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Removing TFS bindings from solutions and projects

Oct 10, 2012 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

When you try to open a solution that is under Team Foundation Server Version Control for a TFS that you don’t have access to, you will receive the message "The solution you are opening is bound to …

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Useful TFS Links

Sep 19, 2012 • 2 min read • Simon Reindl

I have just finished delivering a Team Foundation Course today, and we had some great discussions around TFS Administration, upgrading, adoption etc. As usual, there is a whole pile of questions that …

Preferred Practice TFS Visual Studio ALM Testing

Upgrade your Sprint Retrospective Meetings

Aug 14, 2012 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Tired of asking each other "how the Sprint went"? Try one of these alternate Sprint Retrospective activities to change the pace a bit: Retrospective Timeline Happiness Histogram Mad, Sad, Glad The 4 …

Scrum

TFS #loc.MinimumNetFXVersion and Windows 2012 0x0000005D

Jul 3, 2012 • 2 min read • Simon Reindl

A tale of two error in the path to RC install. I wanted to install the RC of TFS2012 to do some upgrade proving. To keep up to date the target is Windows Server 2012, running SQL 2012, and …

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Implementing Scrum Using Visual Studio 2012

Jun 11, 2012 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Updated 6/12/2012 : Since my breakout session today was on the same topic, I thought I would just hitchhike onto this post from Sunday. My presentation and an updated ScrumRobot are available for …

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Which Scrum Team member should set PBI and Bug work item states?

Jun 8, 2012 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

This is a fairly common question, usually by teams new to Scrum. The Scrum Guide clearly identifies the roles and their responsibilities. Team Foundation Server does not. It only identifies security …

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Scrum Fundamentals Workshop in Boise

May 2, 2012 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Thank you for attending the workshop yesterday. You can find the presentation link below. It was three hours of packed information (and a packed room). I believe we had around 90 people in the …

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Running nUnit in a TFS11 build on 64 bit server

Apr 30, 2012 • 2 min read • Simon Reindl

Overview In TFS/VS 11, frameworks other than MS Test are supported, which is cool. Peter Provost mentions them here. OK, so you start to use this great new feature, queue up a team build and the …

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Reporting Waste with TFS

Apr 11, 2012 • 3 min read • Simon Reindl

Tracking waste in TFS Overview Tracking waste and gathering the empirical data is one of the most effective ways of convincing people for the need to adapt. This needs an Estimated Effort field, as …

Misc Preferred Practice Scrum TFS Visual Studio Azure Boards