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Visual Studio Database Edition 2010 – Static Code Analysis Review (Part 1)

I’ve previously completed two reviews on the Static Code Analysis features provided in Visual Studio Database Edition (aka Data Dude). The first was on the 2005 Power Tools in October 2007, and the...

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Visual Studio Database Edition 2010 – Static Code Analysis Review (Part 2)

In Part 1 we got to see what Visual Studio Database Edition 2010 Static Code Analysis does for us. In Part 2 I’d like to take a look at what it doesn’t. Unfortunately for those who read my previous...

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Improving the Visual Studio 2010 UI Menu System – Part 1

[ In this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 ] UPDATED: 26 Sep 2010 – Added additional menus available once Project is added to Source Control. Something different! This is the first post in a...

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Improving the Visual Studio 2010 UI Menu System – Part 2

[ In this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 ] This part is essentially all about ‘Why?’. We’re going to spend a bit more time on the menus we saw in Part 1 and also take a brief look at some of...

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Improving the Visual Studio 2010 UI Menu System – Part 3

[ In this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part3, Part 4 ] UPDATE: 10 April 2011 Added Robert Maclean’s VS Extension to synchronise settings Added link to Scott Hanselman’s simplification blog post. In Parts 1...

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Improving the Visual Studio 2010 UI Menu System – Part 4

[ In this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 ] Please note that updates have been made to Part 3. In this final part of the series, I’ll be covering suggested changes to the UI for future versions...

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Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010 – Review

When writing my review for Professional Team Foundation Server 2010 I embarrassingly noticed that I failed to get a review out for another great book in the Wrox Professional series, namely...

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Visual Studio 11 Beta – an initial ‘review’

I’m sure many are eagerly awaiting the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 11, though in the mean time here are a few of my thoughts on the beta which I missed being published on the MSDN UK  blog a...

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MSBuild Extension Pack – October 2012

I’m pleased to announce the availability of the MSBuild Extension Pack October 2012 release. The October 2012 release contains version 3.5.12.0 for those using .Net 3.5 version 4.0.6.0 for those using...

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Extending Visual Studio Team Explorer 2012 + MyHistory Extension

In the June 2013 edition of MSDN Magazine I cover some of the internals of Team Explorer 2012 and how you can extend it. The article can be found here – Extending Visual Studio Team Explorer 2012....

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How to get rid of Exclude From StyleCop menu

If you install Stylecop 4.7.46.0 you’ll notice an irritating new context menu on files which allows you to exclude them from StyleCop. There is no option to remove it, however you can use Visual Studio...

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MyHistory – Peace to the Dark Side

In June 2013 I blogged about Extending Visual Studio Team Explorer 2012 + MyHistory Extension. Since then I’ve had some great feedback and the extension has been updated 6 times to address this...

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MyHistory 2 — hello Colleagues, what have you been up to?

In my MSDN Magazine article Extending Visual Studio Team Explorer 2012 + MyHistory Extension last year, I introduced a sample application called MyHistory which was targeted at the current user,...

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Upgrading to Microsoft Test Manager 2012 (MTM)

It’s surprisingly hard to find what you will gain by upgrading to a new version of Microsoft Test Manager. In this blog post we’ll cover MTM 2012. For MTM 2013 go here. I’ve managed to track down some...

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Upgrading to Microsoft Test Manager 2013 (MTM)

It’s surprisingly hard to find what you will gain by upgrading to a new version of Microsoft Test Manager. In this blog post we’ll cover MTM 2013. You can find MTM 2012 here I’ve managed to track down...

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Improving the Visual Studio 2010 UI Menu System – Part 4

[ In this series – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 ] Please note that updates have been made to Part 3. In this final part of the series, I’ll be covering suggested changes to the UI for future versions...

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Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010 – Review

When writing my review for Professional Team Foundation Server 2010 I embarrassingly noticed that I failed to get a review out for another great book in the Wrox Professional series, namely...

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Visual Studio 11 Beta – an initial ‘review’

I’m sure many are eagerly awaiting the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 11, though in the mean time here are a few of my thoughts on the beta which I missed being published on the MSDN UK  blog a...

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MSBuild Extension Pack – October 2012

I’m pleased to announce the availability of the MSBuild Extension Pack October 2012 release. The October 2012 release contains version 3.5.12.0 for those using .Net 3.5 version 4.0.6.0 for those using...

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Extending Visual Studio Team Explorer 2012 + MyHistory Extension

In the June 2013 edition of MSDN Magazine I cover some of the internals of Team Explorer 2012 and how you can extend it. The article can be found here – Extending Visual Studio Team Explorer 2012....

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