Useful TFS Links

September 19, 2012 • Simon Reindl • Preferred Practice • TFS • Visual Studio • Visual Studio ALM

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 you don’t have the time to go into in great detail, or you point out a thread.

Below is the list of items that came up for discussion:

Visual Studio 2010

Item	Link
TFS 2010 Service Packs and Hotfixes	http://blogs.msdn.com/b/granth/archive/2012/01/03/tfs-2010-what-service-packs-and-hotfixes-should-i-install.aspx
Team Foundation Power tools	http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c255a1e4-04ba-4f68-8f4e-cd473d6b971f
Productivity Power Tools	http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef
Team Foundation Sidekicks	http://www.attrice.info/cm/tfs/
TFS Admin Tool	http://tfsadmin.codeplex.com/
Feature Packs by licence	http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ff655021.aspx
Scott Hanselman's	The Best Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tools Power Commands And Extensions
Build Extensions (APRIL 2012)	http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com/
MSBuild Extension Pack (Nov 2011)	http://msbuildextensionpack.codeplex.com/
TFS2010 Build Extensions (for ant/maven builds)	http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/2d7c8577-54b8-47ce-82a5-8649f579dcb6
Code Maid	http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/76293c4d-8c16-4f4a-aee6-21f83a571496
TFS Install Guide	http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24337
Check In Policies	http://checkinpolicypack.codeplex.com/
How to create custom check-in Policies	http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/standards/DeveloperDotNet/Custom_Check-In_Policy_for_Visual_Studio_Team_System%20_v7.doc
Merge	http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jmanning/archive/2006/02/20/diff-merge-configuration-in-team-foundation-common-command-and-argument-values.aspx
Branching Guidance	http://vsarbranchingguide.codeplex.com/

Build

Item	Link
TFS2010 Build Versioning	http://tfsversioning.codeplex.com/
nUnit for Team Build	http://nunit4teambuild.codeplex.com/
Wire nUnit in to TFS 2010	http://www.heikura.info/publish-nunit-test-results-as-part-of-team-build-in-team-foundation-server-2010
Beyond compare config	http://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_vcs
Remote desktop connection manager	http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21101
Testing Tools in TFS 2010	http://blogs.msdn.com/b/anutthara/archive/2010/02/09/resources-for-test-tools-in-visual-studio-2010.aspx
Security Permissions	http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252587(v=vs.100).aspx
Team Build Properties	http://www.woodwardweb.com/vsts/30_useful_team.html
Team Build Property reference	http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aaronhallberg/archive/2008/02/12/team-build-2008-property-reference.aspx
Team Build Reference Guide	http://www.platinumbay.com/blogs/dotneticated/archive/2009/10/11/team-build-property-reference-guide.aspx
Jim Lamb simple versioning walkthrough	http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jimlamb/archive/2010/02/12/how-to-create-a-custom-workflow-activity-for-tfs-build-2010.aspx
Build Classic ASP	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8746855/classic-asp-how-to-automate-deployment-in-continuous-integration-environmen http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3769210/build-classic-asp-with-tfs-2010 You need to have an empty solution, add an empty project, add the various .asp, and other content files in to the project. You can edit the .csproj to move the required files to the output directory. A bit of kludge, but it will help you get a version stamped set of files.
BizTalk 2010 Build and Deploy	http://biztalkci.codeplex.com/
BizTalk walkthrough	http://lajak.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/build-biztalk-deployment-framework-projects-using-tfs2010/
BizTalk Deployment Framework	http://biztalkdeployment.codeplex.com/
Wiring the BTDF in to the build	Discussion around the framework http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/biztalkgeneral/thread/d52bd0c6-7fd9-4da1-afe3-cf66984c6ff0

Visual Studio 2012

Item	Link
Team Foundation Power tools	http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b1ef7eb2-e084-4cb8-9bc7-06c3bad9148f
TFS Install Guide	http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=29035
Get Rid of All Caps	http://www.richard-banks.org/2012/06/how-to-prevent-visual-studio-2012-all.html
Visual Studio 2012 Demo and hands on lab scripts	http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briankel/archive/2011/09/16/visual-studio-11-application-lifecycle-management-virtual-machine-and-hands-on-labs-demo-scripts.aspx

Visual Studio 2008

Item	Link
TFS Install Guide	http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=15743
TFS 2008 Service Packs	http://blogs.msdn.com/b/granth/archive/2012/01/03/tfs-2010-what-service-packs-and-hotfixes-should-i-install.aspx

Windows 8 Keyboard shortcuts

Item	Link
Keyboard shortcuts	http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2012/03/20/the-full-list-of-keyboard-shortcuts-for-windows-8.aspx

Hope that helps someone (apart from me!)