Funny ASP Characters when file opened in Visual Studio Mike Azocar, January 1, 0001 I came across an interesting issue with ASP files recently and I wanted to share it. My customer was working on some old ASP files that were written in Visual Interdev and wanted to make them editable ... Funny ASP Characters when file opened in Visual Studio 0 0 0
Heat ITSM Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Heat ITSMIn Aggreko we use a product called Heat ITSM to manage our support calls. Now all of these calls are tracked using its tracking system, but we (Group Development) want to track using ... Heat ITSM 0 0 2
Everything old is new again Kirstin Juhl, January 1, 0001 Last I attended a TFS User Group meeting in Minneapolis. Bill Maurer explained how Microsoft used Team Foundation Server to build the next release of Visual Studio. It was really interesting to hear how ... Everything old is new again 0 0 4
What are good Check in Policies for TFS? ftom, January 1, 0001 Hi y'all Today I was asking myself an interesting question. So please everyone who read this please give comments!!!! Me as a developer, I do not like rules for Source Control. But as soon as your local ... What are good Check in Policies for TFS? 0 0 5
TFS 2005 Team Build Error: Referenced Assembly Missing (Not In Bu... Rob, January 1, 0001 You may run into this at some point. TFS Team Build may not deploy some assembly file you needed. If you look through the logs, you will see something like this (cleaned up for readability): C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Fr... ... TFS 2005 Team Build Error: Referenced Assembly Missing (Not In Bu... 0 0 5
Speaking at DevTeach Montreal again this year Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 The great DevTeach conference is coming to Montreal this year again from December 1-5 and i’ll be speaking again. I have 2 sessions in the new Team System track: Adopting Team System You have seen the ... Speaking at DevTeach Montreal again this year 0 0 0
NINE Questions with Chris Williams Chris Williams, January 1, 0001 We're shaking things up a bit over here at NINEQuestions.net. My 32nd cousin (she was born a Williams) and temporary co-host Rachel Appel is turning things around and asking me the questions this time. ... NINE Questions with Chris Williams 0 0 0
Ooooh, RTM Delight Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Ooooh, RTM DelightWell, MSDN will be busy today… Visual Studio 2008 Beta 1, Team Foundation Server 2008 Beta 1 and .NET Framework Beta 1 have all been released today. This is grate news as I ... Ooooh, RTM Delight 0 0 0
SQL 2008 + TFS 2008 SP1 the lowdown… Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 Hello everyone, With SQL 2008 shipping late last week it was time to try my hands at this scenario. It worked great but with a few things to remember. Here is the lowdown. There are two way to go about ... SQL 2008 + TFS 2008 SP1 the lowdown… 0 0 54
Hosted Sticky Buddy Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Hosted Sticky BuddyI now have a nice hosted version of the TFS Sticky Buddy that is fairly fast and deploys using ClickOnce, but you do need to make sure that you already have .NET 3.5 and Team ... Hosted Sticky Buddy 0 0 3
I'm on DimeCasts.NET!!! Kirstin Juhl, January 1, 0001 There is a great new site dedicated to educating developers on all sorts of topics. It is run by developers, and the contributors are developers. My first episode had been released: Creating a Project ... I'm on DimeCasts.NET!!! 0 0 0
RDdotNET Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: RDdotNETWell I finally got of by behind and set up a site for RDdotNET, its not special or clever, but it does let me host ClickOnce Applications like the TFS Sticky Buddy and give a single ... RDdotNET 0 0 0
Missing changeset <-> build associations Jamie Kurtz, January 1, 0001 This really bit me recently, so I want to point it out. You can read Martin Woodward's post here: http://planetscm.org/user/2... but I've copied the jist of it below. Basically, TFS ... Missing changeset <-> build associations 0 0 0
July TFS Power Tools Released Mike Azocar, January 1, 0001 My buddy Mickey Gousset blogged this afternoon about the July Release of the TFS Power Tools. I am interested in the new UI for Alerts myself. Check it out when you have a chance. Happy Coding ... July TFS Power Tools Released 0 0 0
Mid to Senior Level Developer Needed: Bartlesville, OK okcodemonkey, January 1, 0001 As President of the Bartlesville .NET User Group I get many people asking me if I know of people looking for jobs. I have decided to start posting the positions on my blog as well hoping to help the companies ... Mid to Senior Level Developer Needed: Bartlesville, OK 0 0 0
Microsoft and monetizing developer products Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 I’m catching up on blog posts and saw this one from Brian Harry about the TFS Power Tools and Software Assurance. In that post he asks “How are Power Tools monetized?” and goes on to mention that there ... Microsoft and monetizing developer products 0 0 1
Iterating Static Fields / Properties ChrisD, January 1, 0001 Often during development I end up with "Constants" classes, classes of constant or static values that I want design time Visual Studio intellisense support for, and run-time domain checking. Consider the ... Iterating Static Fields / Properties 0 0 0
Twin Cities Developers Guild kickoff wrapup Chris Williams, January 1, 0001 The Twin Cities Developers Guild had our kickoff/cookout this evening. We had an excellent turnout and served up a bunch of burgers and hot dogs. Afterwards, Jason Bock gave his talk on "Writing Better ... Twin Cities Developers Guild kickoff wrapup 0 0 0
Google Quick Search for 64 Bit Windows ChrisD, January 1, 0001 I've been using Google Desktop Search for some time now. Most of it however, I don't find useful. I never search my desktop, and store my mail on a different server, so I miss out on a lot of the Google ... Google Quick Search for 64 Bit Windows 0 0 0
TFS Error: MSB4018 The "BuildShadowTask" task failed un... Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: TFS Error: MSB4018 The "BuildShadowTask" task failed unexpectedlyThere seams to be a problem in MSBuild when you add an “Accessor” as part of a Unit Test project. C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Vis... ... TFS Error: MSB4018 The "BuildShadowTask" task failed un... 0 0 3
What's new in Visual Studio 2008 Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 I found a great powerpoint presentation, by Martin Woodward, on what's new in VS2008. You can download it here (Powerpoint 2007 format (zipped) - 2.80 MB) ... What's new in Visual Studio 2008 0 0 0
Resources to help justify Team System for your Organization Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 We recently put this list of resources together for an ISV. Here's some great info, if you are in the process of evaluating or trying to bring Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) into your organization. These ... Resources to help justify Team System for your Organization 0 0 0
MS Access and TFS? Mike Azocar, January 1, 0001 One of my first Windows applications was an Access 2.0 database. Man has Access changed since then! Recently one of my customers needed to be able to source control some of their Access 2003 database. ... MS Access and TFS? 0 0 1
Hosted TFS Offering , January 1, 0001 Readify, an Australian company, has launched the world's first hosted Team Foundation Server product offering. It allows you to access you TFS server from anywhere in the world without having to make a ... Hosted TFS Offering 0 0 0
Visual Studio Team System Chat Wednesday , January 1, 0001 Come chat with the Visual Studio Team System product team û This Wednesday Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, ... Visual Studio Team System Chat Wednesday 0 0 0
TFS Hands Free Installation , January 1, 0001 Grant Holiday, a MVP from Australia, has blogged on unattended installation for TFS. If you are doing a lot of TFS installs, go and check it out. Happy Coding ... TFS Hands Free Installation 0 0 0
Great resource for understanding the TFS cube , January 1, 0001 I found a very excellent blog post the other day from Jimmy Li on understanding the TFS Cube. It even has short videos! The samples are in Excel 2007, but I was able to follow along in 2003 with no major ... Great resource for understanding the TFS cube 0 0 0
Houston Tech Fest , January 1, 0001 I will be presenting on August 25th at the first annual Houston Tech Fest at the University of Houston. I will be giving two sessions: Making your test lab obsolete with Virtualization and TFS Understanding ... Houston Tech Fest 0 0 0
Moving Websites from VSS to TFS , January 1, 0001 I had an interesting situation this past week. I have not ever had to migrate a web site (without a web application project) from VSS to TFS before. It turns out that there were some quirks that I had ... Moving Websites from VSS to TFS 0 0 0
Team Plain now Free! , January 1, 0001 I know this is a little late, but I try to space out my posts and this one fell through the cracks! Anyhow, Microsoft has purchased devBiz the makers of Team Plain. If you are unfamiliar with Team Plain, ... Team Plain now Free! 0 0 0
I can admit when I am wrongà , January 1, 0001 So those of you who know me know that I have a mantra. That mantra goes something like this (depending on the amount of sleep I have had the night before): "Fancy tools make you weak." While I was preparing ... I can admit when I am wrongà 0 0 0
$%#(@)!*@)#%! , January 1, 0001 So I spent a good part of this week off and on tracking down an issue with Team Build. I started with a website project that referenced a compiled DLL (not a project). Once I added the web deployment project ... $%#(@)!*@)#%! 0 0 0
Merging by Label in Team System , January 1, 0001 A while ago I posted that merges by label in TFS Source control do not take into account deleted files. While at Tech Ed at few weeks ago I had a chance to "share my feelings" about this issue with members ... Merging by Label in Team System 0 0 0
Team System Product Team Chat July 3rd , January 1, 0001 Come chat with the Team System product team û July 3rd Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Team Editions for ... Team System Product Team Chat July 3rd 0 0 0
Interesting Issue with VSTS SP 1 , January 1, 0001 I ran into an issue with SP 1 for Visual Studio 2005. I installed the service pack before I installed Team Explorer. I installed Team Explorer today and when I connected to my Team Foundation Server I ... Interesting Issue with VSTS SP 1 0 0 0
Excel makes Team System easier! , January 1, 0001 So what happens when you create a long list of Bugs or Task in Team System and realize that you have not used the correct naming convention or you have assigned the wrong priority? Well Team System gives ... Excel makes Team System easier! 0 0 0
Team System Chat , January 1, 0001 Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Team Editions for Architects, Developers, Database Pros, and Testers. ... Team System Chat 0 0 0
TFS Branching and Merging Guide , January 1, 0001 Microsoft with the help of the Rangers (don't ask me) has released guidance on branching and merging for TFS Source Control.á If I have worked with you in the past, there is a lot of things in the guide ... TFS Branching and Merging Guide 0 0 0
Chat with the VSTS product team - tomorrow , January 1, 0001 Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Team Editions for Architects, Developers, Database Pros, and Testers. ... Chat with the VSTS product team - tomorrow 0 0 0
Common Projects with TFS Version Control , January 1, 0001 Sorry that I have not blogged in a while.á I have been working on the VSTS TS Certification and it has taken all of my extra time! If you have a common library that is used in more than one project you ... Common Projects with TFS Version Control 0 0 0
VSTS Chat Today , January 1, 0001 Visual Studio Team System Chat - Wed, Nov 8th Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Team Editions for Architects, ... VSTS Chat Today 0 0 1
Building Web Apps the Easy Way , January 1, 0001 We have had trouble getting Team Build to build and deploy web apps.á While it was still in beta, I downloaded the web deployment project and it still did not give us exactly what we needed with web apps ... Building Web Apps the Easy Way 0 0 0
Journey to the center of the Cert , January 1, 0001 This week, I had the pleasure of being invited to Microsoft to help define the objective domain for the Team Foundation Server Technology Specialist certification. My flight to Seattle was scheduled to ... Journey to the center of the Cert 0 0 0
Demystifying Team Build , January 1, 0001 This is the first of a series of posts that will hopefully unravel the beast that is Team Build.á The first thing that you should know about Team Build is what it actually is.á Team Build is a MS Build ... Demystifying Team Build 0 0 0
Oh no! I have hours on Team System Tasks but No Baseline! , January 1, 0001 I ran across an interesting issue recently and I wanted to share the solution.á I am currently working on a fairly large project.á We have had a turbulent start and I was not able to baseline my project ... Oh no! I have hours on Team System Tasks but No Baseline! 0 0 0
Oh no! I have hours on Team System Tasks but No Baseline! , January 1, 0001 I ran across an interesting issue recently and I wanted to share the solution.á I am currently working on a fairly large project.á We have had a turbulent start and I was not able to baseline my project ... Oh no! I have hours on Team System Tasks but No Baseline! 0 0 0
Problem with VSTS and McAfee , January 1, 0001 We ran into an interesting issue with the Merge tool for TFS Source Control and McAfee. None of the buttons were showing when the Merge tool was displayed. To say the least, this made merging difficult. ... Problem with VSTS and McAfee 0 0 0
Securing your Source Code , January 1, 0001 Team Foundation Server has a pretty slick security model for source code.á On my current project, we have run into a situation that requires us to have two development teams running in parallel but deploying ... Securing your Source Code 0 0 0
MSSCCI Providers for TFS Version Control , January 1, 0001 Microsoft has released a MSSCCI Provider that allows Visual Studio 2003, VB6 SP6, VC++ 6 SP6, Visual FoxPro 9 SP1, MS Access 2003 SP2 and SQL Server Management Studio to interact with TFS Version control.á ... MSSCCI Providers for TFS Version Control 0 0 0
I have a confession , January 1, 0001 So I have something I need to admit in public. Sometimes I do things the hard way. I came across a tool called the Process Template Editor a while back and scoffed. Why would I ever need anything other ... I have a confession 0 0 0