Low bandwidth and reviewer’s month – a vision by the ALM Rangers to scale back on the development and focus on reviews and most importantly our families. We decided to skip the formal flash format and present a gallery of photos that summarise December 2012 instead.
Winter returns to Vancouver
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| Eagles return … | … the skies clear … | … and the leaves vanish. |
Seattle and Redmond Campus
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| The needle continues to amaze. | Bijan’s new cave in #41. |
Christmas vibe returns
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| Seattle @ night … | … at the bus stop. | Ladner, BC. |
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Solutions “shipped”
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| TFSBranchTool: Solution to help you implement a consistent branching model (http://aka.ms/treasure39a) | Micheal and Brian chat about Branching and the TfsBranchTool (watch the video) |
| Response TFS Branch Tool video by the team for an insight into the inner world of the Quick Response TFS Branch Tool. |  |
A number of solutions entered “review” phase
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| Microsoft Fakes eBook went BETA 1 | TFS Planning Guide “DR” entered BETA 1.2 |
Few photos submitted by the ALM Rangers
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| A rebel’s diet … BBQ spareribs and a Mac & Jack’s beer. | The Surface is here  | Mike keeping an eye on TFS check-ins after we entered freeze phase  |
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| Are we keeping too much stuff on our laptops? 33h of anti-virus scanning, across 2TB and more than 23 million files is scary … |
Finally, a few photos exploring a tiny piece of the phenomenal Vancouver Island
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We wish everyone a safe, happy and successful jump into 2013!