Category Archives: Team Foundation Server

What are the most commonly asked questions you’ve had by customers this year, and how did you answer it?

We asked some of our consultants to answer the following: What are the most commonly asked questions you’ve had by customers this year, and how did you answer it? Here’s what they had to say:  How should I upgrade to … Continue reading

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Adding Two New, Useful SSRS Data Sources

 Adding Two New, Useful SSRS Data Sources- By James Tupper Introduction Watching the performance of your TFS 2010 server is important. And having reports that show historical trending is very useful. Luckily, Grant Holliday, Microsoft Program Manager for Visual Studio … Continue reading

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TFS 2010 SP1 Upgrade Bug May Cause Warehouse Update to Fail with Error TF221122

Applying TFS 2010 SP1 may, in rare instances, cause an error which prevents the data warehouse (and, by extension, the analysis cube) from updating work item information beyond the date and time at which the SP1 was installed.  This means … Continue reading

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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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When iterative development causes problems

I should start off by saying that I’m a big fan of Scrum “but”. Scrum imposes strict limits on a number of areas and absolutely requires a number of things being done. And by not doing them you are setting … Continue reading

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Constructing the iteration path in TFS

I had a situation where I had to go directly into the database and determine the work items that fell into a certain category and where they showed up on my long range plan (which iteration). It turns out that … 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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TFS SP1 and Lab Management–wait for the QFE – FIXED

——————————————————————————————- Update: Microsoft released a QFE to address the issue outlined below. Here is a summary of the list of issues fixed by the QFE, to help you decide whether you should apply the QFE: Issue 1: When you run … Continue reading

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Screenshot on Test Failure

Neeraja Reddy from the testing team at Microsoft just provided a pretty cool code snippet to perform a screencapture – programmatically of a failed test: [TestCleanup()] public void MyTestCleanup() {     if (TestContext.CurrentTestOutcome == UnitTestOutcome.Failed)     {         Image img … Continue reading

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Make the move to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010

Do you have Visual SourceSafe?  Are you looking to migrate to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server? Microsoft recently launched a great site that provides all the tools and information to help you upgrade from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server … Continue reading

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MSDeploy and TFS Deployer

Recently I was asked for my opinion on an article by a friend Peter Gfader. In his article Peter talks about automating the creation of a deployment package using MSDeploy. Along a similar line, I am regularly queried as to my opinion on what I see as the contrasts between TFS Deployer and MSDeploy. I’ve [...] Continue reading

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TFS 2010 Unboxing – Melbourne

After successful events in Sydney the TFS 2010 Unboxing comes to Melbourne! Check out the details below… —- Since 2005, Team Foundation Server (TFS) has been providing integrated version control, work management and build capabilities. The release of TFS 2010 builds on the foundations formed in the earlier 2005 and 2008 products and focuses on [...] Continue reading

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TFS Unboxed – A journey through 2010

Since 2005, Team Foundation Server (TFS) has been providing integrated version control, work management and build capabilities. The release of TFS 2010 builds on the foundations formed in the earlier 2005 and 2008 products and focuses on lowering the barrier of entry for teams wanting to get the maximum benefit from TFS with minimal implementation [...] Continue reading

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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 is a rocking operating system. However, you … Continue reading

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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 to slipstream. However… If you’re installing WSS 3.0 on the … Continue reading

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