Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 Power Tool Released

A new release of the Team System Web Access Power Tools have been released on Microsoft Donwload Center.

New With Service Pack 1

• Work item only view for users without a client access license. [Previously known as Work Item Web Access (WIWA) feature]
• Run a single instance with multiple languages (CHS, CHT, DEU, ENU, ESN, FRA, ITA, JPN, KOR, RUS).
• Create work items with initial values by using a URL.
• Share ad-hoc work item queries by using a URL.
• Find and view Shelvesets.
• Improved work item search syntax.

Features in Team System Web Access

• Direct links to work items, query results, diffs, changesets and more.
• Display custom controls on work item forms.
• View queued or completed builds, queue or stop builds.
• Add new work items or edit existing ones.
• Work with any type of work item, including custom ones.
• Add new work item queries or edit existing ones.
• View, download, upload, check-in and check-out documents on SharePoint team portal.
• View reports, export as PDF or Excel.
• Browse items in version control, download source files, view changesets, diffs, history, and annotated views.
• Search for keywords in work items.

VS/VSTS/TFS/.NET 3.5 SP1s are Released !!

Finally Visual Studio/Visual Studio Team System 2008, Team Foundation Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1s are Released !!

• Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1
• Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1
• .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1

They bring great chunck of good value, bug fixes and SQL Server 2008 support.

According to my research and knowledge the improvements include:

• SQL Server 2008 Support
• ADO.NET Entity Designer
• Improved WPF Designers
• .NET performance improvements
• TFS Improvements that includes Add to Source Control Dialogs enhancements, Drag & Drop files into Source Control Explorer, Unbound files Version Control, Date/Time column for Checkins, Ribbon support for Office 2007 and Performance & Scale improvements.