Inside the Microsoft Build Engine
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 …
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One of my non-technical enjoyments in life is listening to the This American Life podcast, from Public Radio International. It isn’t always my political cup of tea but it is always entertaining.
I was …
Read more →How to Disable the Team Members feature of the October 2008 Power Tools
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 …
Read more →A Visual Studio Mystery - The Case of the Missing Menu Items
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 …
Read more →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 …
Read more →New Visual Studio Team System 2008 VPC Images Available
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 …
Read more →Using 64-bit Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation OS, Part 3
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 …
Read more →Using 64-bit Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation OS, Part 2
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 …
Read more →The Visual Studio Install Process for the Whole Enchilada
I recently had to go through the process of installing Visual Studio 2008 with a team getting ready to use Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server. Further, I have been tinkering with …
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