TFS Web Access 2008 Released! Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 In the wave of release we now have the final version of the TFS Web Access. Check out VSTS Web Access Power Tool for Team System 2008 released! Great work guys! Cheers, ET Technorati Tags: TFSWA 2008,TFS ... TFS Web Access 2008 Released! 0 0 0
Team System Web Access 2008 is live Aaron Kowall, January 1, 0001 Brian Harry recently announced the availability of Team System Web Access 2008. This is great news as TSWA is a great tool for those non-developers in your project that need to access workitems or look ... Team System Web Access 2008 is live 0 0 2
Dev Teach Day 3 - Source Control Best Practices with Bil Simser a... D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Are there really places that just use zip files for source control? Wow. I've been lucky to never have worked anywhere like that...VSS was always the lowest point I was at. Optimistic locking is a good ... Dev Teach Day 3 - Source Control Best Practices with Bil Simser a... 0 0 0
Visual Studio Team System Chat - Dec 5 Marko B., January 1, 0001 Buck Hodges just announced two Visual Studio Team System discussions, scheduled for the afternoon and evening of December 5th (http://blogs.msdn.com/buck... ... Visual Studio Team System Chat - Dec 5 0 0 0
TFS Event Handler gets 3 stars from Accentient Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: TFS Event Handler gets 3 stars from AccentientAll be it it is only popularity, but they are stars non the less... Willy-Peter Schaub brought and update of the Team System Widgets page to my ... TFS Event Handler gets 3 stars from Accentient 0 0 0
The difference between VS2005 and VS2008 Solution files Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 Hey all, I've seen a few things going around about this so I'd like to put in my .02c too. When opening a VS2005 solution in VS2008 their will be an upgrade wizard that will show up. If you go through ... The difference between VS2005 and VS2008 Solution files 0 0 8
Come chat with the Visual Studio Team System group – Decemb... Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Team Foundation Server, Team Suite, Architecture Edition, Development Edition, Database Edition, and Test Edition. ... Come chat with the Visual Studio Team System group – Decemb... 0 0 0
Visual Studio 2008 Shipped Already!! Mohamed Ahmed Meligy, January 1, 0001 An hour ago, I claimed (based on my my previous post) in my ASP.NET AJAX session @ IT WORX that VS 2008 would ship next week or by end f the month, but just now realized it has just been shipped already!! ... Visual Studio 2008 Shipped Already!! 0 0 0
Renaming a TFS backend database server Scott Lock, January 1, 0001 I recently had to update the TFS configuration settings to reflect a newly changed database server name. Merrick Chaffer's post on how to update TFS when the VM is renamed worked perfectly. I only updated ... Renaming a TFS backend database server 0 0 1
So Geek Bloggers, Anything Happen Today? Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 Visual Studio 2008 To Come Next Week (Or so...) Get your RTM here! Rumor: VS2008 bits on MSDN VS2008 Bits Technorati VS2008 RTM: Confirmed Visual Web Developer Express 2008 RTM Get your download engine ... So Geek Bloggers, Anything Happen Today? 0 0 0
Get your download engine running, VS/TFS 2008 is now available on... Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 Hey all, it's official, VS and TFS 2008 are available today for download, there are so many new things it's hard to do the product justice in a simple blog. I've had the pleasure of testing and giving ... Get your download engine running, VS/TFS 2008 is now available on... 0 0 0
FUQ: Frequently Unanswered Questions Aaron Kowall, January 1, 0001 Our friends at NWCadence have started a blog for 'Frequently Unanswered Questions' for TFS, Sharepoint and other collaborative technologies. If there has been something nagging at you and you can't find ... FUQ: Frequently Unanswered Questions 0 0 0
TFS source code control with Visual Studio 6.0 and Visual Studio ... Ahmed Hussein, January 1, 0001 Can we use TFS’s source code control with Visual Studio 6.0 and Visual Studio .NET 2003 clients? Yes we can use the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server with products that do not support Team Explorer ... TFS source code control with Visual Studio 6.0 and Visual Studio ... 0 0 1
Cruise Control Build Server Steve Clements, January 1, 0001 We have recently started using Cruise Control to manage our build processes, this works great with asp.net web deployment projects and TFS. Cruise control for those who dont know, is, according to the ... Cruise Control Build Server 0 0 0
Hello F#! Erik Araojo, January 1, 0001 I don't remember exactly where, but some years ago I've come across a book that said something like -- A "complete" programmer must know the 3 main programming styles, 1. C-based (C#, Java C++ etc) 2. ... Hello F#! 0 0 5
SSAS: Connecting via HTTP on Windows Vista Darren Gosbell, January 1, 0001 Microsoft has a couple of articles on how to set up HTTP connectivity for SSAS, one for Win XP http://www.microsoft.com/te... and another for Win2003 server http://www.microsoft.com/te... ... SSAS: Connecting via HTTP on Windows Vista 0 0 15
Oslo - what will it mean to me? BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 As a long time BizTalk Architect/consultant and having been involved in a number of advisory discussions and technology sessions with the Connected Systems Division of Microsoft I've had a fair amount ... Oslo - what will it mean to me? 0 0 0
Final TFS 2008 Feature List Murray Gordon, January 1, 0001 Check out Brian Harry's blog to get the current feature list for TFS 2008. Great stuff! http://blogs.msdn.com/bharr... ... Final TFS 2008 Feature List 0 0 0
Montreal Code Camp Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 So I gave a session at the Montreal Code Camp this weekend and it was a blast. There was about 70 people, and a lot of great questions. I think the buzz is starting about VSTS/TFS 2008 it will be a great ... Montreal Code Camp 0 0 2
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPC images will expire on November 1, 2... Chris Dufour, January 1, 0001 We know many of you have been testing the Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPC images, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/... It has been brought to our attention that the current Visual Studio ... Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPC images will expire on November 1, 2... 0 0 0
Visual Studio 2008 B2 VPC from Microsoft to expire Nov 1st Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 Hey everyone, please be aware that the VPC provided by Microsoft to evaluation Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2008 B2 will expire Nov 1st. If you are using this VM in production and are using ... Visual Studio 2008 B2 VPC from Microsoft to expire Nov 1st 0 0 2
WPF / Provider Model Presentation -- KC .net User Group Doug Butscher, January 1, 0001 For those of you who attended my Oct. 23, 2007, 6:00pm presentation (and even those of you who didn't) on Windows Presentation Foundation with a focus on XAML and the Provider Model, I promised to put ... WPF / Provider Model Presentation -- KC .net User Group 0 0 3
Automated Emails from Team Foundation Server for Work Item Assign... Andrea B. Williams, January 1, 0001 For one of our clients, we wanted to set up an automated email notification when a work item is assigned to someone. We found a handy blog on this subject from Vertigo Software with a downloadable web ... Automated Emails from Team Foundation Server for Work Item Assign... 0 0 0
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Team Suite - my first look... Lou Vega, January 1, 0001 So I finally got the time to sit down with a copy of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 and got it installed on my test rig. Here's how it all went down... I did a custom install this first time around - no Visual ... Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Team Suite - my first look... 0 0 0
Why Integrated Authentication does not work with host headers! Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Why Integrated Authentication does not work with host headers!You receive error 401.1 when you browse a TFS Web site that uses Integrated Authentication and is hosted on IIS 5.1 or IIS 6 This ... Why Integrated Authentication does not work with host headers! 0 0 0
3 Cheers for ET Aaron Kowall, January 1, 0001 My good friend ET has once again (third year in a row) been named a TFS MVP. ET and I work very closely on the TFS implementation at our company. I must say that ET is THE TFS expert. He has been very ... 3 Cheers for ET 0 0 0
Installing TFS 2008 from scratch Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Installing TFS 2008 from scratchWell, setting up TFS 2008 is pretty easy. I have done an upgrade before, but I have now deployed my first pure TFS 2008 server to a clean environment. I have ... Installing TFS 2008 from scratch 0 0 4
Falling of the TFS rehabilitation wagon... Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Falling of the TFS rehabilitation wagon...And here I though I was waving good buy to TFS in the short term, but here I am Installing it for Aggreko. My boss came to me a couple of days ago and ... Falling of the TFS rehabilitation wagon... 0 0 0
Team Foundation Server SharePoint Integration Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Team Foundation Server SharePoint IntegrationWhy is there not more integration found in Team Foundation Server "out-of-the-box" with SharePoint 2007. It seams obvious to me that you would want ... Team Foundation Server SharePoint Integration 0 0 3
TFS Alerts Sudheer Kumar, January 1, 0001 I am back to blogging after a vacation..! This time I had an issue with TFS Alert not working properly. You need to make sure that you have done the following setting properly: C:\Program Files\Microsoft ... TFS Alerts 0 0 0
SqlBits - notes from grok on using NTFS file encryption to secure... Liam Westley, January 1, 0001 This is a summary of the grok talk I gave at the SqlBits day at Microsoft UK in Reading on 6th October 2007. Thanks for all the delegates who finished lunch early to make the grok talks and I hope it proved ... SqlBits - notes from grok on using NTFS file encryption to secure... 0 0 0
TFS 2008 Dru Sellers, January 1, 0001 Can anyone tell me how less TFS 2008 sucks? I am getting pretty worn out with having to fight TFS 2005 as my team tries to develop a quality build with it. At this point I am ready to start the fight to ... TFS 2008 0 0 3
SqlBits - a great conference Liam Westley, January 1, 0001 Just a quick scribble to thank the organisers of SqlBits for a superb event on Saturday. There were some great sessions, especially David McMahon's Top 10 SQL Keywords. Not for the Led Zep Top Of The Pops ... SqlBits - a great conference 0 0 0
Refocus... Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Refocus...You may have noticed that over the last month or so I have been neglecting my blog (too many personal posts) and my focus on development in general. This has been a temporary setback ... Refocus... 0 0 0
I am now a Microsoft MVP for Team System... John Alexander, January 1, 0001 I've just been informed that I am now an MVP for Team System! I'm very honored with this award and pumped because the TFS VSTS team has great stuff coming out continuously (blog posts, power tools, etc) ... I am now a Microsoft MVP for Team System... 0 0 4
Third time's the charm Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 I just got a nice letter from Microsoft letting me know I got awarded as MVP for the 3rd year in a row. I feel really good about last year and all the stuff I did for the community. I'll try to do as much ... Third time's the charm 0 0 10
TFS Source Control Explorer Stops Responding Scott Lock, January 1, 0001 Sometime in the last few days the Source Control Explorer in VS 2005 stopped responding. I would click on in under the expanded TFS Project and nothing. After some research I found that it may either be ... TFS Source Control Explorer Stops Responding 0 0 0
TFS Adoption at Microsoft Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 Brian Harry just released new statistics on Microsoft's internal adoption of TFS as they passed some fairly major milestones this month. Apparently, the adoption continues to grow at a fairly rapid pace, ... TFS Adoption at Microsoft 0 0 0
What have I been up too? Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 Well it's been a while since I've last posted, I'm in my eyeballs with stuff to do. We have finally released our internal Team Build offering and I will hopefully soon start my series of post on Team Build. ... What have I been up too? 0 0 0
A request to anybody who is bored on a Friday afternoon Tim Hibbard, January 1, 0001 If there is anybody who has some spare time and wants to build some killer TFS tools, I have some ideas for you. I would love a Vista gadget with a search box that searches all work items from a predetermined ... A request to anybody who is bored on a Friday afternoon 0 0 1
Exchange Volume Letters batch script (WinXP) Martinez, January 1, 0001 Suppose that you have the need to switch drive letters of two of yours volumes. Lets say you have one partition with assigned drive letter D and other drive with assigned drive letter E. To change those ... Exchange Volume Letters batch script (WinXP) 0 0 2
TFS Event Handler in .NET 3.5 Part 2 Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: TFS Event Handler in .NET 3.5 Part 2I have decided to have a little go at creating a Team Foundation Server Event Handler in .NET 3.5 that is resilient and scaleable. I will be using as many ... TFS Event Handler in .NET 3.5 Part 2 0 0 0
TFS: Notify of newer version of file in source safe. Steve Clements, January 1, 0001 In TFS if you check out a file it DOESNT check for a newer version of the file in source safe (as it did in Visual Source Safe (VSS)) it was a decision taken by MS to remove this feature to ensure that ... TFS: Notify of newer version of file in source safe. 0 0 0
Microsoft does indeed listen Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Microsoft does indeed listenWhen I posted my question "Would anyone be interested in Hosted TFS?" on linked in I was hopping for a response from potential users. I did not think that Jim Lamb ... Microsoft does indeed listen 0 0 1
TFS Handover Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: TFS HandoverI am just writing some handover documentation for our TFS deployment in the office. Thank goodness that I wrote installation and disaster recovery documents when I originally deployed ... TFS Handover 0 0 0
ASP.NET impersonation to TFS - while using NT authentication to S... Jamie Kurtz, January 1, 0001 The challenge I was facing was being able to accomplish the following within a single ASP.NET application: Use an NT authenticated connection to my SQL Server database; this would assume the identity set ... ASP.NET impersonation to TFS - while using NT authentication to S... 0 0 1
Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition for Architects Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition for ArchitectsSomething I have noticed in writing an article is that the "Application diagram" in VS2008 does not support Windows Communication Foundation. This ... Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition for Architects 0 0 0
TFS Event Handler in .NET 3.5 Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: TFS Event Handler in .NET 3.5I have decided to have a little go at creating a Team Foundation Server Event Handler in .NET 3.5 that is resilient and scaleable. I will be using as many of the ... TFS Event Handler in .NET 3.5 0 0 0
Team Foundation Server Error TF30177: Team Project Creation Faile... Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Team Foundation Server Error TF30177: Team Project Creation Failed - Part 2If you are trying to get team server to talk to another Sharepoint farm this is something to watch out for. I fell ... Team Foundation Server Error TF30177: Team Project Creation Faile... 0 0 0
Brian Harry a technical fellow Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 Well I can't pass on this news. Knowing Brian a bit by talking with him and having great discussions with him in the last 4 years, he is probably trying to keep this as low profile as possible ;-). Willy ... Brian Harry a technical fellow 0 0 0