Need suggestions on what you regard as “security” John Breakwell, January 1, 0001 I’m currently writing a large piece on MSMQ security and wanted to check I was covering the right areas. I have some doubts as I’ve seen the occasional MSMQ forum question where a poster has used the word ... Need suggestions on what you regard as “security” 0 0 1
How Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server enable Complian... Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: How Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server enable Compliance One of the things that makes Team Foundation Server (TFS) the most powerful Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform ... How Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server enable Complian... 0 0 2
Book Review: Brownfield Application Development in .NET DotNetBlues, January 1, 0001 I recently finished reading the book Brownfield Application Development in .NET by Kyle Baley and Donald Belcham. The book is available from Manning. First off, let me say that I'm a huge fan of Manning ... Book Review: Brownfield Application Development in .NET 0 0 0
TFS 2008 error: MSB4131: The "Reason" parameter is not supported ... Tim Huffam, January 1, 0001 This error occured on our TFS2008 (RTM) build server after installing VS2010. This is caused because VS2010 updates the MSBuild targets file Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Bu... but not the Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Bu... ... TFS 2008 error: MSB4131: The "Reason" parameter is not supported ... 0 0 3
Custom Team Build Template for Microsoft Dynamics NAV in TFS 2010 ssmantha, January 1, 0001 To cook this recipe you need the following ingredients: 1) An installation of TFS 2010 Team Build Service on a server 2) Visual Studio 2010 for cooking 3) Use the following Hints on the web: a) http://www.codeproject.com/... ... Custom Team Build Template for Microsoft Dynamics NAV in TFS 2010 0 0 2
Urban Turtle is such an awesome product ! Vincent Grondin, January 1, 0001 Mario Cardinal, the host of the Visual Studio Talk Show, is quite happy these days. He works with the Urban Turtle team and they received significant support from Microsoft. Brian Harry, who is the Product ... Urban Turtle is such an awesome product ! 0 0 1
CCNet TFS Migration - Dealing with left over folders Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Im currently in the process of migrating our many BizTalk projects from MKS source control to TFS. While we will be using TFS for work item tracking and source control etc we will be continuing to use ... CCNet TFS Migration - Dealing with left over folders 0 0 5
VBUG Spring Conference, 28th and 29th March in Reading Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I presented at VBUG last year and can confirm that they put on a really good event. This year I stood aside for my “replacement” Steve Plank to work his magic. Worth checking out… VBUG SPRING CONFERENCE ... VBUG Spring Conference, 28th and 29th March in Reading 0 0 0
Prairie Dev Con 2011 Registration is OPEN! D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 It’s with great pleasure that I can announce registration for Prairie Developer Conference 2011 is now open! This year we’ve expanded the conference to include more sessions, more speakers, and more technologies! ... Prairie Dev Con 2011 Registration is OPEN! 0 0 0
Creating Team Foundation Work Items With PowerShell Lance Robinson, January 1, 0001 Here is the simple function I added to my powershell profile: function create-tfstask ($desc) { tfpt workitem /new $workItemType /collection:$serverUrl /fields:"Title=$($desc);Ass... To=$assignee;AreaId=$areaId... ... Creating Team Foundation Work Items With PowerShell 0 0 1
Shared databases again xamlnotes, January 1, 0001 This morning I was working on a client application after I made my last post on Ben’s article about shared databases. So, I went to check in my code. TFS build ran a bit and then rejected it. The services ... Shared databases again 0 0 1
File System permission for the BizTalk Server 2004 to 2013 file a... Thomas Canter, January 1, 0001 I'm sure that over time you've run into the dreaded "File transport does not have read/write privileges for receive location "C:\Flatfile\SAPTestIn\".". Usually you simply go to the folder and either give ... File System permission for the BizTalk Server 2004 to 2013 file a... 0 0 0
Will the Amazon Beanstalk Obscure the Azure Skies? andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the beta release of its “Elastic Beanstalk” Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. The platform Initially is available to Java developers only, but it sounds pretty ... Will the Amazon Beanstalk Obscure the Azure Skies? 0 0 2
Prairie Dev Con 2011 – Session List Sneak Peak D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I’m trying to find time to update the Prairie Developer Conference 2011 website, and the sessions and speaker information will be up by this weekend including the registration page. For those that are ... Prairie Dev Con 2011 – Session List Sneak Peak 0 0 0
Making Cross-Domain / Cross-Protocol Ajax calls with flXHR, jQuer... ChrisD, January 1, 0001 If you attempt to make an ajax call that cross domain or protocol boundaries, the default XHR (XmlHttpRequest) processor will fail. The out-of-the-box implementation forbids crossing boundaries. Enter ... Making Cross-Domain / Cross-Protocol Ajax calls with flXHR, jQuer... 0 0 0
GiveCamp NYC 2011 - Project Development in under 48 hours David V. Corbin, January 1, 0001 This past weekend (Jan 14-16) there were GiveCamp events accross the country. At the New York City event, nearly 100 developers, designers and database administrators came together to dontate their time ... GiveCamp NYC 2011 - Project Development in under 48 hours 0 0 1
Build Controller status Unavailable issue in TFS2010 jehan, January 1, 0001 I ran into this problem few days back, I was not able to run the builds because the Build Controller was showing Status as Unavailable. It was showing the below exception: There was no endpoint listening ... Build Controller status Unavailable issue in TFS2010 0 0 7
UppercuT v1.0 and 1.1–Linux (Mono), Multi-targeting, SemVer... Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 Recently UppercuT (UC) quietly released version 1 (in August). I’m pretty happy with where we are, although I think it’s a few months later than I originally planned. I’m glad I held it back, it gave me ... UppercuT v1.0 and 1.1–Linux (Mono), Multi-targeting, SemVer... 0 0 0
TFS 2010 and Expanding Possibilities ssmantha, January 1, 0001 My organization is migrating to the new Team Foundation Server 2010, and we all are busy experimenting with ALM features. I find it very exciting and I foresee quite a lot of possibilities for TFS 2010 ... TFS 2010 and Expanding Possibilities 0 0 3
Shelving – What is it – and more importantly, can it ... Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 Since we shifted to TFS we’ve had the ability to perform what is known as ‘shelving’. Shelving (whilst not a wholly new topic in the world of SCC) is new to us, and didn’t exist in our previous SCC solution ... Shelving – What is it – and more importantly, can it ... 0 0 1
2011 - ALMs for your development team and the people they work wi... David V. Corbin, January 1, 0001 Welcome to 2011, it is already shaping up to be a very exciting year. The title of the post is not about charitable giving, although that is also a great topic. Application Lifecycle Management and the ... 2011 - ALMs for your development team and the people they work wi... 0 0 0
Project of Projects with team Foundation Server 2010 Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: Project of Projects with team Foundation Server 2010It is pretty much accepted that you should use Areas instead of having many small Team Projects when you are using Team Foundation Server ... Project of Projects with team Foundation Server 2010 0 0 4
What to do after a servicing fails on TFS 2010 Martin Hinshelwood, January 1, 0001 *Moved to: What to do after a servicing fails on TFS 2010What do you do if you run a couple of hotfixes against your TFS 2010 server and you start to see seem odd behaviour? A customer of mine encountered ... What to do after a servicing fails on TFS 2010 0 0 2
Adventures in Lab Management Configuration: Part 2 of 3 Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 The first post was the high level overview. Now it is time for the details on what was done to the existing CMMI Project based on CMMI v 4.2. The first step was to go into Visual Studio, then from the ... Adventures in Lab Management Configuration: Part 2 of 3 0 0 0
Adventures in Lab Management Configuration: CMMI Edition Part 1 o... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 I remember at one point someone telling me how close Migrate was to Migraine. This was a process that included an environment from TFS 2008 to TFS 2010, needed to be migrated too as far as the process ... Adventures in Lab Management Configuration: CMMI Edition Part 1 o... 0 0 0
Great finds: TFS Guides Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 If you are or know someone who wants to get more information in the “How do I work with TFS” from a user perspective this is a must visit and read. http://tfsguides.codeplex.com/ ... Great finds: TFS Guides 0 0 0
TFS Backup Plan Wizard Tool Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 With the release of the “September – 2010” TFS 2010 Power Tools, came an addition to the Team Foundation Server Administration Console. This addition is the Team Foundation Backups Tree item. The tool ... TFS Backup Plan Wizard Tool 0 0 0
SharePoint 2010 and Windows Server Backup Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 A couple of months ago, a friend found a bit of information on TechNet that has proven to be quite useful. See, I am of the opinion SharePoint allows for smaller deployments to be made, and with that said, ... SharePoint 2010 and Windows Server Backup 0 0 2
TFS 2008 to TFS 2010 moves and some issues Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 There have been many things going on this year around TFS. Most of them had to do with migrations (I don’t call them upgrades for the most part since it involved new hardware and such). Many were implementations ... TFS 2008 to TFS 2010 moves and some issues 0 0 0
TFS and Project Integration Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Recently there have been more and more requests on how to have TFS 2010 and Project 2010 together. Most of the requests have been around working with Agile and Scrum projects and templates. There are some ... TFS and Project Integration 0 0 0
Administering Team Foundation Server 2010 Class resource links John Alexander, January 1, 0001 Here are the resource links for the Administering Team Foundation Server 2010 Class from last week in Minneapolis. Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 and Team Foundation Server® 2010 RTM virtual machine for ... Administering Team Foundation Server 2010 Class resource links 0 0 10
How do I rollback a TFS check-in? Lance Robinson, January 1, 0001 I can never remember how to rollback a check-in, and there all kinds of mess in search results about this (change between different versions of TFS etc), so I thought I’d just put this here so I won’t ... How do I rollback a TFS check-in? 0 0 2
ALM Catalyst Workshop: How to use TFS to Manage the SharePoint Li... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 The session is going to cover and discuss the role TFS can play in the management of SharePoint implementations, custom development and delivery of solutions. Check it out here and register … http://sharepoint.microsoft... ... ALM Catalyst Workshop: How to use TFS to Manage the SharePoint Li... 0 0 0
PowerShell for breakfast, lunch and dinner Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Actually, for snacks too, and it is nearly everywhere I turn. If I do Microsoft Exchange work, I know I will run into it. Active Directory, SQL Server, TFS, SharePoint, Azure and most recently Lync. All ... PowerShell for breakfast, lunch and dinner 0 0 0
The betas are coming … the betas are coming Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Yep! Another round of stuff to test out, I am referring to the Visual Studio 2010 SP1 related Betas. They are out, and available. The always present warning that normally comes with installing Beta stuff ... The betas are coming … the betas are coming 0 0 0
Updated Virtual Machine for VS/TFS 2010 Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 If you had downloaded the previous version of the virtual machines, then you are likely aware they are set to expire soon (12/15/2010). Brian Keller announced yesterday (blog post here) the availability ... Updated Virtual Machine for VS/TFS 2010 0 0 0
Error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Mic... Tim Huffam, January 1, 0001 This error occurred on our TFS2008 build server which we had upgraded to cater for VS2010 projects (by installing VS2010 on the build server - see this article). Error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program ... Error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Mic... 0 0 1
Is your company successfully applying Application Lifecycle Manag... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Two separate emails arrived in my Inbox. Email #1: The results of detailed survey of UK ISVs which we had commissioned – what makes them tick etc. In that survey it stated “76% of ISVs do not use any ALM ... Is your company successfully applying Application Lifecycle Manag... 0 0 0
Visual Studio & TFS 2010 – List of extensions and upgra... terje, January 1, 0001 This post is about VS 2010, go here for the VS/TFS 11 extensions. UPDATED Apr 9th 2012: VersionInfo, NuGet, Code Contracts UPDATED Oct 7th 2012: New Visual Studio GDR UPDATED Aug 31th 2012: New versions ... Visual Studio & TFS 2010 – List of extensions and upgra... 0 0 5
Creating mulitple TFS Build services on the same server - one for... Tim Huffam, January 1, 0001 This is for TFS2008. This is based mainly on this article: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jpr... But also had input from these: ... Creating mulitple TFS Build services on the same server - one for... 0 0 4
New NDepend v3.5 Continuous Integration and Reporting Capabilitie... Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 Two months ago I blogged about NDepend and it's main features here. Now the NDepend team present the new NDepend v3.5 Enhanced Reports. Check by yourself new reports on some of the most popular OSS projects: ... New NDepend v3.5 Continuous Integration and Reporting Capabilitie... 0 0 0
Creating a Web Application using Central Administration for Share... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 A couple of days ago, I posted the general steps to create a Web Application using Central Administration for WSS 3.0. Now we are back from the past, and moving into SharePoint Foundation 2010. Assumptions ... Creating a Web Application using Central Administration for Share... 0 0 0
Creating a Web Application using Central Administration for WSS 3... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Knowing fully we are now in SharePoint Foundation 2010 territory, I am going back in time. There are still questions around how to configure or create a Web Application and then a Site Collection using ... Creating a Web Application using Central Administration for WSS 3... 0 0 0
Fixing the default checkin action, make Associate the default ins... terje, January 1, 0001 When checking in code with workitems, one should connect them with workitems. In some cases you need to check in multiple times before the item is resolved. If you are too quick there, the checkin action ... Fixing the default checkin action, make Associate the default ins... 0 0 0
Deployment MSI files on TFS Build Server – The Problem Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 So, what would seem to be a simple problem, automating the build of an MSI on the TFS build server – using a Microsoft .vdproj setup project type should be a doddle. Add a new build configuration (cunningly ... Deployment MSI files on TFS Build Server – The Problem 0 0 2
Building Visual Studio 2010 projects in TFS 2008 David Williams, January 1, 0001 Recently we upgraded one of our solutions from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010. After checking in our code to our 2008 Team Foundation Server, the CI build unexpectedly failed. We were getting ... Building Visual Studio 2010 projects in TFS 2008 0 0 0
Hosted TFS Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 Just wanted to put forward a recommendation to anyone who may be interested in a hosted TFS solution. As a regular traveller its quite tough to keep on top of some of my blog and other projects so for ... Hosted TFS 0 0 1
Moving TFS warehouse from SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 to SQ... Tim Huffam, January 1, 0001 Turns out you can't just move a TFS warehouse/cube from SQL Server 2005 to 2008... Once performed we got the following error on the TFS app server tier - when we tried to update/process the cube (both ... Moving TFS warehouse from SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 to SQ... 0 0 42
Windows Azure’s 3.0 Maturity in a 2.0 Release andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 I didn’t go to the Microsoft’s PDC Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC) this year because it was, as far as I could tell, a made-for-streaming video event. As such, I watched the keynote about 24 ... Windows Azure’s 3.0 Maturity in a 2.0 Release 0 0 0
TFS in Azure – The highlight of the keynote at PDC MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 So, while I didn’t get to attend PDC2010, I did get to watch it live at the Microsoft Offices in Johannesburg. It had all the usual things I was expecting, Windows Phone 7 Demo’s, Azure Demo’s and Balmer ... TFS in Azure – The highlight of the keynote at PDC 0 0 1