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  MSDN Flash - India, Fortnightly Developer Newsletter   Volume I, Issue 9, January 1, 2009
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Visual Studio Tip of the Day
Discover how to optimize Visual Studio for multi-monitor.

Learn how Visual Studio Team System can help organizations ensure greater predictability and quality early and throughout in the development process.

Visual Studio Tools for Office and Applications
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Abu Sayed Mohammad Ismail

Abu Sayed Mohammad Ismail is a Software Consultant. He started his professional career in 1999

with IBP Company Limited as an IT Trainee. Abu is currently a Senior System Consultant cum Project Manager in Microsoft Technologies Division at Indus Net Technologies in Kolkata, India.

He is the founder of KolkataNet (http://www.KolkataNet.com) and Kolkata SQL (http://groups.msn.com/KolkataSQL), Net Club for IT solutions. These portals feature articles, source codes, and, tips and tricks on various technologies, including resource center for Microsoft Technologies and Enterprise Level Solutions.

Abu has deep interest in the evolution of computer technology, its impact on domestic and international economics and politics, and the interface of computer technology and society, law and psychology. He also enjoys music and musicology, literature, sociology, and history.

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S. Somasegar’s Blog
Lab Management in VSTS 2010:
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Bill Barnett's Blog
Visual Studio Team System - Web and Load Testing
: This post describes how the user load is adjusted when a load test scenario uses a goal based load pattern.

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Visual Studio 2008 Overview
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Editor’s Note

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