I was just reading on Andrew Coates blog about a problem I have experienced a couple of times with VS2005 Beta 2. During one of his presentations to the Canberra Avanade .NET developers, someone in the audience explained the workaround for this problem.
“With the cursor in the code windows, press Alt+Enter and the problem goes away.”
Unfortunately, Andrew didn’t catch his name so we can’t thank him for his discovery.
I have just been to the Australian TechEd 2005 web site and noticed that you can now register to attend the conference. I don’t know how long you have been able to register but for those hoping to register for the Early Bird discount, you must do so BEFORE 30th June.
Visit the Australian TechEd2005 site to register now and make sure you’re there for all the VSTS/TFS sessions!
Microsoft listens to its customers – VSTS/MSDN Pricing & Licencing Update
It is with great interest that I read Rick LaPlante’s recent blog post where he states the following;
“we will place a limited version of Team Foundation Server in each Visual Studio Team System role edition. This version will be restricted to a maximum of five users and should serve the needs of smaller organizations.”
Check out Rick’s blog entry for more information.
I was just catching up on my Blog reading and I noticed that Buck Hodges a great post that talks about a problem that occurs on the data tier of Team Foundation Server. If you have noticed an unusually high CPU Utilisation, this might help reduce the problem, especially if you are running virtual machines and want to try to get the best speed you can. Read the post on Buck’s blog.
Microsoft have released the DMA Transport Update for Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2.
This update changes the protocol used for communication between the Device Emulator engine from “Virtual Switch” to DMA and improves the emulator performance noticably.
Download this from the Microsoft Website here. (Note: it is 82.8Mb)
UPDATE – See my article here on “Installing the DMA Transport Update“
I had to smile to myself when I just checked our home ADSL usage chart for the last month. We are on a plan that provides 12Gb/mth peak download and 12gb/mth off-peak (midnight-8am) download. Would anyone like to guess which date Visual Studio 2005 Beta2 was released? 
To anticipate your next question… No I couldn’t wait to get it during offpeak! haha
It looks like Chuck has been very busy over the last couple of months coming up with a great line up of sessions for TechEd 2005 in Australia this year. I am sure Chuck is also very happy to have TechEd held on Queensland’s sunny Gold Coast in the new state of the art Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre that opened in June last year.
Enough about that, check out the sessions on Chuck’s Blog.
TechEd 2005 will be held in Australia from 31st August – 2 September. Visit the TechEd website
With around 7 weeks to go until TechEd 2005 starts in Orlando, Florida, Microsoft have put up the “Sold Out” signs. With over 10,000 delegates expected to attend this huge event, anyone who has not purchased their tickets before now has the option to join a waitlist. Check out the TechEd website for more details.
If you are planning on attending TechEd 2005 in Orlando, make sure you drop by the Hands-On labs area and say G’Day. I will be one of the Lab Proctor’s for the “MBL – Mobile Solutions with Windows Mobile and Tablet PC” track and would strongly recommend anyone working with Windows Mobile or Tablet PC to have a run through of some great labs!
This year the Hands-on Labs will be manned by Microsoft Certified Trainers from around the world to help ensure you get the best possible value from attending these sessions. I am one of only 21 MCT’s selected from outside the US & Canada to work as a lab proctor and I can’t wait to get a chance to meet fellow developers in the “Mobile” space.
Overview of the Hands-on Labs in the MBL track
Learn how your .NET Framework code and Windows infrastructure can be leveraged across the fastest growing IT sector: Tablet PCs, and Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and Smartphones. Our experts will reveal developments in Tablet PC, Windows Mobile, Visual Studio 2005, the .NET Compact Framework 2.0, SQL Mobile 2005 and ASP.NET Mobile Controls 2.0 that make developing rich mobile solutions even easier. We’ll show you how to extend solutions to include mobile PCs and Windows Mobile devices today and get you up to speed on deploying and managing mobile devices in your enterprise.
To view the specific labs in the MBL track, visit http://www.msteched.com/content/sessions.aspx and select “HOL” as the Session Type and “MBL” as the track.
Well the good news for all of us who have been eagerly awaiting the release of Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2005 is that the wait is finally over. I noticed that it was available from the MSDN Subscriber download site around 11am (Australian EST) on Saturday 16th April.
For all you MSDN Subscribers out there, you can now download the following ISO images:
More news to follow as I start digging into the new features.</p>