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PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2010


The RTM for PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2010 has just shipped! I found this an invaluable tool in VS 2008 and it’s good to have it back. Download If you’ve not used it before, below is a summary of what

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The MSBuild Team are Blogging


I met recently with the MSBuild team and was happy to hear that they now have a blogging schedule. From a team that has been fairly quiet on the blogging front for a long time, we now have a steady

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Debugging Outlook 2010 Add-ins with Visual Studio 2010


I’m using the Office 2010 RC and VS 2010 RC1. There is an odd change in behaviour when trying to step into an Outlook 2010 Add-in from VS2010. Using VS2008, I set Outlook as the external program to start, set

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Upgrading Code — Tackling Code Analysis in Visual Studio 2010 (Part 2)


Read Part 1 first. Please note that this is all base on a non-RTM build of Visual Studio 2010, so you may get different mileage out of the final product. As mentioned in Part 1, the ‘CA1062: Validate arguments of

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Upgrading Code — Tackling Code Analysis in Visual Studio 2010 (Part 1)


Please note that this is all base on a non-RTM build of Visual Studio 2010, so you may get different mileage out of the final product. Work has started on creating a version of the MSBuild Extension Pack targeted at

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Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 VM Factory


Take a look at this new project on CodePlex if you are or plan to use virtualisation with VS/TFS Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 VM Factory “The purpose of this project is to build prescriptive guidance around

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Now Available: Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machines with Sample Data


See Brian Keller’s blog post here

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Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 Feedback Survey


If you’re using VS2010 Beta 2, the team would really appreciate your feedback. Take a few minutes to go through their survey and help make the final product what you want it to be!

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Power Commands for Visual Studio 2010


[Update: 27 April 2010 --- RTM now available http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/e5f41ad9-4edc-4912-bca3-91147db95b99 ] Moving to VS2010 felt like a step backwards in some respects as it doesn’t implement many of the great productivity enhancements that the Power Commands for Visual Studio 2008 offered.

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Are you ready for .NET 4.0?


Check out the .NET Framework Compatibility Blog for all the latest information regarding compatibility. You can also follow a walkthrough here

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