Community TFS Build Manager available for Visual Studio 2012 RC Jakob Ehn, January 1, 0001 Moved to http://blog.ehn.nu/2012/07/... ... Community TFS Build Manager available for Visual Studio 2012 RC 0 0 1
Sometimes you have to brag on your employer Mickey Gousset, January 1, 0001 A lot of you know me as an Application Lifecycle Management MVP, and a huge proponent of ALM, TFS, and Visual Studio. For my day job, however, I work for Infront Consulting Group, a System Center consulting ... Sometimes you have to brag on your employer 0 0 0
Visual Studio Load Testing using Windows Azure Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Updated 29th June 2013: Microsoft is now previewing Load Test Service in TFS Service. Please check out more on the official offering by navigating to http://aka.ms/loadtfs In my opinion the biggest adoption ... Visual Studio Load Testing using Windows Azure 0 0 2
Windows Azure Evolution – Deploy Web Sites (WAWS Part 3) Shaun, January 1, 0001 This is the sixth post of my Windows Azure Evolution series. After talked a bit about the new caching preview feature in the previous one, let’s back to the Windows Azure Web Sites (WAWS). Git and GitHub ... Windows Azure Evolution – Deploy Web Sites (WAWS Part 3) 0 0 18
SSAS processing error: Client unable to establish connection; 080... Kevin Shyr, January 1, 0001 After getting the cube to successfully deploy and process on Friday, I was baffled on Monday that the newly added dimension caused the cube processing to break. I then followed the first instinct, discarded ... SSAS processing error: Client unable to establish connection; 080... 0 0 43
arithmetic overflow in VS2010 Alex Bransky, January 1, 0001 For anybody getting an arithmetic overflow error in Microsoft.Data.Schema.TSqlT... in Visual Studio 2010, what resolved the problem for me was deleting the schema comparison file in my database ... arithmetic overflow in VS2010 0 0 0
SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB – How to get started krislankford, January 1, 0001 As many of you aware, SQL Server can be a bit of a pig when it comes to system resources on your development machine. As part of the 2012 products Microsoft has added SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB which ... SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB – How to get started 0 0 4
Welcome to new blog!! Agile.NAV ssmantha, January 1, 0001 I am quite ecstatic to announce a new blog, to which I am also a co-author. http://agilenav.wordpress.com. Agile.NAV brings in a vast amount of information of the work I did together with my colleague ... Welcome to new blog!! Agile.NAV 0 0 1
Windows Azure Evolution – TFS Integration (WAWS Part 2) Shaun, January 1, 0001 So this is the fourth blog post about the new features of Windows Azure and the second part of Windows Azure Web Sites. But this is not just focus on the WAWS since the function I’m going to introduce ... Windows Azure Evolution – TFS Integration (WAWS Part 2) 0 0 0
TechEd 2012: Day 3 – Build Me A Solution Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 While digesting my lunch it was time to digest some TFS Build information. While much of my time is spent wearing my developer’s hat I am still a jack of all trades and automated builds are an important ... TechEd 2012: Day 3 – Build Me A Solution 0 0 0
TFS Rant *WARNING* negative opinions are being expressed. ryanabr, January 1, 0001 It has happened several times now where I end up installing TFS "over the shoulder" of the system admin guy whose job it will be to "own" the server when I am gone. TFS is challenging enough to stand up ... TFS Rant *WARNING* negative opinions are being expressed. 0 0 0
TechEd 2012: Day 3 – Morning TFS Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 My morning sessions for day three were dominated by Team Foundation Server. This has been a hot topic for our clients lately, so this topic really stuck a chord. The speaker for the first session was from ... TechEd 2012: Day 3 – Morning TFS 0 0 0
Windows Phone 7 v. Windows 8 Metro “Same but Different&rdqu... ryanabr, January 1, 0001 I have been doing development on both the Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 Metro style applications over the past month and have really been enjoying doing both. What is great is that Silverlight is used ... Windows Phone 7 v. Windows 8 Metro “Same but Different&rdqu... 0 0 1
Windows Azure Evolution - Web Sites (aka Antares) Part 1 Shaun, January 1, 0001 This is the 3rd post of my Windows Azure Evolution series, focus on the new features and enhancement which was alone with the Windows Azure Platform Upgrade June 2012, announced at the MEET Windows Azure ... Windows Azure Evolution - Web Sites (aka Antares) Part 1 0 0 7
Team Foundation Service Preview now open for all! Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 The concept of TFS in the cloud was first presented back in early 2010, the product team worked hard to preview a constantly evolving solution at the BUILD conference last year and after having completed ... Team Foundation Service Preview now open for all! 0 0 0
7-Zip - A Free alternative to other compression utilities TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://www.7-zip.org/downlo... there is a free alternative other compression utilities. It handles a wide variety of formats including RAR!Here is the description from its home page:License 7-Zip ... 7-Zip - A Free alternative to other compression utilities 0 0 0
Microsoft is Top Pick for ALM Arkham, January 1, 0001 Investigating the market for a new software product can be a daunting task. Sometimes it’s difficult to even uncover all of the players. There’s no shortage of rhetoric on each vendor’s web site, but how ... Microsoft is Top Pick for ALM 0 0 0
Code review recommendations and Code Smells Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 Some time ago Twitter told that I am similar to Boris Lipschitz . Indeed he is also .Net programmer from Russia living in Australia. I‘ve read his list of Code Review points and found them quite comprehensive. ... Code review recommendations and Code Smells 0 0 1
Fixing some Visual Studio 2012 RC install issues terje, January 1, 0001 Updated: June 7th 2012: Cause for the issues found! Unsupported scenario having TFS 11 Beta side-by-side. Uninstall TFS 11 Beta before or even after install of VS 2012 RC. The Visual Studio RC has shown ... Fixing some Visual Studio 2012 RC install issues 0 0 4
Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Tips and Tricks–Part 1: Ext... ToStringTheory, January 1, 0001 I don’t know about you, but when it comes to development, I prefer my environment to be as free of clutter as possible. It may surprise you to know that I have tried ReSharper, and did not like it, for ... Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Tips and Tricks–Part 1: Ext... 0 0 0
My Tech Ed North America Preview - Content Edition Chris Gardner, January 1, 0001 As I promised in my last post, I feel the need to give you a rundown on all the technical content I am looking forward to checking out at Tech Ed this year. We shall start with the content I know I'll ... My Tech Ed North America Preview - Content Edition 0 0 0
AJI Software is now a Microsoft Gold Application Lifecycle Manage... Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 Our team at AJI Software has been hard at work over the past year on certifications and projects that has allowed us to reach Gold Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. We have focused on providing ... AJI Software is now a Microsoft Gold Application Lifecycle Manage... 0 0 0
Copying Files into a TFS Workspace: Which Files Changed? Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 Team Foundation Server 2010 is a “server-side” version control system. Developers use to Subversion and other “client-side” systems are often frustrated in certain situations where they want to see only ... Copying Files into a TFS Workspace: Which Files Changed? 0 0 0
TFS API Find out who deleted your build? Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 I am sure you have been in the situation where you start following a change through the list of builds and suddenly realize a lot of the builds have been deleted by some one! The good news is, when the ... TFS API Find out who deleted your build? 0 0 1
WCF Error tracking Pavan Kumar Pabothu, January 1, 0001 Have you ever gotten errors when working with WCF services? Open up your web.config/app.config on the server side and add the following<system.diagnos... <!-- This logging is great when WCF ... WCF Error tracking 0 0 0
Get Detailed Build Test Results using the TFS API Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 It’s a Friday evening and you have just checked in that last bit of code, you are waiting for the build to go all green so that you could call it a day. Just then the build summary page comes back red ... Get Detailed Build Test Results using the TFS API 0 0 0
Microsoft Test Manager–Test Cases Not in a Test Plan Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 provided support for system testing. Test cases were added as a work item type. But test plans and suites are not work items and this greatly limits ... Microsoft Test Manager–Test Cases Not in a Test Plan 0 0 1
Set Lab Management (LM) Permissions for Team Projects Created bef... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 What a long title! Anyway, I didn't add LM until sometime after I had setup my Team Foundation Server 2010 instance. There are 2 important realities to face when you do this: The LM permissions in the ... Set Lab Management (LM) Permissions for Team Projects Created bef... 0 0 0
Team Foundation Server 2010 Real-Time Burndown Charts Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 The reality is that project managers need work status in real-time. The TFS Excel reports and web parts are great, but because they are sourced from the TFS SSAS cube the information can be up to 2 hours ... Team Foundation Server 2010 Real-Time Burndown Charts 0 0 1
TFS 2010 Web Part for Data Warehouse Views Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 Team Foundation Server 2010 includes support for Data Warehouse and Analysis Cube Views. The company, Amrein Engineering, sells a web part that uses SQL statements to source data. You can implement this ... TFS 2010 Web Part for Data Warehouse Views 0 0 0
Publish TFS 2010 Last Work Item History Comment to Excel Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 Team Foundation Server 2010 does not support publishing history data to Excel. However, there is an easy work around to this problem. However, this is limited to the last recorded History comment for a ... Publish TFS 2010 Last Work Item History Comment to Excel 0 0 0
Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) fails to connect when executing test... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 If you are logged on to the local machine (not the domain) you will be prompted to enter network credentials when you open MTM to connect to TFS. However, if you receive a connection error when you attempt ... Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) fails to connect when executing test... 0 0 0
TFS 2010 Agile Iteration Burndown Chart Error - Could not connect... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 It seems there are many issues that can cause this error. But in my situation it turned out to be a permissions issue. It appears that other TFS 2010 reports use the service account (i.e. TFSReports) to ... TFS 2010 Agile Iteration Burndown Chart Error - Could not connect... 0 0 0
Microsoft Visual Studio ALM Rangers Sabbatical for Coded UI Word ... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 Earlier this Summer I had the privilege of working for 16 days onsite at the Microsoft offices in Redmond and Vancouver. The assignment, a "Rangers Sabbatical," is part of the Microsoft Visual Studio ALM ... Microsoft Visual Studio ALM Rangers Sabbatical for Coded UI Word ... 0 0 0
What Happens to TFS when an Active Directory account gets deleted... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 There are at least three scenarios that deserve mention: 1. Existing data It doesn't cause an issue. TFS caches the name->SID mapping in the database. If the accounts go away, existing work items/source ... What Happens to TFS when an Active Directory account gets deleted... 0 0 0
Resolving Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Install Problems Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 I experienced the following errors when attempting to upgrade Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate on my TFS application server (WS08 R2): The file '[path\file prefix].msi' is not a valid installation package for ... Resolving Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Install Problems 0 0 0
TFS 2010 Backup Utility Support for Multi-Server Topology Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 The TFS 2010 backup utility, which is part of the September '10 TFS Power Tools release, is advertised to support a multi-server topology. Specifically where SharePoint is installed separately and on a ... TFS 2010 Backup Utility Support for Multi-Server Topology 0 0 0
TFS 2010 - SPS 2010 MOSS Web Part Connection Refresh Failure Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 ISSUE "Refresh Error" dialog displays on Team Project portal MOSS web parts. There are several variations of refresh errors. Here is one instance: "An error ocurred while accessing application id tfs from ... TFS 2010 - SPS 2010 MOSS Web Part Connection Refresh Failure 0 0 0
Integrating Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 and SharePoint (SP)... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this post is to provide clear and concise steps for a very specific scenario: Integrating TFS 2010 with SP Server (SPS i.e. formerly MOSS) 2010 TFS and SPS are on different ... Integrating Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 and SharePoint (SP)... 0 0 0
Hosting TFS 2010 on an Amazon EC2 Server Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 I needed an inexpensive TFS environment to support demos and research work for the TFS Austin User Group. Here's what attracted me to Amazon EC2: Easy sign-up; like buying a book. Seems affordable Here's ... Hosting TFS 2010 on an Amazon EC2 Server 0 0 0
Team Build 2010 Custom Activity for Assembly Version Stamping Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 This approach is for those who have the following requirements: Use a Primary.Secondary.Maintenan... (P.S.M.B) version number format Want the build name to include the version number Want the assemblies ... Team Build 2010 Custom Activity for Assembly Version Stamping 0 0 0
Visual Studio ALM (TFS) Benefits Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 Here's a summary of TFS 2010 enabled improvement opportunities. This is based on my research and work with TFS 2010 to-date. Unlike a list of features, this information is organized around the typical ... Visual Studio ALM (TFS) Benefits 0 0 0
Accessing VSTS 2010 Offline/Local Process Guidance Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 You can use local or offline VS/TFS Process Guidance. However, then none of the convenient links from the Team Explorer and the Team Project SharePoint site work. Here's how you can fix that. Starting ... Accessing VSTS 2010 Offline/Local Process Guidance 0 0 0
How to confirm that data has stopped flowing from the TFS 2010 op... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 This is a great procedure because you can tell instantly if changes are going to be picked-up or not. You don't have to wait for the cube to process. Here's the procedure for TFS 2010: Make one or more ... How to confirm that data has stopped flowing from the TFS 2010 op... 0 0 0
TFS Branch/Merge and Workspaces Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 I recently responded to concerns about TFS branching where "...when I delete files from my local workspace..." was part of the situation. More than once since 2005 I've had developers come to me, red faced ... TFS Branch/Merge and Workspaces 0 0 0
Using Environments in VS ALM 2010 Lab Management Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 I have recently setup Lab Management (LM) in a production environment. LM is very feature rich and flexible. So, there are lots of ways to do things, which means it can be hard to figure out the best practice ... Using Environments in VS ALM 2010 Lab Management 0 0 0
Turn off Team Build 2010 Scrapping of Project Output to Binaries ... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 The objective of this poat is to simply show how to turn off (disable) TFS Team Build 2010's use of the MSBuild OutDir property to "scrap" project output from the location specified in your project .csproj ... Turn off Team Build 2010 Scrapping of Project Output to Binaries ... 0 0 0
Passing in report parameters to TFS 2010 OLAP Web Parts on the Te... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 There is some helpful information from Ewald Hofman on passing in parameters to the TFS SQL Server Analysis Services OLAP reports. But, the 2010 schema has changed. You can use the SQL Server Mgmgt Studio ... Passing in report parameters to TFS 2010 OLAP Web Parts on the Te... 0 0 2
How I Customized Report Parameters for Team Foundation Server 201... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 My goal was to have the burndown chart on the team project portal main page display the current iteration. The default report displays the tasks for the entire team project starting 5 days before the current ... How I Customized Report Parameters for Team Foundation Server 201... 0 0 0
Updating an incorrect reason code after a state transition Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 When using TFS work items you may find that when you transition from one state to another that you selected the wrong reason code, or you found out shortly afterwards that the reason code you selected ... Updating an incorrect reason code after a state transition 0 0 0