This article presents a perspective on Source Control Management (SCM) using Team Foundation Server (TFS) with Scrum projects. Although I start with a short overview of Scrum to lay the foundation for the concepts, the essence of this article is to present...

When you merge in TFS 2010, you have two choices: Merge al l changes up to a specified version, which can be one of the following: Latest Version Date Label Changeset Workspace Version Or, merge Selected Changesets, where you select one or more changesets...

  Recently I got a request from a customer to help them estimate the expected size of a proposed TFS 2010 environment, and to help them estimate a ten-year growth prediction. This customer was focusing narrowly on the overhead required to create...

I think most would agree that the Rangers Team has already done a fantastic job with the Rangers Branching Guidance. This is not meant to be a self-serving comment, since the current branching guidance is the result of the hard work of many others in...

I recently received a question from a customer who is dealing with the need to support multiple feature teams working on multiple releases in development. They asked how to structure branching to support this environment. Background: My company is, for...

Question: Any opinion on branch per developer approach? This is the first time I have come across it someplace and feel that there's just no reason too. I've been through the branching guidance and even use your article in MSDN magazine from earlier this...

From Scott Guthrie: The ASP.NET team recently released the first public preview of ASP.NET MVC Version 2. You can download it here . Today’s preview works with .NET 3.5 SP1 and VS 2008, and can be installed side-by-side on the same machine as ASP...

As many of you know, Branches are now a first-class object in TFS 2010. In Source Control Explorer, it is now very easy to visualize the difference between a branch and a folder. Folders are now used exclusively as containers of branches, files, and other...

In the February 2011 issue of MSDN Magazine, I wrote an article on Shared Code (or code dependencies as some call it). Often I see a common problem with relative references to dependent assemblies or projects. If relative references are not created properly...

After a few years hiatus, i am returning to the world of *published author*. My next article will be published in the February 2011 issue of MSDN Magazine ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/default.aspx ) The topic will be *Visual Studio ALM Rangers...

I was recently asked a question based on the following presentation from Google: How Google Speeds Up The Chrome Release Cycle (Slideshow) The main part of the article that interests me is the following: "Anthony LaForge, the technical program manager...

Question from a customer of the Rangers Branching Guidance ( http://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com ) “My company has a major release every 3 months.  In between major releases we have monthly maintenance releases. (Similar to the "Advanced...

Learn TFS is subscription-based Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio ALM learning resource providing videos, articles, how-to guides, and source code to help your team better utilize Microsoft's ALM toolset. You'll find content and resources specifically...

As we begin planning the next release of the branching guidance, a top priority is to address how to manage shared code dependencies (the Dependency Repository / Shared Code issue). The newly release Build Customization Guide (now available for download...

Download the latest VS ALM Rangers Branching Guidance Here: http://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com/   Background – I keep getting this question: I have a quick question for you on branching in Scrum and feature management.  My client is using...

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Recently I presented a chalktalk at Microsoft's internal TechReady conference in Seattle, WA. The topic - Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) Rangers TFS 2010 Branching Guidance. Since this session is only available to Microsoft Employees and others who...

The VSTS Rangers TFS Branching Guidance II discusses three branching plans: basic, standard, and advanced. I like to separate the branching discussion into two parts: development branch considerations and release branch considerations. All three branch...

Task Board for Team System is an interactive desktop utility that interfaces with Team Foundation Server projects created from version 1.2 and version 2 of the Scrum for Team System process template. It enables you and your team to easily interact with...

Technorati Tags: TFS. VSTS , TFS Migration , TFS Integration From Matt Mitrik: Microsoft has launched a new page on MSDN to serve as the central hub for all things related to conversion to and integration with TFS.  This new Migration and Integration...

When TFS does a merge, it bases the merge on prior merge history, not on the actual contents of the source and target files. There are many reasons why this is necessary, some of which will become apparent by reading this post. For example, a merge may...

Read the latest issue: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg602477.aspx Co-authored with Willy-Peter Schaub. Now that the article is published, I will go into more detail on this topic. Space limitations in the article prevented being as detailed...

A customer asks the following question: “ We are building factory machine. New machines are usually delivered with the current stable software version. We don't do regular updates because our customers prefer stability over new features. After reading...

Customer scenario: How should I isolate (and integrate) changes when working with: 3 parallel efforts (two parallel development efforts, working on separate releases of the product and production support) Production(version 2.0) with the need to issue...

Caution: Renaming branches in TFS 2010 is a very bad idea unless you follow a very specific set of steps: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chandrur/archive/2010/06/09/renaming-branches-in-tfs-2010.aspx . In TFS 2010, Unshelve will follow pending renames but it...