Category Archives: General

TFS 2012 Pre-conference workshop at TechEd 2013

Posted on 11 April 2013 by

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 →

Posted in General, Presentations, TFS 2012 | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

ALM MVP for a 7th year

Posted on 2 January 2013 by

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 →

Posted in General | Tagged | 1 Comment

Power Tools are your best friend

Posted on 12 November 2012 by

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 →

Posted in General, TFS 2012 | Tagged | 2 Comments

Becoming a Microsoft Quality Enablement Specialist

Posted on 1 November 2012 by

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 →

Posted in General, TFS 2012 | Tagged | 3 Comments

Microsoft exam 70-497 preparation

Posted on 29 October 2012 by

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 →

Posted in General, TFS 2012 | Tagged , | Leave a comment

What are you waiting for? Try out Team Foundation Service

Posted on 28 June 2012 by

Up until recently, users wanting to try out Microsoft’s new hosted TFS offering have required a much sought after invitation code. The reasoning behind this was to control the load on the new and unproven service during it’s initial development … Continue reading →

Posted in General, TFS 2012 | Tagged | Leave a comment

Visual Studio “11” Beta makes it easier to be an early adopter

Posted on 20 April 2012 by

As one would expect, each new release of Microsoft Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server brings a range of exciting new features and capabilities. Unfortunately many of us may still remember the pain of moving from VS2002 (.NET 1.0) to … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

Team Foundation Services Preview for all Australian ALM conference attendees.

Posted on 4 October 2011 by

Get access to Microsoft’s next generation in application lifecycle management, agile project management and software development collaboration services based on the next version of Team Foundation Server running on the Windows Azure platform called: Team Foundation Service Preview   Every attendee … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Leave a comment

Visual SourceSafe Migration Events around Australia

Posted on 1 April 2011 by

Enhance ALM’s very own, Richard Angus, has joined forces with Migration to deliver a “hands-on” workshop to teach you about pre-migration considerations for moving from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server 2010. We will walk you through an end to … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Awarded Visual Studio ALM MVP for 6th year

Posted on 2 January 2011 by

This morning I woke to find an email from Microsoft telling me I have been presented with the Microsoft MVP award in the Visual Studio ALM competency for 2011. This will be my 6th year as an MVP and I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 1 Comment