers VS ALM & TFS Tour in Morocco by Hassan Fadili (MVP)As we are now too busy with <a href="http://www.techdays.nl/DevDays">DevDays11</a> at World Forum The Hague in the Netherlands as Ask The Expert and Community support, looking forward to the next challenge next week (May 4th and 5th ) in Morocco doing 2 days sessions about VS ALM / TFS Roadshow for the Community and Customers in 2 cities (Casablanca and Rabat).<br /><br />The schedule of both days as announced on the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/northafrica/morocco/events/events.aspx?id=3">Microsoft Morocco Event</a> site will be: <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wednesday May 4th: (Microsoft Casablanca)</span><br />Morning (9:00 - 13:00)<br />- Customers sessions <br />Afternoon/Evening sessions (14:00 – 20:00): <br />- Community Session / Workshop<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Thursday May 5th: (Microsoft Rabat)</span><br />Morning (9:00 - 13:00)<br />- Customers sessions <br />Afternoon/Evening sessions (14:00 – 20:00): <br />- Community Session / Workshop<br /><br />Looking forward to this event and to help & support the community in Morocco...<a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Hassan.Fadili"></a>Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-22478639767012401492011-04-22T10:40:00.004+02:002011-04-24T00:39:53.467+02:00Laat je inspireren en kom naar DevDays 2011Met nog minder dan een week, dan is het zover. <a href="http://www.techdays.nl/DevDays">DevDays 2011 </a>gaan weer van start op 27,28 en 29 april 2011 in het World Forum in Den Haag, laat je voorraal inspireren en maak kennis met de nieuwe technologieen, vakgenoten en de Nederlandse Communities. <br />Vanuit Microsoft Nederland, Gebruikersgroepen en de <a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Hassan.Fadili">MVP</a> Programma, staan we jullie graag te woord en helpen we jullie bij het beantwoorden voor al jullie technische vragen over de Microsoft technologieen in de Community Area en Ask The Expert Lounge.<br /> <br />Dit evenement is een goede uitgelezen kans om van gedachten te wisselen, ervaringen te delen en heel veel FUN te beleven met elkaar. Een goede voorbeeld van combinatie WERK en Plezier. Daar staan <a href="http://www.techdays.nl/DevDays">DevDays 2011</a> en de Communities o.a. <a href="www.dotned.nl/">DotNed UserGroep</a> voor. <a href="http://www.techdays.nl/GeekNight">Geeknight 2011 </a>datoverigens gratis is, is daar ook een goede voorbeeld van, waarin de techniek wordt gebruikt om plezierige en goede ideeen te laten zien op een grapige wijze.<br /><br />Als je het me vraagt welke sessies ik interessant vindt op <a href="http://www.techdays.nl/DevDays">DevDays 2011</a>, dan zal mijn agenda vanuit mijn expertises en interesses er alsvolgt uit gaan zien. <br /><br />Uitreaard is mijn primaire doel om jullie van dienst te zijn bij de "Ask The Expert" van "Client Development" om al je vragen te beantwoorden. Wanneer de kans zich voordoet om de sessies te volgen, dan zal de ondersaatnde agenda voor mij van kracht zijn. <br /><br /><strong>DevDays Sessies Dag 1: 28-4-2011:</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1595">DevDays Keynote</a><br />Rob Miles, Wade Wegner, Scott Hanselman, Ben Riga<br />Onderwerp: <br />Niveau: 200<br />28 april, 09:15 - 10:45<br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1513">MVC 3 – 101</a><br />Scott Hanselman<br />Onderwerp: Web<br />Niveau: 100<br />28 april, 11:05 - 12:20<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1425">Introduction to Visual Studio Lightswitch</a><br />Beth Massi<br />Onderwerp: Languages & Tools<br />Niveau: 200<br />28 april, 13:30 - 14:45<br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1523">Produceer Betere Product Kwaliteit door Gebruik te Maken van de Ultimate Test Tools</a><br />Marcel de Vries<br />Onderwerp: Languages & Tools<br />Niveau: 300<br />28 april, 15:05 - 16:20<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1528">Building Robust, Maintainable Coded UI Tests with Visual Studio 2010</a><br />Brian Keller<br />Onderwerp: Languages & Tools<br />Niveau: 300<br />28 april, 16:30 - 17:45<br /><br /><strong>GeegNight Sessies:</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1473">Developing iPhone/iPad, Android and Windows Phone 7 Applications with C#, Visual Studio, Mono Touch en Mono Droid</a><br />Marcel de Vries, Roy Cornelissen, Willem Meints<br />Onderwerp: Windows Phone 7<br />Niveau: 300<br />28 april, 19:30 - 20:15<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1301">Windows Phone in Rhyme and 3D</a><br />Rob Miles<br />Onderwerp: Windows Phone 7<br />Niveau: 200<br />28 april, 20:30 - 21:15<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1525">Stepping into the Near Future of the IDE</a><br />Mark Miller<br />Onderwerp: Languages & Tools<br />Niveau: 200<br />28 april, 21:25 - 22:10<br /><br /><br /><strong>DevDays Sessies Dag 2: 29-4-2011:</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1336">Real World Azure: Elasticity from On-premise to Cloud (and Back)</a><br />Christian Weyer<br />Onderwerp: Azure/Cloud<br />Niveau: 200<br />29 april, 09:15 - 10:30<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1355">Implementing M-V-VM (Model-View-View Model) for WPF</a><br />Phil Japikse<br />Onderwerp: Languages & Tools<br />Niveau: 300<br />29 april, 10:50 - 12:05<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1339">Automating Quality Assurance with Team Foundation Server 2010</a><br />Neno Loje<br />Onderwerp: Languages & Tools<br />Niveau: 200<br />29 april, 13:15 - 14:30<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1340">Agile Project Management with Scrum and Team Foundation Server 2010</a><br />Neno Loje<br />Onderwerp: Languages & Tools<br />Niveau: 200<br />29 april, 14:50 - 16:05<br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdays.nl/SessieDetails.aspx?cid=1530">A Lap Around Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management</a><br />Brian Keller<br />Onderwerp: Languages & Tools<br />Niveau: 200<br />29 april, 16:15 - 17:30 <br /><br />Mocht je nog niet ingeschreven hebben voor de <a href="http://www.techdays.nl/DevDays">DevDays 2011</a>, dan is dit je kans. Schijf je in op: http://www.techdays.nl/Registratie.<br /><br />Het zijn drukke maar voorraal leuke dagen. Na de <a href="http://www.techdays.nl/DevDays">DevDays 2011</a>, is het volgende stap voor mij om op 4, 5 en 6 Mei 2011 een Roadshow-Tour van "<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vstsue/archive/2010/10/29/vs-alm-library-updates-on-msdn-for-october-2010.aspx#GettingStarted">VS ALM / TFS</a>" te gaan verzorgen voor de Community en de klanten in Marokko, dan wel in 2 steden <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/phone/contact.aspx?country=Morocco">Casablnaca</a> en <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/phone/contact.aspx?country=Morocco">Rabat</a>. Dit in samenwerking met <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/fr/ma/default.aspx">Microsoft Marokko </a>en <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ebc/redmond.mspx">Microsoft in Redmond</a>. Hierover meer binnenkort op deze blog...<br /><br />Veel plezier op <a href="http://www.techdays.nl/DevDays">DevDays 2011</a>.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-1453881358862856612011-04-06T19:23:00.002+02:002011-04-06T19:51:57.978+02:00TFS2010 Build Management and Shared DependenciesA very common question from people who are doing a lot of build stuff on daily basis inside projects for small and big organizations is: How to handle dependencies between projects/applications/team projects in TFS source control. A typical scenario is that you have a common library/framework tucked away nicely somewhere in TFS source control, and now you have some applications that, in some way, needs to reference this project.<br /><br />For the users of TFS 2008, we have the great tool called: <a href="http://tfsdepreplicator.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Installation%20and%20Configuration%20Guide">TFS Dependency Replicator </a> from <a href="http://tfsdepreplicator.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Installation%20and%20Configuration%20Guide">Codeplex Open Source Community site</a>. Unfortunately this tool is not yet ready for TFS 2010 users. <br /><br />Another alternative for the same goal to get the same results, is to use another tool for <a href="http://www.tfsblog.de/2010/11/11/extended-dependency-management-with-team-foundation-server/">Extended Dependency Management with Team Foundation Server</a>. My VS ALM MVP collegue <a href="http://www.tfsblog.de/2010/11/11/extended-dependency-management-with-team-foundation-server/">Sven Hubert</a> have build a great tool to simplify this goal. More information about Extended Dependency Management with TFS2010 can be found at: <a href="http://www.tfsblog.de/2010/11/11/extended-dependency-management-with-team-foundation-server/">Sven's Blog</a>. Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-63251326194607895532011-03-08T13:55:00.002+01:002011-03-08T21:09:35.016+01:00Visual Studio 2010 SP1, TFS-Project Server Integration Feature Pack and Visual Studio Load Test Feature Pack Announcements News!<strong>Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Available for download</strong><br />Today March 8th, MSDN subscribers will be able to download and install Visual Studio 2010 SP1 from their <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/downloads/">subscriber downloads</a>. If you're not an MSDN subscriber, you can <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=209902">get the update </a>on Thursday, March 10th.<br /><br /><strong>TFS-Project Server Integration Feature Pack</strong><br />Also available for Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN subscribers via <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=207267">Download Center </a>today is the TFS-Project Server Integration Feature Pack. Integration between Project Server and Team Foundation Server enables teams to work more effectively together using Visual Studio, Project, and SharePoint and coordinates development between teams using disparate methodologies, such as waterfall and agile, via common data and metrics.<br /><br /><strong>Visual Studio Load Test Feature Pack</strong> <br />Today, Microsoft have introducing a new benefit - Visual Studio 2010 Load Test Feature Pack - available to all Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN subscribers. With this feature pack, you can simulate as many virtual users as you need without having to purchase additional Visual Studio Load Test Virtual User Pack 2010 licenses. For more information regarding this new Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN benefit, visit the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/load-test-virtual-user-pack">Visual Studio Load Test Virtual User Pack 2010</a> page<br /><br />Have a great time with the updates.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-48173088440190958702010-11-30T16:33:00.002+01:002010-11-30T16:40:40.337+01:00VS ALM Rangers shipped new release for WCF Load Test tool!VS ALM Rangers shipped new release for <a href="http://wcfloadtest.codeplex.com/">WCF Load Test tool</a>.<br />This tool takes a WCF trace file and a WCF client proxy or a WCF interface contract, and generates a C# unit test that replays the same sequence of calls found in the trace file. The unit test can then be used to load-test the target WCF services.<br /> <br />The following is a list of new features and improvements:<br /> <br />1- Provides support for DataSets<br />2- Delivers support for duplex contracts<br />3- Can handle ASMX services, even without a WCF client, which comes from the capability to process Fiddler2 traces<br />4- Automatically filters out NullMessage messages which can appear in service-side message logs<br />5- Verifies that the right kind of message log has been provided<br />6- Initializes out parameters in the stub methods so that generated code will always compile without modification<br />7- No longer locks the assemblies after the wizard has been used<br />8- Provides improved error reporting<br /><br />For more Information and download, see:<br /><a href="http://wcfloadtest.codeplex.com/">http://wcfloadtest.codeplex.com/</a><br /><br />Have fun with this great release. Any feedback is more than aperciated.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-401893297614541032010-10-12T23:49:00.004+02:002010-10-13T00:13:19.794+02:00October 12 DotNedUG meeting was a great succes again!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7odaVZPo3Phmm9lQpW9vULM4PAz2JjgYE75h3kOLWLsuOMQbGHzY99EAJcklNtdvoxqKf2ahCCvE5HEioVNqv6znK_dbMO3nb6vAoHlH-sraJmNR9Tc9j1vQMFwhvoBUZT53Ry7_SZeQ/s1600/DSC03701.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7odaVZPo3Phmm9lQpW9vULM4PAz2JjgYE75h3kOLWLsuOMQbGHzY99EAJcklNtdvoxqKf2ahCCvE5HEioVNqv6znK_dbMO3nb6vAoHlH-sraJmNR9Tc9j1vQMFwhvoBUZT53Ry7_SZeQ/s320/DSC03701.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527285785438863634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZiM9eZmKdiPYDoqu7qHOVmbbHvdzyGaU0_esrun2McAKU9JbS-NzvvFGwV1o8K-QUOMs661qF6hwFkDdTX3lk11iav-QdYNJeJoBbcCimKReuAHSnd-02h1lJTcRs4aesrZ5X1xcBXQ/s1600/DSC03713.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZiM9eZmKdiPYDoqu7qHOVmbbHvdzyGaU0_esrun2McAKU9JbS-NzvvFGwV1o8K-QUOMs661qF6hwFkDdTX3lk11iav-QdYNJeJoBbcCimKReuAHSnd-02h1lJTcRs4aesrZ5X1xcBXQ/s320/DSC03713.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527285782911835682" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dotned.nl">dotNedUG</a> meeting of october 12 was a great succes. With more than 120 attendees one of the most excited meetings of the year 2010. During this meeting, 2 topics are discussed:<br /> 1- Silverlight 4 and MVVM concept by <a href="http://www.dotned.nl/blogs/dennis_blog/default.aspx">Dennis Vroegop</a> from <a href="http://www.detrio.nl">Detrio Consultancy</a> and <a href="http://www.dotned.nl">dotNedUG</a>.<br /> 2- Windows Phone 7 series with Silverlight by Arjen de Blok (@arjendeblok)from <a href="http://www.humiq.nl/NL/welkom">Humiq</a>. <br /><br />It was a great evening with a lot of interaction and discussion after the meeting. <br />I would like to thank all the attendees, <a href="http://www.humiq.nl/NL/welkom">Humiq</a> for hosting our <a href="http://www.dotned.nl">dotNedUG</a> October meeting and also both speakers for the great sessions. <br /><br />I hope to see all of the attendees next time during our next <a href="http://www.dotned.nl">dotNedUG</a> meeting in November 25 by vecrea in Amersfoort. Please visit our <a href="http://www.dotned.nl">dotNedUG</a> site for announcement and registration.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-55289872611780931092010-09-10T21:23:00.003+02:002010-09-10T21:54:52.430+02:00DotNed meeting of September 21th registration is open!The <a href="http://www.dotned.nl/">DotNed (.NET & VS ALM UG NL)</a> meeting of September 21th is online. During this session, <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd409436.aspx">Visual Studio 2010 Architecture Tools </a>will be demonstrated by <a href="http://blogs.infosupport.com/blogs/marcelv/">Marcel de Vries</a>. For registration visit our <a href="http://www.dotned.nl">DotNed (.NET & VS ALM UG NL)</a> site at: <a href="http://www.dotned.nl/">http://www.dotned.nl/ </a>.<br /><a href="http://www.infosupport.com/">InfoSupport</a> thanks in advance for hosting this event, and <a href="http://blogs.infosupport.com/blogs/marcelv">Marcel</a> thanks for speaking. <br /><br />To get an impression of this session, take a loot at: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd409436.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd409436.aspx</a> <br /><br />Looking forwards to meet all of you there...Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-13680591551887376972010-09-10T21:09:00.002+02:002010-09-10T21:22:08.860+02:00Sept 2010 TFS Power Tools Release Available!The new <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2010/09/09/sept-2010-tfs-power-tools-release-available.aspx">September 2010 TFS Power Tools </a>Release is Available for download. For detail infromation and Download of the TFS Power Tools and Cross Platform Build Extensions, see: <br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2010/09/09/sept-2010-tfs-power-tools-release-available.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2010/09/09/sept-2010-tfs-power-tools-release-available.aspx</a>.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-54018419013429925162010-06-29T09:44:00.002+02:002010-06-29T09:52:01.699+02:00Visual Studio 2010 RTM Virtual Machine with Sample Data and Hands-on-Labs available!Visual Studio 2010 RTM Virtual Machine with Sample Data and Hands-on-Labs is available for download. <br /><br />This images are available in 3 virtual configurations thay may meet you needs:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0198b64-4acb-4709-b07f-359fb4d523bc">Visual Studio 2010 RTM (Hyper-V)</a><br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=509c3ba1-4efc-42b5-b6d8-0232b2cbb26e"><br />Visual Studio 2010 RTM (Windows [7] Virtual PC)</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5e13b15a-fd74-4cd7-b53e-bdf9456855bd">Visual Studio 2010 RTM (Virtual PC 2007 SP1)</a><br /><br />For more information and download, check: <br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briankel/archive/2010/06/25/now-available-visual-studio-2010-rtm-virtual-machine-with-sample-data-and-hands-on-labs.aspx">Brian Keller's Blog: Technical Evangelist for Visual Studio Application</a>.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-20188130419420427112010-06-27T22:50:00.002+02:002010-06-27T22:56:56.928+02:00Visual Studio 2010 Architecture Tooling Guidance released!Practical guidance for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, focused on modeling tools. These release includes common usage scenarios, hands on labs and lessons learnt from the community discussions. Thanks all the MVP's who makes this great effort reality. <br /><br />For more information about this release and the Team working on It, see: <br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2010/06/26/visual-studio-alm-rangers-architecture-guidance-gets-thumbs-up.aspx">Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Architecture Guidance gets “thumbs up”</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/camerons/archive/2010/06/26/architecture-guidance-now-available.aspx">Cameron Skinner's Blog</a>.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-54393775569233525572010-06-24T09:12:00.002+02:002010-06-24T09:48:38.867+02:00@dotNedUG June 2010 meeting Related Resources!Thanks for all attendees of my DotNed(.NET&VS ALM UG NL)meeting yesterday. It was extremely Hot, but very amazing. I like the discussions.<br />Below a set of related resources as promised:<br /><br /><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253060.aspx">VSS To TFS Migration Tool:</a><br /><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253060.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253060.aspx</a><br /><br /><a href="http://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com/">Rangers TFS 2010 Branching Guidance <br />http://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2010/03/31/rangers-tfs-2010-branching-guidance-minor-refresh-of-content.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2010/03/31/rangers-tfs-2010-branching-guidance-minor-refresh-of-content.aspx</a><br /><br /><a href="http://tfsbranchingguideii.codeplex.com/">TFS Branching Guide 2.0 (TFS2008)<br />http://tfsbranchingguideii.codeplex.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://vs2010quickref.codeplex.com/">Visual Studio 2010 Quick Reference Guidance<br />http://vs2010quickref.codeplex.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://testapi.codeplex.com">Test Api- a library of Test APIs<br />http://testapi.codeplex.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://wcfloadtest.codeplex.com/releases/view/47044">WCF Load Test Tool:<br />http://wcfloadtest.codeplex.com/releases/view/47044</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/">Third Internet Explorer Platform Preview! <br />http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.woodwardweb.com/teched_2010_nor.html">TechEd 2010 North America (VS ALM Summary links):<br />http://www.woodwardweb.com/teched_2010_nor.html</a> <br /><br />in July we have no meetings because of vacation, we hope to see you again in our August meeting.<br /><br />Happy Holiday.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-20273750447853104582010-06-08T08:54:00.003+02:002010-06-08T09:19:25.978+02:00@dotNedUG June meeting and TechEd 2010 New Orleans announcements!Join us at <a href="http://www.dotned.nl">@dotNedUG</a> on the 23st of June 2010 for <a href="#TFS2010">#TFS2010</a> Session about Braching and Merging strateries in <a href="#TFS2010">#TFS2010</a>. Registration is open at: <a href="www.dotned.nl">www.dotned.nl</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://northamerica.msteched.com/?fbid=DTsKer76-IO">TechEd 2010 New Orleans</a> is started and many announcements are done right now. It will be an exciting week. Have a fun week in the US and I hope to see meet you at <a href="http://europe.msteched.com/">TechEd 2010 Europe</a> in Berlin (8-12 November 2010).<br /><br />Some Announcements 07 June 2010:<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jasonz/archive/2010/06/05/announcing-vs2010-productivity-power-tools-and-modeling-feature-packs.aspx">Announcing: VS2010 Productivity Power Tools and Modeling Feature Packs</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2010/06/07/a-scrum-process-template-for-tfs.aspx">A Scrum Process Template for TFS</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2010/06/07/tfs-integration-tools-beta-available.aspx">TFS Integration Tools Beta Available!</a><br /><br />For more Information and announcements, check <a href="http://northamerica.msteched.com/?fbid=DTsKer76-IO">TechEd2010 North America Site</a>. <br /><a href="http://www.dotned.nl"></a>Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-15038348415353123012010-04-08T13:06:00.003+02:002010-04-08T13:38:13.195+02:00@dotNedUG - Visual Studio 2010 Community Launch Event subscription is open!Just a few days to go, then it is time for the Dutch Community Launch Event. <a href="http://www.dotned.nl">DotNed</a>, SDN, VBCentral and Microsoft NL organize a Launch Event where you can take part of online via a live Webcast. <br /><br />Join this online webcast, ask your questions and share your opinion about VS2010 futures. Learn more about what VS2010 can do for you and hear from the experts what the right implementation is for your organizati<span style="font-weight:bold;">on. We hope to meet you on the chat on </span>Tuesday 20 April 2010 from 17:30(GMT +01:00).<br />Subscription is required. <br /><br />For more event information and subscription visit: <br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/evenementen/event.aspx?eventid=230&date=20100419">http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/evenementen/event.aspx?eventid=230&date=20100419 </a><br /><br />Again we hope to see you on the live chat.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Hassan Fadili<br /><a href="http://www.dotned.nl">DotNed(.NET & VS ALM UG NL)</a>Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-17657730743467996602010-03-18T10:58:00.002+01:002010-03-18T11:06:44.553+01:00Windows 2000, XP SP2 and Vista End of Life Support!Dear Microsoft Customers,<br /><br />As you may be aware, there are a number of Microsoft Windows versions which will go out of support during the coming year. We want to help customers avoid the risk of running unsupported products in their environment. Please help us share the message below on your blog, twitter or Facebook account:<br /> <br />Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server are approaching 10 years since their launch and both products will go out of support on July 13, 2010.<br /> <br />Windows XP was launched back in 2001. While support for the product will continue, Service Pack 2 will go out of support on July 13, 2010. From that date onwards, Microsoft will no longer support or provide free security updates for Windows XP SP2. Please install the free Service Pack 3 for Windows XP to have the most secure and supported Windows XP platform.<br /><br />Finally, Windows Vista with no Service Packs installed will end support on April 13 2010. Please install the free Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista to have the most secure and supported Windows Vista platform.<br /><br />For more information:<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/lifecycle/archive/2010/02/24/end-of-support-for-windows-xp-sp2-and-windows-vista-with-no-service-packs-installed.aspx">http://blogs.technet.com/lifecycle/archive/2010/02/24/end-of-support-for-windows-xp-sp2-and-windows-vista-with-no-service-packs-installed.aspx</a><br /><br />Resources:<br />Service Pack 3 for Windows XP:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68C48DAD-BC34-40BE-8D85-6BB4F56F5110&displaylang=en">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68C48DAD-BC34-40BE-8D85-6BB4F56F5110&displaylang=en<br /></a><br /><br />Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/default.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/default.aspx</a><br /><br /><a href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Hassan.Fadili">Microsoft MVP</a>.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-21111761272900619882010-01-30T20:49:00.004+01:002010-01-30T20:55:56.326+01:00WPF Master Class with Brian Noyes (IDesign) in Belgium from 1 t/m 5 March2010!Pieter Gheysens found Architecting WPF Applications with Brian Noyes from IDesign on LinkedIn Events and thought you might be interested in going!<br /><br /> <a href="http://events.linkedin.com/Architecting-WPF-Applications-Brian/pub/204041">http://events.linkedin.com/Architecting-WPF-Applications-Brian/pub/204041</a> <br /><br /> Architecting WPF Applications with Brian Noyes from IDesign<br /> Mon, Mar 01 to Fri, Mar 05<br /> Antwerpen, VLAAMS GEWEST, BE<br /><br />To build great compelling, responsive, secure smart client applications with WPF you need to master not just the basic building blocks of WPF but how to compose the rest of the application that sits behind the façade of the user interface. You need to understand user interface presentation patterns and more...<br /><br />If you are interested in this Master Class, just visit the link above...Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628893932327806938.post-19264455198914689872010-01-18T09:06:00.002+01:002010-01-18T09:11:31.352+01:00Rangers shipped Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Branching Guide 2010!Congrats to the Rangers Team with shipping <a href="http://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com/wikipage">Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Branching Guide 2010</a> today. With this great effort, we reached a great milestone again. Thanks for all the team.<br /><br />More information about <a href="http://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com/wikipage">Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Branching Guide 2010</a>, can be found at: <a href="http://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com/wikipage">Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Branching Guide 2010</a>.<br /><br />Looking forwards to work together at the next release.Hassan Fadilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14137968335844728414noreply@blogger.com0