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28 May 2010

Check for Warnings/Errors Check-in Policy (2008)

Check-in Policies, TFS

A couple of weeks ago, I posted on an update for the Check for Warnings/Errors Check-in Policy for Visual Studio 2010 / TFS 2010. This version was posted here on the Visual Studio Gallery. Since then, I’ve received some questions about an update for the Visual Studio 2008 / TFS 2008 version of this check-in policy as the one I posted last September had an issue when checking in source code from the command line. I have now also posted an updated version of the Check for Warnings/Errors Check-in Policy for Visual Studio 2008 / TFS 2008. If you’re still…

26 May 2010

OTSUG – Migrating to TFS 2010

ALM, TFS, User Group

Last night, Russ Wagner and I met with the Omaha Team System User Group to present on “Migrating to TFS 2010: Lessons Learned”. Once again, Farm Credit Services of America hosted the event and provided pizza for the attendees. Here’s the description of the talk we gave: In this presentation, Jeff Bramwell and Russ Wagner will discuss the steps taken to upgrade to Team Foundation Server 2010. The talk will cover up-front planning, tasks that need to be completed in the process, and how to plan for contingencies. They will also cover various lessons learned along the way. After the…

18 May 2010

TFS Administration Tool v2.0 Released

TFS, Utilities

With each release of Team Foundation Server, administration gets a little easier. The release of TFS 2010 introduces the Team Foundation Administration Console (TFS Admin Console) providing a much simpler approach to administering Team Foundation Server. However, even the TFS Admin Console does not provide any support for managing permissions between Team Projects, SharePoint, and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). That’s where the Team Foundation Server Administration Tool comes in… Here’s the official description from the TFS Admin Tool site: The TFS Administration Tool allows Team Foundation Server administrators to manage user permissions on all three platforms utilized by Team…

14 May 2010

Check for Warnings/Errors Check-in Policy

Check-in Policies, TFS, Visual Studio 2010

A while back, I wrote about the Check for Warnings/Errors Check-in Policy – a custom check-in policy that I had developed for Team Foundation Server 2008. Yesterday, I published version 2.1, updated for Team Foundation Server 2010, to the Visual Studio Gallery. The features are the same as the TFS 2008 version with a couple of exceptions: You now have the ability to restrict the set of warnings to Code Contract warnings only. The settings for the check-in policy are now stored as TFS properties (more on this in an upcoming post). Here are the details… Usage: To add this…

24 Apr 2010

TFS 2010 Power Tools Released

TFS, Utilities

The first official (RTM) release of the Team Foundation Server Power Tools for Team Foundation Server 2010 have been released. There are three separate downloads available: TFS Power Tools April 2010 release – This is the main set of TFS Power Tools and contains the following high-level features: Alerts Explorer Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) Custom Check-in Policy Pack Process Editor Team Explorer Enhancements Team Foundation Power Tool (TFPT.exe) Team Members Windows PowerShell CmdLets Windows Shell Extensions Work Item Templates TFS MSSCCI Provider 2010 release - The Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider enables integrated use of Team Foundation Version Control with products that…

21 Apr 2010

Visual Studio 2010/TFS 2010 Utility Roundup

TFS, Utilities, Visual Studio 2010

Well, Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 have been “in the wild” for a little over a week now. Now that the RTM versions have had a few days to settle in, I decided to do a quick survey of some of my favorite utilities to see if they have been updated to support the final release of Visual Studio 2010 and TFS 2010. Here is the list: GhostDoc (v2.5.09166) – this is a great add-in for Visual Studio to help with the mundane task of providing XML documentation for your code. After using this utility for even…

16 Mar 2010

Team Explorer 2005 Update for TFS 2010 is Available

Team System, TFS, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2010

If you are using Visual Studio 2005 (along with Team Explorer 2005) to access Team Foundation Server, an update patch has been released that will allow Team Explorer 2005 to communicate with Team Foundation Server 2010. In general, after installing the update patch, you will be able to use Visual Studio 2005 to access legacy (2005) TFS servers as well as TFS 2010 servers. If you switch to a TFS 2010 server, you will be able to continue using the basic functionality of TFS but will not be able to utilize new TFS 2010 features (e.g. Branch Visualization, creating new…

12 Mar 2010

Adding Properties to Artifacts within TFS 2010

TFS, TFS API

As you know, you can store a lot of information within Team Foundation Server – in the form of Work Items and Versioned Items (e.g. source code). While these are great features within TFS there are times when you want to store other types of information within TFS and/or “tag” existing items with custom information. For example, if you create a Visual Studio add-in for TFS, you might want to store the add-in’s properties within TFS such that they “follow” the developer from machine to machine – or - maybe you want to store some custom information with a specific…

02 Mar 2010

Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Installation Failure

TFS, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2010

If you attempt to install the .NET Framework 4 (RC – not sure yet if this will be an issue at RTM) or Visual Studio 2010/Team Foundation Server 2010 RC (which will install the .NET Framework 4 as a dependency) and the Windows Update service is not running, the install will fail. When installing Team Foundation Server 2010 without the Windows Update service running, then you may see a dialog like this one (assuming you don’t already have the .NET Framework 4 installed): If you’re installing only the .NET Framework 4 without the Windows Update service running, then you…

24 Feb 2010

Team Foundation Server Power Tools for TFS 2010 RC

TFS, Visual Studio 2010

If you’ve been trying out Team Foundation Server 2010 RC then you’ll be pleased to know that the Team Foundation Server Power Tools have been released for TFS 2010 RC. This release contains mostly fixes and compatibility improvements for the RC. The Team Members Power Tool is now functional as well – although if you’re not signed into Windows Communicator, it will display a dialog box alerting you that you’re not logged in (a minor annoyance). You can download the TFS Power Tools 2010 RC on the Visual Studio Gallery - here. If you’ve installed the beta version of the…

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