Using TFS Service Preview for SharePoint Team Development with CloudShare!

Last week, Microsoft announced the arrive of the new Windows Azure. One of the new services with Azure is Team Foundation Service preview (TFS Service Preview). This is a real TFS service running on top of Windows Azure ready to be used for team development with any kind of technology. In this article I will show you how easy it is to begin SharePoint team development using TFS Service Preview from your CloudShare development environment: Read the rest of this entry »

Is it cloudy out? The puntiful work of CloudShare and other observations

Having been “the new girl” at CloudShare for an entire week now, I figure it’s time to share my thoughts, observations, and more.

First, a little about me – I’ve never worked at a startup or a tech company.  I come from an advising and student services background, specifically for an MBA program.  I come from a land of dress codes, red tape, limited funds, and very little room for thinking outside the box, or in the cloud.

So, at this point you’re probably wondering, why am I here?  My work in advising led me to pursue my MA in Media, Culture, and Communication, because I’m interested in the role media plays in shaping our perceptions on gender, race, and identity.  As you all know, technology is a major contributor to media proliferation, so I found myself regularly taking courses on how technology affects society. Read the rest of this entry »

7 CloudShare Features you can’t Miss!

No matter if you are new to CloudShare Pro, or a Cloud Sharing Addict. Here are 7 features we do not want you to miss:

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How to share your environment with team members!

CloudShare allows not only to share your environment with others as I described in the article “How To use a CloudShare shared environment at least 14 days”, but it also simplifies the process of sharing it in real time with other Team Members through CloudShare “Assign Team Members” functionality available in your environment. And this is really great when talking about Team Work using CloudShare because it allows collaboration and simultaneous work in the same environment to several Team Members in an organization. The process you must follow to assign a team member to your CloudShare environment is quite straight forward:
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Inside the CloudShare development team

If you’re a dork like me, you always picture who the team is behind your favorite products. I often wonder who is behind the magic, and what makes them so cool. Yes I, like all guys, get excited by action heroes and the cool guns they carry, but I also get excited by technologist behind cool, efficient, and effective products. So I would like to offer CloudSharer’s, dork or not, a chance to learn about the insides of the CloudShare development and product team.
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