Updated 5 May 2012 Also see my follow up post, this corrects some of the information of faking SharePoint 

I have done posts in the past about how you can use Typemock Isolator to fake out SharePoint to speed design and testing. The  reason you need special tooling, beyond standard mocking frameworks like Rhino or MOQ, …

Whilst travelling I had neglected to post about the new release of Typemock Isolator Version 7. This new release extends the range of the product to provide a variety of ‘test support tools’ that help you track down bugs sooner.

However, the best new feature for me is that it allows support of historic versions of …

One of the nice new feature of TFS11 is that you get a third option for what to do with your build output

• Don’t copy output anywhere – good for CI builds that nobody will ever consume, just used to run tests
• Drop to a UNC share e.g. \server1drops – the default and used 9 times out 10
• The new one - drop to source …

It was announced overnight that TEE is now free. What does this mean?

It means if you do not have to buy TEE as some extra software if you already have a TFS CAL. This removed a barrier to adoption for developers who work in heterogeneous systems, there is no extra cost to integrate Eclipse as well a Visual Studio with …

When you install TEE11 Beta in Eclipse you will notice their are two Team Explorer windows

• Team Explorer 2010 – The old style window
• Team Explorer – The new VS11 style window

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Background

Whilst at the Microsoft MVP summit there are a number of MVP2MVP sessions, these are similar to DDD style sessions with MVPs presenting as opposed to Microsoft staff. One I found really interesting was one by Richard Banks based on his post on using GIT with TFS. Now this was a usage of source control tools …

Today, as well as the new VS11 Beta bits from Microsoft, the ALM Rangers also shipped best practice guidance to get you started with the beta. This is a project I am very proud to have been involved with.

The full details of the supporting guidance shipped can be found here