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Saturday, August 23, 2008 12:13 AM

BuilderBob, TeamPatter and the Natural Language Build Agent

I've been tossing around for a few years now some 'better living through IM' tools to tie into the Team Foundation Server (TFS) toolset. I have a not-even-started-yet-over-a-year-old project called TeamPatter on CodePlex to prove it. It's been one of
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:02 AM

When To Punt On A Design

I hate having to concede a technical design that just doesn't work. It's a good learning experience but also painful. I have been working on some TFS custom work item controls and I have a scenario that has kicked my proverbial... well you get the idea.
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 2:50 PM

Bennie's Weblog : Team Foundation Server Extensibility - Navigating the Object Model

I'm very interested to see what this potential PSDrive provider for the TFS repository does and looks like. Bennie... bring it on. I'd like to see what your thoughts are. I'll be patiently waiting.
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:40 AM

Restricting Ability to Run Build Types

In the MSDN Team Foundation - Build Automation Forums someone asked last night about restricting access so that only specific users could kick off specific build types. The question below: "Is it possible to set up different permissions for different
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:01 AM

Team Build Errors May Not Always Be What They Seem

I ran into an issue yesterday in which I had a freshly minted team build failing on 1 specific project. I reached out to others with the comments below hoping someone could help me. It turns out despite my last statement in the post about being at a total
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007 5:45 AM

Team System Web Access and Object Reference Not Set To an Object

Synopsis: If you go to the TSWA web site and you have no team projects you get the errors that follows. If you are installing the latest and greatest in the Power Tools for TFS and have installed Team System Web Access (TSWA) you may decide to try out
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Monday, July 30, 2007 11:23 PM

My FIOS Router Hosed my Beta 2 Plans

I had planned to install this evening, multiple times, Visual Studio Team System Beta 2. Trying out a number of scenarios. I also had a standing problem that despite any port forwarding rules I was applying to my Actiontec MI424-WR router from Verizon
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Friday, July 27, 2007 2:57 PM

Ask and you shall receive - Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team System Install Guide

I was just asking Buck Hodges two days ago why I hadn't seen what the install was going to look like for TFS under Visual Studio 2008. I was specifically asking how it looked to upgrade the server side or to do a fresh install in the 2008 version. He
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:43 AM

Rough Cuts in Technology WSS 3.0 and TFS 2005

I'm working on my next Rough Cuts in Technology Microcast. This session will be on installing WSS 3.0 for use as the Team Site portals for Team System team projects. It's outlined in a TechNote but that doesn't stop folks from liking a visual representation
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:23 AM

The Decision Points of Visual Studio Team System

Decision Points: the perfect term to describe a lot of what organizations do in Team System implementation planning. I was speaking with a potential client today about their plans on a move into the Visual Studio Team System space. It was the standard
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:39 AM

Are You Impressed With Cluttered Screens or Do You Need Lots of Windows to Be Productive?

I consult a fair amount with Microsoft Team Foundation Server, though not nearly as much as I would desire. DAMN YOU, MOSS . As part of that I try to keep up with what similar products do and don't do and how they do it, especially in the area of application
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:02 AM

Things to Have Before Starting a TFS Install

Here is a great post from Neno Loje on what to have prepared before starting a TFS install. Very succinct and a easy to read. An example from the list: In large organizations: Request »TFSService« and »TFSReports« Don't forget to request the two domain
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Sunday, May 06, 2007 3:50 PM

You know what they say- When in Indianapolis...

... go to the Team System SIG. Some info here and link from there to more info (I think).
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 8:26 AM

Awesome Post About Warehouse Data in TFS

There is a must read article by Jimmy Li (a developer on the Team System group). It's all about the data warehouse in TFS and is a rockin' post. Technorati tags: TFS , Team Foundation Server
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Friday, April 20, 2007 6:32 PM

TFS Work Item XML Export Part 2

In a post a few days ago I discussed TFS Work Items represented as XML. I promised at that time to report when a wiki page had been created to collect stories (requirements) for the creation of a backlog I have created said wiki page. You may need to
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 5:37 PM

Do You Need TFS Work Items as XML?

Do you need TFS work items as XML? I've looked around and haven't found an easy way readily available for people to get TFS work items out as XML. Do you need this? Some of the reasons I have found for the such a feature is the ability to take the XML
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:28 PM

WSS 3.0, TFS and NOT Orcas

I try to avoid repeating the same news from the communities I am most closely aligned. I figure if I have read it so have everyone else that reads what I might have to say. But this is such great news that I couldn't help but pass it along. Brian Keller
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Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:50 PM

70-510: TS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server

Anthony Borton posted about the results of the TFS Beta Exam beginning to come back . I naturally logged into Promteric and sure enough in my history it showed: TS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server NEW HORIZONS Microsoft 071-510 Passed I was
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Monday, March 26, 2007 2:21 PM

Microsoft Acquires devBizSolutions (TeamPlain)

My colleagues, Steve St. Jean and Ben Day , just sent me this from Brian Harry's blog , which I read religiously, but had not yet read this post. It states Microsoft acquired TeamPlain, you can find devBiz Business Solutions through the link. Hate to
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 4:53 AM

Visual Studio 2005 SP1 for Vista - Released - so much for my theory

The Visual Studio 2005 SP1 for Vista has been released for download. So much for my theory on the countdown for Defy all Challenges
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:44 AM

TFS Event Subscription Tool

On CodePlex a project by Jeff Atwood was started for making it much easier to work with TFS Event Subscriptions . I imagine that you should expect another release out on the product soon. One of the deficiencie is that similar to earlier releases of the
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:37 AM

A Sample Four Day Team System Envisioning

I perform a lot of work with Team System often in some sizable companies. As such, I often do a envisioning, or POC phases with a client that can run from days to weeks depending on the nature of the client need. As an example of an agenda that might
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:56 PM

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista release notes

Take a look at the Release Notes for SP1 to Visual Studio 2005 . Published today. Looks like I should soon find the actual release version of the service pack. Woohoo. Technorati tags: VSTS , TFS , Vista
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:18 PM

blocked .CHM

This is nothing new to most people but for those that are just starting out and in an effort to better document and pass along questions that I get asked. If you download the Admin guide and Install Guide and get an image that looks like the following
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:06 PM

Team System Chat a surreal experience

It was a surreal experience in the Team System Chat that occurred today. What was surreal about it you ask? Well, that on the question asking side was Eric Lee . It was strange to see him as a participant asking questions of the experts versus being on
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