In this special show, we have Brian Harry in the studio, who gets interviewed by some of the MVP ALM Rangers during the MVP Summit. We have Etienne Tremblay, Mathias Olausson and Vladimir Gusarov who stop by the studio and ask some burning questions. This month we cover: [00:17] - Quick intro.[01:05] - Etienne: How do MVPs help the direction of the product?[02:43] - Etienne: Comparing the interaction between customers and MVPs.[03:46] - Etienne: What sparked you to create Visual Source Safe and thoughts on the evolution of version control?[08:55] - Mathias: How has the DevOps trend changed the way you work at Microsoft today?[10:56] - Mathias: How do you see the extensibility model fit into...

In this show, we go take a look at sprint 89. We also talk to Casey O'Mara, who drops by the studio. We find out what he has been working on and we get an insight into Casey's world. This month we cover: [00:31] - Looking back in S89.[02:02] - More about Casey's role and focus.[04:06] - Why Casey is an ALM Ranger.[05:05] - Casey's involvement with some of the projects.[10:13] - Casey's favourite projects.[17:12] - Why Anisha prefers British chocolate. References: Team Foundation Server 2015 upgrade planning: a few discussions and checklists to help with planning an upgrade.Upgrade your deployment to the latest version of TFS: MSDN documentation.ALM Ranger solutions: A library of out-of-band...

The tables are turned in this short chat, with Donovan interviewing Anisha and Willy - the PMs with the Visual Studio ALM Rangers. Donovan takes a quick dip into how Anisha and Willy become PMs and the evolving nature of the Visual Studio ALM Rangers. [00:49] - What do we call Willy?[02:08] - How did Anisha and Willy get involved with the Rangers?[05:40] - How do the Ranger PMs manage their time with so many meetings and projects?[10:00] - Are the Rangers evolving? Scrum and self-organization.[19:28] - Hearing Abel type.[19:44] - Thanks. Follow @wpschaub Blog: Willy's ReflectionsFollow @anishapindoria Follow @DonovanBrown Blog: DonovanBrown.com

In this show, we go take a look at sprint 86. We also talk to Hosam Kamel, who drops by the studio. We find out what he has been working on and we get an insight into Hosam's world. This month we cover: [00:40] - Looking back in S86[02:21] - Interesting stats.[05:25] - Shout out to RadioTFS[07:22] - Hosam Kamel. References: Test Planning and Management GuidanceRadioTFSFollow @wpschaub Blog: Willy's ReflectionsFollow @anishapindoria Follow @HosamKamel Blog: Hosam's Blog

Take a look at what Jamie Cool, is currently thinking about and about the Visual Studio ALM Rangers. This was a live Skype meeting with the Visual Studio ALM Rangers on the call. Leave your questions and comments below, and we will pass these on... We cover: [00:32] - What is a Group Program Manager?[01:37] - Where does Jamie's team fit into the organization?[02:39] - What's the story behind some of the products like Version Control?[06:44] - Things we probably did not know about the product like support for multiple platforms?[10:24] - How can the Rangers help Jamie's team? Live questions from the ALM Rangers... [16:38] - Why have we not been able to move everyone off VSS yet?[20:22] - Is...

In this show, we go take a look at the current and future sprints. We also talk to Josh Garverick and see what he has been working on with something called 'Frankenbuild', Apache Cordova and we get an insight into Josh's world. This month we cover: [00:36] - Looking back in S83[02:06] - Recent updates.[03:11] - What is Frankenbuild?[05:20] - Building cross-platform apps with Apache Cordova and Build.vNext. Demo can be found here.[06:47] - More about Josh. Demo: Building Cross Platform Apps with Apache Cordova and Build.vNext demo can be found here: https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Studio-ALM-Rangers-Demos/Building-Cross-Platform-Apps-with-Apache-Cordova-and-Microsoft-BuildvNext.Build...

In this show, we go take a look at the current and future sprints. We also talk to Barry Paquet and see what he has been up to. This month we cover: [00:54] - Looking back in S81[05:14] - More about Barry's role and focus.[06:14] - Why Barry is an ALM Rangers.[07:50] - Barry's involvement with some of the projects.[10:43] - Incycle events that are coming up. References: Scaled Agile Framework: Using TFS to support epics, release trains, and multiple backlogs whitepaper.InCycle Events: http://www.incyclesoftware.com/events/.InCycle Safe Training Services: Scaling agile with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE) and TFS.Follow @wpschaub Blog: Willy's Reflections Follow @anishapindoria Follow @bar...

In this show, we go take a look at the current and future sprints. We also talk to Keith Bankston, where we discuss the fundamentals of DSC and how you can get started with it. This month we cover: [00:23] - Looking back in S80[01:34] - More about Keith's role and focus.[02:20] - Create quality PowerShell DSC resources for DevOps and ALM practitioners.[03:56] - Keith's passion for DSC.[05:53] - How to begin with DSC.[08:57] - Windows 10 & DSC resources in GitHub.[11:02] - Keith from the outside. References to start with DSC: PowerShell Gallery: the central repository for Windows PowerShell content.PowerShell DSC Resource Kit: TechNet Gallery of DSC resource kits with samples, code and d...

In this short show, we go take a look at the current and future sprints, and talk to David Starr. This month we cover: [00:32] - Looking back in S77 & what is coming up in S78[01:30] - Catch-up with David Starr Follow @wpschaub Blog: Willy's Reflections - Visual Studio ALM RangersFollow @anishapindoriaFollow @elegantcoder Blog: elegantcodesolutions.com/blog/

Take a look at what two pivotal icons, Jeff Beehler and Sam Guckenheimer, are currently thinking about the Visual Studio ALM Rangers. This was a live Lync meeting with the Visual Studio ALM Rangers on the call. Leave your questions and comments below, and we will pass these on... We cover: [00:33] - Introductions with Jeff[01:39] - Introductions with Sam[02:16] - Jeff's 3 q's: Can the ALM Rangers get earlier access to new bits to improve dogfooding? Are the ALM Rangers meeting Jeff's expectations? Top 3 that Jeff would like to see from the ALM Rangers.[12:01] - Being human[15:15] - Sam's 3 q's: Are the ALM Rangers meeting Sam's expectations? How does the product group see the value of the ...

In this first 2015 show, we go take look at the current and future sprints, congratulate the champion award winners and have many guests dropping by. This month we cover: [00:20] - Looking back in S77 & what is coming up in S78[04:05] - Updates - Champions[04:32] - Updates - Simplification[08:31] - Willy's pink shirt[09:44] - John Spinella[18:27] - Marcus Fernandez[22:36] - Donovan Brown[34:49] - Caroline Williams[46:15] - Jon Guerin[54:20] - Mehmet Aras[61:09] - Baruch Frei[67:55] - Bipin Puthiyaveetil We are pleased to announce that the release of the Extracting effective permissions from TFS research findings, packaged in a whitepaper and sample code, can be found on Codeplex. Follow...

On this holiday edition show, we go take look at the current and future sprints and have a great guest dropping in where I pick his brains a little. This month we cover: [01:05] - Looking back in S75 & what is coming up in S76[04:06] - Updates[07:11] - Coming up next month[07:45] - Q&A with Willy-Peter Schaub We are pleased to announce that the release of the Extracting effective permissions from TFS research findings, packaged in a whitepaper and samples, based on a prototype, not a production solution. Chris Margraff unblocking customer and Wouter de Kort also using the TFS Planning, Disaster Avoidance and Recovery, and TFS on Azure IaaS Guide Rangers solution. Popular LinkedIn gr...

On our second show, we go take look at the current and future sprints and have some great guests dropping in during the second day of the MVP Summit. This month we cover: [00:21] - Looking back in S74 & what is coming up in S75[03:53] - Updates[04:56] - Coming up next month[05:51] - MVP Summit Day 2: Tarun Arora[09:48] - MVP Summit Day 2: Utkarsh Shigihalli[13:15] - MVP Summit Day 2: Vladimir Gusarov[16:10] - MVP Summit Day 2: Esteban Garcia[18:41] - MVP Summit Day 2: Oscar Garcia Colon Follow @arora_tarun Blog: geekswithblogs.net/tarunarora Follow @onlyutkarsh Blog: geekswithblogs.net/onlyutkarsh Follow @Hussar77 Blog: vstsblog.ru Follow @EstebanFGarcia Blog: almguide.com Follow @...

On our very first show, we go take look at the current and future sprints and have some great guests dropping in during the first day of the MVP Summit. This month we cover: [00:34] - Who are the Rangers[01:38] - Looking back in S73[03:42] - Looking forward in S74[05:00] - Sneak peeks[05:30] - Events[06:38] - MVP Summit Day 1: Jim Szubryt[09:00] - MVP Summit Day 1: Gordon Beeming[14:14] - MVP Summit Day 1: Hassan Fadili[21:11] - MVP Summit Day 1: Clementino De Mendonca Sneak peeks: PowerShell DSC - CodePlex, TechNet, Resource Library, blog post.Watch this space for Day 2 MVP ALM Rangers interviews. Follow @GordonBeeming Follow @HassanFad Follow @jszubryt