Author: Martin Danner

Mar 10, 2009 • 1 min read • Martin Danner

I’m pleased to announce that the Team Foundation Adapters project is up and running on CodePlex. The project description is as follows: Team Foundation Adapters make it easier to do proper unit …

TFS Community Testing

Inside the Microsoft Build Engine

Jan 14, 2009 • 2 min read • Martin Danner

There has been a vacuum of really good, actionable information on MS Build and Team Foundation Build for developers. I’m pleased to report that this is no longer the case! Inside the Microsoft Build …

TFS Visual Studio ALM

How to Disable the Team Members feature of the October 2008 Power Tools

Jan 8, 2009 • 2 min read • Martin Danner

Some Team System users are complaining about problems with the Team Members feature included in the Team Foundation Server Power Tools – October 2008 Release. For team projects with many members, the …

Visual Studio ALM

A Visual Studio Mystery - The Case of the Missing Menu Items

Dec 31, 2008 • 1 min read • Martin Danner

Recently I was working with a client who installed the Team Foundation Client 2008 on his workstation, and subsequently decided to install Visual Studio 2008 Development Edition. The installation …

Visual Studio ALM

Another TFS Blogger

Dec 31, 2008 • 1 min read • Martin Danner

Kevin Hick, a talented .NET developer who has done extensive work customizing Team Foundation Server at HBOS in the UK, has started a blog to share some of his more interesting TFS discoveries with …

Visual Studio ALM

New Visual Studio Team System 2008 VPC Images Available

Dec 30, 2008 • 2 min read • Martin Danner

Brian Randell recently announced the availability of new Visual Studio Team System evaluation VPC images. These virtual machines are very handy sandboxes that contain Team Foundation Server and Team …

TFS Visual Studio Windows ALM

Using 64-bit Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation OS, Part 3

Dec 29, 2008 • 4 min read • Martin Danner

This article lists the steps I used to setup Windows Server 2008 (WS2008) Standard Edition as a workstation operating system on two different laptops. First, if you plan to use WS2008 and Hyper-V to …

Windows Testing

Using 64-bit Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation OS, Part 2

Dec 27, 2008 • 2 min read • Martin Danner

Way back in July I wrote a blog post explaining why I switched from Windows Vista to Windows Server 2008 (WS2008) as the primary OS for my laptop. Well I’ve lived with WS2008 for a few months now, and …

Windows

Virtual Networking in Hyper-V

Dec 22, 2008 • 5 min read • Martin Danner

Getting a virtual machine connected to the outside world in Hyper-V is a non-intuitive process. I had to bumble around with it a bit before finding the secret combination that worked well. Before I …

Windows