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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 may also be running into a small problem with the install guide (Microsoft is already aware of this and it’s being fixed for the RTM documentation).
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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 server during the installation
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 Martin Woodward of Teamprise and
TFS Reporting Help
What differentiates TFS and VSTS from many other products is the fact that it is an integrated toolset which funnels data into a single data warehouse which allows for the silent gathering of metrics around your software development process. Unfortunately, many organizations using TFS want to use the
Using Excel for Team System Reporting – Video
I created a short video to demonstrate how to use Excel 2007 to create a cumulative flow diagram (often called Remaining Work) that gets its data directly from the OLAP cube used by Team System (TfsWarehouse). The video is currently highlighted on our site, but you can see the whole thing on Vimeo.
VSTS 2010 Infrastructure Changes
As more information is released about VSTS 2010, it is so easy to get caught up in the excitement of new features and the infrastructure planning for your upgrade ends up falling behind and eventually implemented at the last minute. Brian Harry
TFS 2008 October Power Tools Released
The Novemberish October TFS 2008 power tools were released over the weekend so grab the download now! Windows shell extension for source control, powershell integration, team
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 2008. There were a total of 68 students from 35 different companies
TFS Reporting Session at Seattle Code Camp
I will be giving a talk on reporting with TFS at Seattle Code Camp on Sunday, November 16 from 2:45pm to 4:00pm. Metrics that Matter: Reporting with Team Foundation Server Am I crazy to think that making informed decisions in regards to your software development process is a good idea? Of course
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
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, Team System MVP. This free VSTS
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 blurb. To learn more, send an email to
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 across the entire organization. Code will be
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 issue of just knowing what each built in property contains and not mixing
Log on as Service
You need to add the Log on as Service right to the TfsService account when installing Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008. (And for that matter, TFS 2005.) So, how do you do that? If you’re not an IT Admin type, it can be difficult to find. The best practice is to have the IT folks do this