list of fixes or improvements for VSTS from Beta 2 release to July CTP version

Some of the bigger changes (at least related to workitem tracking) that I'm aware of:

- Syncing Area/Iteration nodes and user/groups into workitem tracking is done onchange instead of latent polling. = lower latency and better perf.
- Attachments went from a UNC to a different DB - better for backup.
- Office Integration Perf: Workitem tracking offering a bulk update API so publishing changes from xls are done in bulk in batches of up to 100 at a time. What used to take minutes takes seconds.
- ADAM is gone in favor of sql DB. Better for deployment and backup/restore.
- The data over the wire is optimized for workitem tracking. Instead of passing datasets in places, we pass our own objects with custom serialization and compression. Should help in remote scenarios.
- Assemblies renamed (beta3 will have more cleanup such as IIS restructuring and code names gone).
- Update optimizations for workitems (beta3 will have further optimizations as data grows)

... other teams can chime in with other changes. These are the biggest ones in my areas.

Some of these bigger changes are newer in the CTP which is a drop and you can count on these stabilizing in beta3.

Thanks

BryanMacFarlaneMSFT at 2007-9-9 >

Buck

BuckHodges at 2007-9-9 >