WOW what a way to start 2010!

1 month 8 days (Almost) since i became an MVP for Team System.

On my return from leave on the 4th of January, one of my email subjects read “Congratulations 2010 Microsoft MVP!”.

YES i was awarded with the 2010 Microsoft MVP Award for Team System. My fellow colleague Robert MacLean was also awarded the Team System MVP award, check out his blog here.

Robert and I have been involved in Team System Rangers projects since April last year, working closely with some of the other great MVP’s and community leads on various projects check out the Team System Rangers site.

What are Team System Rangers you ask, well a simple definition is “Team System Rangers deliver out of band solutions for missing features and guidance in the Team System suite of products.”

Check out the rest of the Rangers Solutions and Projects. 

Again a BIG congratulations to all new and renewed MVP’s!

Rangers – Visual Studio 2010 Quick Reference Guidance ships to Codeplex

“Can you tell me about TFS and VSTS in 5 minutes” was what initiated this project.

The Visual Studio 2010 Quick Reference Guidance consists of compact cheat sheets for Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 and Visual Studio (VS) 2010, addressing the core problem of teams in the field who are unaware of Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server capabilities or have little time to invest in detailed education.

You can take these to your 5-min coffee break discussions or use them as a stepping stone to the more detailed and in-depth guidance you will find on MSDN.

What does the package contain?

The download package consist of three ZIP files containing a number of quick reference posters and quick reference sheets in XML Paper Specification (XPS) format:

Visual Studio 2010 Quick Reference Guidance – Overview

An overview of the guidance and focus areas, contained in one index table and overview quick reference poster.

Visual Studio 2010 Quick Reference Guidance – Basic Guidance

A collection of basic guidance sheets, focusing on the “what” are the key features and “why” to consider them.

Visual Studio 2010 Quick Reference Guidance – Supporting Guidance

A set of documents and quick reference posters, supporting the basic guidance sheets

Get your Quick Reference Guidance package at http://vs2010quickref.codeplex.com/.

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