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Execute a special build on TFS using Team Foundation Object Model

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Nice article that shows how to execute a special build on TFS using Team Foundation Object Model

TFS 2010 Version Control: Branching and Branch Hierarchy

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:31:00 GMT

One of the features of TFS 2008 I found interesting is ability to view branch hierarchy. The way branching process behaves in TFS 2010 is different than the way it behaves in 2008. Explore this with me in this article.

Rebuilding TFSWarehouse

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:37:53 GMT

I was tasked today with fixing the reporting in Team Foundation Server. Reporting Services Error: The Team System cube either does not exist or has not been processed.

Add SSRS report as dashboard to sharepoint

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:01:59 GMT

It is possible to add a SSRS report to your Project Portal. In this way you can create a nice dashboard on you portal home page. This dashboard can consist of multiple reports, or can vary for the different roles in your team. This post describes how you can achieve that.

Team Foundation Server 2010 - Eventing Service - Subscribing to events

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:20:16 GMT

Visual Studio Team System exposes number of opportunities to extend its features and functionality. Responding to events published by the Team Foundation Server (TFS) is one of the extensibility opportunities which may be used most extensively. In this two part series, we will take an overview of the events raised by TFS and how to subscribe to those events. This article is an update on my earlier article which I had written for TFS 2008. This article will cover the specifics required for TFS 2010 (at this moment Beta 1) as compared to TFS 2008.

A visual monitor to follow the health of your Agile Sprint

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:29:09 GMT

If you sometimes feel the need to see the current state of your scrum sprint, then have a look at the Open Source Scrum Sprint Monitor screensaver, hosted at CodePlex. It is meant to be proeminently displayed in the office environment, where everyone can see the amount of work done and remaining. It is written in WPF, and leverages MEF, WPF Toolkit and the Silverlight Toolkit. It can take advantage of up to two monitors, for a wealth of streamlined data.

Are You Wasting Your .NET Developer Training Budget?

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:30:11 GMT

If you want your software team to stay abreast of the latest software technologies while also developing new applications and supporting an existing code base, you cannot afford to rely on outmoded training methods. This white paper explores the limitations of conventional training methods for developers, and presents 6 elements of a truly effective learning program for your development organization.

Many .NET teams are underperforming, is yours?

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:26:04 GMT

Explore how you can turn your .NET developer training program from a commonly ignored budget line-item into a strategic weapon in today's competitive software environment. Application development is still a "dark art" and software projects continue to fail as often as they succeed. Why? At InnerWorkings, we believe that the people in your software organization hold the key to project success. After all, it is your people who write, test, and deploy enterprise software. If you don't support them, develop their skills, and reward excellent performance, we believe your projects have a far greater risk of failure.

Scrum for Team System

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:20:30 GMT

A summary of some tools and templates used with Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server for project management with Scrum

What's New? VSTT Quick Reference Guide 1.0

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:30:41 GMT

This is a comprehensive collection of technical information on VSTT -- 83 pages of information!!! Many questions you may have on how stuff works in web, load, and unit test are answered in this doc. This doc is a must have for anyone working in VSTT.

Introducing TFSPlus

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:44:49 GMT

TFSPlus is an Addin for Visual Studio that provides developers with useful extensions for performing Source Control operations against Team Foundation Server.

Code Coverage Delta with Team System and PowerShell

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:50:53 GMT

A PowerShell script that locates the two most recent successful TFS builds and outputs a list of classes whose coverage has changed between those builds, citing the change in the number of blocks not covered.

"Stale" workspace in TFS and command line reference

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:09:42 GMT

This is a reference for TFS commands and steps through a problem I had that prevented me from changing my workspace folder.

Software Development Methodology Tool

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:56:55 GMT

A software development tool, capturing project data you can use, no matter the methodology. However, the word "metric" must now cease. I don't like the word at all. I don't want the useless "10 0009 lines of code of which 5 000" is comments rubbish. I want a tool that actually provides me with valuable info.

How to add custom build step to a TFS Server Build ?

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:47:12 GMT

Most of the time when you are creating a build script (TFSBuild.proj), you need to do some steps after the build. Wether it's creating an MSI for easier deployment, creating a VSI for a Visual Studio Add-in, or whatever if may be... you normally do a post build. A post build event looks like the following inside the TFSBuild.proj

Team System on Twitter

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:18:36 GMT

A list of all the Visual Studio and Team System influentials.

Wit-It! - Outlook Add-in for TFS Work Item Alerts

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:13:59 GMT

After a small talk with Guy Burstein he comes up with a Great Idea : use outlook form region to show Work Item from Team System. Then I remembered that working with Event Email in Team System are so irritating. You can customize Event Emails to work with Team System Web Access but then you can't open the work item in XML (sometimes you may need it) But then I noticed that not everyone have TSWA and even this sometimes can be irritating(slow, new look), so why not to open a Work Item Form? It's fast, familiar or why not have all the options?? Thanks to Guy Burstein now the solution to our problem is HERE! Wit-It! Wit-It! allows you to open work items in various ways without customizing team system event subscription. Window Form - just like you'd see in Team Explorer XML Team System Web Access Wit-It! will automatically detect which emails comes from TFS and will show you the Wit-It! panel.

TFS API Part 15: Import Work Item Definition + Validation

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:12:47 GMT

In my last post TFS API Part 14: Export Work Item Definition we saw how to export specific work item definition from TFS. In this post I'll show how to import the work item definition to TFS and how to validate the definition.

TFS API Part 11: Get Area/Iteration Security Settings Using IAuthoriza

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:50:36 GMT

TFS API Part 11: Get Area/Iteration Security Settings Using IAuthorizationService In the previous post TFS API Part 9: Get Area/Iteration Programmatically I talked about how to get Area/Iteration nodes from TFS. In this post I'll show to get Area/Iteration security settings using TFS IAuthorizationService. Download Demo First add reference for Microsoft.TeamFoundation, Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client, Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common.dll,Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.dll...

TFS API Part 12: Set Security For Area/Iteration

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:50:10 GMT

TFS API Part 12: Set Security For Area/Iteration In the previous post I've talked about Download Demo First add reference for Microsoft.TeamFoundation, Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client, Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common.dll,Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.dll located in - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\ Add using for: using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Proxy; using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server; using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client; ...

TFS API Part 13: More About Connecting TFS (Custom Credentials, Prompt

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:49:31 GMT

Connecting TFS (Custom Credentials, Prompt) I got many request regarding TFS Connection, How to connect TFS with...

TFS API Part 14: Export Work Item Definition

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:49:09 GMT

TFS API Part 14: Export Work Item Definition In this post I'll show how to Export work item definition using TFS API. This action can be used...

How To: Disable the Team Members Feature

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:28:17 GMT

If you installed TFS Power Tools 2008 you will see couple of new features. One of the features called - "Team Members" that allows you to collaborate with your team even better. One of the features is integration with instant messaging that allows you to see presence, IM, video, audio, etc from inside Team Explorer. You can read more about the feature here:http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2008/10/01/preview-of-the-next-tfs-power-tools-release.aspx.

TFS API Part 6: WorkItemStore - Get Fields From WorkItemType

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:26:43 GMT

TFS API Part 6: WorkItemStore - Get Fields From WorkItemType In TFS API Part 5: WorkItemStore - Get Project Details (WorkItemTypes, Queries) we use WorkItemStore to get all work item type from TFS. In this post I'll show how to take all fields for a specific Work Type. First add reference for Microsoft.TeamFoundation, Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client, Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common.dll,Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.dll located in - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7...

TFS API Part 7: Use IEventService To Get User Event Subscriptions

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:26:21 GMT

TFS API Part 7: Use IEventService To Get User Event Subscriptions Over the previous posts I talked about Connecting TFS and Working with WorkItemStore. The following posts will about about more advanced and interesting subjects In this post I'll show how to use IEventService to get user subscription from tfs . We going to build a WPF application that will collect all users in TFS and show Event Subscriptions for each user. Download Demo First add reference for Microsoft.TeamFoundation, Microsoft...