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Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio Team System 2010

2009-05-22T13:18:00.001+03:00

Team Foundation Installation Guide 2010 is available on Download Center here, it includes instructions for installing Team Foundation Server and Team Foundation Build Services

Visual Studio 2010 and .Net Framework 4 Beta 1 Arrived

2009-05-19T09:55:00.001+03:00

Yesterday, May 18th, Beta 1 of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 were released. If you are a MSDN subscriber, you can download the Beta from here. For the rest of the world, the Beta will be publicly available on Wednesday May 20th. To find out how to download the beta and where to share your feedback, please visit the Visual Studio 2010 Product Page Enjoy :)

TFS Admin Tool 1.4 Beta Released

2009-03-26T08:44:00.001+02:00

The TFS Admin Tool 1.4 beta is now available on CodePlex. The new beta version provides support for SQL Server 2008. It also contains a lot of code cleanup as housekeeping so that the full set of Code Analysis Rules run against the code come back largely clean or suppressed (suppressed a minimum amount).

TFS Code Coverage Check-in Policy

2009-03-04T09:32:00.001+02:00

TFS Code Coverage Check-in Policy is now available on CodePlex. The TFS Code Coverage Check-in Policy enforces that the latest test run of the current solution has code coverage enabled and that the total code coverage percentage is not below a certain, configurable, threshold value. It reads the information from test results folder stored locally beneath the current solution. To ensure that

Visual Studio 2010 New Look

2009-03-04T09:14:00.001+02:00

Jason Zander posted a blog post about Visual Studio 2010 New Look which is built on WPF technology in .NET Framework 4.0. The new UI looks amazing in my point of view … Well done …

Visual Studio DB Professional 2010 Oracle Support

2009-03-04T08:54:00.001+02:00

Quest Software has announced that they will be creating an Oracle Database Schema Provider for Visual Studio Team System 2010, which means that all Team System users having Oracle databases in their applications will get the same benefits from the Database Edition as those given to SQL Server databases. Quest has opened up a Beta program on their TeamFuze.net site for Oracle Professionals using

Team Foundation Server 2008 in Action

2009-01-27T08:58:00.002+02:00

"Team Foundation Server 2008 in Action" is a hands-on guide to Team Foundation Server 2008. Written for developers with a good handle on TFS basics, this book shows you how to solve real-life problems. It's not a repetition of Microsoft's product documentation. "Team Foundation Server 2008 in Action" is a practitioner's handbook for how to work with TFS under common constraints. This book walks

Creating T-SQL Static Code Analysis Rules

2009-01-06T08:57:00.001+02:00

Gert Drapers wrote a great detailed post on how to Create T-SQL Static Code Analysis Rules as one of the new features in the GDR release is that you can create your own T-SQL Static Code Analysis rules. The post will guide you through creating your first rule.

New VSTS Virtual Machines

2008-12-30T09:11:00.001+02:00

The VSTS Virtual Machines are all updates with fresh bits and expiration dates and now available in 4 different flavors on Microsoft Download Center thanks to Brian Randell The new Virtual Machines are a VSTS “all-up” image with Team Foundation Server, Team Build, Team Explorer and Team Suite with the latest SP1 installed, and a TFS “only” image with just Team Foundation Server, Team Build and

VSTS 2008 Database Edition GDR Language Releases

2008-12-24T08:49:00.001+02:00

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Team just released 6 additional languages of the recently released GDR on Microsoft Download Center as follows: Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/9/D/19D1CB8C-82A8-4736-AFF4-51F2E343A312/Readme.mht http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/9/D/19D1CB8C-82A8-4736-AFF4-51F2E343A312/setup.exe German

VSTS Database Project Import Scripts Add-In

2008-12-02T09:05:00.001+02:00

Patrick Sirr posted a detailed post about the latest VSTS Database Edition GDR Import Scripts Add-In that is amazing. In this blog I’ll introduce you to the Import Scripts add-in to the General Distribution Release (GDR) for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition. With this add-in Visual Studio can import multiple scripts to populate a target database project. I’ve included the

Team Foundation Server Build 2008 Reference DeskSheet – V2.0

2008-11-30T09:16:00.001+02:00

Mike Fourie had a few minor updates on the handy reference to aid your work with building software in TFS 2008.

System Center 2008 Management Packs for TFS 2008

2008-11-30T09:12:00.001+02:00

System Center 2008 Management Packs for TFS 2008 is now available for download on Microsoft Download Center The Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 Management Pack monitors exposed services of TFS. This management pack includes event rules and monitors. It is designed to proactively monitor quality and availability of TFS services and even automate recovery in some scenarios. Feature Summary

VSTS 2008 Database Edition GDR is now RTW

2008-11-27T13:12:00.001+02:00

I recently blogged about VSTS 2008 Database Edition GDR RC1 which is now finally a RTW available for download from Microsoft Download Center :)

TFS Build 2008 Reference DeskSheet

2008-11-20T17:01:00.001+02:00

Thanks to Mike Fourie for the great handy reference that will aid working with Team Builds on TFS 2008

Team System Web Access Translations

2008-11-19T09:51:00.001+02:00

Some of Team System MVPs started working on creating some translations for Team System Web Access through CodePlex as the TSWA Community Translation Project The great work resulted in 7 new languages that are now available through CodePlex as follows: Croatian Portuguese (Brazilian) Turkish Danish Swedish Polish Dutch Another release is currently in progress that will

VSTS 2010 Architecture: Prologue

2008-11-18T09:21:00.002+02:00

Cameron Skinner wrote an amazing post discussing the composition of VSTS 2010, giving some higher level descriptions of the parts that make up the whole product. It's a must read post ... Well done Skinner ...

TFS Collaboration Providers

2008-11-18T09:09:00.001+02:00

Team Foundation Server Collaboration Providers is a new CodePlex Project that targets Community Contribution for Collaboration providers for different IM and VoIP integration as the TFS 2008 Power Tools enables rich integration with other team members via IM and VoIP chat. The Power Tools integrates with Live Communicator and Windows Live Messenger Out of the Box. Skype Provider Initial version

TFS 2008 Web Services List

2008-11-17T11:03:00.001+02:00

Never thought of listing all TFS 2008 Web Services before until I needed to start access them directly. Below is the full list of Web Services which comes in two versions, V1.0 and V2.0 for backward compatibility I believe ... Build Service V1.0 http://YourTFSServerName:8080/Build/V1.0/BuildController.asmx http://YourTFSServerName:8080/Build/V1.0/BuildStore.asmx

TFS Sticky Buddy

2008-11-13T08:51:00.001+02:00

Sticky Buddy is a Digital Dashboard that will run off Team Foundation Server and allow teams to display information on the status of their development on one or many projects. The application will consist of a main screen that queries a TFS Server and pulls a list of projects that the user can select for display and within each project it will display the iteration tree. This tree will be

VSTS 2010 PDC Lab Session Available

2008-11-12T08:50:00.001+02:00

VSTS 2010 PDC Lab Session is available on Channel 9 that was done by Cameron Skinner In the spirit of an agile sprint, see how to use the next version of Visual Studio Team System to manage user stories and re-factor existing architecture. Learn how to diagnose real production problems, debug in-production virtual labs, capture test data to eliminate the no-repro bugs, transparently plan,

VSTS 2008 TFS Power Tools - October 2008 Release

2008-11-09T10:03:00.001+02:00

The TFS Power Tools October 2008 Release is now available for download on Microsoft Download Center New in the October Release Team Members (NEW!) Adds a new node under each Team Project to the Team Explorer called "Team Members" that identifies people who work on the project. Serves as a "pivot point" for information about and operations on people and teams. Windows Shell Extension (

Silverlight™ Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

2008-11-05T13:28:00.001+02:00

Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is available for download from Microsoft Download Center This package is an add-on for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 2. It can be installed on top of either Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1, and it provides a Silverlight project system for developing Silverlight applications

.NET Framework 4.0 Types and Namespaces

2008-11-05T10:25:00.001+02:00

Along with all this new features found in Visual Studio 2010, there will be some new types and namespaces available in .NET Framework 4.0. A .NET Framework 4.0 Poster is available for the ultimate way of viewing such types and namespaces. I uploaded the poster in a large size to be available for downloading. Of course they are subject to change as things are still at a very early stage but

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio October 2008 CTP Available Now !

2008-10-30T15:59:00.003+02:00

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio October 2008 CTP is now available for download from Microsoft Download CenterWindows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable services on Windows Azure.Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio includes:C# and VB Project templates for building

VSTS 2010 Architecture Explorer

2008-10-29T15:00:00.001+02:00

Today I finally started playing around with VSTS 2010 CTP and started get a feel of the new wonders … This should be the first post of a series of VSTS 2010 posts out of experiencing the upcoming release … My first experience was with the Architecture Explorer, this great new feature of the Architecture Edition, it is a WPF interface for exploring your architecture. It allows you to drill

VSTS 2008 Database Edition GDR RC1 is now available

2008-10-29T13:51:00.001+02:00

Gert Drapers has just announced that VSTS 2008 Database Edition GDR Release Candidate 1 is now available for download from Microsoft Download Center. This version will provide an upgrade path to the RTM so it worth trying out … The documentation as well is available for downloading.

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP & Feedback

2008-10-28T11:14:00.001+02:00

Visual Studio 2010 CTP is now available for download on Microsoft Connect along with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP Feedback page that is very helpful. Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. Designed to address the latest needs of developers, Visual Studio delivers key innovations in the following pillars:

Team Foundation Build Load Balancer

2008-10-26T09:55:00.001+02:00

A new project is released on CodePlex called Team Foundation Build Load Balancer that balances builds between the build agents defined in a Team Project and thus reducing the time developer's wait for builds to complete. It’s a very simple command-line application that is designed to run in a scheduled job to balance queued builds between multiple build agents irrespective of which build agent it

VSTS 2008 Database Edition GDR September CTP is now available

2008-10-21T10:30:00.003+02:00

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR September CTP is now available for download through Microsoft Download CenterIn addition to providing support for SQL Server 2008 database projects, this release incorporates many previously released Power Tools as well as several new features. The new features include distinct Build and Deploy phases, Static Code Analysis and improved

Visual Studio Team System 2010 Videos

2008-10-21T10:11:00.003+02:00

Thanks to Charles Sterling for the great Visual Studio Team System 2010 Videos list below Announcing Visual Studio Team System 2010Visual Studio Team System 2010 Week on Channel 9!Cameron Skinner: Visual Studio Team System 2010 – Architecture"Top-down" design with Visual Studio Team System 2010"Bottom-up" Design with Visual Studio Team System 2010 ArchitectARCast.TV - Peter Provost on what’s

VSTS 2008 SP1 and IE8 ...

2008-10-20T15:06:00.005+02:00

IE8 is coming up soon as Beta 2 is already out in the open, and one of the major changes in IE8 - I actually just came across it by chance - is that IE8 opens up to 6 concurrent connections per host compared to only 2 in IE7. That leads to the question of Does VSTS support IE8? Will it really open the 6 connections per host?Well luckly the answer to both questions are YES ...VSTS 2008 SP1 has the

Using TFS to Develop Custom SharePoint Products and Technologies Applications

2008-10-09T12:43:00.001+02:00

This article discusses methods and strategies about how to use Team Foundation Build with SharePoint Server 2007 application projects, including recommendations and procedures to conduct automated and scheduled builds for SharePoint Server 2007 application development and deployment.

MSBuild Extension Pack

2008-10-09T12:19:00.003+02:00

MSBuild Extension Pack is a new CodePlex project which is the successor to the FreeToDev MSBuild Tasks Suite and provides a collection of over 170 MSBuild tasks designed for the .Net 3.5 Framework.It includes the following tasks:System Items:Certificates, COM+, Console, Date and Time, Drives, Environment Variables, Event Logs, Files and Folders, GAC, Network, Performance Counters, Registry,

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Overview

2008-10-07T09:25:00.002+02:00

Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. Designed to address the latest needs of developers, Visual Studio and the .NET Framework deliver key innovations in the following pillars:Democratizing Application Lifecycle ManagementApplication Lifecycle Management (ALM) crosses many roles within an organization and traditionally not every

Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 Power Tool Released

2008-08-30T10:10:00.002+02:00

A new release of the Team System Web Access Power Tools have been released on Microsoft Donwload Center.New With Service Pack 1Work item only view for users without a client access license. [Previously known as Work Item Web Access (WIWA) feature]Run a single instance with multiple languages (CHS, CHT, DEU, ENU, ESN, FRA, ITA, JPN, KOR, RUS).Create work items with initial values by using a URL.

VS/VSTS/TFS/.NET 3.5 SP1s are Released !!

2008-08-12T08:08:00.004+03:00

Finally Visual Studio/Visual Studio Team System 2008, Team Foundation Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1s are Released !!Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1They bring great chunck of good value, bug fixes and SQL Server 2008 support.According to my research and knowledge the improvements include:SQL Server 2008 SupportADO.NET

Project Server 2007 VSTS Connector Version 2.0

2008-03-11T11:46:00.003+02:00

The latest Project Server to TFS Connector was just released on CodePlex. This release of the PS2007 VSTS Connector is targeted to work with Team Foundation Server 2008 and resolves several bugs that were reported in the first two releases. They've done thier best to ensure that this Connector is easy to install and well documented.Future versions of Team System will have native integration with

Visual Studio 2008 Contribution Award

2008-02-17T13:08:00.003+02:00

Today I just received my Visual Studio 2008 Contribution Award for the lasting contribution made to Microsoft Visual Studio :)I'd like to thank Dina Lasheen, Program Manager - Developer Division - Microsoft for the Nomination.To show our appreciation, please accept our thank you gift. Thank you again for helping us deliver an amazing Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5S.Somasegar

VSTS 2008 Database Edition Power Tools now available

2008-02-16T21:53:00.002+02:00

VSTS 2008 Database Edition Power Tools is a set of enhancements and tools that complement and improve the user experience of VSTS Database Edition 2008This release updates the Power Tools for the Database Edition to work with Visual Studio 2008 and provides several new features. The new features include two custom unit test conditions, a new Data Generation Wizard, and new MSBuild tasks to

Free Download: Hot-Fixes for Visual Studio 2008 (Web Development)

2008-02-12T08:43:00.000+02:00

Microsoft has released a Hot-Fix Roll-up for Visual Studio 2008 available on Connect.The hot-fixes address the following issues:HTML Source view performanceSource editor freezes for a few seconds when typing in a page with a custom control that has more than two levels of sub-properties.“View Code” right-click context menu command takes a long time to appear with web application projects.Visual

Team Foundation Build Recipes

2008-02-03T21:53:00.000+02:00

Grant Holiday, Team System MVP has came out with a wonderful site, Team Foundation Build Recipes.As a Build Master you've been put in charge of coming up with a central build system for your team. It can be quite daunting at first and you wonder "Where do I start?".The purpose of this site is to create and share build recipes with other build masters so that we can all learn and benefit from each

TFS Admin Tool 1.3 Released For TFS 2008 on CodePlex!

2008-01-28T08:59:00.000+02:00

An updated version of the TFS Admin tool (v 1.3) has been released on CodePlex. This version of the tool supports TFS 2008 and WSS 3.0. It can be used to help manage User and Permission settings across TFS, SharePoint and SQL Server Reporting Services platforms.

Source Code Outliner PowerToy for Visual Studio 2008

2008-01-27T22:28:00.000+02:00

The Source Outliner PowerToy is a Visual Studio 2008 extension that provides a tree view of your source code's types and members and lets you quickly navigate to them with filtering inside the editor is available on MS Download Center.The project source code (in both C# and Visual Basic) can be found on the SourceCodeOutliner project on CodePlex.com.

Team Build: Modify TFSBuild.proj Template File

2008-01-25T13:57:00.001+02:00

One of the usually made changes in all TFS Builds are setting some Targets and Properties for each and every build. Changing the Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets is not a supported and risky scenario as it can be changed from version to another (as happened between TFS05 & TFS08) so the best option is customizing the Template file that generates the TFSBuild.proj file to include those

VSTS 2008 VPCs

2008-01-05T13:57:00.000+02:00

2 new VSTS 2008 VPCs are now available on MS Download.The first one is running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, SP2. It contains a full installation of Team Foundation Server 2008, Team Build 2008, Team Explorer 2008, Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite and all necessary prerequisites. Team Foundation Server is installed in workgroup authentication mode and thus does not require a

Building VS 2008 Projects on TFS 2005

2007-12-31T10:36:00.000+02:00

Been through this issue and looked around for a solution but finally got it working by doing the following 2 steps:Copy your C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v8.0 to C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v9.0 as it is on the TFS Build Server Add the following imports to your Team Build

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools

2007-12-23T00:53:00.000+02:00

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools is a set of enhancements, tools and command-line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server user experience. It can be found on MSDNNew in this ReleaseFind in Source Control tool is an addition to the Team Explorer menu that provides the ability to locate files and folders in source control by the item’s status or with a

Visual Studio Team System Web Access 2008 Power Tool

2007-12-01T23:36:00.000+02:00

Visual Studio Team System Web Access 2008 Power Tool is available to download from MS DownloadsTeam System Web Access is a free download that will be incorporated into a future release of Visual Studio Team System. You may install it with licensed installations of Team Foundation Server. You must be a licensed user of Team Foundation Server to access Team System Web Access. FeaturesNEW: Direct

Team Foundation Build 2008 New Features Video

2007-12-01T23:25:00.000+02:00

There's a great new video on MSDN by Richard Hundhausen featuring the new features in Team Foundation Build 2008.The video covers the major new features and provides a great introduction to the product.How Do I: Learn the New Features and Capabilities of Team Foundation Build 2008?In this video, Richard Hundhausen explores the new features andcapabilities of Team Foundation Build 2008, including

Rosario November CTP is now available

2007-11-28T22:46:00.000+02:00

According to Jeff Beehler'sI'm happy to announce that the next Community Technology Preview of Rosario(officially known as Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System code name "Rosario"November 2007 CTP) is now available. Customers can immediately begindownloading the VPC images from our download page.Download and check what's coming up next for Visual Studio Team System!

How to use solutions and projects between VS 2005 and VS 2008

2007-11-28T09:34:00.000+02:00

Having two team members working on the same solution, one using VS2008 and the other using VS2005, what are the odds they can actually work together??Once solutions are opened in VS2008 you'll not be able to open them back in VS2005 as the version number in the sln file is changed to 10.00, there's an obvious workaround of changing the version number back to 9.00 but this is not supported of

Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008

2007-11-28T00:29:00.000+02:00

Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 is now available on MS DownloadsThis package is an add-on to the RTM release of Visual Studio 2008 to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Alpha. It provides a Silverlight project system for developing Silverlight applications using C# or Visual Basic. The project system includes:Visual Basic and C# Project templates

TFS 2008 Power Tools

2007-11-27T17:41:00.000+02:00

According to Brian Harry below is the TFS2008 Power Tools Plan.The week of 11/26VSTS Web Access - They released a CTP that is compatible with the TFS 2008 object model a couple of months ago. This build will continue to work against the TFS 2008 RTM. Next week they will release a "final" TFS 2008 compatible TSWA. In addition to the bug fixes done, it also includes:A set of easily accessible

Tips for upgrading from TFS2005 to TFS2008

2007-11-25T18:54:00.000+02:00

Grant Holliday posted a Tips for Upgrading TFS 2005 to TFS 2008 article that I find very interesting.Hopefully will try it this week max early next week.

Steps to Uninstall VS 2008 Beta2 before installing the VS 2008 Final Release

2007-11-25T01:04:00.000+02:00

Below is the complete list of potential Beta2 components to uninstall in a recommended uninstall order:Remove "MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 Beta" Remove "Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5" Remove "Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 Design Tools" Remove "Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5 for Devices" Remove "Microsoft Visual Studio Performance Collection Tools" Remove "

TFS 2008 System Recommendations

2007-11-24T19:14:00.000+02:00

Just came across a great post by Brian Harry about TFS 2008 System Recommendations.We have just completed our testing for TFS 2008 scalability and are readyto publish the final recommendations on server sizing and hardwareconfigurations. If you want to compare this to the TFS 2005recommendations, you will find them here.

Team Explorer 2008 Standalone Available

2007-11-24T18:47:00.000+02:00

For those in need to install Team Explorer 2008 only, there's a separate download available on MS Download: Download Visual Studio Team Explorer 2008Having Team Explorer doesn't alleviate the need to also have a TFS Client Access License (CAL) except when using TFS Workgroup (5 user limit), accessing Codeplex or when only filing a bug.

MSDN Virtual Lab: Building Web Applications with Visual Studio 2008

2007-11-23T00:31:00.000+02:00

MSDN Virtual Lab: Building Web Applications with Visual Studio 2008 is available on MSDN Virtual Labs here.In this lab you will use the powerful new CSS editor in Visual Studio 2008 tomanage styles sheets in web pages. You will also try out other new tools likethe new DataPager control and the new LINQ Data Source.

Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 Released

2007-11-23T00:23:00.000+02:00

Visual Studio 2008 SDK 1.0 is released.It is the official software development kit that allows developers to integrate tools, editors, designers, languages, and other features inside Visual Studio 2008. Key features in the VS 2008 SDK include:Visual Studio Shell development support Enhancements in Domain-specific Language tools Visual Studio Package development and testing support for C++, C# and

What's New in Visual Studio 2008

2007-11-20T21:41:00.000+02:00

Adam Gallant posted a long yet amazing post from the new product guide including what's new in Visual Studio 2008 including all the product pieces and editions.Check the post here

Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit

2007-11-20T21:21:00.000+02:00

Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit is available on Microsoft Download CenterThe Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos.This content is designed to help learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2008 features and a variety of framework technologies including: LINQ, C# 3.0, Visual Basic 9, WCF, WF, WPF, ASP.NET AJAX, VSTO, CardSpace, SilverLight, Mobile and Application Lifecycle

Visual Studio 2008 RTM Released on MSDN

2007-11-19T15:19:00.000+02:00

Visual Studio 2008 is now available for MSDN Subscribers to Download.

.NET Framework 3.5 Common Namespaces and Types Poster

2007-11-15T09:59:00.000+02:00

The .NET Framework 3.5 Common Namespaces and Types Poster is now downloadable as XPS or PDF format on Microsoft Download Center.There is also an XPS format file which prints over 16 letter or A4 pages for easy printing.

Visual Studio 2008 RTM this November!!

2007-11-06T13:54:00.000+02:00

Finally the long waited Visual Studio 2008 will be Released to Manufacturing at the end of this November as announced today by Microsoft.Horray !!

TFS Build Lab 1.0 Released

2007-11-03T17:32:00.000+02:00

TFSBuildLab 1.0 is released on CodePlex, it is a project to simplify the day to day operations when using automated builds on TFS. This project handles common Team System issues such as:Continuous integration buildsScheduled builds Build queueing Event notifications Manual and automated build cleanupBelow is a list of 1.0 featuresServiceAutomatic rescheduling when adding new scheduled trigger.A

TFS to TFS Migration Tool Pre-Release Available on CodePlex!

2007-10-31T19:42:00.000+02:00

Back in June the TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit was released, the toolkit helps migrating data between 3rd party version control and bug tracking systems and TFS. Having multiple locations and on site development arose the idea of having a TFS to TFS tool as well, so work was begun on writing a TFS to TFS migration tool based on the toolkit. A pre-release of this TFS to TFS Migration

Patterns & Practices: Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications

2007-10-27T22:44:00.000+02:00

Patterns & Practices: Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications is now available on MSDN.ContentsLanding PageForeword By Alberto SavoiaForeword By Rico MarianiIntroductionChaptersChapter 1 – Fundamentals of Web Application Performance TestingChapter 2 – Types of Performance TestingChapter 3 – Risks Addressed Through Performance TestingChapter 4 – Web Application Performance Testing Core

Microsoft Tester Center

2007-10-27T22:26:00.000+02:00

Microsoft launched their Tester Center that can be found on MSDN.The Microsoft Tester Center showcases the test discipline as an integralpart of the application lifecycle, describes test roles and responsibilities,and promotes the test investments required to deliver high-qualitysoftware.

VSTS Resource Center

2007-10-25T09:54:00.000+02:00

Deitel.com just launched a Visual Studio Team System Resource Center.In the Resource Center you'll find:The Microsoft Visual Studio Team System site where you’ll find product information, solutions, technical information, community resources, news, downloads, support, power tools, developer features, team system blogs, RSS feeds and more. Information about Visual Studio Team System 2008—the

VS 2005 TFS Power Tools Updated

2007-10-04T10:49:00.000+02:00

Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Power Tools is a set of enhancements, tools and command-line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server user experience.This release includes everything from the previous Power Tools release and includes two great new tools, the Team Foundation Server Best Practices Analyzer and Work Item Templates.Team Foundation Server Best Practices AnalyzerThis

VSTS Web Access for TFS 2008 Updated

2007-09-30T09:41:00.000+02:00

MS released a new version of VSTS Web Access.This release is a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of what will ultimately be the 2008 version of the VSTS Web Access Power Tool.This release (and the final 2008 release) can be used with either a TFS 2005 or a TFS 2008 server. In either case, you will need to install a TFS 2008 Team Explorer on the machine you install Web Access on.Since TFS 2005

VSTS for DB Professionals SR1 Power Tools

2007-09-05T09:10:00.000+03:00

VSTS for DB Professionals SR1 Power Tools is now available on MSThe Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals Power Tools is a set of enhancements and tools that compliment and improve the user experience of Team Edition for Database ProfessionalsThis release includes 5 new refactoring types, a new dependency viewer, additional data generators and editors, 2 new MSBuild

New Videos on ASP.NET for VSTS

2007-08-02T09:26:00.000+03:00

Visual Studio Team System provides many ways for developers to extend the application build process, and in these videos they demonstrate how to automate builds, automate tests, and automate deployments.How Do I:Implement Continuous Integration with Team Foundation? (6 minutes, 25 seconds)How Do I:Automate Testing using Team Build? (6 minutes, 25 seconds)How Do I:Deploy a Web Application during a

Team System Web Access Power Tool Available!

2007-08-01T09:49:00.000+03:00

Team System Web Access Power Tool is released the as the first "official" power tool release of Team System Web Access. It can be downloaded from here. When Microsoft first acquired DevBiz, they provided v1.0 of TeamPlain for download. Based on customer demand, they uploaded a preview of TeamPlain 2.0. Neither were supported by Microsoft customer support but both were available for download by

WSS 3.0 Integration for TFS V1 Guidance Updated

2007-07-26T10:11:00.000+03:00

The Guidance For TFS V1 integration with WSS 3.0 was updated on TechNotes SiteTN1501: Configuring Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on the Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Application TierTN1502: Configuring Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a Remote Server to work with Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation ServerHope that helps ...

Service Release 1 (SR1) Update for Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals has shipped

2007-07-26T09:23:00.000+03:00

SR1 update for VSTS for Database Professionals is now released and available on MicrosoftThis service release addresses the top issues that were found through feedback from customers and partners.This release includes the following features:Cross-database referencesSupport is improved to enable you to reference objects in different databases by using database project references or referencing a

Patterns & Practices: VSTS Process Support

2007-07-24T09:37:00.000+03:00

Patterns & Practices: VSTS Process Support is now available on CodePlexPatterns & Practices: VSTS Process Support is a collection of tools, samples and guidance related to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Process Templates. We’ll share artifacts from early development cycles with you and would like to get feedback so we can improve our products.

Patterns & Practices: Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications

2007-07-05T08:47:00.000+03:00

Patterns & Practices: Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications is now available on CodePlexThis guide shows you an end-to-end approach for implementing performancetesting. Whether you are new to performance testing, or looking for ways toimprove your current performance testing approach, you will find insights thatyou can tailor for your specific scenarios.

TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit

2007-07-01T09:31:00.000+03:00

V1.0 of the Migration and Synchronization Toolkit has been released on CodePlex !!The purpose of the TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit is to enable customers of Team Foundation Server (TFS) to build custom tools that enable migration and synchronization with other version control (VC) and work-item tracking (WIT) systems. Customers have asked us for this toolkit to help them integrate TFS

Extending Load Testing Browser Support

2007-06-17T10:06:00.000+03:00

The browser support Out Of The Box for Team Edition for Testers is minimal. But, it can be extended by adding your own browsers (common ones you'll probably want to add are IE7, Firefox and Opera).The configuration files for the browser types are stored in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\Templates\LoadTest\Browsers. The files end in the extension ".browser". These files

Project Server 2007 - TFS Connector

2007-06-17T09:25:00.000+03:00

The Project Server 2007 - TFS Connector has been released on CodePlex.The Visual Studio Team System Project Server 2007 Connector is designed to integrate the project management capabilities of VSTS with Project Server 2007.It's been developed by the Visual Studio Team System Rangers in response to significant customer demand for a connector solution. Future versions of Team System will have

Patterns & Practices Team Development with TFS Guide

2007-05-28T09:33:00.000+03:00

Patterns & Practices Team Development with TFS Guide Beta 1 is release on CodePlexThis guide shows you how to make the most of Team Foundation Server. It starts with the end in mind, but shows you how to incrementally adopt TFS for your organization. It's a collaborative effort between patterns & practices, Team System team members, and industry experts.

TFS - Project Server 2007 on CodePlex

2007-05-27T18:13:00.000+03:00

TFS - Project Server 2007 Connector is now finally available on CodePlexThe Visual Studio Team System Project Server 2007 Connector is designed to integrate the project management capabilities of VSTS with Project Server 2007.It's been developed by the Visual Studio Team System Rangers in response to significant customer demand for a connector solution. Future versions of TeamSystem will have

VSTS for DB Professionals SP1 Pre-release

2007-05-14T08:59:00.000+03:00

The DataDude team, aka the team that develops Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals, has just published a preview of their first service release.It's not just bug fixes, they've included a number of new features:3+4 part name resolution through a new feature called "database references" File groups and files are now part of the project settings and can e fully parameterize then to

TFS Cube ... Uncovered !!

2007-05-06T14:33:00.000+03:00

Jimmy Li has posted the most amazing TFS Cube related post I ever found ... Great job Jimmy ... It's a bless :)The post covers complete understanding of TFS Cube inside out with screenshots, demos and tips on how to use it best. It can be checked out here, he promised he'll give more so keep an eye on it !! Enjoy ...The initial learning curve for the TFS Cube is pretty steep. It is quite

TFS Reporting Simplified using TFS Data Source Control

2007-05-02T12:12:00.000+03:00

Kannan wrote two great posts on how to create a TFS Data Source Control and how to create a TFS Report leveraging the use of this control.You can check the posts on the following links:TFS Data Source ASP.NET ControlTFS Reporting Simplified

VS2005 Template for TFS Events Listening...

2007-05-02T11:33:00.000+03:00

I've been trying to create my own TFS listening events and it was really a bit hard, until I came across Howard van Rooijen's VS2005 TemplateIt'll create the listner web services for TFS events, along with the appropriate signatures, as well as convert the events to an object, so that you can effectively use it.Don't miss it ...

TFS V1 Integration to WSS 3.0 Revisited !

2007-04-17T15:35:00.000+02:00

It was officially announced that TFS V1 will not support WSS 3.0 awhile ago and I had my own post on that, but since countless requests are being sent to MS for having that solved before Orcas' release, they managed to have that working using a great group of MCS consultants and VSTS team members that did much of the leg work to flesh out the solution and test it thoroughlyIt's still not an easy

Team Foundation Source Control Guidelines ...

2007-04-11T11:10:00.000+02:00

Team Foundation Source Control Guidelines are now available. It can be read online in HTNL or downloaded in PDF format.The guidelines are part of the patterns & practices - Visual Studio Team System Guidance Project on CodePlex.It can be used to encapsulate strategies and convey recommendations.Each guideline is written using a "What to do", "Why" and "How" approach to help make them easy to

Deleting Team Builds ...

2007-04-05T14:02:00.000+02:00

Been trying to remove some Testing Build Types that I created while playing with Team Build and got really lost, so I thought it might be helpful for playing geeks like me :)Actually it's very easy ... All you have to do is go to Source Control Explorer, Get latest from the TeamBuildsTypes Project, remove those Builds you no longer need, and then Check in them back again ... Voila :)Same applies

VSTS Guidance ...

2007-03-29T09:22:00.000+02:00

Visual Studi Team System Guidance is now available on CodePlexThe purpose of this project is to build some insightful and practical guidance around using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. It's a collaborative effort between patterns & practices, Team System team members, and industry experts.

VSTS Future Releases ...

2007-03-27T17:42:00.000+02:00

Microsoft released their roadmap for Team System and Team Foundation Server on MSDN.Check it to see the many additions planned for VSTS and TFS, which target architects, developers, testers, and database professionals (in addition, of course, to project managers).

TeamPlain is now Free for TFS Customers!!

2007-03-26T23:28:00.000+02:00

As part of an acquisition made by Microsoft over devBix, TeamPlain is now free for TFS Customers. It can be downloaded here.Check the PressPass.Thanks Microsoft for the great addition ...TeamPlain Web Access is a web interface for Microsoft® Team FoundationServer that allows managing work items, shared documents, reports and source control repositories.Streamlines Team System usageEnables broader

TFS Branching Guidance ...

2007-03-21T09:44:00.001+02:00

TFS Branching Guidance is now available on CodePlexThe purpose of this project is to build some insightful and practical guidance around doing branching and merging using Team Foundation Server. It's a collaborative effort between industry experts, Microsoft Services, patterns & practices, and VSTS team members.

Work Item Tracking ...

2007-03-19T23:12:00.000+02:00

Brian A. Randel just published a great article on Work Item Tracking. It can be found on MSDN VS2005 Technical ArticlesThe Work Item Tracking subsystem offered by Team Foundation Server exposes a rich object model for integration with your own solutions. Accessing work item information from any application only requires a few lines of code. In addition, when building an application, you can let

Performance Testing Guidance

2007-03-18T09:32:00.000+02:00

Patterns & Practices: Performance Testing Guidance is now available on CodePlex.The purpose of this project is to build some insightful and practical guidance around doing performance testing and using Visual Studio 2005. It's a collaborative effort between industry experts, Microsoft ACE, Patterns & Practices, Premier, and VSTS team members.Usage Scenarios:Improve efficiency and effectiveness of

Database Unit Testing with VSTS for DB Professionals

2007-03-17T11:41:00.000+02:00

Sachin Rekhi just published his detailed whitepaper on Database Unit Testing.It can be found on MSDN VS2005 Technical ArticlesSummary: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals is the first toolset to deliver a comprehensive framework for performing database unit tests. This product brings to the data community the same first-class capabilities for performing unit tests

Viewing Other Users' Pending Changes in VS

2007-03-15T09:44:00.000+02:00

You can always view other users' Pending Changes by Running "tf status /user:* $/ /r" but it's not that neat and appealing to everyone.Ekobit released a new free VS Add-In that allows you to directly see other users' Pending Changes from withing VS2005.Check it out!!Using the List Pending Changes browser is relatively simple. You can accessthe browser from the View menu -> Other Windows -> List