We're always looking for speakers, so if you've got something Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server or ALM to talk about let us know!
In the mean time - please register your interest on the registration page so we can keep you up to date with meeting agenda's and news.
August Meeting - Andrew Coates, Extending Visual Studio 2010: Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Thanks to Coatsy and Grant Holliday for taking the time to present for us this morning. Some really good info was shared on both Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server extensibility. You can grab the slide deck from Andrew and Grants' presentation from the embed below.
August Meeting - Andrew Coates, Extending Visual Studio 2010: Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Wednesday August 11, 2010 0810 - 0930
Visual Studio 2010 is the most extensible version of Visual Studio yet. This session will cover some of the
new extension features as well as the Visual Studio SDK, and will concentrate the recently released TFS SDK.
Andrew Coates has been a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft in Australia since January 2004. Before joining Microsoft,
Andrew was an independent consultant specialising in database applications using Microsoft technologies including SQL Server,
Visual FoxPro and Microsoft Office.
Andrew's wide range of experience includes telecommunications, SMB inventory, dispatch and accounting systems, using both
web and rich client front ends. He has developed and delivered class room training and has mentored a number of developers in
Visual FoxPro and SQL Server technologies. Andrew has spoken at international conferences on Geographical Information Systems,
health statistics and database maintenance and is a regular presenter at TechEd both locally and internationally. An MCPD, MCTS
and MCSD, Andrew also holds a Masters degree in Civil Engineering. Andrew blogs at http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat
You can register for this meeting here
May Meeting - Brian Farnhill, Developing with SharePoint 2007 and Visual Studio 2010
Wednesday May 12, 2010 0810 - 0930
This month SharePoint Server MVP Brian Farnhill will walk you through how Visual
Studio 2010 can be used to develop solutions for SharePoint 2007. During the session
he will cover what existing tools and utilities can be used in the new version, as well
as how the new Team Foundation Server release can be incorporated into the process.
This session is designed for those who are currently developing SharePoint 2007 based
solutions that are keen to move to the latest development tools but aren’t yet ready
to move everything to SharePoint 2010.
You can register for this meeting here
April Special Event - Visual Studio 2010
A session with the man behind the product that you know as Visual Studio Team System/ALM and TFS
Join Group Product Planner for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Sam Guckenheimer at
this special User Group briefing. Visual Studio 2010 is an exciting release
with a significant emphasis on Application Lifecycle Management and integration
with teams. The driving force behind much of this innovation has been Sam Guckenheimer.
In this session, Sam will discuss the design decisions behind the new and enhanced
functionality and will give an insight into the process behind building such a
significant piece of software.
Come armed with questions on any or all of the following:
- VS* 2010 (including Ultimate, TFS)
- Testing
- Professional Scrum Developer Training
- Lean Software Development
- The Product Lifecycle inside Microsoft
- Software Practices / Processes/ Methodologies
- Application Lifecycle Management
- Dynamic IT
- Sam’s book, Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, what he’s learned since, and what will be in the next edition
About Sam Guckenheimer
Sam Guckenheimer is the author of Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual
Studio Team System. He has 25 years experience as architect, developer, tester,
product manager, project manager and general manager in the software industry in
the US and Europe.
Currently, Sam is the Group Product Planner for the Microsoft Visual Studio product
line. In this capacity, he acts as the product owner, chief customer advocate,
responsible for the end-to-end external design of the next releases of these
products. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Sam was Director of Product Line
Strategy at Rational Software Corporation, now the Rational Division of IBM.
He holds five patents on software lifecycle tools. A frequent speaker at industry
conferences, Sam is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard University. Sam lives in
the Seattle area with his wife and three children in a sustainable house they build
that can be seen in Metropolitan Home magazine.
