VS & TFS 2010 Beta 2 has arrived

by Ewald Hofman 19. October 2009 21:09

Finally, Microsoft has released today the beta 2 for MSDN subscribers today. With the release of this beta 2, Microsoft has also announced a new SKU model.

In Visual Studio 2008, the following model was valid, which consisted of four SKU's. The branding of Visual Studio had terms of TFS, Team System and Team Suite. Research indicated that this branding was little know by a lot of customers.

 

 The marketing team of Microsoft now brings a new model, that is more in line that you see with the Windows versions.

This new model should make an end to the confusion with a lot of customers about the branding.

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11/4/2009 11:36:06 PM #

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3/26/2010 12:29:53 PM #

David Rathbone

Still does not spell out which is the best of the best developer package
is it Ultimate which by its name is as high as you can go "the Ultimate"
Or is it Professional only for us developers as the best!

Try to see it from the users point you could try this concept with MSN also!
Regards a long term Microsoft developer.

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3/26/2010 12:35:01 PM #

David Rathbone

This still does not spell out which is the best!
Is Ultimate the Ultimate (i.e. the best of the best! that we developers can buy!)
or is it Professional? (Which can not be the Ultimate?)

I think using the "Kiss" principle could also be applied to the MSN site also!

Kind Regards
A long term Microsoft developer.

David Rathbone

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3/26/2010 12:39:43 PM #

David Rathbone

No it does not end the confusion!
is Ultimate the Ultimate (The best of the best that we developers can buy!)
Or is it professonal we buy as professonal developers?

Maybe you can use more simple terms? A good idea to do this to MSN also!
regards

Professonal Microsoft Developer
David Rathbone

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4/19/2010 3:36:24 PM #

Kyle Cherry

So judging by the color areas.. Ultimate incorporates all the features (as the purple goes right round everything)
and the rest only encompass what they contain

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Ultimate has EVERYTHING; Premium has itself and Professional; and Professional seems to be limited to its color range.
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Mystery Solved

Kyle
New Programmer

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4/19/2010 3:43:05 PM #

Ewald Hofman

Kyle, you are absolutely correct!

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5/18/2010 4:03:25 PM #

Sathishkumar

Hi,

From what i see as their features, I could only think of below uses for these 3 versions of VS.

1. Professional for development
2. Premium for testing
3. Ultimate is for Architects

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5/19/2010 6:11:28 AM #

Ewald Hofman

The Ultimate has many very nice features, like Intellitrace (which gives you an enhanced debugging experience) and the Test Manager (which allows you to do the UI testing).

Those features has changed my life as a developer, so I disagree that is only for architects.

Ewald Hofman Netherlands | Reply

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Ewald Hofman is MVP VS ALM and consultant at Avanade. His specialization is Application Lifecycle Management solutions based on Visual Studio ALM.

 

 

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