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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 collaboration tools (messaging, workspace templates,
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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 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