Lars Powers is an ISV Technical Advisor on the Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism team. He works with Microsoft's largest global ISV partners to help them craft solutions on top of Microsoft's next-generation technologies. Prior to joining Microsoft, Lars was an independent consultant providing training and mentoring on the .NET platform. Lars is also the co-author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library (Sams Publishing, 2002).

Mike Snell has more than 14 years of experience as a software architect, consultant, and public speaker. He has led a number of enterprise-level projects and delivered training and mentoring to hundreds of developers. Mike has recently been working in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to build the Microsoft Consulting Practice at CEI (www.ceiamerica.com). With his team of architects, he ensures the successful delivery of all Microsoft .NET projects for CEI's many clients.

Mike is also recognized as a Microsoft Regional Director (http://msdn.microsoft.com/isv/rd/default.aspx), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), and a Project Management Professional (PMP). He is also the co-author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library (Sams Publishing, 2002).

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed is a deep dive into the Visual Studio 2005 tool. Specifically, it will provide you with solid guidance and education that will allow you to squeeze the ultimate productivity and use out of the Visual Studio 2005 development environment. This book folds in real-world development experience with detailed information about the IDE to make you more productive and ease transition from other development environments (including prior versions of Visual Studio). This book will also help you increase team collaboration and project visibility with Visual Studio Team Systems and it will give you straight, to-the-point answers to common developer questions about the IDE.

Chapters include:

Code Viewers, Explorers, and Browsers

Refactoring Code 8

Writing ASP .NET Applications

Defining Standards and Practices

Introduction to Visual Studio Team System

Work Item Tracking

Unit and Load Testing