Monday, October 19, 2009 #

Where is the Team System?

Folks with MSDN Subscriber licenses going to grab the latest version of VS2010 may wonder ‘Where is Team System? Team Suite?  Team Developer?  Team Architect?’

They are gone!  Does that mean that MS is getting out of the ALM toolset market?  Or does it mean that the ‘Team’ stuff is being released later?

The answer is NEITHER.  The branding, naming and licensing of Visual Studio is changing for the 2010 version.  The ‘Team System’ branding is being dropped.  What ‘used’ to be the ‘Team’ client products are now being rebranded as Visual Studio Premium and Visual Studio Ultimate.

Team Foundation Server is still there (and is now actually available in 2 versions, a Basics version and the Full version).  There is good news on this front.  TFS is now INCLUDED in MSDN Subscriber licenses.  And MSDN Subscribers also get a TFS CAL.

So, if your team has MSDN subscriptions, you now have everything you need to use Team Foundation Server within your team.

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More info on New VS 2010 SKU’s, how they relate to old VS (and VSTS) SKU’s, Pricing and the Ultimate Upgrade offer:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/developer/factsheets/VS2010PackagingFS.docx

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VS 2010 and .Net Framework 4.0 Release Date

Don’t know how I missed blogging this along with everything else, but the Release data for VS 2010 and .Net 4.0 has been announced as March 22, 2010.

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posted @ Monday, October 19, 2009 5:03 AM | Feedback (1)

Oh, an a new Visual Studio Logo?

There is a new logo for Visual Studio.

Still an infinity symbol, but this time more flowing.

VS_v_rgb

 

 

 

 

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posted @ Monday, October 19, 2009 4:54 AM | Feedback (0)

How do you like the new MSDN website?

Personally, I like it.

Seems fresh.  Lots of content without looking too busy.

What do you think?

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posted @ Monday, October 19, 2009 4:51 AM | Feedback (0)

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 available for Download on MSDN Subscriber Downloads

 

Also, notice the new product versions:

  • Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Professional
  • Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Premium
  • Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Ultimate
  • Microsoft® Visual Studio® Test Elements 2010
  • Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team Foundation Server 2010

Go to Somasegar’s blog for more info on the new SKU’s and the Ultimate Offer!

Brian Harry has a screenshot of the downloads available.

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UPDATES: From the MicrosoftVSTS Twitter feed:

“Visual Studio 2010 Pro, Premium and Ultimate and Test Elements with MSDN will include one production license and one CAL to TFS 2010”

“The Ultimate Offer will transition MSDN Premium subscribers to a higher #vs2010 product at launch. http://tinyurl.com/yzko3rr ”

posted @ Monday, October 19, 2009 4:18 AM | Feedback (0)