Category Archives: team build

Windows Update (KB2468871) interferes with TFS 2010 (w/o SP1)

After installing the latest Windows Update related to .NET 4.0 (KB2468871), Team Builds may begin failing (or simply hanging).  Error logs will show an exception raised that a version of ‘System.Runtime.DurableInstancing’ cannot be loaded. Installing TFS 2010 SP1 will solve … Continue reading

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Publishing samples with Team Build and TFS 2010

It’s common when writing an API to publish a set of samples. This is a great way to give users an idea of the intended usages of your API. Now samples that are intended for publishing are essentially another production application you need to develop, and therefore should go through the same quality checks and [...] Continue reading

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Team Build Event in Portland

Steven Borg of Northwest Cadence (Microsoft Team System MVP) took a road trip to Portland to speak to a very interested audience about the new features of Team Build 2008, an inherent and powerful part of Visual Studio Team System … Continue reading

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The Microsoft Borg

I’m heading to Portland to give a presentation on Team Build 2008, and an announcement went up on the Portland Area .NET User Group mailing list.  This was one of the replies, which gave me quite a few laughs!  Hat … Continue reading

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Our Upcoming VSTS Events

Although you can always visit our website, and look at our Upcoming Events page to see a list of our upcoming events.  However, here’s a quick summary of many of the events we’re either running or participating in until the … Continue reading

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Free VSTS Training – Lap around VSTS 2010 / Rosario

On December 4, 2008, Northwest Cadence will be sponsoring a free “Lap around VSTS 2010 / Rosario” session, here in our Kirkland offices overlooking Lake Washington.  Come hear about the latest information about VSTS 2010 (AKA Rosario) from Jeff Levinson, … Continue reading

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VSTS Training – Building Applications using Visual Studio Team System 2008

We’re running our VSTS 5-Day course again, here at our offices at Northwest Cadence on December 8-12, 2008.  Get ready for a new year of VSTS productivity by learning the deep ins and outs of VSTS 2008! Here’s a brief … Continue reading

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MVP TV – Gaze into the Crystal Ball: Reporting in Team System made Easy

All the Interaction of the MSDN Chats but with the richer experience of Live meeting and hosted by the recognized world technology leaders –the Visual Studio Team System Microsoft MVP’s. – Charles Sterling on MVP TV I’m on TV!  MVP … Continue reading

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Portland, OR: Enterprise Build Automation with VSTS 2008 Team System and Team Build

If you’re in the Portland, Oregon area, I’ll be speaking on Enterprise Build Automation.  Drop by this free event and learn the characteristics of an Enterprise Build Automation tool, the process to follow, and how to set up automated builds … Continue reading

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Easily Output the Built-in Team Build 2008 Properties

Anyone who was worked with MSBuild to customize Team Build knows the pains of debugging your build scripts and that many times it resorts to outputting property and item values out with the message task.  There is also the major … Continue reading

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Speeding up your Team Builds

Tom Janssen is a Senior Consultant covering ALM in Munchen, Deutchland (Munich, Germany for us English speakers).  I thought it was worth highlighting his comment to the Team Build Breakfast post.  It linked to one of his blog posts that … Continue reading

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