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Monday, September 20, 2004 5:00 PM

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Jack Greenfield and Keith Short, Architects, Visual Studio Enterprise Tools, Microsoft Corporation Industrializing Software Development Total global demand for software will grow by an order of magnitude over the next decade, driven by new forces in the
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Thursday, September 16, 2004 6:31 PM

Q: Why does the RunFxCop task fail when I run MSBuild from the command line?

A: When you build from the command line, the build report may contain an error for the RunFxCop task that says, "The system cannot find the path specified." This is a known problem that is fixed in later releases. It occurs because the environment variable,
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:26 PM

Q: Where can I find the command-line Performance Tools?

A: By default, they are installed here: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Enterprise Developer Tools\Performance Tools Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:44 PM

Q: How can I determine if my Team Foundation failure is due to a domain naming problem?

A: As mentioned in this post , having a NETBIOS domain name that is not the same as the domain component (DC) of the distinguished name can cause Group Security Services to fail due to a disjoint namespace. To determine if this is causing your Team Foundation
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Monday, September 13, 2004 5:53 PM

Q: Can I use Team Foundation if the NETBIOS name for my domain doesn't match the distinguished name?

A: No. In this release, Group Security Services (GSS) resolves identities by taking the distinguished name (DN), finding the deepest domain component (DC), which it assumes is the domain name (e.g., DC=NewYorkCity). It then caches the identity as domain\username
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Monday, September 13, 2004 1:01 PM

Q: Can I use accounts from trusted domains with Team Foundation?

A: No. For this release, all user accounts must be standard user accounts from the same Active Directory domain as the computer account. Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
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Monday, September 13, 2004 4:22 AM

Q: Can I use inetOrgPerson user accounts with Team Foundation in this release?

A: No. In this release, Team Foundation's Group Security Service (GSS) does not support inetOrgPerson accounts. As a result, the Windows domain account that you use for the Team Foundation Server application pool identity account must also be a standard
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Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:57 PM

Q: Can I use a Windows NT or Windows 2000 domain to satisfy the Windows domain requriement?

A: No. You must use a Windows 2003 Active Directory domain. Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
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Sunday, September 12, 2004 11:52 AM

Q: For this release, can I use regional settings other than English (United States)?

A: No. As noted in the Visual Studio 2005 Team System Readme: 2.1.4 English Only Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System has only been tested on English versions of the operating system, prerequisites (including Microsoft
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Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:19 PM

Q: For the database tier, can I use a named instance of SQL Server?

A: No. For this release, only the default instance of SQL Server will work. Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
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Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:45 AM

Q: What is code churn?

A: Code churn is defined as lines added, modified or deleted to a file from one version to another. We dimension it by the following: User Date/Time Changeset Portfolio Project Path Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:22 PM

Q: Where can I find walkthroughs to help me learn Visual Studio Team System?

A: For the Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh release of Visual Studio Team System, you can download a documentation update from this GotDotNet workspace: http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/vstsdocs Before installing this documentation update, be sure to
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:15 PM

Q: Where can I find the readme for this release (Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh) of Visual Studio Team System?

A: The Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System Readme is here: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/teamsystem/readme.aspx Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
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Saturday, September 04, 2004 7:17 PM

Q: Where can I find the full FAQ for Visual Studio 2005 Team System?

A: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/teamsystem/burtonfaq.aspx Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
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Friday, September 03, 2004 3:17 PM

Q: Where can I download Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System?

A: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System - Full DVD Install - (English) was posted to MSDN Subscriber Downloads on August 31, 2004 Located in: Developer Tools | Visual Studio 2005 | Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with
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Friday, September 03, 2004 1:23 PM

Q: What are some common setup mistakes?

A: Here are some of the common mistakes people make when trying to install Team Foundation Server that result in failed installations: Failing to read the Installation Guide. The Installation Guide contains information that is needed to successfully install
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Friday, September 03, 2004 1:01 PM

Q: During Team Foundation Server Setup I get one of the following errors: 26201, 26204 or 26205. What's wrong?

A: 26201, 26204, 26205 are all SQL-related failures. Verify the following: Connectivity - Verify the Database Tier computer can be accessed from the Application Tier computer. Common Domain - Both Database Tier and Application Tier computers need to be
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:17 PM

Q: Can I install Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System using virtualization software, such as Microsoft Virtual PC 2004?

Maybe. Testing for this release was limited to a three-computer deployment using a separate computer for each logical tier (client tier, application or middle tier, and database tier). Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:14 PM

Q: Why can't I mount the .ISO image of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System in Virtual PC 2004?

A: Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 support DVD images up to 2.2 GB in size, but the .ISO image for this release is 3.39 GB. If you want to try installing this release using virtual machines, you'll need to burn a DVD, or use
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:56 PM

Q: When I try to sync sources, I keep getting an error message that says, "Invalid server response. Please contact your administrator". Am I doing something wrong?

A: This may happen if you are using a proxy server to access the Internet. In Control Panel , open Internet Options . On the Connections tab, click LAN Settings . Select Bypass proxy server for local addresses. Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:52 PM

Q: Why do work item queries that use the “Like” operator fail to return any results?

A: In this release, the query builder requires the use of the SQL wildcard character ("%") in work item queries containing the "Like" operator. For example, to search for any work items containing the word "window" in the title, you would specify the
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:48 PM

Q: What should I do if I get a message that says, "Team system server is not available; please contact your system administrator."?

A: Delete the Registration Cache and reset your Visual Studio user settings: To delete the Registration Cache, open a command prompt and change directory to the %Temp%\BIS directory: >cd /d %temp%\bis Delete the registration cache files: >del *regproxy*.xml
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:19 PM

Q: Can I install Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh on the same computer as the Team Foundation application tier?

A: Installing Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh on the same computer as the Team Foundation application tier may work, but this configuration has not undergone any testing to verify it will work. Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 6:36 PM

Q: Can I install the Team Foundation application and database tiers on the same computer?

A: No. Due to incompatabilities between the builds of .NET 2.0 used by Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 and this particular CTP release of Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation, these products must be installed on separate computers. In future releases,
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 6:30 PM

Q: Can I install Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System on top of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1?

A: No. To install Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System, you must first uninstall Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1. Applicability: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
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