Tag: ALM

2010 Feature Preview for TFS : VSTS 2010

Oct 27, 2008 • 4 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I am in the TFS 2010 cool features talk at PDC with Brian Harry. I’ll stream notes into this post, but please be aware that this discussion focuses on Team Foundation Server, not the full …

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Script for creating workspace and initial folder structure in TFS

Oct 21, 2008 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

At a client site this week, and having to generate the same initial folder structure for many team projects, so I thought I would create a script (.BAT file, no PowerShell sorry). Below is the script, …

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A Primer on ALM in the Microsoft Stack

Oct 17, 2008 • 5 min read • Richard Hundhausen

By now I you’ve likely heard the term ALM. For the uninitiated, here is the latest from Wikipedia. Application lifecycle management (ALM) regards the process of delivering software as a …

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Visual Studio Team System Announcements today

Sep 29, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Microsoft published more information today about Visual Studio 10 and .NET 4.0. Click here to read the Press Pass and here to read some additional information. Oh, and for SA customers, some really …

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Team Foundation Server for Microsoft Access developers

Sep 18, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I was invited by INETA to speak at the Pacific Northwest Access Developer Group (a.ka. the Seattle Access Group). Now, Access developers are typically "teams of one", but I thought that any team …

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Shelving is the June Cleaver of TFS Source Control

Sep 16, 2008 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Ever notice that no matter what shenanigans Beaver would get into, June always believed everything was fine? No matter how many scotches Ward had after dinner, there was no problem, according to …

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VSTS Profiler Improvements in SP1

Aug 26, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

As you know, Visual Studio 2008 and Team Foundation Server 2008 Service Pack 1 was released earlier this month. Most of SP1 was about bug fixes and performance, but it seems that the profiler team …

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Electronic Scrum Boards

Jun 27, 2008 • 3 min read • Martin Danner

While at TechEd 2008 earlier this month I attended a presentation by Colin Bird where, among other things, he presented the next generation of the Conchango Scrum For Team System process template. …

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Version Control with 2008 SP1

Jun 25, 2008 • 1 min read • David Starr

I am a simple man. All I ever wanted was drag and drop for source control. That folder chooser dialog was a bear. Now we will get it with Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Thank goodness. From the web site: …

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