Clik here to view.
Managing Parallel Team Development–Using NuGet
For probably over a year now I’ve been hearing lots of hype around package managers and NuGet in particular. I’ve never really “got it” – that is until last week. So what, NuGet will download the...
View ArticleTFS In the Cloud!
Late last year Microsoft launched TFS in the cloud at https://tfs.visualstudio.com. It is free for 5 users and less. Microsoft hasn’t completely worked out the pricing yet for larger teams, but that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TFS API - Reporting Visual Studio Solution And Project Versions
Problem DefinitionI am about to take ownership of a TFS 2005 repository that has projects for BizTalk, SharePoint, SSIS, SSAS, different flavors of .NET, to complicate things, the customer is using...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TFS2012 QU2 - New Feature - Work Item Tagging
Microsoft has just switched the flag ON and released a whole bunch of new features in CTP1 as part of the TFS 2012 QU2 release. In this blog post I’ll be talking about some practical uses of ‘Work Item...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TFS - Get List Of Software Installed On Build Agent
IntroductionIt is common for your code projects to reference Microsoft or Non Microsoft SDKs, this requires that the build agents has the SDK’s installed. It is also natural that some of your projects...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TFS Build Custom Activity : TODO Counter
Article Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/charliemottTracking the count of TODO’s in your solution can be used for the following:Use as an additional measure of code quality. Predict estimated...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ready for .NET Code Camp in South Florida?
Here we go again! South Florida Code Camp is about to start tomorrow, Saturday Feb 9 2013, at NOVA University in Fort Lauderdale. I have seen this event grow every year; over 900 people were registered...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BizTalk: the Naming Conventions in Examples
See the BizTalk: BizTalk Solution Naming Conventions article.In small application we do not really care about names. When the number of objects start growing, we start pay attention to the names....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Feature Toggles vs Feature Branches – Dylan’s $0.02
There’s been some chatter lately about an old debate between Feature Branches vs Feature Toggles. I used to be firmly in the Feature Branches camp, but about a year ago (at the ALM Summit) I became...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BizTalk Automated Multi Server Deploy
BackgroundI’ve been working with BizTalk since 2006r1 (the one without the handy WCF adapters). Since that time I’ve tried various community offerings to improve the deployment process. In 2008 I was...
View ArticleError Cannot map server path because it is not rooted beneath a team project
What happened: I have an online TFS account (if you don’t have one please go to visual studio and subscribe, free for 5 people team). I recently bought a surface pro and started creating various test...
View ArticleMy Experience with free source control from Microsoft
Microsoft has been very generous with all the free stuff they are giving to the developer community and among that is a free source control (tfs ). It is free for 5 developers and is a very little...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to backup the TFS 2012 databases
Team Foundation Server Backups - You need to install the ‘Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update xx Power Tool’ on the application-tier for Team Foundation Server. The tool can schedule...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Upgrading to Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP3
Last week I upgraded my TFS 2012 test environment to CTP3 to try out the new features rolled out in preview as part of the Visual Studio 2012 Upgrade 2 CTP. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ALM Mag – Harnessing the cloud for Performance Testing
Recently my blog post ‘Leveraging the cloud for Performance Testing’ got featured in the ALM Mag Vol. 1 Issue 1 – January 2013. Figure 1 – Visual Studio Load Testing using Windows Azure – featured in...
View ArticleTFS GIT pull "changes in the current working directory"
If you are trying the new Visual Studio 2012 TFS Git source control and are trying to pull from master and get the error that "There are changes in the current working directory." You should add the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Continuous Integration-Automated Deployments And Release Management
A customer I am working with is interested in an ‘automated deployment and release management’ solution for their 160 applications scaling across 350 servers. There is a mix of Microsoft and Non...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MVP Summit 2013 Recap
Just sitting in the Seattle airport finally returning home from my first MVP Summit (well in truth I’m flying directly to my next client, no home till next weekend).As I said this was my first time...
View ArticleMVP Summit 2013
I got back on Thursday last week from the Microsoft MVP Summit in the Seattle area. MVPs are tech community leaders who are awarded annually by Microsoft based on their contributions and leadership....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Check Out the New Windows Azure Hub on Channel 9
Several weeks ago we launched a new hub for Windows Azure on Channel 9. This hub will serve as an index and entry point for all video content related to Windows Azure. Since the launch we have already...
View Article