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Okay, another update (v1.04) to the Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison is now available. In this revision, I updated the Code Quality Tools section to better reflect the testing features that are now available in Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, as well as some error corrections. I'm hoping this will be the last update for a bit; however, I appreciate any bug reports.
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I just published v1.03 of the Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison with a minor update. I overlooked the Database Publishing Wizard in Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition and above. In Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, it's accessed by right-clicking a database in Database Explorer. In Standard Edition and above, it's over in Server Explorer. And to make it harder, in the both places we call it "Publish to provider" when you right-click the database to publish.
Anyway, here's the extent of revisions in v1.03:
And of course:
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The first major revision of the Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison Guide is live.
Here's where you can find it: Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison.
Here are some downloadable versions (DOCX/XPS/PDF): Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison downloads.
This is version 1.02 (version number now included on Web page and in downloads). Here is a version with revision history included if you have an earlier version and want to know what changed: Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison v1.02 Revisions.
Thanks to Jean-Luc David for being online late and willing to help with publication, and thanks to Dan Fernandez for finding many of the errors fixed in this release.
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See: Updated: Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison
I just finished working on a very comprehensive product comparison of the Visual Studio 2008 product line. It only covers the IDE products, which means it doesn't include stuff like Team Foundation Server or Test Load Agent.
It covers:
Since I'm only human and this thing is massive, I'm sure there may be a mistake or two. If you spot anything that is in error (actually validated, not speculated), please let me know. I'm also in the process of publishing a downloadable document version of the entire chart.
Here's where you can find it: Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison.
Update: Here are some downloadable versions (DOCX/XPS/PDF): Visual Studio 2008 Product Comparison downloads.
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Today, we launched a new site on MSDN - the Microsoft Tester Center!
The Microsoft Tester Center showcases the test discipline as an integral part of the application lifecycle, describes test roles and responsibilities, and promotes the test investments required to deliver high-quality software.
Source: Tester Center Home
The aim of the Microsoft Tester Center is to provide a place for software testers to share their experiences and best practices, and to shed some light on how we do software testing at Microsoft. Testers from across Microsoft have contributed content for this site, and the first couple of articles are now available in the MSDN Library:
Visual Studio Team System embraces the entire software development team. Software testers are one of the key benefactors of this expansion in the Visual Studio product line. While Team System provides the tools software testers need to be successful, this site will help provide some of the knowledge testers need to make the best use of those tools and to cultivate the software testing community.
The team that is working on this site is eager to receive your feedback and contributions:
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