Author: Richard Hundhausen

SQL Server 2008 Report Builder Available

Oct 19, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Report Builder 2.0 delivers an intuitive, Office-like report authoring environment enabling business and power users to leverage their experience with …

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A Primer on ALM in the Microsoft Stack

Oct 17, 2008 • 5 min read • Richard Hundhausen

By now I you’ve likely heard the term ALM. For the uninitiated, here is the latest from Wikipedia. Application lifecycle management (ALM) regards the process of delivering software as a …

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Seattle Code Camp 2008 is just around the corner

Oct 13, 2008 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

The Seattle developer community is holding Seattle Code Camp November 15-16, 2008 at the DigiPen campus in Redmond, Washington (close to Seattle). Please pass this notice on to folks you think are …

Community Development

Convince Me You Can't Branch by Purpose

Oct 9, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

As I have stated before, I am amazed at how an organizations culture (read: dysfunctions or strengths) are reflected in their source control systems. This is a really a restatement of Don …

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PDC Underground - be part of it!

Oct 1, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Whether you’re attending Microsoft’s PDC or not, The Underground is the place to be! Microsoft and INETA have joined forces to bring you a truly amazing experience in downtown Los Angeles …

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Visual Studio Team System Announcements today

Sep 29, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Microsoft published more information today about Visual Studio 10 and .NET 4.0. Click here to read the Press Pass and here to read some additional information. Oh, and for SA customers, some really …

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Team Foundation Server for Microsoft Access developers

Sep 18, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I was invited by INETA to speak at the Pacific Northwest Access Developer Group (a.ka. the Seattle Access Group). Now, Access developers are typically "teams of one", but I thought that any team …

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What to Do with Left Over Stories

Sep 16, 2008 • 3 min read • Richard Hundhausen

You get to the end of your sprint and there is that are 2 incomplete stories left on the sprint backlog. Story A is judged to be 80% done, Story B was never even started. What do we do with these …

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Shelving is the June Cleaver of TFS Source Control

Sep 16, 2008 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Ever notice that no matter what shenanigans Beaver would get into, June always believed everything was fine? No matter how many scotches Ward had after dinner, there was no problem, according to …

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