Microsoft's DDCPX Team Blog has a category for "after-market solutions." Their goal is to "help ease your pain by providing solutions for problems for which hotfixes and service packs don’t make sense."
What are some examples of after-market solutions?
To
put this more concretely, here are some types of after-market solutions that can make your life easier when you use Microsoft’s developer
products:
- Power Toys
- SDKs and samples
- Diagnostic tools
- Product extensions that help with your productivity
They already have a few tools up, such as the
Team Foundation Server user admin tool and
MSBEE:
What is the MSBee tool? MSBee (Microsoft Build in Everett Environment)
allows a user to use MSBUILD to target the .NET Framework version 1.1
(codename Everett), instead of the .NET Framework 2.0 (codename
Whidbey).
Check it out at
http://blogs.msdn.com/ddcpxblg/archive/category/11083.aspx