MN VSTS User Group

Minnesota Visual Studio Team System User Group
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  • Solid presentations
  • Dialoging with the experts who work with these tools on a daily basis.
  • Enjoy hot, delicious pizza and drinks and wonderful prizes

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Date / Time:

Wednesday, Aug 20th @ 5pm

Topic:

How Microsoft DevDiv used Team System to Build Visual Studio 2008

Description:

How Microsoft DevDiv used Team System to Build Visual Studio 2008.

Presenter:

Bill Maurer - Microsoft

Bill Maurer - Microsoft

Bill is our very own Microsoft Developer Technology Specialist that has the inside scoop on all things VSTS, TFS, and Microsoft.  

 

About our meetings:

When:

3rd Wed of Every Month @ 5pm

Where:

Microsoft

8300 Norman Center Dr., Suite 950

Bloomington, MN 55437

Sponsored By:

Microsoft & Intertech

 

Upcoming Meetings:

Date

Topic

Presenter

Aug 20

How Microsoft DevDiv used Team System to Build Visual Studio 2008

Bill Maurer - Microsoft

Sep 17

TBD

Oct 15

TBD

Nov 19

TBD

Dec

***NO MEETING – HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Our group is always looking for Presenters & Topics, if you have suggestions on topics, or are interested in presenting, please contact us.

 

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Past Meetings:

Date

Topic

Presenter

July ’08

Model Driven Applications using Visual Studio Code name Rosario

Clint Edmonson - Microsoft

June ‘08

VSTS Build Deployment with TFS Deployer

 Graham Robertson - Intertech

May ’08

VSTS and SCOM – The Complete Production Monitoring Picture

Russ Patten and Scott Peck – AVIcode, Inc

Apr ‘08

Getting the Most from VSTS Testing Tools

Davin Mickelson - Intertech

Feb ‘08

Code Generation in 2008

Kathleen Dollard

Jan  ‘08

TFS for Java Development

Mac Noland – Thompson

Nov ‘07

TFS Template & Implementation

Anup Jishnu - Sogeti

Oct  ‘07

VSTS Futures – A Roadmap

Bill Maurer - Microsoft

Sep ‘07

Must-have add-ons for customization and productivity

Dave Zimmerman - Intertech

Aug ‘07

Enterprise Software Configuration Management  & TFS

Jeff Mutschler  & Mike Abrahamson

Jul ‘07

Team Edition of Visual Studio 2005 for Database Professionals

Davin Mickelson – Intertech

Jun ‘07

3Ms process customization templates

Brian Hackerson; Mike O’Brien; Rick Weyenberg; 3M/SEMS Lab

May  ‘07

SCRUM with TFS

Scott Colestock – Trace Ventures

Apr ‘07

Team Build in TFS

Dave Zimmerman - Intertech

Mar ‘07

Release Management with TFS

Scott Colestock – Trace Ventures

Feb ‘07

Practical Lessons Learned in adopting Microsoft VSTS - Experiences and Challenges Faced

Kalvin Parman - Medtronic

Jan ‘07

MSF 4 with VS Team System 2005

Davin Mickelson – Intertech

 

 

 

 

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