MS Office 2007 Required for TFS 2010 Integration
Quick note: Office 2007 is required for the TFS 2010 / Office integration. So, if you’re using Excel 2003 or Project 2003, and hoping for integration with TFS 2010 you’re out of luck. The
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The Challenges of Release Management (Part 1 – The Basics)
Often we focus on the requirements, construction, and test aspects of software development without perhaps enough regard for the deployment or release efforts. But depending on the nature of your application, these considerations can be as complex as the development itself. Release management is generally not just a technical effort. It often includes
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TechEd 2009: We’re #2 (And #3, and #4)
We’re all finally home! Jeff Levinson, Shad Timm, and I spent last week speaking, listening, learning and playing at TechEd 2009 in Los Angeles, CA.
Team System
New Radio TFS Episode on Adopting Team System with Steven Borg
A few weeks ago during the MVP summit, I had the wonderful experience of hanging out with
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Now hiring our next great ALM Consultant!
Northwest Cadence is growing our team and looking for a great ALM Consultant. Something you are interested in pursuing or know someone who should? Please
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Why is the Estimated Work field not available in TFS Reports?
The Estimated Work field is used to maintain the estimate for a Task work item in the MSF for CMMI Process Template. However, if you’re creating
TFS
Installing MOSS on Windows Server 2008 R2
You may be playing with the new TFS 2010 Beta 2 bits. You may also be playing with MOSS 2007. And you may be doing it all on Windows Server 2008 R2 which
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Operations and Development – Working Together – Oh My!
Many in the development world have not yet heard of ITIL, but I believe it will come to matter soon enough. The ability to optimize organizational performance, not simply development performance, is a
Slipstreaming TFS2008 on Windows Server 2008
If you’re installing TFS2008 using SQL Server 2008, you MUST slipstream your installation. However, if you’re installing on Windows Server 2008, and using SQL Server 2005, you do NOT need
We’re Speaking At Tech Ed!
Both Steven Borg and I will be speaking for a combined total of 4 sessions and 1 pre-con. The pre-con session is PRC05: Improve Your Software Development:
Issues with Alerts in TFS
Every once in a while we get customers who note issues with alerts. In some cases alerts are being duplicated, items don’t show up in the alerts editor, by default you can only see alerts for yourself,