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Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio Team System 2008
The Team Foundation Installation Guide for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008, which includes Team Foundation Server, Team Foundation Build, Team Foundation Server Proxy, and Team Explorer

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1
This Service Pack contains bug fixes and new features that address feedback from customers and provide support for recent operating system and database releases. This service pack applies to Team Foundation Server 2008, Team Foundation 2008 Proxy, and Team Foundation Server 2008 Build.

Tools for Agility - A White Paper by Kent Beck
In this white paper, Kent Beck shares his thoughts on the relationship between tools and agile software development. Agile development seeks to increase the value of software development by increasing the feedback available to customers and developers. Some of the feedback comes from more frequent releases to production, some from more frequent testing, some from more frequent software builds, and some from social structures that encourage conversation and dialog. A decrease in cycle time implies an increase in the number of transitions between activities, though, which changes the requirements for effective development tools. Kent Beck in this paper makes the case for the appropriate use of tools (and processes) in agile development, and to look forward to the evolution of software development tools.

Just Released: The Team System Management Model Designer Power Tool
The Team System Management Model Designer Power Tool is a productivity tool that helps architects and system designers to generate models of an application that contribute to minimized TCO. These models include configuration, instrumentation, health, and performance information. The Team System Management Model Designer Power Tool also assists developers to implement the required instrumentation, and create management packs for monitoring systems such as Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools - March 2008 Release
The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools is a set of enhancements, tools and command line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server 2008 experience.

Sarbanes-Oxley 404 and Visual Studio Team System 2008
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 can be used to assist a business in collecting information that concerns its software-development practices, which may be of use towards compliance with a regulatory framework, such as Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 ("Sarbanes-Oxley 404") internal-control verification and testing.

Requirements Management with Visual Studio Team System White Paper
This white paper outlines how to use Visual Studio Team System for successful requirements management using Visual Studio Team System 2005 or Visual Studio Team System 2008. In addition, you can use this paper to learn about some of the challenges that Microsoft intends to address in the next release: Visual Studio Team System code name "Rosario".

TFS 2008 Setup and Administration FAQs
Compilation of the most frequently asked questions about Team Foundation Server Setup and Administration--and their answers.

Now Available: Team System Management Model Designer Power Tool February 2008 CTP
The Team System Management Model Designer Power Tool is a tool for modeling line-of-business health scenarios and the associated instrumentation. This CTP release also includes a Management Guide that contains prescriptive guidance on building highly manageable applications on the Microsoft Windows platform.

Download Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition Power Tools
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition Power Tools is a set of enhancements and tools that complement and improve the user experience of VSTS Database Edition 2008

Protect and License Your .NET Code with Microsoft Software Licensing and Protection Services
The newly launched Microsoft Software Licensing and Protection (SLP) Services enables software publishers to more effectively protect their code from reverse engineering, as well as package, license, and include activation for their applications. SLP Services offers a developer toolkit that enables protection of .NET code to help prevent piracy and intellectual property theft.

Now Available: Virtual Machines with Visual Studio Installed for You
Jump-start your Visual Studio 2008 trial experience by downloading a virtual machine with Visual Studio 2008 already installed for you.

Now Available: Team Foundation Server Power Tools and MSSCCI Provider
A new release of the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools and the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider are now available for download.

New Article Series: Global Bank: A Scenario for Visual Studio Team System 2008
Are you wondering what you can do in Visual Studio Team System 2008 that you couldn't do before? We've created a series of articles to show you. In this series, we'll explore how Global Bank uses Visual Studio Team System 2008 to help design and implement a new online service. Global Bank is a fictitious, mid-sized traditional bank that offers limited services online. The company is working to determine which services it should add to its online offerings, based on competitor analysis and customer feedback. The first three articles in this series are now available:<br /> - Global Bank: Adding New Services to an Existing Web Site <br /> - Global Bank: Updating an Existing Database to Support New Services <br /> - Global Bank: Coding the New Service, Part 1 <br />

New Article: Enforcing Policy with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server
This article describes a mechanism for policy deployment and versioning (for enterprise-development organizations that might consist of hundreds or thousands of development workstations), and outlines a sample solution that might be used to enforce policy.

Chat: Visual Studio Team System
Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Team Foundation Server, Team Suite, Architecture Edition, Development Edition, Database Edition, and Test Edition. Discuss what's new for these editions for Visual Studio 2008. This chat will occur at two different times: December 5, 2007, 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. Pacific Time, and December 5, 2007, 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Pacific Time.

Visual Studio 2008 Releases
On Monday, Nov. 19, Microsoft announced that Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 were released to manufacturing (RTM). With more than 250 new features,Visual Studio 2008 includes significant enhancements in every edition, including Visual Studio Express and Visual Studio Team System.

Visual Studio 2008 Trial Downloads
Get trial versions of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, which provides an industry-leading developer experience for Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and the Web.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Runtime Now Available
.NET Framework 3.5 builds incrementally on the new features added in .NET Framework 3.0 and is now available as a separate download.

November Release for Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5
In his keynote address at TechEd Developers in Barcelona, S. “Soma” Somasegar announced that Microsoft will release Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 by the end of November 2007. This release will enable developers and development organizations to be more productive, take advantage of all the latest platform advances on Windows, Office and the Web, and collaborate more effectively throughout the software life cycle.

New in the MSDN Library: Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Guide
This guide shows you how to get the most out of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server to help improve the effectiveness of your team-based software development. Whether you are already using Team foundation Server or adopting from scratch, you'll find guidance and insights you can tailor for your specific scenarios.

Update: New Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPCs Now Available
New Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPC images are now available for download. Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPC images downloaded before October 29th will expire on November 1st.

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPC Images Expire on November 1
We just recently discovered that the VPC images produced for Beta 2 will expire on November 1, which is sooner than anticipated. New VPC images are in the works, but you should prepare to move any data you want to preserve by following the <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ms404879(VS.90).aspx">Moving Team Foundation Server</a> procedures before November 1.

Download Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Power Tools - September 2007 Release
Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Power Tools is a set of enhancements, tools and command-line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server user experience. This release includes everything from the previous Power Tools release and includes two great new tools, the Team Foundation Server Best Practices Analyzer and Work Item Templates.

Visit the Team Foundation Server Migration and Integration Solutions Center
Migrate existing source and work items to Team Foundation Server, or integrate Team Foundation Server with other systems, using solutions from Microsoft and others. Team Foundation Server Migration and Integration Solutions includes links to solutions for Visual SourceSafe®, Rational® ClearCase®, and Rational ClearQuest®.

New Video - How Do I: Install Team Foundation Server on One Server?
Learn the steps needed to install Team Foundation Server on a single server. Scott Golightly leads you through various steps in the set-up guide to show you how you can do the set-up yourself.

Download Team Edition for Database Professionals Power Tools
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals Power Tools is a set of enhancements and tools that complement and improve the user experience of Team Edition for Database Professionals. This release includes five new refactoring types, a new dependency viewer, additional data generators & editors, two new MSBuild tasks for Schema and Data Compare, and the new T-SQL Static Code Analysis feature.

Download Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Guide
This guide shows you how to get the most out of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server to help improve the effectiveness of your team-based software development. Whether you are already using Team foundation Server or adopting from scratch, you'll find guidance and insights you can tailor for your specific scenarios.

Download Visual Studio Team System Code Name "Rosario" August CTP
Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System code name "Rosario" is the version of Team System that follows Visual Studio Team System 2008. This release provides the earliest public glimpse of the work in progress on the next generation of Team System.

Download Team System Web Access
Team System Web Access (formerly known as TeamPlain) is a Web interface to Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server. Team System Web Access is available as a free download for existing Team Foundation Server users, and will be incorporated into a future release of Visual Studio Team System.

Download Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
See all of the improvements that are coming in Visual Studio 2008 with next-generation Web development, integrated development for the Microsoft Office system, and industry-leading designers for Windows Vista.

New Video on Team Foundation Server - How Do I: Data-Bind a Unit Test?
In this video, Scott Golightly shows you how to use an Excel spreadsheet as a data source to generate input for several unit tests. This technique works with any OLEDB or ODBC data source and can help you create a lot of unit tests in a short amount of time.

Just Released: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server - Project Server 2007 Connector
We are pleased to announce the release of <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/pstfsconnector">Visual Studio Team Foundation Server - Project Server 2007 Connector</a>. The Visual Studio Team Foundation Server - Project Server 2007 Connector is designed to integrate the project management capabilities of TFS with Project Server 2007. It is developed in response to significant customer demand for a connector solution. This solution is intended to provide guidance and is provided as source code that can be used "as is", extended, or modified.

Download Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Beta 1
Microsoft® Visual Studio® code name "Orcas" is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and the Web. With Visual Studio code name "Orcas" you can rapidly create more secure, manageable and reliable applications that take advantage of Windows Vista® and the 2007 Office system. Visual Studio code name "Orcas" also helps you build the latest AJAX enabled web or Windows Mobile-based applications. Download Beta 1 today for an early look at what’s to come.

Learn How to Improve Web Application Quality with Team System
Team System provides a suite of tools that integrate with Visual Studio to improve the quality and reliability of the development process for both individual developers and software development teams. Watch these videos to learn how to automate the testing of your ASP.NET applications.

Microsoft Acquires devBiz, Makers of TeamPlain Web Access
Microsoft is excited to announce the acquisition of devBiz Business Solutions, makers of TeamPlain Web Access, a Web interface for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server that enables users to manage Team Foundation work items, version control, documents and reports. TeamPlain is available as a free download for existing Team Foundation Server users, and will be incorporated into a future release of Visual Studio Team System.

Now Available: Visual Studio Team System Roadmap of Future Releases
The Visual Studio Team System roadmap provides insight into future releases of Visual Studio Team System, including major product releases, out-of-band power tools releases, and service releases.

Now Available: Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update for Windows Vista
During the development of Windows Vista, several key investments were made to vastly improve overall quality, security, and reliability from previous versions of Windows. The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista addresses areas of Visual Studio impacted by these Windows Vista enhancements.

Now Available: Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" March CTP
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office System, and the Web. The March CTP consists of two releases, Visual Studio Team Suite and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, which are available in a pre-configured Virtual PC image or as self-extracting installation files.

New! Team Foundation Server Power Tool v1.2 (February 2007)
The Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Power Tool (formerly known as Power Toys) is a set of enhancements, tools and command-line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server user experience. This release includes two new command-line tools for the developer and three non-command line tools: a process template editor, a set of custom check-in policies, and a test tools build task.

patterns & practices Performance Testing Guidance Project - Community Release
The patterns & practices Performance Testing Guidance Project is designed to help you improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your performance testing, learn expert techniques for performance testing, and apply those techniques using Visual Studio 2005.

NEW! Team System Adoption ROI Case Studies
Learn how two companies, a global manufacturer and social networking Web site, each deployed Team System to increase productivity while realizing significant gains in these ROI case studies from Nucleus Research.

Learn More about the SharePoint 2007 Test Data Population Tool
The SharePoint 2007 Test Data Population Tool includes about a collection of performance testing scripts written for Team System's Web and load testing tools, which you can use to help perform capacity planning for your SharePoint 2007 deployment. The tool is available as a command-line executable program that extracts information about how to populate the server from an XML configuration file.

Download Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Power Toy
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Power Toy is a collection of command-line and Visual Studio integrated tools for users of version control and work item tracking in Team Foundation Server.

Implementing Visual Studio Team System in the Microsoft OEM Division's IT Center of Excellence
The Microsoft OEM Division's IT Center of Excellence (OEM IT), a global IT engineering organization within Microsoft, deployed Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team System. OEM IT now enjoys a fully integrated software development platform, realizes substantial and measurable savings, and is able to focus more on development and delivery of high-quality software and less on project administrative tasks.

Announcing! Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals
Microsoft announces Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals, a market-shifting database development product designed to manage database change, improve software quality through database testing and bring the benefits of Visual Studio Team System and life cycle development to the database professional.

Now Shipping! Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
The Visual Studio Team System product family is complete with the release of Team Foundation Server. Download or order the trial today!

Now Available to MSDN Subscribers: Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005
Final release versions of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 are now available for MSDN subscribers to download. Redistributable packages, such as the .NET Framework 2.0, are also publicly available.

Discuss Beta 1 with the Team System Team
Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group on Friday, April 27th from 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. Pacific Time to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team System. In addition, discuss what's new in the Visual Studio code name "Orcas" Beta 1 releases for Team Suite and Team Foundation Server.

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