Windows CE: Writing to the Registry and Deleting Registry Keys Bruce Eitman, January 1, 0001 I needed to update the registry on many devices in the field this week, so I wrote a little application to delete some registry keys and add some new keys and values. The requirements were simple; take ... Windows CE: Writing to the Registry and Deleting Registry Keys 0 0 2
How NUnit and TDD helped me today Stacy Vicknair, January 1, 0001 My work environment is usually an anything goes, wild west of development sort of place. There are no rules imposed, just a “get things done” attitude. Because of auditing, source control was a necessity ... How NUnit and TDD helped me today 0 0 2
Team Build: Part 1 David Barrett, January 1, 0001 I’ve had the fortune of being involved in some pretty complex and elegant Team Build configurations. I’ve started to blog about individual points several times, but ended up figuring that I should instead ... Team Build: Part 1 0 0 0
The failure of Paragon Software BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 I few months ago I made the sad mistake of investing in Paragons software NTFS for OSX. I have a MAC book Pro that dual boots Vista and OS X. I thought this would be the solution for me to utilise the ... The failure of Paragon Software 0 0 0
Code coverage checkin policy terje, January 1, 0001 Jakob got out a cool checkin policy after a question on the microsoft forums about this. The policy ensures that you have run a code coverage, and that the coverage percentage is above a certain set limit. ... Code coverage checkin policy 0 0 0
Building a MSI/Setup project using MSBuild/Team Build David Williams, January 1, 0001 Update: This can be accomplished with the MsBuild Extension Pack using the MsBuild.ExtensionPack.TFS.D... Team Build is great for building Projects applications such as Windows or Web apps. However ... Building a MSI/Setup project using MSBuild/Team Build 0 0 2
Tampa Bay IASA February 2009 Meeting Reminder Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 Just a quick reminder that the February 2009 meeting is tonight from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (ET) at the Microsoft office. Please be sure to register so we have a good idea of how much pizza to order. Code Generation ... Tampa Bay IASA February 2009 Meeting Reminder 0 0 0
Small Confession Jamie Kurtz, January 1, 0001 I have a small confession to make... A little TFS web service I built over the past few days was the first “real” production-ready application I’ve ever written from scratch where I’ve been good about ... Small Confession 0 0 0
Team Foundation Server for BizTalk Server 2009 development & depl... SURESH GIRIRAJAN, January 1, 0001 Check the following presentation by Johan using Team Foundation Server for BizTalk Server 2009 development & unit-testing, automated builds and automatic deployment with custom tasks for msbuild. You ... Team Foundation Server for BizTalk Server 2009 development & depl... 0 0 1
WF 4.0 – A Look Ahead ChrisD, January 1, 0001 At PDC this year, Microsoft announced a major release of the Windows Workflow Foundations (WF); WF4.0 WF4.0 promises better performance, scalability, control, visibility, and usability than its predecessor. ... WF 4.0 – A Look Ahead 0 0 0
UpdateProjectWorkspaceAddress fails with WSSWebIsNotProjectWorksp... CMD, January 1, 0001 So, I am working on a Proof of Concept that integrates TFS 2008, Project Server 2007 and MOSS. After I create a site based upon a custom site template I then create a project using the PWA web services ... UpdateProjectWorkspaceAddress fails with WSSWebIsNotProjectWorksp... 0 0 1
Defining the build set terje, January 1, 0001 A build set is a set of builds running on the same solution or set of solutions, catering for different aspects of the Continuous Integration process. Why a set of builds ? Because one size doesn't fit ... Defining the build set 0 0 0
ASP.NET Web Developer Checklist Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 The following is a simple checklist you can use when building web applications. Much of this still applies to other technologies and can easily be extended. I try not to get too specific on technology ... ASP.NET Web Developer Checklist 0 0 5
Ulterior Motive Lounge Episode 31: The Teams Split Up Martin L. Shoemaker, January 1, 0001 Continuing The Project That Time Forgot, a UML case study in comic strip form... (Click pictures for larger images.) After a long hiatus due to weather, illness, work, conferences, and more stuff than ... Ulterior Motive Lounge Episode 31: The Teams Split Up 0 0 0
Making TFS better or what is TITS? tamir, January 1, 0001 Those days me and my team work very hard toward new version of “The System”. This includes massive refactoring of all solutions, hard work with TFS (which not restricted to only adding files, but also ... Making TFS better or what is TITS? 0 0 1
Script to remove unchanged files in TFS/VS2008 Tim Huffam, January 1, 0001 TFS has a wonderful feature whereby it marks files as changed, even though there are no changes. These files show up in the Pending Changes window in Visual Studio (VS 2008). To work around this, add the ... Script to remove unchanged files in TFS/VS2008 0 0 14
BizTalk server 2006 R2 Technical Documents Rajesh Charagandla, January 1, 0001 Just for quick reference, I listed down all the BizTalk server 2006 R2 Technical documents. Developers Guide to Troubleshooting BizTalk Server 2006 Troubleshooting BizTalk Server SOAP Adapter Developing ... BizTalk server 2006 R2 Technical Documents 0 0 0
TF31002 error in TFS mattjgilbert, January 1, 0001 I just had an interesting problem with one of our offshore developers. She couldn’t connect to our TFS server and was getting the dreaded “TF31002: Unable to connect” error. It turned out that we could ... TF31002 error in TFS 0 0 1
Upgrading TFS from 2005 to 2008 SP1 omarv, January 1, 0001 I recently did an upgrade on a scenario that for whatever reason I had not faced before. It was a dual-server TFS 2005 installation and the server had Visual Studio 2005 and Team Explorer 2005 installed ... Upgrading TFS from 2005 to 2008 SP1 0 0 0
Welcomed updates to VSeWSS – now x64 support Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 If you’ve been running x64 WSS/MOSS in development VSeWSS has been a challenge (wouldn’t install – albeit I believe the Bamboo solutions folks had some hack…) Now, the CTP of VSeWSS 1.3 has been announced ... Welcomed updates to VSeWSS – now x64 support 0 0 0
SSIS import from Excel to SQL table doesn't like empty lines Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 I had a task yo import data from Excel spreadsheet to SQL Server table. Last time I tried to use SQL Server Management Studio import option, but it gave me some not clear errors, that I didn't understand. ... SSIS import from Excel to SQL table doesn't like empty lines 0 0 7
New VSTS and TFS 2008 Trial VPCs omarv, January 1, 0001 If you have been using any of the two Team System trial VPCs that were released months ago you are probably aware that they are about to expire. Common knowledge was that there were not going to be new ... New VSTS and TFS 2008 Trial VPCs 0 0 0
BizTalk Orchestration Opens in Plain Text RobBowman, January 1, 0001 Had a strange problem this morning. I'd installed a BizTalk hotfix for the BizTalk Map TFS issue. All seemed to be ok until I tried opening an orchestration - VS displayed the plain text rather than the ... BizTalk Orchestration Opens in Plain Text 0 0 0
TFS Branching Guide 2.0 Released Aaron Kowall, January 1, 0001 The VSTS Rangers have released the TFS Branching Guide 2.0. This updated version includes more Scenarios as well as more Q&A. The set of Drawings also comes in handy for inclusion into your own project ... TFS Branching Guide 2.0 Released 0 0 0
Dynamic BizTalk Versioning Strategy with Cruise Control Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Article Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/m... Versioning is one of the more difficult aspects of a BizTalk project mainly because of the ability to deploy side by side versions of the components ... Dynamic BizTalk Versioning Strategy with Cruise Control 0 0 1
Setting up Multiple Build Agents with TFS 2008 Glenn Burnside, January 1, 0001 I'll confess - I'm a Microsoft Team Foundation Server fan. I like having all the parts of my software development lifecycle toolbox in one package. And, now that is supports continuous integration and ... Setting up Multiple Build Agents with TFS 2008 0 0 2
Biztalk Pipeline and File System Transaction (TxF) Frederic Hautecoeur, January 1, 0001 With Vista and Windows Server 2008 comes and new amazing feature: the possibility to include file system operations into a transaction. The functionnality is implemented as the Kernel Transaction Manager ... Biztalk Pipeline and File System Transaction (TxF) 0 0 0
BizTalk and TFS document mattjgilbert, January 1, 0001 The Developing Integration Solutions using BizTalk Server 2006 and Team Foundation Server document was just announced. We use TFS internally but are really only amateur users at best so it'll be interesting ... BizTalk and TFS document 0 0 0
Notes on BizTalk 2009 Yossi Dahan, January 1, 0001 earlier this week Microsoft announced the release of the beta version of BizTalk 2009. I’m sure detailed posts of various bits will follow soon, but for now I thought I’d list a few points I’ve picked ... Notes on BizTalk 2009 0 0 0
BizTalk Server 2009 Public Beta: First Look EltonStoneman, January 1, 0001 [Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/E... The first public beta of BizTalk Server 2009 was released yesterday, and fulfils expectations by falling in line with the 2008 server and development stack, ... BizTalk Server 2009 Public Beta: First Look 0 0 12
BizTalk Server 2009 Public Beta Evaluation Edition - Download now Rajesh Charagandla, January 1, 0001 Good news ... On Monday December 8th, 2008 Microsoft announced Public beta of BizTalk Server 2009 (https://connect.microsoft.... What’s new in BizTalk Server 2009? Ø Simplify ... BizTalk Server 2009 Public Beta Evaluation Edition - Download now 0 0 0
What is in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0? Drew Robbins, January 1, 0001 Did you see the announcements over the last month on Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0? Are you still wondering what is new and improved in those products? There is a lot! I’ve been developing ... What is in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0? 0 0 0
TFS Event Handler v1.3 released Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: TFS Event Handler v1.3 releasedUpdated and improved for Team System 2008. Read more...Follow my new blog on http://blog.hinshelwood.com ... TFS Event Handler v1.3 released 0 0 3
Retrieving an identity from Team Foundation Server using only the... Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Retrieving an identity from Team Foundation Server using only the display nameThis is a lot harder than it sounds. At first you think there will be a built in option with the Read Identities ... Retrieving an identity from Team Foundation Server using only the... 0 0 1
The Path Is Not a Legal Form Chris Eargle, January 1, 0001 I've been struggling through a Team Foundation Server 2008 install with Sql Server 2008 over the weekend. It seems to be having an especially hard time with the SQL Server Reporting Services. After analyzing ... The Path Is Not a Legal Form 0 0 1
TFS Event Handler v1.1 released Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: TFS Event Handler v1.1 releasedUpdated and improved for Team System 2008. Read more...Follow my new blog on http://blog.hinshelwood.com ... TFS Event Handler v1.1 released 0 0 0
How Are Podcasts Made Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Larry Clarkin of The Thirsty Developer podcast is one of the leaders of the Chicago Architects Group and makes the Microsoft office available for some of our meetings. As we were setting up for last week’s ... How Are Podcasts Made 0 0 0
Code Metrics - suggestions for appropriate limits terje, January 1, 0001 I like Code Metrics. They give a certain "objective" evaluation of a piece of code. You can use it for yourself just to make it pinpoint potential trouble areas, or just some code where you were a bit ... Code Metrics - suggestions for appropriate limits 0 0 1
Test Driven Development Firestarter Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 Event Date: Saturday, January 19, 2009 Event Time: 08:30 (registration), 09:00 – 17:00 Event Location: Microsoft Tampa Office If you want to learn what TDD is all about, this is the event to attend. It’s ... Test Driven Development Firestarter 0 0 0
Least opportune time. Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Least opportune time. Here I am slogging my guts out, trying to get TFS Sticky Buddy v2.0 out the door and bang goes the TFS server :(Read more...Follow my new blog on http://blog.hinshelwood.com ... Least opportune time. 0 0 0
My Favorite Sessions from PDC08 Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 Here's the complete list of sessions from PDC and my personal favorites. You can find all the recordings of these sessions at www.microsoftpdc.com. Here's my personal favorites: Windows Azure (Hosted ASP, ... My Favorite Sessions from PDC08 0 0 2
TFS - Publish Web Service with TeamBuild Tim Hibbard, January 1, 0001 TeamBuild is such a powerful tool. We use it to run our unit tests and publish our apps using ClickOnce. Recently we started using it to publish a web service. This code depends on MSBuildTasks from Tigris. ... TFS - Publish Web Service with TeamBuild 0 0 3
Advice on using XamRibbon with Composite WPF Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Advice on using XamRibbon with Composite WPF If, like me, you are interested in using all the new fangled controls produced by every man and his dog, you will probably have come across the Infragistics ... Advice on using XamRibbon with Composite WPF 0 0 4
Coolest Team System Gadget Contest Winner! Mike Azocar, January 1, 0001 Sorry this is so late, but we have a winner for the contest! Our winner is Matthew Rowan whose gadget is called TFS Working. This gadget allows you track your time against work items in a very useful manner. ... Coolest Team System Gadget Contest Winner! 0 0 0
PDC 2008: Final Thoughts Mitchell Land, January 1, 0001 I can hear your screaming from here (on the plane at who knows how many thousands of feet overhead): "final thoughts, what happened to Days 2, 3, and 4?" Well, in answer to that, I bring you this bit of ... PDC 2008: Final Thoughts 0 0 0
Migrating VSS 2005 to TFS 2008 Patrice Calve, January 1, 0001 I finally and succesfully migrated a VSS 2005 Database to TFS 2008. I got soo many problems/errors. Things like: Migration tool worked, but only the folders have been created in TFS. No file has been created, ... Migrating VSS 2005 to TFS 2008 0 0 6
The TFS October Power tool pack is released!! Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 Hear all about it here. Lots of great new functionality for everyone on the team. Willy also has a great post with lots of details here. Run for it. Download it here Cheers, ET Technorati Tags: VSTS 2008 ... The TFS October Power tool pack is released!! 0 0 1
TFS Data Manager Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: TFS Data ManagerThis looks like a fantastic product that will let you do pretty much everything that has been missing from TFS. You can cop / clone projects across servers. you get disaster ... TFS Data Manager 0 0 2
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power ToolsThere is a new release of the Power Tools for team system. As an MVP I was involved in the trial that started early this month, ... Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools 0 0 0
TFS Source Control Explorer -no commands shown Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We needed to setup TFS for a new user and he had a problem: When open TFS Source Control Explorer , he can see folders, but was unable to run any commands , e.g Get Latest. Trying to find a reason, we ... TFS Source Control Explorer -no commands shown 0 0 0