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We have just published the CTP1 for Visual Studio Release Management 2013 Update 3. You can download this release here and read through the KB article here. With this update, you can use DSC (Desired State Configuration) to deploy apps to your environments. Using DSC, you can run Powershell scripts on target servers of an environment without havin...

When you have two or more versions of Visual Studio installed on a single machine and you try to use the newer version of mtm to connect to an older version of Test Controller, the Test Controller shows offline.The event log shows the following error message:Log Name: ApplicationSource: VSTTExecutionDate: 5/20/2014 2:58:45 AMEvent ID: 0Task Categor...

It is always very interesting to see how different technologies are adopted at different rates in different geographies for instance MSMQ initially had its largest user base Australia.  In rolling out Application Insights we have seen a large uptake in Europe namely Netherlands and Finland.  In the case of MSMQ the cause was unreliable an...

The Visual Studio ALM Rangers are pleased to highlight new and updated practical guidance that landed recently. TFS Planning, DR avoidance and TFS on Azure IaaS v1.4.BETA has shipped! Version Control guidance v3.BETA flight has landed Find more ALM Ranger solutions on aka.ms/vsarsolutions.

The backlog in TFS is an ordered list of work items, such as the product backlog. In Scrum you get the ordered list of PBIs and Bugs, in Agile you will see User Stories and CMMI contains the Requirements and Change Requests. The order of the backlog items is dictated by the the “Order” field as defined in the process configuration. The process temp...

At StarEast I had a couple of Web Performance Tests in my demo solution that people asked about.  Namely the Web Tests called:  As the name suggests with the first Web Test is something I have been working with Perfecto Mobile on some of their new features and hope to have another post when they are ready to make an announcement – Sorry guys ...

This post has been modified to reflect that the survey has closed, and instead updated with the results. Thanks everybody for all the great feedback!  We received hundreds of replies with detailed information and concrete examples for us to review. We have closed the survey and have started to process the  data you provided. The overwhe...

Before I joined Microsoft, I worked with many companies over many years helping them with transforming & improving their application lifecycle management practices.  I was also very fortunate to have been awarded as a Microsoft MVP for many of those years and had the opportunity to interact closely with the ALM Tools product teams where I’m now...

Update (November 16, 2016):   We have released a new high-fidelity migration solution for TFS customers migrating to Visual Studio Team Services directly from Microsoft.  You can find out more at this announcement blog post:  https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/import-your-tfs-database-into-visual-studio-team-services/     Ever sin...

Release Management Update 2 is now live! This update brings functionality to easily execute your components/actions to group of servers. It also introduces the ability to achieve continuous deployment from any CI system (including Visual Studio Online). See all the details here and here.  Downloads Trial version is available from the Download C...