Posted on: 12/8/2011 5:01:31 PM | Views : 963

It seems like a daily question I've been answering lately when working on internal email discussion groups and folks report an issue, my initial response is: what build combination are you working on? 
As a part of my job, I like to ensure the fastest resolution (or awareness depending on how you look at it) to issues that affect our product.  This involves staying on top of 'latest bits' as we call them.  Every morning I come in and install the latest Windows build as well as the latest Visual Studio build.  We have an automated Hyper-V environment that makes it easy to get the initial Windows builds up and going and then I selectively apply VS on top of that.
So if it sounds so simple, why do I ask that question to people that ask?  Allow me to show you a few diagrams.

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