Since ALM Ranger Readiness Solution – CodePlex Updates we have “silently” updated a few more of the ALM Ranger solutions since our RC release:
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| New ** 2012-08-03 ALM Assessment |
 | Practical Ruck Guide The Visual Studio ALM Rangers Ruck process. |
 | New ** 2012-08-03 Team Foundation Build Customization Guide (Guidance) Includes hands-on lab guidance for the customization, deployment of Team Foundation Build. |
 | Team Foundation Server Planning Guide Implementation planning of Team Foundation Server. |
 | New ** 2012-08-03 Team Foundation Server Upgrade Guide Upgrade scenarios and post-upgrade issues for Team Foundation Server and associated technologies. |
 | Visual Studio ALM Rangers Personas and Scenarios Common definition of personas and scenarios used in Visual Studio ALM Rangers guidance. |
 | Visual Studio Coded UI Microsoft Word Plug-in |
 | Visual Studio Test Tooling Guide A range of test tooling practical and scenario based guidance. |
 | Visual Studio Lab Management Guide Visual Studio Lab Management, backed by VM Factory automation. |
 | Visual Studio Quick Reference Guide An overview of Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server in the form of compact, quick reference sheets. Users who are unfamiliar with Visual Studio get a “quick” overview of features, value and associated Rangers guidance. |
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| Visual Studio Architecture Tooling Guide Focuses on modeling tools and includes understanding and reverse engineering an existing application or starting a new application from scratch. |
The following solutions are in the queue and will be updated soon:
 | Branching and Merging Guide Branching and merging strategies on Team Foundation Server. |
 | Practical Kanban Guide Using Kanban in Team Foundation Server |
 | Team Foundation Build Customization Guide (BRD Lite) Build-Release-Deploy (BRD) reference template, also known as BRDLite. |
 | Team Foundation Server Process Template Customization Guide |
 | Team Foundation Service Practical Guide Whitepapers and articles on using the Team Foundation Service built on Windows Azure, and its use by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers. |
 | Test Release Management Guide Guidance and tooling to support scenarios for test case and test plan release management, including reporting and base-lining: sprint to sprint, release to release, and moving a feature through the branching guidelines scenarios. |
 | VM Factory Guide Guidance and a reference implementation of a software solution that automates the creation of Microsoft environments, in particular Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server. |
Watch the space …