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February 2007 - Posts

TFS Event Subscription Tool

posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:21 AM by Badawi
The Team Alerts dialog lets you subscribe to basic email alerts on a Team Project such as: My work items are changed by others. Anything is checked in. A build status changes. A build completes But the dialog is severely limited; the full richness Read More
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TFS Guidance Whitepaper

posted Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:54 PM by Badawi
Willy-Peter Schaub, a Team System MVP, has posted a Team Foundation Server Guidance White Paper summarizing good practices used in the field. Check it out. Read More
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TFS Power Tools Video

posted Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:18 AM by Badawi
Ed Hintz, development lead on the TFS team, gave a demo of the newly released Team Foundation Server Power Tools v1.2. Ed demonstrates a new tool for monitoring the status and uptime of TFS as well as a new Process Template Editor for visually customizing Read More
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Analyzing Application Performance

posted Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:13 AM by Badawi
Performance tools in VSTS for Developers allow developers to measure, evaluate, and target performance-related issues in their code. These tools are fully integrated into the IDE to provide a seamless and approachable user experience. The performance Read More
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TFS Power Tool - Feb 2007

posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:48 AM by Badawi
The Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Power Tool (formerly known as Power Toys) is a set of enhancements, tools and command line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server user experience. This release includes two new command-line Read More
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Vista Sidebar Gadgets ... in C#!!

posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:13 AM by Badawi
Just came across a very interesting post on Nikhil Kothari’s blog.   It’s now possible to write side bar gadgets in Windows Vista using C#! (via Script#)   His blog shows you a very simple example of how to write a small gadget. Read More
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TFS SP1 Installation Problems

posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:07 AM by Badawi
For a while now people are struggling with some TFS SP1 installation issues. The majority of issues come down to a tool called TFSQuiesce.exe, that is responsible to "shutdown" TFS while performing the SP1 upgrade and restart it when it is done. Most Read More
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Using the Visual Studio Team System Profiler: Summary View

posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 4:15 PM by Badawi
Included with Visual Studio Team System Developer (and Suite) edition is a powerful new profiler for finding performance issues in your native, managed or ASP.NET applications. The profiler can run in both sampling mode (which looks at program state in Read More
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Configuring TFS to Use a Remote SharePoint Server

posted Monday, February 12, 2007 10:10 AM by Badawi
Many organizations’ data centers already maintain and manage a central set of Windows SharePoint Site servers, and restrict creation and deployment of new sites to this set of servers. Team Foundation Server requires installation of a SharePoint Server Read More
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TFS - WSS 3.0 Integration Fails!!

posted Monday, February 12, 2007 10:07 AM by Badawi
Upgrading WSS 2.0 to 3.0 on your TFS Application Tier is not supported in version 1 of TFS.Doing so will result in the following: The Team Explorer's 'Documents' node will have a red X on it and will not expand. Team Project Creation Wizard will Read More
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TFS Installation Common Errors

posted Monday, February 12, 2007 10:04 AM by Badawi
TFS can be a difficult program to install, so it's most adviced to follow the Install Guide as close as possible.Still, a lot of people face problems while doing so. Below is a list of common errors that may appear and their most common resolutions.Error Read More
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VSTS TechNotes

posted Saturday, February 10, 2007 9:41 PM by Badawi
A great resource I got across ... VSTS TechNotes TechNotes are short, focused technical articles that explain a specific concept or walk through a particular scenario. TechNotes are intended to supplement the product documentation and technical articles. Read More
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VSTS Project Integration Hotfix

posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:40 AM by Badawi
When you assign a resource name in a Team Project in VSTS, the resource name may appear as two or more resources when you try to manage the Project in Microsoft Project. This problem may occur when you use the comma delimiter to separate the last name, Read More
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Beta Exam 71-510: TS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server

posted Monday, February 05, 2007 1:52 PM by Badawi
You can now register to take Beta Exam 71-510: TS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, which is the beta for 70-510. This certification exam counts as credit towards the MCTS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server certification. Registration Read More
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Generating documentation from code with Team Build

posted Sunday, February 04, 2007 8:34 PM by Badawi
Brian Keller replied to an internal email thread discussing generating documentation from code as part of a build. Check the below links if you would like to do the same. I just wanted to point out that there are several MSBuild targets available for Read More
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