Today Microsoft launched Visual Studio, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk 2006 Beta 1 in Denver (These products officially launched Nov. 7th). The event was a great success with about 2000+ engineers in attendance ranging from hobbyists to seasoned professionals. I enjoyed participating in the “Ask the Experts” panel which allowed me to meet many attendees and answer questions about two of my favorite products, VSTS and SQL 2005. Hopefully I helped everyone who asked questions about these products!
There seemed to be a common thread among the questions around Team System and Team Foundation Server that I will post about next week. Some of the topics I expect to hit are:
- The Team Foundation eventing model
- Team Foundation work item integration and automation
- MSBuild and Team Build (how to setup nightly and continuous builds)
- Testing with Test Rigs
Some other things I was questioned about that I will be discussing:
- Various topics around ASP.NET and C#
- WebParts in WSS and ASP.NET 2.0
- Performance issues around CLR stored procedures
If you have a topic that you would like to see posted, feel free to drop a suggestion!