DevTeach Vancouver approaching fast ! Vincent Grondin, January 1, 0001 Just a friendly reminder for people in the Vancouver area that DevTeach Vancouver is just a few weeks away ! Registration is open and I can't help but promoting a full day of TFS 2010 workshop given by ... DevTeach Vancouver approaching fast ! 0 0 0
How to build a database from source control David Atkinson, January 1, 0001 If your organization has continuous integration in place, it will most likely contain a build step in which your latest application source code gets pulled from source control, compiled, and optionally ... How to build a database from source control 0 0 4
TFS API The All New Team Project Picker – Beautiful! Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 The Team Project Picker in TFS 2011 looks gorgeous. I specially like the status bar on the working state, at least let’s you know that the project picker is still working on getting the details and of ... TFS API The All New Team Project Picker – Beautiful! 0 0 0
TFS vs. Star Team comparison ryanabr, January 1, 0001 I have a sales call today in which the person that I am talking to is interested in what TFS would give them over Star Team, The first thing I believe that I can say is that TFS is cheaper! Especially ... TFS vs. Star Team comparison 0 0 1
Preparing for Exam 70-512 Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 20... ryanabr, January 1, 0001 Despite TFS 2010 being out for several years, there doesn't seem to be any formal self guided training materials (Books!), just an instructor lead 3 day class. However, I found exactly what I was looking ... Preparing for Exam 70-512 Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 20... 0 0 0
VS 11 Beta merge tool is awesome, except for resovling conflicts deadlydog, January 1, 0001 If you've downloaded the new VS 11 Beta and done any merging, then you've probably seen the new diff and merge tools built into VS 11. They are awesome, and by far a vast improvement over the ones included ... VS 11 Beta merge tool is awesome, except for resovling conflicts 0 0 0
Customizing the Test Status on the TFS 2010 SSRS Stories Overview... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 This post shows how to customize the SQL query used by the Team Foundation Server 2010 SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Stories Overview Report. The objective is to show test status for the current ... Customizing the Test Status on the TFS 2010 SSRS Stories Overview... 0 0 0
Pre-selecting Iteration and Area Path for TFS 2010 SSRS Reports Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 There are pieces of information spread out on this in various postings for SQL Server Reporting Services used in Team Foundation Server. Here are two: Customizing Report Parameters for Team Foundation ... Pre-selecting Iteration and Area Path for TFS 2010 SSRS Reports 0 0 0
Visual Studio & TFS 2012 – List of extensions and tools... terje, January 1, 0001 This post is continued HERE. Go to Part 1 – List of Product Updates for information on Visual Studio and TFS 2012 updates Looking for the VS 2010 extensions ? Go to Visual Studio 2010 - List of Product ... Visual Studio & TFS 2012 – List of extensions and tools... 0 0 8
How To Change Attachment Size in WorkItems in TFS 2010 Ravi, January 1, 0001 Recently, I came across an issue where I had to change the size limit for WorkItem Attachments in TFS 2010. I searched all around the internet only to find very little information around it which wasn’t ... How To Change Attachment Size in WorkItems in TFS 2010 0 0 0
Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 now Free..! Ravi, January 1, 0001 Yes, now more ways to get connected to TFS 2010. Up until now, if you have to connect to TFS 2010 from other platforms - be it Linux, Mac, Solaris etc., you had to purchase a CAL (Client Access License) ... Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 now Free..! 0 0 0
Packaging custom checkin policies for Visual Studio using VSIX terje, January 1, 0001 Deployment of custom checkin policies can be done using either an MSI or VSIX. There are many reasons to prefer using the VSIX format. It is more lightweight, and thus more suitable for small components ... Packaging custom checkin policies for Visual Studio using VSIX 0 0 7
TFS in the Cloud Ravi, January 1, 0001 If you are interested in creating a new Team Project and playing around with TFS 2011, you can try http://tfspreview.com You’ll have to register and request for an invitation code. Last I read on Brian's ... TFS in the Cloud 0 0 0
Test Post with Windows Live Writer Ravi, January 1, 0001 Start believing in ‘Karma’ & 'Coffee' - You'll need both when you start working on TFS ... Test Post with Windows Live Writer 0 0 0
Top 10+ SSIS 2012 Improvements Compudicted, January 1, 0001 If you have not heard the latest technical news yet, the SQL Server 2012 Virtual Launch event is today March 8, 2012! Register to not to miss this opportunity to interact with technology experts and win ... Top 10+ SSIS 2012 Improvements 0 0 16
Introduction to ALMing in Hinglish Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 ????? ??? ??????? ??? ???? ?????? ???????? 11 ????? ?? ??????????? ???? ?? ?? 1000 ?? ???? ??? ??????? ???? ??? ??. ?? ?? ???? ??????? ???? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? ?? ???? ??? ??? ???? ?? ???. ??? ???????? ??? ... Introduction to ALMing in Hinglish 0 0 0
Someone opened the floodgates at Microsoft Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 This past week was just massive in the amount of Betas, evaluations, review guides and educational material that were released. We saw Windows 8 come out in a Customer Preview, the same for Windows 8 Server. ... Someone opened the floodgates at Microsoft 0 0 1
NOW AVAILABLE: Visual Studio 11 Beta ALM Virtual Machine and Hand... John Alexander, January 1, 0001 From Brian Keller: “I’m very pleased to announce the availability of the Visual Studio 11 Beta ALM Virtual Machine along with 6 hands-on-labs / demo scripts. This marks an exciting milestone in our journey ... NOW AVAILABLE: Visual Studio 11 Beta ALM Virtual Machine and Hand... 0 0 5
Nivo Slider In SharePoint 2010!?! juanlarios, January 1, 0001 A little while ago I was part of architecting and leading a project and one of my very talented ex-coworker was in charge of doing most of the branding. He incorporated the Nivo Slider as part of the rotating ... Nivo Slider In SharePoint 2010!?! 0 0 7
CKS tools to Package Columns\Content Types\Lists Templates and Li... juanlarios, January 1, 0001 I have some basic rules when it comes to checked in code to TFS. The one at the top of the list of rules is that, any developer should get the latest code from TFS, deploy and have a working web part, ... CKS tools to Package Columns\Content Types\Lists Templates and Li... 0 0 0
'To Sign or not to Sign' that is the question! juanlarios, January 1, 0001 A while back I was helping a client upgrade SharePoint 2007 code to SharePoint 2010 and I came across this interesting problem. I was working web parts that were created in Visual Studio 2008 using WSPBuilder ... 'To Sign or not to Sign' that is the question! 0 0 0
app_offline.htm doesn't work as expected during deployment pvanhouten, January 1, 0001 Let me start off by stating that I am in no way an expert on MSBuild, writing build scripts, MSDeploy, Web Deploy, etc. I learned a lot in this process about those things which helped me find a workable ... app_offline.htm doesn't work as expected during deployment 0 0 0
Unit Test Assembly Copying Oddity in Team Foundation Build jkauffman, January 1, 0001 The key charactersYou may very well run into the same issue I did if you are using the following technologies:Team Foundation Server (TFS) with Team Foundation Build (TFB) - in my case, 2010Visual Studio ... Unit Test Assembly Copying Oddity in Team Foundation Build 0 0 1
Automatic connection to the following team project failed: Aman Garg, January 1, 0001 You get an error message with Microsoft Test Manager 2010: Automatic connection to the following team project failed: <project_name> on server <tfs server>. Click refresh to display all currently ... Automatic connection to the following team project failed: 0 0 1
Classes starting soon Aman Garg, January 1, 0001 Classes starting soon...First topics to start with will be Visual Studio and .NET 4. After that there are sessions on SharePoint 2010 - Admin, Dev & General Usage Inviting all the people who wish to ... Classes starting soon 0 0 3
TFS 2010 Grant Backup Plan Permissions Error Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 The Problem After setting up a new instance of TFS I attempting to use the TFS 2010 Power Tools (Dec ‘11) Team Foundation Backups wizard. However, during the Backup Plan Wizard Readiness Checks, the “Grant ... TFS 2010 Grant Backup Plan Permissions Error 0 0 0
Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework 2012 January Sample Updates Jialiang, January 1, 0001 Translate this pageArabicBulgarianCatalanC... SimplifiedChinese TraditionalCzechDanishDutch... CreoleHebrewHindiHungarianI... ... Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework 2012 January Sample Updates 0 0 0
Path Too Long for Team Foundation Database Project Build deadlydog, January 1, 0001 Arrggghhhh TFS and builds! Such a love-hate relationship! So we have our TFS builds setup to both compile our C# projects as well as compile and deploy our Team Foundation (TF) Database (DB) projects. ... Path Too Long for Team Foundation Database Project Build 0 0 4
Implementing Team Foundation Server 2010 In A Mixed Development E... Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Most of us spend our time in Visual Studio writing .NET code within a Visual Studio solution. Given this situation we find it very easy to integrate with Team Foundation Server for our source control and ... Implementing Team Foundation Server 2010 In A Mixed Development E... 0 0 0
SchemaSpy - An incredible free tool to use for peeking at various... TomStickel, January 1, 0001 Back in 2009 I was tasked with automating database dictionaries and schemas outputs for the CI (Continuous Integration) Server called Hudson ( which is probably now owned by Oracle and will become a name ... SchemaSpy - An incredible free tool to use for peeking at various... 0 0 1
3 Reasons to Attend Prairie Dev Con–West D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 We’re well under 2 months to Prairie Dev Con – West in Calgary, and it appears some of you need an extra push to register. So why attend? Well, there’s the three days and over 80 sessions spanning software ... 3 Reasons to Attend Prairie Dev Con–West 0 0 0
Changing Team Foundation Server 2010 Workspace Mappings Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 When you place a Visual Studio solution into TFS or pull it down for the first time a default working path is set in the workspace mappings. There are times when you need to point source code to a new ... Changing Team Foundation Server 2010 Workspace Mappings 0 0 0
Copy a Team Foundation Server 2010 Collection to a Different Netw... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 The Objective Three of the 6 development teams using TFS are moving to a different network and domain. There is no on-line connection between the old (source) and new (target) networks. The objective was ... Copy a Team Foundation Server 2010 Collection to a Different Netw... 0 0 2
My Office @ AJI Software Headquarters Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 One of the great things about 2012 is that I am not in our office nearly 100% of the time during business hours. This is the first time I have been able to work from our office this much in about 4 years. ... My Office @ AJI Software Headquarters 0 0 1
Build Manager Extension–Scribe for Build Notes Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Scribe - Test Scribe is a documentation power tool designed to construct documents directly from TFS for test plan and test run artefacts for the purpose of discussion, reporting etc. Scribe only works ... Build Manager Extension–Scribe for Build Notes 0 0 5
TFS Integration Platform: TFS to TFS Version Control: Code Doesn&... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 I’ve used the platform for ClearQuest migrations to TFS and Subversion migrations to TFS. The setup for testing the configuration can be tricky to ensure you’re starting again from a blank slate. Problem ... TFS Integration Platform: TFS to TFS Version Control: Code Doesn&... 0 0 0
Review of DiscountASP.NET TFS Hosting Service Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 With TFS 2010 a basic installation of TFS has been reduced to a matter of clicks, the pain however lies in getting an appropriate environment provisioned from the Infrastructure team. There will be planned ... Review of DiscountASP.NET TFS Hosting Service 0 0 3
Installing MSMQ - The illustrated companion Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 Its been a while since I've played with Message Queuing and C# and decided that I should reduce that counter.During the simple process of figuring how to follow Microsoft's MSDN directions, I ran into ... Installing MSMQ - The illustrated companion 0 0 0
Welcome! David Wilkinson, January 1, 0001 Hi Everyone, Welcome to my first blog! Here I will write things I find interesting, with particular focus on Team Foundation Server ... Regards, Dave ... Welcome! 0 0 0
TFS API–Release Notes From TFS Builds Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Agile taught us to release early and release often, Agile also taught us to get the end user involved more frequently and directly. Goes without saying that release notes are an important part of any release. ... TFS API–Release Notes From TFS Builds 0 0 1
Replacing the Team Foundation Server 2010 Data Tier – Unsuc... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 We needed to swap out the DB box. Our DB box runs SQL Server, SSRS and SSAS. The AT is on its own box and SharePoint is on its own box.NOTE: I will update the blog post per resolution of the issue :) The ... Replacing the Team Foundation Server 2010 Data Tier – Unsuc... 0 0 0
Practice Version Control Now...Thank Me Later Doug Lampe, January 1, 0001 To me the answer of whether or not you need version control is simple - do you have users? If the answer is yes, then you need version control. Note that "version control" is not the same as "source control". ... Practice Version Control Now...Thank Me Later 0 0 0
Top Three Reasons Phil Haack Quit Microsoft D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 When Rob Conery left Microsoft I gave a blog retrospective on possible reasons behind his exit. Today I’m happy to reload the cannon and aim it square at the latest Microsoftie to hand in his blue badge ... Top Three Reasons Phil Haack Quit Microsoft 0 0 9
MTM 11-Configuration, Settings, Customization & Troubleshooti... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Welcome to the hidden treasure of “MTM.config.exe” Navigate to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE” and open the 1. Can I change the number of Action Recording steps selected ... MTM 11-Configuration, Settings, Customization & Troubleshooti... 0 0 0
TFS 2011 API–How to Get Exploratory Testing And Feedback Ma... Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 In this blog post I’ll show you how to use the TFS 2011 API to get the Exploratory Testing & Feedback Manager session information programmatically. Introduction TFS 2011 includes Exploratory Testing ... TFS 2011 API–How to Get Exploratory Testing And Feedback Ma... 0 0 0
Customizing TFS 2011 Process Template for Exploratory Testing Tou... Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 In this blog post I’ll be walking you through the process of customizing the TFS 2011 Scrum 2.0 Process Template to add a new work item type, introducing new work item queries, modifying existing queries, ... Customizing TFS 2011 Process Template for Exploratory Testing Tou... 0 0 1
Mysterious query timeouts mknapp, January 1, 0001 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style ... Mysterious query timeouts 0 0 2
TFS 2010 Cube Processing ODBC Error Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 Our TFS instance had been humming along for some time when I noticed that the full and incremental cube refresh jobs started failing. Using Grant Holiday’s “Team Foundation Server 2010 Administrative Report ... TFS 2010 Cube Processing ODBC Error 0 0 0
Configuration Management Elements technicalgush, January 1, 0001 Of late am getting stung with a glucose 'ed question...Yes it was the engine that dragged me to rejuvenate...!!------------... out the Basic Elements ... Configuration Management Elements 0 0 0
TFS Build Deep Dive at PrDC Calgary Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 PrairieDevCon is a great conference hosted in Canada a few times a year. For the first time it’s coming to Calgary in March and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve participated as a speaker in every PrDC ... TFS Build Deep Dive at PrDC Calgary 0 0 0