Tag: TFS

Custom Check-in Policy for Exactly One Work Item

Dec 15, 2009 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Out of the box, Microsoft has a Work Items check-in policy which requires you to select at least one work item when checking in your code in TFS 2008. If you install the Team Foundation Server Power …

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Team Foundation Server 2010 Installation Guide

Oct 19, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Don’t trust the install guide that you find inside your Beta 2 download media. It’s an older version that was from last month. Instead, download the latest, beta 2 guide (TFSInstall-beta2-9192009.chm) …

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Everybody Lies

Oct 16, 2009 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I was at a client site last month where they have TFS2008SP1 installed and running on Windows Server 2008 SP1. Everything was working fine. We created several team projects. No problems. I come back …

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Eclipse + Teamprise FAQ

Aug 28, 2009 • 5 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I spent this morning working with a client who will be using Eclipse and Teamprise client to support their ongoing Java break/fix work while they migrate their application to .NET. Both teams want to …

TFS Azure Boards Testing

Automating the Creation of TFS Service Accounts

Jul 15, 2009 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

When setting up new virtual machines for Team Foundation Server 2010, I find myself having to manually create the four amigos: TFSSERVICE, TFSREPORTS, TFSBUILD, and WSSSERVICE (per the installation …

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Windows Server 2008 SP2 and TFS 2008

Jul 8, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Windows Update dropped the SP2 update at my doorstep yesterday. Since I’m always nervous about patching a server running Team Foundation Server, I checked with the VSTS product group. Brian Harry …

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Mining Software Effort Data: Preliminary Analysis of Visual Studio Team System Data

May 19, 2009 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Ok, I’m on a Microsoft Research kick today. I admit it. Some of you know what I’m talking about – you find one cool project and that leads to another one, and another one and before you know it you’re …

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Team Foundation Adapters Project

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 …

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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 …

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