<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Supporting Guidance and Whitepapers</title><link>http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/project/feeds/rss</link><description>This Visual Studio ALM Rangers project delivers research whitepapers and practical guidance for Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server, which have and are being created as part and in support of ALM Ranger solutions.</description><item><title>Updated Release: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013)</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/107852</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Unit Test Generator&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you’ve moved to Visual Studio 2012, what’s a dev to do without the Create Unit Tests feature? Based on the high demand on User Voice for this feature to be restored, the Visual Studio ALM Rangers have introduced the Unit Test Generator Visual Studio Extension. The extension adds the “create unit test” feature back, with a focus on automating project creation, adding references and generating stubs, extensibility, and targeting of multiple test frameworks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This release contains supporting documentation for the Visual Studio Extension posted on DevLabs: &lt;a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/45208924-e7b0-45df-8cff-165b505a38d7"&gt;http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/45208924-e7b0-45df-8cff-165b505a38d7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:48:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013) 20130612014812P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013)</title><link>http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/107852</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Unit Test Generator&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Once you’ve moved to Visual Studio 2012, what’s a dev to do without the Create Unit Tests feature? Based on the high demand on User Voice for this feature to be restored, the Visual Studio ALM Rangers have introduced the Unit Test Generator Visual Studio Extension.
 The extension adds the “create unit test” feature back, with a focus on automating project creation, adding references and generating stubs, extensibility, and targeting of multiple test frameworks.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
This release contains supporting documentation for the Visual Studio Extension posted on DevLabs:
&lt;a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/45208924-e7b0-45df-8cff-165b505a38d7"&gt;
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/45208924-e7b0-45df-8cff-165b505a38d7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:48:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013) 20130612014812P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013)</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/107852</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Unit Test Generator&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you’ve moved to Visual Studio 2012, what’s a dev to do without the Create Unit Tests feature? Based on the high demand on User Voice for this feature to be restored, the Visual Studio ALM Rangers have introduced the Unit Test Generator Visual Studio Extension. The extension adds the “create unit test” feature back, with a focus on automating project creation, adding references and generating stubs, extensibility, and targeting of multiple test frameworks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This release contains supporting documentation for the Visual Studio Extension posted on DevLabs: &lt;a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/45208924-e7b0-45df-8cff-165b505a38d7"&gt;http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/45208924-e7b0-45df-8cff-165b505a38d7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:08:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013) 20130611050840P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013)</title><link>http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/107852</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Unit Test Generator&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Once you’ve moved to Visual Studio 2012, what’s a dev to do without the Create Unit Tests feature? Based on the high demand on User Voice for this feature to be restored, the Visual Studio ALM Rangers have introduced the Unit Test Generator Visual Studio Extension.
 The extension adds the “create unit test” feature back, with a focus on automating project creation, adding references and generating stubs, extensibility, and targeting of multiple test frameworks.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
This release contains supporting documentation for the Visual Studio Extension posted on DevLabs:
&lt;a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/45208924-e7b0-45df-8cff-165b505a38d7"&gt;
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/45208924-e7b0-45df-8cff-165b505a38d7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:08:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013) 20130611050840P</guid></item><item><title>Created Release: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013)</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases?ReleaseId=107852</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Unit Test Generator&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you’ve moved to Visual Studio 2012, what’s a dev to do without the Create Unit Tests feature? Based on the high demand on User Voice for this feature to be restored, the Visual Studio ALM Rangers have introduced the Unit Test Generator Visual Studio Extension. The extension adds the “create unit test” feature back, with a focus on automating project creation, adding references and generating stubs, extensibility, and targeting of multiple test frameworks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This release contains supporting documentation for the Visual Studio Extension posted on DevLabs. @INSERT URL WHEN AVAILABLE@&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:35:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Created Release: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013) 20130610073536P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013)</title><link>http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/107852</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Unit Test Generator&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Once you’ve moved to Visual Studio 2012, what’s a dev to do without the Create Unit Tests feature? Based on the high demand on User Voice for this feature to be restored, the Visual Studio ALM Rangers have introduced the Unit Test Generator Visual Studio Extension.
 The extension adds the “create unit test” feature back, with a focus on automating project creation, adding references and generating stubs, extensibility, and targeting of multiple test frameworks.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
This release contains supporting documentation for the Visual Studio Extension posted on DevLabs. @INSERT URL WHEN AVAILABLE@&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:35:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v1.BETA Unit test Generator Documentation (Jun 10, 2013) 20130610073536P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: v1.2 - Practical Ruck Guide (May 16, 2013)</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87998</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Practical Ruck Guide&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers		&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review	&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team		&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v1.2 - Practical Ruck Guide (May 16, 2013) 20130516115700P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v1.2 - Practical Ruck Guide (May 16, 2013)</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87998</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Practical Ruck Guide&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v1.2 - Practical Ruck Guide (May 16, 2013) 20130516115700P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: v1.1 - Practical Ruck Guide (Feb 22, 2013)</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87998</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Practical Ruck Guide&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers		&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review	&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team		&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:12:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v1.1 - Practical Ruck Guide (Feb 22, 2013) 20130507121236A</guid></item><item><title>Released: v1.1 - Practical Ruck Guide (Feb 22, 2013)</title><link>http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87998</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Practical Ruck Guide&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:12:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v1.1 - Practical Ruck Guide (Feb 22, 2013) 20130507121236A</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: Sample Code (May 31, 2012)</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87999</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Supporting Guidance Samples&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Source code has been reviewed and complies with the sample code guidelines&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fabrikam Fiber solution, owned by Microsoft DPE, is supplied &amp;quot;as is&amp;quot;. Refer to setup.docx within the ZIP for setup instructions.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Missing Features
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Team Foundation Server Object Model Sample not yet included&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Other&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Refer to MSDN Magazine where we will be publishing TFS Object Model focused articles starting in August 2012.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Refer to &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/study+notes"&gt;http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/study+notes&lt;/a&gt; for the posts relating to the WillysCaveDwelling samples.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;oob (Out Of Band) solutions are samles used as part of Quick Responses.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:02:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: Sample Code (May 31, 2012) 20130423020217P</guid></item><item><title>Released: Sample Code (May 31, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87999</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Supporting Guidance Samples&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Source code has been reviewed and complies with the sample code guidelines &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fabrikam Fiber solution, owned by Microsoft DPE, is supplied &amp;quot;as is&amp;quot;. Refer to setup.docx within the ZIP for setup instructions.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Missing Features
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Team Foundation Server Object Model Sample not yet included&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Other&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Refer to MSDN Magazine where we will be publishing TFS Object Model focused articles starting in August 2012.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Refer to &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/study&amp;#43;notes"&gt;
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/study&amp;#43;notes&lt;/a&gt; for the posts relating to the WillysCaveDwelling samples.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;oob (Out Of Band) solutions are samles used as part of Quick Responses.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:02:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: Sample Code (May 31, 2012) 20130423020217P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Wiki: Home</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=31</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Project Description&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This project delivers research whitepapers and practical guidance for Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server, which have and are being created as part and in support of ALM Ranger solutions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=346843"&gt;&lt;img title="image" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=346844" border="0" alt="image" width="519" height="317" style="padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Topic Areas covered to date&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="516"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;ALM Rangers &lt;strong&gt;Ruck&lt;/strong&gt; Process&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87998"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/ruck process"&gt;Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;ALM Rangers &lt;strong&gt;personas&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;custom&lt;/strong&gt;er
&lt;strong&gt;profiles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/88001"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;ALM &lt;strong&gt;Readiness&lt;/strong&gt; treasure &lt;strong&gt;map&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/100547"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsartmaptoc"&gt;Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsartmapapp"&gt;&lt;img title="image6" src="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=617049" border="0" alt="image6" width="25" height="26" style="padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quick Response&lt;/strong&gt; sample solutions&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/96222"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2012/08/10/toc-quick-response-solutions.aspx"&gt;Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;Supporting &lt;strong&gt;code samples&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87999"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;Supporting &lt;strong&gt;media&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/90331" target="_blank"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;Team Foundation &lt;strong&gt;Service whitepapers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87996"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This guidance is created by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers, who have the mission to provide out of band solutions for missing features and/or guidance. This content was created with support from Microsoft Product Group, members of Microsoft Services, Microsoft
 Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) and technical specialists from technology communities around the globe, giving you a real-world view from the field, where the technology has been tested and used.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsarunderstand" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[18]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=393160" border="0" alt="image[18]" width="229" height="40" style="padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?query=ALM%20Rangers&amp;sortBy=CurrentReleaseDate&amp;licenses=|&amp;refinedSearch=true" target="_blank"&gt;
&lt;img title="image[19]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=393161" border="0" alt="image[19]" width="229" height="40" style="padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsarsolutions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[20]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=393162" border="0" alt="image[20]" width="229" height="40" style="padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;What is included in the downloads?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Each focus area has a download package, which typically contains one or more PDFs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Team&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aaron Bjork, Anisha Pindoria, Bijan Javidi, Brian Blackman, Caroline Williams, Dave Crook,&amp;nbsp; Erwyn van der Meer , Esteban Garcia, Ethem Azun, Fabio Stawinski, Jelle Druyts, Mario Contreras, Mario Rodriguez, Mattias Sk&amp;ouml;ld, Michael Fourie, Micheal
 Learned, Oliver Hilgers, Robert Bernstein, Robert MacLean, Shawn Cicoria, Tim Omta, Tim Star, Tina Erwee, Tomas Scott, Vladimir Gusarov, Willy-Peter Schaub&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;How to submit new ideas?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The recommended method is to post ideas to the &lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions&lt;/a&gt; Page or to contact the Rangers at &lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx"&gt;
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Feedback&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post comments on the &lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;Discussions&lt;/a&gt; Page.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://visualstudio.uservoice.com"&gt;&lt;img title="image232" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=384490" border="0" alt="image232" width="240" height="52" style="padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:37:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Wiki: Home 20130419063711P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: v1.1 - Practical Ruck Guide (Feb 22, 2013)</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87998</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Practical Ruck Guide&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers		&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review	&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team		&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:16:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v1.1 - Practical Ruck Guide (Feb 22, 2013) 20130419041648P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v1.1 - Practical Ruck Guide (Feb 22, 2013)</title><link>http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87998</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Practical Ruck Guide&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:16:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v1.1 - Practical Ruck Guide (Feb 22, 2013) 20130419041648P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: Team Foundation Service 2012 Learnings (Aug 14, 2012)</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87996</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Team Foundation Service Whitepapers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers		&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review		&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Other&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;See Microsoft MSDN Magazine for future articles focused on Build and TFS Preview.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:20:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: Team Foundation Service 2012 Learnings (Aug 14, 2012) 20130419022034A</guid></item><item><title>Released: Team Foundation Service 2012 Learnings (Aug 14, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87996</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Team Foundation Service Whitepapers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Other&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;See Microsoft MSDN Magazine for future articles focused on Build and TFS Preview.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:20:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: Team Foundation Service 2012 Learnings (Aug 14, 2012) 20130419022034A</guid></item><item><title>Updated Wiki: Home</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=30</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;Project Description&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This project delivers research whitepapers and practical guidance for Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server, which have and are being created as part and in support of ALM Ranger solutions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=346843"&gt;&lt;img title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=346844" width="519" height="317" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Topic Areas covered to date&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="516" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;ALM Rangers &lt;strong&gt;Ruck&lt;/strong&gt; Process&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87998"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/ruck process"&gt;Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;ALM Rangers &lt;strong&gt;personas&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;custom&lt;/strong&gt;er
&lt;strong&gt;profiles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/88001"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;ALM &lt;strong&gt;Readiness&lt;/strong&gt; treasure &lt;strong&gt;map&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/100547"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aks.ms/vsartmaptoc"&gt;Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsartmapapp"&gt;&lt;img title="image6" border="0" alt="image6" src="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=617049" width="25" height="26" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quick Response&lt;/strong&gt; sample solutions&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/96222"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2012/08/10/toc-quick-response-solutions.aspx"&gt;Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;Supporting &lt;strong&gt;code samples&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87999"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;Supporting &lt;strong&gt;media&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/90331" target="_blank"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;Team Foundation &lt;strong&gt;Service whitepapers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87996"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This guidance is created by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers, who have the mission to provide out of band solutions for missing features and/or guidance. This content was created with support from Microsoft Product Group, members of Microsoft Services, Microsoft
 Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) and technical specialists from technology communities around the globe, giving you a real-world view from the field, where the technology has been tested and used.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsarunderstand" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[18]" border="0" alt="image[18]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=393160" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?query=ALM%20Rangers&amp;sortBy=CurrentReleaseDate&amp;licenses=|&amp;refinedSearch=true" target="_blank"&gt;
&lt;img title="image[19]" border="0" alt="image[19]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=393161" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsarsolutions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[20]" border="0" alt="image[20]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=393162" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;What is included in the downloads?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Each focus area has a download package, which typically contains one or more PDFs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Team&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aaron Bjork, Anisha Pindoria, Bijan Javidi, Brian Blackman, Caroline Williams, Dave Crook,&amp;nbsp; Erwyn van der Meer , Esteban Garcia, Ethem Azun, Fabio Stawinski, Jelle Druyts, Mario Contreras, Mario Rodriguez, Mattias Sköld, Michael Fourie, Micheal Learned,
 Oliver Hilgers, Robert Bernstein, Robert MacLean, Shawn Cicoria, Tim Omta, Tim Star, Tina Erwee, Tomas Scott, Vladimir Gusarov, Willy-Peter Schaub&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;How to submit new ideas?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The recommended method is to post ideas to the &lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions&lt;/a&gt; Page or to contact the Rangers at &lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx"&gt;
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Feedback&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post comments on the &lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;Discussions&lt;/a&gt; Page.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://visualstudio.uservoice.com"&gt;&lt;img title="image232" border="0" alt="image232" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=384490" width="240" height="52" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:49:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Wiki: Home 20130417014918A</guid></item><item><title>Updated Wiki: Home</title><link>https://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=29</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;Project Description&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This project delivers research whitepapers and practical guidance for Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server, which have and are being created as part and in support of ALM Ranger solutions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=346843"&gt;&lt;img title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=346844" width="519" height="317" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Topic Areas covered to date&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="516" border="0"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;ALM Rangers &lt;strong&gt;Ruck&lt;/strong&gt; Process&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87998"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/ruck process"&gt;Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;ALM Rangers &lt;strong&gt;personas&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;custom&lt;/strong&gt;er
&lt;strong&gt;profiles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/88001"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;ALM &lt;strong&gt;Readiness&lt;/strong&gt; treasure &lt;strong&gt;map&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/100547"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aks.ms/vsartmaptoc"&gt;Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsartmapapp"&gt;&lt;img title="image6" border="0" alt="image6" src="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=617049" width="25" height="26" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quick Response&lt;/strong&gt; sample solutions&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/96222"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2012/08/10/toc-quick-response-solutions.aspx"&gt;Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;Supporting &lt;strong&gt;code samples&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87999"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;Supporting &lt;strong&gt;media&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/90331" target="_blank"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td width="322"&gt;Team Foundation &lt;strong&gt;Service whitepapers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="82" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87996"&gt;Downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="71" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td width="39" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This guidance is created by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers, who have the mission to provide out of band solutions for missing features and/or guidance. This content was created with support from Microsoft Product Group, members of Microsoft Services, Microsoft
 Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) and technical specialists from technology communities around the globe, giving you a real-world view from the field, where the technology has been tested and used.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsarunderstand" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[18]" border="0" alt="image[18]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=393160" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?query=ALM%20Rangers&amp;sortBy=CurrentReleaseDate&amp;licenses=|&amp;refinedSearch=true" target="_blank"&gt;
&lt;img title="image[19]" border="0" alt="image[19]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=393161" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsarsolutions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[20]" border="0" alt="image[20]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarguidance&amp;DownloadId=393162" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;What is included in the downloads?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Each focus area has a download package, which typically contains one or more PDFs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Team&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aaron Bjork, Anisha Pindoria, Bijan Javidi, Brian Blackman, Caroline Williams, Dave Crook,&amp;nbsp; Erwyn van der Meer , Esteban Garcia, Ethem Azun, Fabio Stawinski, Jelle Druyts, Mario Contreras, Mario Rodriguez, Mattias Sköld, Michael Fourie, Micheal Learned,
 Oliver Hilgers, Robert Bernstein, Robert MacLean, Shawn Cicoria, Tim Omta, Tim Star, Tina Erwee, Tomas Scott, Vladimir Gusarov, Willy-Peter Schaub&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;How to submit new ideas?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The recommended method is to post ideas to the &lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions&lt;/a&gt; Page or to contact the Rangers at &lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx"&gt;
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Feedback&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post comments on the &lt;a href="http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;Discussions&lt;/a&gt; Page.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:47:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Wiki: Home 20130417014753A</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: Sample Code (May 31, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarguidance.codeplex.com/releases/view/87999</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Supporting Guidance Samples&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Source code has been reviewed and complies with the sample code guidelines&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fabrikam Fiber solution, owned by Microsoft DPE, is supplied &amp;quot;as is&amp;quot;. Refer to setup.docx within the ZIP for setup instructions.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Missing Features
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Team Foundation Server Object Model Sample not yet included&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Other&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Refer to MSDN Magazine where we will be publishing TFS Object Model focused articles starting in August 2012.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Refer to &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/study+notes"&gt;http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/study+notes&lt;/a&gt; for the posts relating to the WillysCaveDwelling samples.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;oob (Out Of Band) solutions are samles used as part of Quick Responses.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:28:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: Sample Code (May 31, 2012) 20130403022840P</guid></item></channel></rss>