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• Team Build Property Reference Guide

  I’ve been working quite a bit with Team Build lately, and overriding properties is a method of customization I’ve found quite useful in certain scenarios. Along the way, I found Aaron Hallberg’s excellent Team Build 2008 Property Reference blog post,... Posted Oct 11 2009, 10:46 PM by Steve with | with 67 comment(s) Filed under: TFS, Team Foundation, Team Build

• Team System on Twitter

  Twitter is quite the rage these days, so I thought I'd compile a list of all the Visual Studio and Team System influentials. Here you go: General Info @MicrosoftVSTS Product Teams @JasonBarile Jason Barile Principal Test Manager for Team Foundation... Posted Feb 18 2009, 04:52 PM by Steve with | with 13 comment(s) Filed under: TFS, Team System, Team Foundation

• MSF for CMMI Process Template v4.0 to v4.2 Differences

  A number of folks on the forums have asked about what changed between Team Foundation Server 2005 and Team Foundation Server 2008, specifically in regard to process templates. I recommended that folks use a diff tool (I use BeyondCompare ), but I thought... Posted Apr 03 2008, 07:12 AM by Steve with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: TFS, Process

• MSF for Agile Process Template v4.0 to v4.2 Differences

  A number of folks on the forums have asked about what changed between Team Foundation Server 2005 and Team Foundation Server 2008, specifically in regard to process templates. I recommended that folks use a diff tool (I use BeyondCompare ), but I thought... Posted Mar 28 2008, 12:37 AM by Steve with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: TFS, Process

• From the Forums: Code Analysis and Custom Path Policies

  A couple users have reported issues with using the Custom Path policy with the Code Analysis policy. The Custom Path policy is part of the Team Foundation Power Tools, and can you can get the bits for free from the Microsoft Web site. The Custom Path... Posted Mar 28 2008, 12:25 AM by Steve with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: TFS, bug

• Team Foundation – Diagnosing Common Connection Problems

  There are quite a number of questions on the forums related to connection issues with Team Foundation. Not that Team Foundation inherently has connection problems, I've never had any, but that it may not have been installed or configured it correctly... Posted Mar 14 2008, 06:13 PM by Steve with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: TFS, debugging

• From the Forums: Changing a Work Item Type

  Out of the box, it is not possible to change the type of an existing work item. For example, in the CMMI template, you can't convert a Bug to a Change Request. It seems to me that this could be a common scenario in many environments. The customer... Posted Mar 02 2008, 11:01 PM by Steve with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: TFS

• Adding TFPT to the Visual Studio Command Prompt

  I was playing around with work items this afternoon, and wanted to delete a couple that I had been playing around with. You can't delete work items from Team Explorer, but you can using the Team Foundation Power Tools. So I opened the Visual Studio... Posted Mar 01 2008, 03:18 PM by Steve with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: TFS, Tips

• From the Forums: FXCop 1.35

  There have been a number of questions on the MSDN forums about where one might download FXCop version 1.35. It seems that GotDotNet has got up and gone, and that's where FXCop used to live. I found that you can download the FXCop 1.36 BETA from the... Posted Feb 29 2008, 11:08 PM by Steve with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: TFS, Tips

• SOX 404: Part 2 - Separation of Duties

  NOTE: This series of articles are written as introduction to complex subjects. They are general in nature and highly condensed. They are not intended to be legal advice or counseling in individual cases and cannot substitute for consultation with a knowledgeable... Posted Feb 18 2008, 05:41 AM by Steve with | with no comments Filed under: TFS, security, compliance

• SOX 404: Compliance Not Found? (updated)

  Redux of original post . NOTE: This series of articles are written as introduction to complex subjects. They are general in nature and highly condensed. They are not intended to be legal advice or counseling in individual cases and cannot substitute for... Posted Feb 18 2008, 05:40 AM by Steve with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: TFS, compliance

• TFS Project Names

  Quick Tip: One important thing to remember when creating TFS projects from Visual Studio, is that including a period (".") in the project name will cause the project creation to fail. MSDN simply states that a period cannot be at the beginning... Posted Jul 17 2007, 04:33 PM by Steve with | with no comments Filed under: TFS, Tips

• TFS Install

  Awhile ago I found myself trying to install Team Foundation Server. It was before I had a blog, but I thought I would share my thoughts. I'm not usually a guy to read the instruction manual. It tends to fall to the wayside in favor of diving right in... Posted Apr 21 2007, 11:50 PM by Steve with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: errors, TFS