Andy Lewis

Often when I write, I’m communicating about a subject in which I already have fairly thorough knowledge. For example, when I’m sharing basic technical information with a co-worker via email. Or producing a status report. Or simply writing...

Temps are in the ‘90s outside and the HVAC is failing in my area of the building. So while technically the season is still spring, today feels like summer to me. But I’m trying to stay cool, and I hope you find the Team Foundation Build content...

I plan to publish a set of MSDN topics to consolidate and bolster coverage of some of the most fundamental aspects of Team Foundation Build. The content will focus attention on key concepts that include: build triggers and reasons, build numbers, and...

In Control Where the Build System Places Your Binaries I describe some techniques you can use to control where your Team Foundation Build system drops the compiled binaries. Several folks asked me to provide, in downloadable form, the build process template...

Software teams need to continually check the current condition of their bits in order to ensure they are in at least a testable if not yet shippable state. Nearly every day, one or more people on the team seek answers to a few questions that are easily...

The Team Foundation Build Default Template enables you to define a build process that can perform the basic tasks you expect from your build system. Use MSBuild to build the bits, run MSTest to test the bits, label the code, publish symbols to SymStore...

Stop playing Donkey Koooooong! My generation was the first to spend teen years with video games. Many an afternoon I walked with my friend to the mall, where we sought out a darkened cacophonous arcade. A stout man in a blue uniform changed our dollars...

Today I’m writing mostly to those of you who do not consider yourself to be power users. And yet deep down inside you suspect you are (or could be) way more powerful than anyone realizes. I’m not talking about receiving an invitation to Hogwarts...

Classic career success principal: under-promise and over-deliver. In that sense, the above title is a bad idea. But today I’m turning the old saw on its head to direct your attention to a topic we published yesterday: Control Where the Build System...

Have you been considering migrating from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server? If so, then there has never been a better time than now. To help you get going, I’ve updated and completely overhauled our guidance. The following topic should give...

I'm here to muse on a matter that is broader than my main line of work, which is writing Help content for Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server. In fact, even broader than the software, computers, or even business in general. I hope and expect to have...

Hi, I'm Andy Lewis. Welcome to my blog on MSDN, which is also my first blog. Even as I type this sentence, I'm a little amazed at what I just wrote. You see, I've been a professional writer on and off for a long time. I say on and off because I have taken...