The document discusses new features and enhancements in Visual Studio ALM 2015, including the merging of Visual Studio Premium and Ultimate into Visual Studio Enterprise, cross-platform support, and improved build and release management with Build vNext. It highlights the integration of Power BI for reporting and various improvements to Git functionalities and the Kanban board experience. The presentation also covers user experience improvements, Docker support, and new extensibility options, aimed at enhancing productivity for developers.

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TUTTO SU VISUAL STUDIO ALM
2015
Ricci Gian Maria Matteo Emili
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3. Visual Studio ALM MVPs
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London ALM User Group
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user experience & windows runtime
architettura applicazioni
.net 4.5 & visual studio/tfs 11 & Blend 5
agenda

5. • Visual Studio Premium and Ultimate are merged in Visual
Studio Enterprise
• Visual Studio Code is an evolution of Codename Monaco
• Electron-based, cross-platform application
• Git integration, debug
• code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Enterprise

6. • After ten years and thousands of requests on User Voice you
can rename a Team Project in TFS 2015!
Team Project Rename

7. • Useful feature on legacy/inherited code
• It can create a suite of Unit Tests analysing the existing code
• Evolution of the Microsoft Research’s PEX project
IntelliTest

8. One machine can be configured against only one collection
• Multiple agent on single machine
• Multiple Project Collections and server covered by a single
machine
• Download, unzip, run powershell script install experience.
Build vNext – Problem solved

9. Running local build and keeping agents updated is complex
• Download, unzip, run powershell script install experience.
• Auto-update of the agent
• Agent can be launced manually, it is a simple console
application.
Build vNext – Problem solved

10. Build targets only Windows Machine
• xPlat agent can be deployed on non-Windows machine
• Cross Platform build now supported
Build vNext – Problem solved

11. Build configuration is complex, extension is really difficult with
Workflow Foundation
• Web editor for build definition
• Simple powershell/Script extendibility
• https://github.com/Microsoft/vso-agent-tasks
Build vNext – Problem solved

12. I have some open source project on GitHub, how can I setup a CI
machine?
• Native support for GitHub Repositories
• Ability to use Hosted Build directly in VSO
Build vNext – New opportunities

13. My VSO account misses reporting system
• PowerBI can connect to your VSO Account and grab data
with oAuth
• You can use full power of PowerBI to create reporting in VSO
PowerBI Integration

14. • Split column
• Definition of Done
• Editing in place
• Card configuration
• Various usability improvement.
Some love to Kanban Board

15. • CodeLens moved to Visual Studio Professional
• Support for all the file types
• Better support for Git and TFVC
CodeLens on Visual Studio Professional

16. • Better tooling support in VS 2015
• Plugin support for GitHub in VS2015
• Pull Request rules to protect branches
• Number of reviewers
• Build connected to pull requests
Git improvements

17. • Monitoring is part of the ALM
• Azure service
• Multiplatform (Windows, Web, Android, iOS)
• Easy to implement
• Extreme flexibility
Application Insights

18. • VSRM evolved as a Release Pipeline facilitator
• vNext support for PowerShell DSC
• Hosted on Visual Studio Online, available today on-premise
Visual Studio Release Management

19. • New installation wizard
• SonarQube integration
• Developer Assistant from Stack Overflow and GitHub
• Same extensibility model and Service Hooks facilities of Visual
Studio Online
There is more!

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