27 May 2009

Omaha Team System User Group

Yesterday was a long day that ended on a great note – the Omaha Team System User Group meeting.  Mike Douglas, from Deliveron Consulting Services, presented on Installing and Configuring Team Foundation Server 2008.  Here is the synopsis:

This presentation provides an overview of TFS 2008 and demonstrates best practices, lessons learned, and “gotchas” installing and configuring TFS 2008.  The overview explains the architecture and components of Team Foundation Server 2008 and recommended server configurations.  The demonstrations will include using the Best Practice Analyzer, setting user permissions and using the TFS Admin Tool, and creating and configuring a team project from start to finish.  The configuration process will include recommended settings, source control folder structure, and creating appropriate notification.  The presentation will conclude with techniques and lessons learned for troubleshooting problems with installations.

Mike covered a lot of information in an hour and 45 minutes answering lots of questions along the way.

The meeting was co-sponsored between Farm Credit Services of America and Deliveron Consulting Services.  Deliveron provided the food and some great giveaways (including an Xbox 360, TFS books, and some gift certificates).

The slide deck from last night’s presentation is available here.

Visit the Omaha Team System User Group web site for more information or contact me if you have any questions.  We hope to see you at the next meeting!

18 May 2009

Visual Studio 2010 - Beta 1 Available

As of today (May 18th, 2009) Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 (various SKUs) and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 have shown up on the MSDN subscriber site. Here is a quick list of what shows up for the Enlish language (I'm not sure what other languages, if any, are yet available):
  • .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 (ia64)
  • .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 (x86 and x64)
  • .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 (x86)
  • .NET Framework 4 Client Profile Beta 1 (x86 and x64)
  • .NET Framework 4 Client Profile Beta 1 (x86)
  • Visual Studio 2010 Professional Beta 1 (x86) - DVD
  • Visual Studio 2010 Remote Debugger Beta 1 (x64)
  • Visual Studio 2010 Remote Debugger Beta 1 (x86)
  • Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 1 (x86 and x64) - DVD
  • Visual Studio Team System 2010 Team Suite Beta 1 (x86) - DVD
  • Visual Studio Team System 2010 Test Load Agent Beta 1 (x86)
  • Visual Studio Team System 2010 Test Load Controller Beta 1 (x86)
I do not know when the beta will show up on the public download site but I wouldn't think it would be too far behind. I am looking forward to seeing what changes/features have made their way into the beta (and what features were left out/removed).

Now, off to download...