[UPDATE: The newsgroups have now been migrated to the new MSDN Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/]
I'm surprised that more people don't take advantage of the NNTP-based groups that Microsoft make available specifically for Whidbey and Team System information. There are about a dozen groups on Team System alone and others on ASP.NET 2.0, .NET languages, Visual Studio 2005, VSTO, etc. I generally see responses from Microsoft employees within a couple of days to most questions. There's probably a better chance you'll get a (correct) response there than by a post on your blog, which can get lost in the noise. Of course, you can always do both!
There is a browser-based interface:
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=whidbey&slcid=us
Or they can be accessed via an NNTP reader (e.g. Outlook Express, Agent 2.0, etc.) to:
- Server: privatenews.microsoft.com
- Account name: privatenews\VSUser
- Password: Password
The more people use these groups, the better they'll be. So, yes, I'm being selfish by asking you to use them. :)
-Chris