Build Conference announced several new things, beginning from Windows 8 to the new version of TFS 11 and Visual Studio 11.

TFS 11 and Visual Studio 11 are in Developer Preview state, means it’s not even a Beta, but every things works just fine If you like to experience the new features coming in TFS 11 and Visual Studio 11.

We in Sela Group will do a special event to introduce the new TFS 11 and Visual Studio 11 over the coming weeks, meanwhile if you have an MSDN Subscription you can download the new version and give it a try.

Here is couple of the new features coming in TFS 11 and Visual Studio 11, later today I’m going to Cameron Skinner and Brian Seller on “What’s new in Visual Studio 11 for Application Life Cycle Management” and I’ll post about more cool features coming in the new version.

Planning a Sprint

Once work is prioritized, it’s time for the team to plan the next sprint/iteration,
identify the tasks and start allocating the work.
The enhanced work item management tools in Team Web Access make this process simple by pre-populating required data and streamline the association and update process.
The sprint planning tools help your team effectively allocate work balancing load with available capacity.
In this screenshot interactive bar charts show team member capacity and the burn down progress for the project. Enabling real-time feedback on the updates to the plan.

Task Board in Team Web Access

The task board offers the ability to update the status of work items visually. It’s a popular way to see the progress a team is making against each product backlog item and to get a quick focus on remaining work.
The task board adheres to the business rules set out in the process template, such as state transitions, regardless of the template chosen for the project.
Integrated into the taskboard is a real-time burndown chart of the remaining work in the team’s sprint.

The StoryBoard Assistant in Power Point

offers the ability to quickly mockup experiences in a tool that is familiar to the majority of team members and stakeholders.
It includes a set of rich features that lend themselves to story boarding such as:
• inbuilt graphical design tools
• the ability to embed other content including context slides
• tools to capture screen shots and create lightweight animations
• grouping capabilities that store common elements within a shape library
• The ability to create master templates that simplify the creation of multiple similar views The collaboration tools within Power Point also greatly assist the feedback process by providing the ability to:
• present the concepts to others
• mail the document to others for feedback
• print the document
• place the document under version control
• leverage collaborative editing tools
• leverage web viewing tools

Code Review in Action

in Visual Studio vNext includes integrated code review support.
This lets team members provide feedback on new code, lifting the shared knowledge of the team. If desired, code reviews can be set as a quality gate in the development process.
This screenshot shows the source changes highlighted and comments from team members about the changes.