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About anthonyborton

Anthony Borton is a Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio ALM. He is the principle ALM Consultant/Trainer at Enhance ALM, based in Brisbane, Australia.

Microsoft’s ALM Certification – Part 2 of 3

Posted on 19 May 2013

Welcome to the second of my three part series on Microsoft’s new MCSD – Application Lifecycle Management certification. In the first part of this series I provided information about the certification as well as some guidance on how to prepare … Continue reading →

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TFS 2012 Pre-conference workshop at TechEd 2013

Posted on 11 April 2013

I received some great news a little while ago that I have been selected to present a one day pre-conference workshop at TechEd 2013 in both North America (New Orleans) and Europe (Madrid). If you’re planning on attending TechEd this … Continue reading →

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Applying ALM with Visual Studio 2012 Jump Start

Posted on 8 April 2013

Fellow Visual Studio ALM MVP, Steven Borg and I will be teaming up to present a free one-day Jump Start online training course on May 1st, 2013. This course will be offered through the Microsoft Virtual Academy, a cloud-based learning … Continue reading →

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All TFS 2012 courses now updated with VS2012.2 content

Posted on 8 April 2013

Microsoft released Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 on the 4th April 2013. Like the previous update, this one contained a wealth of new and improved features. During the past few months during the various CTP releases of this update, we’ve … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s ALM Certification–Part 1 of 3

Posted on 27 February 2013

Welcome to the first of a three part series I’m writing to help readers learn about Microsoft’s new ALM certification and the three exams required to gain this certification. In this article I’ll introduce you to the new Microsoft Certified … Continue reading →

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ALM MVP for a 7th year

Posted on 2 January 2013

January 1st is one of 4 dates during the year when Microsoft announce their new and renewed Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). As someone that was awarded on the January 1st, it means the year starts off with a regular scan … Continue reading →

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Power Tools are your best friend

Posted on 12 November 2012

Power tools are an awesome way for Microsoft teams to release out-of-band utilities and tools that can really help round out rough edges and missing features from a product. Here are a few of the Power Tools you should really … Continue reading →

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New first-run testing course heads to Sydney

Posted on 7 November 2012

January sees one of our new TFS 2012 courses running for the first time in Sydney. This new course is focused on Test Automation, Web Performance and Load Testing using Visual Studio 2012. This is a completely new course that … Continue reading →

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Becoming a Microsoft Quality Enablement Specialist

Posted on 1 November 2012

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to sit for Microsoft exam 70-497: Software Testing with Visual Studio 2012. Having successfully passed this exam (my 56th MS exam), I am now officially a Microsoft Quality Enablement Specialist. Here’s a copy … Continue reading →

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Microsoft exam 70-497 preparation

Posted on 29 October 2012

Microsoft has recently release three new exams for TFS 2012. This is a big change from the single exam that has been available for previous versions of TFS. As the author of 6 comprehensive training courses for TFS 2012, I … Continue reading →

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