2. Welcome Jason McConnell Developer Evangelist Microsoft Australia http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonmcc

3. The Visual Studio Vision Foster a vibrant partner ecosystem Build the right product for customers Improve software team communication Reduce development complexity

4. Visual Studio 2005 “Personalized productivity” Novices Enthusiasts Students Hobbyists Consultants Solo Professionals Enterprise Devs Architects Testers Project Managers Part-Timers VB6 Devs Web Professionals

5. The Software Lifecycle What We’ve Heard “Building software today is very difficult” “Building software today is very difficult” “My team is spread out and specialized” “My team is spread out and specialized” “Tools today don’t work well together” “Tools today don’t work well together” “I need to be able to predict the success of my projects” “I need to be able to predict the success of my projects” “My organization needs customizable process guidance” “My organization needs customizable process guidance”

6. Infrastructure Architect Project Manager Developer Tester Solution Architect Business Stakeholder Silos in the IT Lifecycle

7. Development Teams Infrastructure Architect Solution Architect Project Manager Developer Tester End User

8. Communication Barriers Pockets of information within disciplines Pockets of information within disciplines Unclear delineation of responsibilities Unclear delineation of responsibilities Conflicting best practices and architectures Conflicting best practices and architectures Conflicting strategic goals and objectives Conflicting strategic goals and objectives SolutionArchitect InfrastructureArchitect IT Operations doesn’t understand application structure Developers don’t understand operations policy Reduce complexity through operations knowledge Increase communication and collaboration via product integration

9. Core Tenets to Success Tools need to… Tools need to…  …reduce the complexity of delivering modern service-oriented solutions  …be tightly integrated and facilitate better team collaboration  …enable customization and extensibility by organizations and ISVs

10. Expanding Visual Studio Increased Reliability Quality Early & Often Predictability & Visibility Design for Operations Project Manager Solution Architect Developer Tester Infrastructure Architect

11. Team Communication Enterprise SCC, reporting, issue tracking, project management Quality Early and Often Static Analysis, performance profiling, unit testing, load testing Designing for Operations SOA Designer, Logical datacenter designer, class designer, validations Platform for Innovation Web service based, open protocols, client APIs, extending today’s VSIP