VS 11 & TFS 11: A beta version on February 29th 2012

VS 11 & TFS 11: A beta version on February 29th 2012

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Good news, the next version of Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server are coming in Beta with a Go Live licence on February 29th (the same date that the Windows 8 consumer preview :) ).

Here is a list of the products which where announced for Visual Studio 11:

  • Visual Studio 11 Professional
  • Visual Studio 11 Premium
  • Visual Studio 11 Ultimate
  • Visual Studio 11 Test Professional
  • Visual Studio 11 Team Foundation Server
  • Visual Studio 11 Team Foundation Server Express
  • Visual Studio 11 Team Foundation Service

Compared to the 2010 line we have two new additions. The first, Team Foundation Server Express is a free edition of TFS with the following limitations:

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VS vNext: News on vNext of TFS and VS

VS vNext: News on vNext of TFS and VS

This week was rich in announcement both on the next version of Windows and the next versions of Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server. Here is a short summary of what was said on our favorite development tools:

Cette semaine a été riche en nouvelle tant au niveau de la prochaine version de Windows que des futurs versions de Visual Studio et Team Foundation Server. Voici un petit récapitulatif des annonces faites pour nos outils de développement préférés :

That’s all for now. I’m going back to my VMs installation to prepare my next posts on TFS 11 and VS 11 installation experience and their new features :)

Carpe Diem.

VisualStudio vNext: ALM roadmap in video

VisualStudio vNext: ALM roadmap in video

I was talking yesterday about the ALM roadmap announced by Microsoft at the Teched North America 2011. The video of Cameron Skinner’s presentation “The Future of Microsoft Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management” is now online. You can now see those new features in action :)

Carpe Diem.

VisualStudio vNext : ALM roadmap

VisualStudio vNext : ALM roadmap

Yesterday began the Teched North America conference and Microsoft has finally announced their vision for ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) in the next version of Visual Studio.

This version concentrates around :

  • Agile developments.
  • Interaction with stakeholders.
  • Interaction with opérations.

Here’s a quick overview of what was announced.

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