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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 …

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The Visual Studio Install Process for the Whole Enchilada

Dec 24, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

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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Which Edition of Visual Studio 2008 to Install on Team Foundation Build 2008?

Dec 11, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I finally took the time to put together a chart showing which edition of Visual Studio needs to be installed on the Team Build server to achieve specific features. As you can see, Team Suite has you …

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Boise Scrum with Team System Event

Dec 1, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

What? Increasing Your Agility with Scrum and Visual Studio Team System When? 12/12/2008 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where? Microsoft Corporation 401 West Front Street Suite 400 Boise, ID 83702 Why? Martin …

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Team Foundation Build and FinalBuilder

Nov 29, 2008 • 3 min read • Richard Hundhausen

When looking at FinalBuilder and Team Foundation Build side by side, the obvious breakdown in features and advantages looks like this. <li>Team Foundation Build provides a complete build …

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Team Build Target Map

Nov 25, 2008 • 4 min read • Martin Danner

Team_Build_Target_Map1.docx (22.73 KB) I had the good fortune of reviewing the upcoming book titled Inside the Microsoft® Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build. This book is an …

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VSTS Things I Learned Last Week

Nov 20, 2008 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I taught another week long class on Team System last week and as always, I learned a lot. It’s a definite truth that if you want to learn about something, teach a class on it. The other thing …

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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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Convince Me You Can't Branch by Purpose

Oct 9, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

As I have stated before, I am amazed at how an organizations culture (read: dysfunctions or strengths) are reflected in their source control systems. This is a really a restatement of Don …

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