I just heard about a new Codeplex project for bulk changes to work items. Excel is a good solution for many bulk changes but we really don't have a great solution for rapidly changing a lot of work item links. This looks like it might be a useful tool...

In TFS 2010, we made integration of TFS with Sharepoint and SQL Reporting Services optional. You can choose not to install them, you can choose not to create sites even if they are installed, etc. As part of this, you can also configure your TFS server...

Someone forwarded me a blog post with a pretty thorough recounting of their experiences upgrading SQL in a TFS install. This is the kind of thing we have worked very hard to make better in 2010. While the SQL and Sharepoint parts of such config changes...

Thank you very much for your patience. We have just released an RC compatible build of the Power Tools. The Team Members Power Tool features now work in this build! Other than that, it just contains additional bug fixes and compatibility with the RC....

The most commonly reported problem with the Release Candidate is a bug that causes crashes in IntelliSense when used on a multitouch capable system. We've released a patch for the RC to address this issue. You can download it here: http://connect.microsoft...

The Microsoft field team in Canada is running a series of events across the great white north, targeting existing customers and people who want to understand the new capabilities coming in Visual Studio 2010, as well as understand the impacts of licensing...

After answering the first half dozen or so questions I got about Power Tool availability (within hours of announcing the RC on Monday :)), I kind of stopped. The truth is that we had not planned on producing RC compatible Power Tools. We did them for...

Today, I saw a nice report from one of our MVPs about their experience updating their production TFS server to the TFS 2010 RC: http://blog.hinshelwood.com/archive/2010/02/10/upgrading-from-tfs-2010-beta-2-to-tfs-2010-rc.aspx I wanted to share it for...

Like Beta 2, the RC is a supported, "go live" release, able to be used in a production environment. If you already acquired your support ID for Beta 2, it will continue to work for the RC. If you haven't gotten it yet, here's how you can: http://blogs...

Bryan Krieger has put together a very thorough document on upgrading to the RC: http://blogs.msdn.com/bkrieger/archive/2010/02/03/tfs-2010-beta2-to-rc-upgrade-guide.aspx It's kind of long because it covers almost every form of upgrade you might consider...