Brian Harry has just released a great post on what you can expect in TFS 2008 SP1.

Read it here.

-paul

The first meeting of the Indy ALT.NET community group will be May 15. Mike Griffin of EntitySpaces will be giving an in-depth technical presentation on EntitySpaces 2008 in Indianapolis. Pizza will be served and the presentation will start at 6pm. We expect this developer oriented technical presentation to go a couple of hours so drop in anytime after work. There will be Q&A time as well.

You must register for this event. Space is limited to 70 individuals.

Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Indianapolis North
9797 North Michigan Road
Indianapolis, IN 46032
317-876-0333       
MAP

-paul

Eric Lee recently blogged about the Guidance Bundles on Codeplex. I was intrigued by these so I decided to take a look at them for myself. I was surprised to find some rather neat guidance around various ASP.Net items. The one I was really drawn to was the Model-View-Presenter guidance. I have always been a big fan of the MVP Pattern when developing web apps. It really makes it easy for me to unit test my apps. Another benefit is that it can raise the level of reusable code I have. It makes it so much easier for me to rip off the UI and replace it with say a WinForm or Mobile UI. I will definitely be digging it to the guidance they present and compare it to the methods I use. Should be interesting to see how similar or different they are.

So what is a Guidance Bundle?

A Guidance Bundle is a small package of guidance whose purpose is to allow users to quickly, conveniently, and easily learn and evaluate a concept.
Although a Bundle can contain any type of guidance, it typically includes the following elements:

• Source code: QuickStarts and related artifacts.
• Binaries: Application block binaries required by the QuickStarts .
• Written documentation: QuickStarts description and How-To topics.
• Guidance Package: Visual Studio Automation for performing development activities in accordance with our guidance.
• Reference Implementation: Applications that illustrate usage of our guidance in action.

If you are developing web apps in ASP.NET I suggest that you check these out.

-paul

Just got news that the new version of the TFS Power Tools has been released. Check out Brian Harry’s blog post on the topic and get the download.

Microsoft has released to the public the latest CTP of the next generation VSTS code named “Rosario” You can download the bits here.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=65d0e3bd-9df3-421a-804f-8f01bd90f0b4&displaylang=en&tm

I would suggest that you use the FreeDownload Manager to make the download go faster.

-paul

Get it while there hot. This updated vpc has many hands on labs,power tools, Office update and much more.

For those of you who use Free Download Manager, here is the download list for the March 2008 TFS/Team Suite VPC:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d73b91d4-6daa-4da6-8635-3f10a1b918db/en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_and_tfs_rtm_vpc_march2008.part0001.exe

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d73b91d4-6daa-4da6-8635-3f10a1b918db/en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_and_tfs_rtm_vpc_march2008.part0002.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d73b91d4-6daa-4da6-8635-3f10a1b918db/en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_and_tfs_rtm_vpc_march2008.part0003.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d73b91d4-6daa-4da6-8635-3f10a1b918db/en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_and_tfs_rtm_vpc_march2008.part0004.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d73b91d4-6daa-4da6-8635-3f10a1b918db/en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_and_tfs_rtm_vpc_march2008.part0005.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d73b91d4-6daa-4da6-8635-3f10a1b918db/en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_and_tfs_rtm_vpc_march2008.part0006.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d73b91d4-6daa-4da6-8635-3f10a1b918db/en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_and_tfs_rtm_vpc_march2008.part0007.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d73b91d4-6daa-4da6-8635-3f10a1b918db/en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_and_tfs_rtm_vpc_march2008.part0008.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d73b91d4-6daa-4da6-8635-3f10a1b918db/en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_and_tfs_rtm_vpc_march2008.part0009.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/7/3/d73b91d4-6daa-4da6-8635-3f10a1b918db/VSTS%202008%20Hands-on%20Labs%20March%202008%20Release.msi

Put the list in your copy buffer, then use Ctrl-Shift-V to paste it into Free Download Manager.

-paul

Thursday April 10th I will be presenting with my good friend Dan Rigsby at the IndyNDA DotNet user group meeting. We are going to be doing a two-part launch event. This month we will present on Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and The designers in VS 2008. Next month we will cover the major language enhancements to VS 2008.

Stop on by and enjoy an evening full of some interesting technology topics. There will also be some fantastic prizes. Things like VS2008, Windows Server and the CTP of SQL Server, exam vouchers, and much more.

Hope to see you there.

-paul

I just found out yesterday that the topics I submitted to the Michigan Day of DotNet have been accepted. Looks like I will be traveling to Grand Rapids on May 10th to deliver the following presentations

Web Testing with Visual Studio Team System and Test Driven Development with Visual Studio 2008 

I am really excited about this. I have had the opportunity lately to have several speaking engagements. I really enjoy speaking. I find it a great way to give back to the community. If you have the day free, why not come up and enjoy a day full of great topics and speakers.

-paul

Radio TFS 04: Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition is now live. Download the latest show as we talk about the current offerings of Team System for Developers. We would enjoy hearing from you about the show, topics, comments or anything else. Feel free to email us at radiotfs@gmail.com.

Hope you enjoy the show.

-paul

Coming off a launch event on Tuesday I will be traveling to SouthBend, Indiana to present at the MADNUG User Groups launch event. I will be teaming up with my good friend Angela Binkowski of Microsoft to discuss VS 2008. This promises to be a great event. Besides the VS 2008, they will have presenters on Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008. Hope to see a good crowd there.

Swag includes free copies of software, MS exam vouchers, discounted TechNet subscriptions and more…

Please register here https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=126008

I know space is somewhat limited, so sign up ASAP to ensure your spot.