July 2008 - Posts

Hyperordinary
31 July 08 05:27 AM | Adam Singer | 1 Comments   

Apparently, if there's one thing that can get me blogging up a storm it's Hyper-V. I just can't get enough! The word of the day is "snapshots". Learn it, love it, and dance with joy. I currently have two different main machines I've been prodding over Read More...

Filed under: Tips and Tricks, Hyper-V

Virtual Machine has gained a level
30 July 08 05:01 PM | Adam Singer | 1 Comments   

I just wrote this up for a coworker who asked me how to move a virtual machine from being hosted by Virtual Server to Hyper-V. First off, I'd like to say that I am a big fan of this type of upgrade. The first step to improving your virtualization experience Read More...

Filed under: Tips and Tricks, Hyper-V

Ventriloquism: TFS Style
28 July 08 11:45 AM | Adam Singer | 2 Comments   

Quite a long time back, Buck posted about how to recover from the situation where one TFS machine is created as a clone from another. This can lead to clients still showing the project list for one server when the connect to the second. Based on a recent Read More...

Filed under: Team Foundation General, Team Foundation Setup Admin & Ops, Coding Practices

Attachment(s): FindTfsGuid.zip

Measuring up
26 July 08 05:56 PM | Adam Singer | 5 Comments   

I just had a somewhat random thought. Throughout the history of computing, we've come up with one syllable abbreviations for collections of bits. First there were "bytes", then "k", followed by "megs" and now "gigs". How will we shorten "terabytes" to Read More...

Filed under: Other activities

Hyper-V: They've gone plaid!
25 July 08 10:02 AM | Adam Singer | 4 Comments   

The title is a reference to "Spaceballs", of course. Recently, I've been doing all of my development on a machine that doesn't exist. This both amuses me greatly and increases my productivity. In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm using a Hyper-V Read More...

Filed under: Other activities, Tips and Tricks, Hyper-V

Edifice Reqs II: The SQL
16 July 08 09:00 AM | Adam Singer | 1 Comments   

Back in March, I posted about the requirements for TFS installation. I promised to post about "SQL Server and it's Various Components", but have been tied up with the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 like a Thanksgiving turkey (only not quite as delicious). In Read More...

Filed under: Team Foundation General, Team Foundation Setup Admin & Ops

My service is packed, I'm ready to go
09 July 08 12:12 PM | Adam Singer | 4 Comments   

...installing here, upgrade once more (Adapted from "Leaving on a Jet Plane") A post on the Visual Studio Team System forums reminded me of one very important tidbit of Visual Studio patching. The integration of Team Foundation Server with Visual Studio Read More...

Filed under: Tips and Tricks, Team Foundation General, Team Foundation Setup Admin & Ops