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Visual Studio Gets Git
Git, the popular open source distributed version control system is now natively supported by Visual Studio 2012 and the Team Foundation Service. Microsoft's new plug in provides native support and provides an alternative to the centralized source control model.
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Windows Azure Updates: Job Scheduler, Command Line Support, ACS and Media
Microsoft recently released several updates for Windows Azure with background job scheduler, addition of North Europe region, mobile support for command line tool and support for SQL Data Sync services.
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Power Tools Update 1 for TFS 2012 with Backup and Restore Tool
Microsoft recently released Power Tools Update 1 for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 with Backup and Restore Tool including set of additional enhancements.
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Team Explorer Everywhere Update 1 with Public Workspaces Support
Microsoft released Team Explorer Everywhere Update 1 for Team Foundation Server with Chinese language pack and support for public workspaces.
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.NET Compact Framework 3.9 with Visual Studio 2012 Support
Microsoft will release .NET Compact Framework 3.9 (NETCF 3.9) in the upcoming build of Windows Embedded Compact 2013 with improved start-up time, enhanced memory utilization, Visual Studio 2012 support and new garbage collector.
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How TFS Embraced 3-Week Release Cycles
Buck Hodges argues that long release cycles lead to unhealthy development practices for the Team Foundation Server team, but there is more to short release cycles than just shipping with each sprint. Other changes in how software is planned and developed is needed, including the ability to disable new features rather than fixing them.
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Code Review with Comparison, Annotation, Comments and Status Update with Visual Studio 2012
Visual Studio 2012 simplifies the code review task with the ability to compare code files, annotation, comments from reviewers and status updates.
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TFS Power Tools Updated for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012
Microsoft has released an new version of the TFS Power Tools. This is an update to the TFS 2010 Power Tools. It adds support for Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012, as well as new TFS 2012 features that include a revamped Team Explorer.
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Visual Studio 11 Renamed "Visual Studio 2012", Release Candidate Now Available with .NET 4.5
Today Microsoft announced the availability of Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate with .NET 4.5, formerly known as “Visual Studio 11”. This release includes performance improvements, a more "Metro-style" user interface, customized installation, and new Team Foundation Server features.
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Microsoft’s Branching and Merging Guidelines
Microsoft has released a draft of their new Branching and Merging Guide. While ostensibly meant for TFS users, much of the advice is applicable no matter which source control provider you choose.
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Microsoft Announces New Cloud Build for Team Foundation Service
At this week's VS Live conference, Microsoft announced a new Build Service for Team Foundation Service, the Azure-based version of Team Foundation Server. The build service will automatically compile and run unit tests every time files are checked in.
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Power Tools for TFS 11 Beta
The Power Tools for Team Foundation Server have been updated for version 11 Beta. These tools provide essential functionality that isn’t included with the main TFS release including PowerShell support, Windows Shell Extensions, and the ability to modify process templates.
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Team Foundation Server Express Announced
In conjunction with the upcoming Visual Studio 11 beta release date, Microsoft announced the creation of Team Foundation Server Express. Designed for small developer teams of composed of 1-5 users, TFS Express will be provided free of charge.
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Team Foundation Service Update: Improved Navigation and At-A-Glance Project Status
Microsoft's Team Foundation Service Preview, the Azure-hosted beta version of Team Foundation Server 11, has been updated with enhanced homepages, performance improvements, reworked navigation, a simplified UI for small team projects, and detailed email notifications.
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Preview of Visual Studio 11: Wither Performance?
Previous articles in our mini-series on the upcoming Visual Studio 11 have discussed new features of the supported programming languages and the IDE. Today we'll take a look at another important aspect that affects all developers using Visual Studio: performance.