Microsoft has released 2 new P&P guidelines.

The first one is about Distributed Agile Development.

This guideline contains a white paper and an Agile Development Showcase.

Agile Development Showcase: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/dd128747.aspx

PDF: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/4/a/44a2cebd-63fb-4379-898d-9cf24822c6cc/distributed_agile_development_at_microsoft_patterns_and_practices.pdf

The second one is about Acceptance Test Engineering.

This guideline is still in beta1.

Codeplex site: http://codeplex.com/TestingGuidance

Project Announcement: http://www.codeplex.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=TestingGuidance&DownloadId=40458

Community: http://www.codeplex.com/TestingGuidance/Thread/List.aspx