November 2005 - Posts

Looking at the world through rose-colored versionspecs
28 November 05 05:10 PM | Adam Singer | 6 Comments   

James ' post on the DateTime versionspec reminded me that I wanted to post a brief summary of versionspecs in Visual Studio Team Foundation's Version Control. There are 5 different flavors of version specifications, each with its own syntax. Their one Read More...

Filed under: TFS Version Control

Twelve Step Programs
14 November 05 08:00 AM | Adam Singer | 2 Comments   

Over the past few weeks, I've set up several Visual Studio Team Foundation Servers. Granted, this is something I've done a few dozen times since I first arrived, but I feel like I'm starting to get this down to a science. In any case, I wanted to post Read More...

Filed under: TFS Version Control

My voice is my passport
07 November 05 03:03 PM | Adam Singer | 0 Comments   

Locks vs. Permissions Visual Studio's Team Foundation Version Control has a very powerful access control model, permitting administrators to grant groups and individuals only the specific capabilities they need to do get the job done. Team Foundation Read More...

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It's always darkest...
07 November 05 12:52 PM | Adam Singer | 7 Comments   

...just before it goes pitch black. These past three weeks, the Visual Studio Team Foundation testers have been darker than dark (we called it "dark dark"). We got tons of new automation written, analyzed numerous automated runs, and even managed to find Read More...

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