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09 February 08 11:54 PM | Adam Singer | 2 Comments   
As a follow up to my explication on the various TFS Editions and a few thread I saw on the Visual Studio Team System forums (including Upgrading TFS 2008 Workgroup to Std. Edition - then TF50626 ), I'd like to point out something about the upgrade from Read More...
Absence makes the install grow fonder
16 August 07 11:15 AM | Adam Singer | 1 Comments   
As I mentioned in a previous post, our program manager Sudhir is blogging up a storm on all the great new features in Orcas, including remote Analysis Services and Sharepoint. You can also use pre-installed and configured Sharepoint instances, if your Read More...
Great news!
31 July 07 09:45 AM | Adam Singer | 1 Comments   
I'm still alive! Yes, I know you all agree that's great news. At least, I think it's great news so will classify it as such here in my blog. First, a bit of business: Come chat with the Visual Studio Team System product team – This Wednesday Join members Read More...
Can you direct me to Directory Services?
29 March 07 03:15 PM | Adam Singer | 3 Comments   
As with many of my other Administration and Operations posts, this one stems from posts I've seen on the Visual Studio Team System forums . I've read a number of questions where people are having trouble granting 0their Active Directory users access to Read More...
Must be Monday
06 November 06 08:56 AM | Adam Singer | 1 Comments   
Steps to have an interesting Monday morning: Arrive at work to find that your coworker 's door has been locked from the inside Realize that nobody in the office has keys Push up the ceiling tiles in an attempt to drop a book over the door through the Read More...
On sheep and goldfish
09 December 05 04:16 PM | Adam Singer | 0 Comments   
Here's an old story readjusted for the modern world: A project manager, a developer, and a tester are riding on a train in Scotland. Along the way, they pass a black sheep. The project manager says, "Hey look! The sheep in Scotland are black." The developer Read More...
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Acme Code Corp.
20 October 05 08:56 AM | Adam Singer | 0 Comments   
One of the major missing features in the 1.0 and 1.1 .NET Framework was generics (similar to "templates" in C++, though with important differences ). The other day, Jim and I were discussing how to best approach the new set of Visual Studio Team Foundation Read More...
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Microsoft Palabra
20 September 05 01:28 PM | Adam Singer | 0 Comments   
Did you know that Microsoft Word 2003 has translation built in? Type in a sentence and highlight it. Then, go to "Tools" -> "Language" -> "Translate..." Select the "to" language, and watch for your translation. I tried translating "This is a test Read More...
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