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January 2007 - Posts

Getting Code Coverage Without Tests ...

posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:48 AM by Badawi
The following steps shows how to get code coverage on .NET applications without having to actually run "tests" in the VSTS context. You will need either VSTS for Developers, VSTS for Testers, or VSTS Team Suite Edition installed to have the right tools Read More
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TeamRM ... Robust Work Item Management Tool

posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:20 AM by Badawi
TeamRM, a Visual Studio 2005 plug-in that enables more robust work item management and visualization by allowing the user to create and manage Parent/Child and Link relationships between Team Foundation Work Items is now available in Team System Rocks Read More
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TeamCity adds support for TFS

posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 1:05 AM by Badawi
TeamCity is an innovative, IDE independent, integrated team environment targeted for .NET and Java software developers and their managers. It automates and coordinates key collaborative processes to eliminate manual systems and delays, providing tight Read More
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Keyboard Shortcut Reference Posters for VS

posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:56 AM by Badawi
VS Keyboard Shortcut Reference Posters are now available for download free from Microsoft Download Center. You can download your language of preference and print at your convenience from the following links. Visual Basic, Visual C# and/or Visual C++ Read More
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TFS Powerful Easy Reports Add-In

posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:17 PM by Badawi
TFS ships with a number of reports that allow you to track your progress of a project but modifying or creating new reports in Microsoft Visual Studio™ can prove to be challenging.  Radius, from 90 Degree Software, integrates directly with TFS and Read More
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TFSWarehouse Cube Corruption

posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 3:19 PM by Badawi
Ever got your TFSWarehouse Cube corrupted?   One of the reasons I got that corruption was due to machine failure that corrupted some of the cube's XML files, I spent quite some time trying to figure out the problem and how to solve it, but luckily Read More
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VSTS Load Test Simulating Browser Cache

posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:06 AM by Badawi
Below are some notes that can allow the Load Test containg Web Tests to attempt simulating the caching behavior of the browser There is a property named on each request in a Web test named “Cache Control” in the Web test editor (and named “Cache” on Read More
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TFSServerManager PowerTool

posted Monday, January 22, 2007 11:59 PM by Badawi
BHarry, is working on a great tool called TFSServerManager that contains lots of capabilities mainly for dogfood statistics, it should be checked out on his post   I can't wait to see it out and start using it... Read More
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What Can TFS Tell You?

posted Sunday, January 21, 2007 10:31 PM by Badawi
Throughout the software development life cycle countless data streams into the TFS data warehouse. It takes many data points to illustrate a trend and guide decision making for managing a project. The two process templates that ship with TFS include Read More
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Advanced Load Testing Features of Visual Studio Team System

posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:05 AM by Badawi
Bill Barnett, a Software Design Engineer in Microsoft, wrote a great article on MSDN describing all the bits and pieces of Load Test features in VSTS. Visual Studio Team Test Edition provides two capabilities that can allow users to create load Read More
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TfsAdminUtil and Reporting Services Service Account

posted Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:47 PM by Badawi
The following is a snapshot of the error that you might see if the Reporting Services data sources are not updated when the account is changed or updated: Reporting Services Error An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted) Read More
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Changes to the VSTS for DB Professionals Download

posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:39 PM by Badawi
Recently some changes to the download of the Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals Add-on were made to try to clear up some initial confusion customers were reporting.   This is the add-on which installs into Visual Read More
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Working Offline with TFS

posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:25 PM by Badawi
John Robbins has written a post called Working Offline with TFS.  In it, he describes his approach to using Visual Studio when not connected to the Team Foundation Server.  As many of you know, the server information is stored in the .sln file, Read More
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VSTS for DB Professionals Samples Project

posted Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:40 AM by Badawi
A new project is now available on CodePlex for Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals, please check it out http://www.codeplex.com/vsdbpro The goal of this project is to share and collaborate on Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals Read More
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IE Add-In for Submitting Web Bugs to TFS

posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:33 AM by Badawi
Check this post (Automatically raise bugs from IE) on the Microsoft Developer Tools UK Sales Team blog for information about an Internet Explorer Add-In Neil Kidd developed for submitting Web Pages bugs with all the necessary accompanying information Read More
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