Welcome to Team System Café

My name is Randy Pagels and I am a Developer Technology Specialist at Microsoft. I'm part of the Developer Platform and Evangelism tools team covering the Heartland District.

The team and I help customers get the most out of their ALM practices and provide expertise on our development tools, such as Visual Studio Professional, Visual Studio Team System, and Team Foundation Server products.

The Team System Café is a centralized place that aggregates and showcases the latest information concerning Visual Studio Team System, Team Foundation Server, Expression Blend, and community events.

I am your barista of this Café, so grab a cup of coffee, relax, and enjoy...


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Visual Studio 2010-The Ultimate Offer. A great thing just got better!

Visual Studio 2010-The Ultimate Offer
Posted on 10/19/2009 1:25:04 PM by rpagels

Visual Studio 2010-How to Download and Install Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

Visual Studio 2010-How to Download and Install Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2
Posted on 10/19/2009 11:35:20 AM by rpagels

Visual Studio 2010-Licensing Changes

Visual Studio 2010-Licensing Changes
Posted on 10/19/2009 9:39:54 AM by rpagels

Visual Studio 2010-Beta 2 is Now Available

Visual Studio 2010-.Net 4 and Beta 2 is Now Available
Posted on 10/19/2009 9:38:11 AM by rpagels

Go-Live with Team Foundation Server 2010 beta 2

S Beta 2 is just around the corner and it's going to be the first pre-release with a "go-live" license.
Posted on 10/16/2009 4:11:58 AM by rpagels

Team Foundation Server 2010 for Visual Source Safe Users

TFS 2010 represents a huge step forward in making TFS more approachable by smaller teams. With software development technology continuing to advance and SourceSafe slowly looking older ...more
Posted on 10/2/2009 10:22:54 AM by rpagels

The Visual Studio Documentary

This is an hour long documentary that is split into two parts, roughly a half hour each. This really tells the story of Visual Studio past, present, and future.
Posted on 9/30/2009 4:24:21 AM by rpagels

Healthy Team Habits with Team System

Visual Studio Team System is one of those interesting tools that can be used to crush souls or free spirits, depending on how it is used. The platform is a collection of powerful tools, ...more
Posted on 9/30/2009 3:38:30 AM by rpagels

Architecture Tools in VSTS 2010

The new Architecture tools within Visual Studio Team System 2010 help you understand the application you have, design new functionality you need, and validate that your design and your ...more
Posted on 9/20/2009 7:41:21 AM by RPagels

A New Look for Visual Studio 2010

Visual Studio 2010 has new editor support built on the WPF technology in .NET Framework 4.0.
Posted on 9/9/2009 6:15:18 AM by RPagels

10-4 episode - Introduction to the Historical Debugger

The new Historical Debugger coming in Visual Studio Team System 2010 promises to revolutionize the way you debug managed applications. You can think of it as something of a VCR for your ...more
Posted on 7/22/2009 4:36:22 PM by rpagels

Project Fuze-Fusing Oracle professionals into Visual Studio Team System

Want to get the full benefits of Microsoft's Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) with your Oracle databases? Quest Software, makers of Toad for Oracle, are developing "Project Fuze" - a Da ...more
Posted on 7/22/2009 5:40:28 AM by RPagels

TFS Integration is now in Expression Blend 3

TFS Integration is now in Expression Blend 3
Posted on 7/14/2009 12:01:26 PM by RPagels

10-4 episode - An Introduction to Manual Testing

This episode of 10-4 will introduce the new capabilities in Visual Studio Team System 2010 for supporting manual testing.
Posted on 6/12/2009 11:29:59 AM by rpagels

Easily install Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1

Easily download and install Visual Studio Team System 2010 Beta 1
Posted on 5/28/2009 6:11:20 AM by rpagels

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Available this week

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Available this Week. Available to MSDN Subscribers through MSDN Subscriber Downloads and to the general public on Wednesday, May 20th through Microsoft Downlo ...more
Posted on 5/18/2009 4:51:12 AM by rpagels

Visual Studio Team Test 2010 Essentials

Microsoft Test and Lab Manager! Test and Lab Manager will be available with several of the Visual Studio Team System products including Visual Studio Team Test 2010.
Posted on 5/13/2009 9:03:55 AM by Rpagels

10-4 episode - Functional UI Testing

New type of test coming in Visual Studio Team System 2010 known as the coded UI test.
Posted on 5/6/2009 9:23:24 AM by Rpagels

Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) available today

We're on our way to Windows 7, and if you like trying out pre-release software, now’s your chance.
Posted on 5/5/2009 9:00:00 AM by Rpagels

Bharry on TFS 2010 Admin, Operations & Setup Improvements

TFS 2010 Admin, Operations & Setup Improvements.
Posted on 5/4/2009 1:22:51 PM by Rpagels

10-4 episode - No more late surprises

Take a look at how Team Foundation Server 2010 will enable you to more easily generate dynamic reports that can give you quick insights into how your project is running.
Posted on 5/1/2009 9:30:52 AM by Rpagels

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR R2

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR R2
Posted on 4/24/2009 5:58:54 AM by Rpagels

Bharry on Team Foundation Server 2010 Architectural Groundwork

Team Foundation Server 2010 Key Concepts
Posted on 4/21/2009 10:32:09 AM by Rpagels

No More Late Surprises with Team Foundation Server 2010

No More Late Surprises with Team Foundation Server 2010. In this episode of 10-4, we will take a look at how Team Foundation Server 2010 will enable you to more easily generate dynamic ...more
Posted on 4/13/2009 4:43:44 AM by Rpagels

Microsoft TFS Environment as of March 2009

Microsoft TFS Environment as of March 2009 - Dogfooding Statistics
Posted on 4/12/2009 3:31:59 AM by Rpagels

Team System 2010 Overview by Brian Harry

Team System 2010 Overview and Features
Posted on 4/10/2009 4:29:41 AM by rpagels

New Case Study: Microsoft Speeds Tool Delivery With Agile Development

This case study looks at the agile development practices of Microsoft’s TeamArch and its involvement with Visual Studio Team System 2010. TeamArch decided to begin using Agile developme ...more
Posted on 4/8/2009 8:50:36 AM by Rpagels

Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition GDR v2 RC1 available !

QFE update of the Visual Studio 2008 Team System Database Edition GDR bits. The service Release Candidate (RC) for the Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition GDR is available for customer ...more
Posted on 4/5/2009 4:57:27 AM by Rpagels

Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition GDR v2 RC1 available!

Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition GDR v2 RC1 available
Posted on 3/27/2009 9:12:13 AM by Rpagels

Teamprise Client Suite 3.2 just released

With the new Teamprise Client Suite 3.2, you get more features, more platforms, and more flexibility when accessing Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server from Java and cross-pl ...more
Posted on 3/20/2009 9:35:08 AM by Rpagels

Sharepoint Development with Team System

Application Lifecycle Management for Sharepoint Development. We’ve recently released some development guidance on using Team System and Team Foundation Server for Sharepoint Developmen ...more
Posted on 3/20/2009 9:32:51 AM by Rpagels

Free ALM Catalyst Workshops

The ALM Catalyst Live Workshops are designed to enable development teams and achieve these key goals: Understand the potential of Team Foundation Server in the enterprise Identify ...more
Posted on 3/20/2009 9:31:43 AM by Rpagels

Expression Blend™ 3 Preview

Expression Blend 3 Preview creates content that targets Silverlight 3
Posted on 3/19/2009 9:37:39 AM by Rpagels

Oracle Support Announced for Visual Studio Team System 2010

Oracle Support Announced for Visual Studio Team System 2010
Posted on 2/25/2009 10:56:25 AM by rpagels

Announcing TFS Performance Report Pack

TFS Performance Report Pack available to you to install on your own server and monitor your TFS server’s performance.
Posted on 2/11/2009 9:26:59 AM by rpagels

Important update for Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 Power Tool

The update includes only one change and it fixes a significant security issue that's been discovered.
Posted on 2/4/2009 9:01:55 AM by rpagels

Team System Live

Completely dedicated to live events covering Visual Studio Team System!
Posted on 2/4/2009 8:52:35 AM by rpagels

TFS 2008 - HP Quality Center Connector

Interoperatbility between TFS and Quality Center that allows developers and testers to work more closely together.
Posted on 2/2/2009 5:56:19 AM by rpagels

TFS 2008 Branching Guide 2.0

TFS 2008 Branching Guide 2.0. Since the first release, we have received lots of feedback and change requests.
Posted on 1/16/2009 6:16:23 AM by rpagels

System Center 2007 Management Pack for TFS 2008

A valuable addition for monitoring and managing your TFS 2008 server. The Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 Management Pack monitors exposed services of TFS.
Posted on 11/27/2008 5:37:08 AM by rpagels

VSTS 2008 Database Professional GDR Ships

The update for VSTS 2008 Database professional is now available.
Posted on 11/27/2008 5:35:56 AM by rpagels

Teamprise Remote Accelerator

Teamprise has released a new TFS add-on called Teamprise Remote Accelerator. It is a solution similar to the TFS proxy but is designed for single user remote scenarios.
Posted on 11/23/2008 5:35:10 AM by rpagels

October 2008 TFS Power Tools are Available!

There are 3 major new components to the October Power Tools release and the usual incremental improvements
Posted on 11/9/2008 5:22:33 AM by rpagels

Release candidate for Database Edition now supports SQL 2008 available

The release candidate for Database Edition that enables support for SQL 2008 is now available.
Posted on 11/3/2008 7:07:21 AM by rpagels

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP Available

This CTP also includes the Visual Studio Team System "Rosario" features and signals the end of separate "Rosario" CTPs.
Posted on 11/2/2008 4:49:24 AM by rpagels

Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

Add-on for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 for developing Silverlight 2 applications.
Posted on 10/14/2008 7:46:59 PM by rpagels

Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1

The Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 enables you to create content compatible with Silverlight 2
Posted on 10/14/2008 7:42:42 PM by rpagels

Team Development with TFS Guide

This guide shows you how to make the most of Team Foundation Server. It starts with the end in mind, but shows you how to incrementally adopt TFS for your organization. It's a collabora ...more
Posted on 9/3/2008 12:00:00 AM by rpagels