“Ignite your coding” webcast series


The “ignite your coding” webcast series is designed to help developers manage change by giving your team what they need to be their best.  Starting in March, every Thursday at 2pm EST, this one-hour talk show format will be focused on asking key industry experts all sorts of questions. Don’t forget to follow your hosts […]

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System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM) Release Candidate – Now Available!


You can download the RC from the Microsoft Connect site. If you would like to see what the release candidate looks like before you dive in, watch Microsoft’s webcast from last month “Get Ready for DPM 2010 RC”. Technorati Tags: System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, DPM 2010

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Hotfix rollup for Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2


  A hotfix rollup package is now available for System Center VMM 2008 R2 which is part of the February 9, 2010 update.  This also includes the resolutions that are documented in the following article for Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 hotfix rollup package: 976244 Description of the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 […]

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Upgrading TFS 2010 Beta 2 to Release Candidate Information


  You might call this “Krieger’s Notes”, it was put together by Bryan Krieger and is a very thorough document on upgrading to the RC. The document is divided into 6 sections: Choosing an upgrade path Considerations before attempting upgrading – PLEASE READ as it contains some late breaking news related to upgrade Additional steps […]

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Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate Available


  Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 RC is also available (in case you were wondering) You can grab your copy from here.  How exciting! Technorati Tags: Visual Studio 2010. .NET 4.0,.NET Framework 4

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MSF-Agile plus Security Development Lifecycle Process Template for TFS 2008


MSF-A+SDL is a TFS process template that incorporates the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) for Agile process guidance into the MSF Agile development framework.  With the MSF-A+SDL template, any code checked into the Visual Studio Team System source repository by the developer is analyzed to ensure that it complies with SDL secure development practices. The template […]

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MSBuild Sidekick v3 Beta is available!


  Attrice announced a release of MSBuild Sidekick v3, supporting the full range of MSBuild versions from 2.0 to 4.0.  You don’t need to uninstall previous MSBuild Sidekick version, and no license is required for the beta (the beta expires on May 1st, 2010). NOTE: .NET 4.0 Beta 2 Runtime is required.  Please let Attrice […]

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SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 VHD (Beta 2) Available


This download contains a two Virtual Machine set for evaluating and demonstrating Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Virtual machine “a” contains the following pre-configured software: Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard Edition x64, running as an Active Directory Domain Controller for the “CONTOSO.COM” domain with DNS and WINS Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise Edition with […]

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Critical Update for Internet Explorer


This security update is rated Critical for all supported releases of Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 (except Internet Explorer 6 for supported editions of Windows Server 2003). For Internet Explorer 6 for supported editions of Windows Server 2003 as […]

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Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 VM Factory


The purpose of this project is to build prescriptive guidance around the virtualization of the Visual Studio 2010 and guidance for full automation of the creation of virtual machines. The goal is to help users with the installation and configuration of virtualized environments with least effort and maximum automation. You can download the guidance here. […]

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