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Choosing the best alternative is a common task in software development and testing. A group of beta users may need to choose the best user interface from a set of prototypes. Or imagine the members of an open source project voting for a policy.

In the November 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Dr. James McCaffrey describes five of the ...

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Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Build (better known as Team Build) is a core feature of Team Foundation Server 2008. Microsoft designed Team Build to be an industrial-strength build automation tool.

In the November 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Brian A. Randell introduces you to Team Build 2008 and walks you through the process ...

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A team project is simply a bucket that stores and partitions all of the artifacts you track and use within a Team Foundation Server (TFS) project.

In the December 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Brian A. Randell explains how you can use and customize the MSF Agile and MFS CMMI process templates to get the most out of them for your ...

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Because Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) is based on a runtime that manages the execution of workflows and activities, testing must, in almost all cases, involve the use of the runtime – and this can introduce some interesting challenges.

In the November 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Matt Milner presents some techniques for unit testing ...

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Earlier this year MSDN Magazine embarked on a collaborative project with Behind the Code, an interview program airing on MSDN Channel 9. In this program, Robert Hess interviews prominent developers at Microsoft, and those developers also write a column for { End Bracket } in MSDN Magazine. In the newest interview, Richard Ward talks about working on the core infrastructure components of future versions of Windows, as well as ...

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Gadgets: Build Your Own Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget
A Sidebar gadget is a powerful little too that's surprisingly easy to create. Get in on the fun with Donavon West. Donavon West
WPF: Flexible Content Display With Flow Documents
Markus Egger discusses all the flexibility and power of flow documents in Windows Presentation Foundation Markus Egger
OPC: A New Standard For Packaging Your Data
Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) defines a structured means for storing application data together with related resources. Learn about the benefits here. Jack Davis and Andrey Shur
Office Apps: Extend Your VBA Code With VSTO
VSTO brings you the full feature set of Visual Studio including LINQ, WPF, WCF, and the .NET Framework 3.5. Paul Stubbs and Kathleen McGrath
Excel Services: Develop A Calculation Engine For Your Apps
The Excel Services architecture lets users design their own algorithms and share workbooks on a server. Vishwas Lele and Pyush Kumar
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Editor's Note: Thanks for the Memories!
Stephen Toub gets nostalgic as he prepares to leave MSDN Magazine. Stephen Toub
Toolbox: Create Graphs, Send E-Mail, Spell-Check, and More
Turn boring data into stunning graphs, create, parse, send, and receive mail messages from code, and more. Scott Mitchell
CLR Inside Out: Collections Best Practices
This month Inbar Gazit shows readers how to get the most out of the System.Collections namespace. Inbar Gazit
Basic Instincts: Query Comprehensions
Scott Wisniewski digs into LINQ and builds a custom query provider to create queries in real-world apps. Scott Wisniewski
Office Space: Solution Deployment with SharePoint 2007
WSS 3.0 introduces a new deployment mechanism that lets you move your development efforts into a staging or production environment. Ted Pattison
Cutting Edge: Canceling Server Tasks with ASP.NET AJAX
This month Dino explains how to remotely cancel tasks running on the server using ASP.NET AJAX. Dino Esposito
Extreme ASP.NET: Web Client Software Factory
The Web Service Software Factory is designed to provide guidance and enhanced tools for building Web services using ASMX or WCF. Fritz Onion
Foundations: Declarative WCF Security
Juval Lowy designs easily configured security settings for applications built on Windows Communication Foundation. Juval Lowy
Netting C++: Configuration with XML
Stanley B. Lippman explores the use of C++/CLI as a pure Microsoft .NET Framework-compliant language. Stanley B. Lippman
Windows with C++: Windows Vista Control Enhancements
With the release of Windows Vista, C++ developers will be happy to know there's plenty of magic left to perform. This new column will provide the necessary insight. Kenny Kerr
{ End Bracket }: Dependency Management
Dependency management, in which one group provides a software component to be utilized by others, can really benefit from some structure and collaborative efforts. Eric N. Bush
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