Microsoft Developer Tools Platform – a conceptual overview (Fall 2009)  

Summary – the following topics will be covered in this presentation:

·         Microsoft’s Developer Platform – past, present, future – 5 mins

·         Microsoft’s Developer Platform Tools – why should a software team care? – 5 mins

·         Conceptual Overview of Producing Software Applications with Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) – 40 mins

·         How to integrate non-.Net developers with .Net developers? – 5 mins

·         Where should you start?

Target Audience – this session will be of value to both technical and non-technical (business) audience.

This is not a VSTS demo session but is intended to provide a conceptual overview of VSTS that will help you evaluate if it is the right Developer Tools platform for you.

Presenter – Piyush Saggi is a Solutions Specialist for Developer Platform Tools at Microsoft. He focuses on State & Local Government agencies and Educational Institutions in the US. Piyush holds a Masters degree in Computer Science and an MBA. His current areas of interest and research are Application Lifecycle Management and Software Economics.