YA.NB - Yet Another .Net Blog

For information on the preview of forthcoming VS / TFS features, there's a nice little channel 9 video episode . Visual Studio follows Windows 8's example and offers users with a live id to sign in and have their settings synced in the cloud. Furthermore there's minor UI changes (Icons, dockability added to Team Explorer,...). VS2013 also comes with version 4.5.1 of the .Net Framework. One of the news in TFS is Rooms, a Facebook-Timeline-like history with chat functionality - roughly what I proposed earlier this year . Right now, I wonder who will pay extra money to buy such minor updates, which could easily pass as Update X.

Test-Driving TFS 2012 just leaves me in awe. Finally Microsoft has managed to create a Team Experience that is tightly integrated into the development process, not bloated, fun to use and technically up to date. I haven't seen anything close to this before. If you want to take a peek, check those links :      http://goo.gl/WbUU7  (English)      http://goo.gl/zHK7e  (German)

Earlier today, Microsoft have officially release their  TEAM FOUNDATION SERVICE . It's absolutely justified to capitalize this, because what we get here is a freebie that's catering for all the needs of a small developer team (up to 5 nerds can ride for free). Thanks a lot, Microsoft, for this great christmas present.