Queensland VSTS Users Group

Database Development using VSTS A look at database development using Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professional The next meeting of the QVSTSUG will be on the 10th July and will see local SQL guru, Peter Ward, present an informative session on how you can use VSTS to really streamline your...

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Eliminating No-repro Bugs A look at the new Microsoft Visual Studio® Team Test 2010 product. The next meeting of the QVSTSUG will see a return to our traditional “first Friday morning of the month” timeslot after a small trial of evening meetings. While this will not suit everyone, feedback...

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Thanks to William Bartholomew for another great presentation at the April meeting. William has kindly provided the PPTX file for anyone that wants to download it. Apr2009 - WiX and Team Build.zip (364Kb) Don’t forget to check out the book William co-authored entitled “ Building Reusable Extensions to...

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Tomorrow night (Thurs 16th April GMT+10) the April meeting of the QVSTSUG will look at the use of the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset with Team Build. User group VP, William Bartholomew will present a session entitled " Stop burning the candle at both ends with WiX and Team Foundation Build...

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I was recently given a copy of a book entitled “ Getting results from software development teams ” by Lawrence J. Peters to read and review. The title was something that sounded quite interesting to me and would probably interest many of our user group members. The book is a little over 270 pages and...

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Last night was the first evening meeting of the QLD VSTS Users Group. While attendance was a little low we had a number of new members joining the group for the first time which is always great to see. The meeting presentation comprised two parts. Here are the links that were provided and discussed during...

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NOTE: New meeting times for March, April & May 2009 meeting. (3rd Thursday evening of the month) For the next three months we are trialling a new timeslot to see if it suits our membership better than our traditional Friday morning meetings. The kick off our first evening meeting, user group president...

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Thanks to William Bartholomew for a great presentation at the February meeting. William has kindly provided the PPTX file for anyone that wants to download it. Feb2009 - Building Reusable Extensions to the Team Build 2008.zip (373Kb) Don’t forget to check out the book William co-authored entitled “ Building...

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To kick off our first meeting of 2009, user group VP, William Bartholomew will be presenting a session entitled " Building Reusable Extensions to the Team Build 2008 Build Process ". Session Abstract: " So you've customized your build process? Now what? How can you make that customization...

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with Matthew Rowen and Dylan Tusler The final meeting of the QLD VSTS Users Group for this year is coming up on Friday 5th December . Please join us for an informative breakfast meeting! Topics & Abstracts: Using Business Intelligence to simplify reporting with TFS (30 mins) We've all seen how TFS...

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