The following page is the future blog site for a "CheckStyle" like tool. http://blogs.msdn.com/sourceanalysis/ Microsoft uses this internally and it will be released at a future date, the product is called StyleCop. Let’s hope it gets released soon. Discussion on MS forums: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=886063&SiteID=1
Continue reading2008 MVP Summit
I’m here in Seattle this week for the MVP Summit and it’s great to see all of the Canadian MVPs sporting the Hockey Jersey’s, after all Canada is Hockey Country isn’t it? Go Sens Go! If you want to meet the rest of the Team System MVPs, Willy-Peter Schaub has compiled a list of faces […]
Continue readingCustom Code Analysis Rules
We were recently asked to extend the Code Analysis rules for Visual Studio. Here is an example I prepared for a demo which I have to show how an organization can add their own custom rules to FxCop. The assembly can then be deployed to your developers and can also be deployed to your Visual […]
Continue readingSay it like you mean it: Hyper-V Baby
I decided to dive into Hyper-V, I went to Future Shop and purchased an Acer Desktop with an AMD Phenom Quad Core processor, 8Gb of RAM and a 750Gb SATA disk (not bad for under a grand!). I need to add another few SATA disks for my Virtual Machines but that will come later. AMD […]
Continue readingSecurity Development Lifecycle (SDL) Guidance
Overview As part of its commitment to a more secure and trustworthy computing ecosystem, Microsoft is making the details of the SDL process generally available online for the first time. IT policy makers and software development organizations can leverage this content to enhance and inform their own software security and privacy assurance programs. Microsoft Security […]
Continue readingTeam System Web Access 2008 SP1 (CTP)
Features: NEW: Single instance with multiple languages. In total, 9 languages are available: ENU, CHS, CHT, DEU, ESN, FRA, ITA, JPN, KOR. The CTP release doesn’t have all the resources localized completely yet. NEW: Direct links to new work items with initial values NEW: Share ad-hoc work item queries NEW: Shelveset viewer NEW: Improved search […]
Continue readingWIWA — Work Item Web Access
This enables the "file-a-bug" scenario for the unlicensed TFS user. As a user without a TFS CAL, you can use Work Item Web Access to perform the following tasks: Create new work items Edit the work item you have created See the list of work items you have created Download the CTP release for […]
Continue readingGet Team Foundation Sidekicks 2.1! – Team Foundation Sidekicks
Release 2.1 is available now. Features Code Review Sidekick: code review by work item is available (selecting changesets through associated work items) Code Review Sidekick: list of associated work items is available for changesets reviewed Code Review Sidekick: filtering of items revisions list by user or file name is available Shelveset Sidekick: saving of the […]
Continue readingWindows Live for Windows Mobile
There is now a version of Windows Live for Windows Mobile, (Messenger not included) that is available for download at http://wl.windowsmobile.com. If you’re in Canada (Roger’s has no unlimited data plan) you may not want to SYNC your account for the first time using your DATA plan, as it could end up costing you a […]
Continue readingHeroes happen {here} – Hands On Lab Manuals
Just a reminder, we have two events this week related to the Heroes Happen {Here} 2008 Technical Readiness Tour and here they are — Register if you haven’t already: Heroes Happen Here – Community Connection Event (Ottawa) Wednesday April 09, 2008 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Eastern Time Fenn Lounge, 227 Residence Commons – […]
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April 15, 2008 