Clark Sell

I have now installed and used TFS at a number of clients. On every installation the very first question asked has alway been, what is a project? This question seems to provoke a solid hour of conversation about organization structure and development practices...

Let's face it if you are on a big enterprise development project you most likely will have both platforms, Java and .Net. I am a big fan when it comes to using the right tool for the job. I have been lucky enough to see Teamprise in action on some heterogeneous...

It's been a while since my last post but I had an opportunity to take a month of vacation when my child was born. Let me just say, it sure didn't feel like a month. Yesterday I stumbled across some IDE source control configuration gem. While poking...

It's official, TFS has RTM'd. Jeff gives more detail about it. Congratulations to everyone on the TFS team for a job well done! Many congratulations and thanks to all of our partners and customers who have helped make this a success.

Warning, Baby SPAM! Last night we introduced a new potential Microsoft interview candidate :) < ECS > < Name > Ethan Clark Sell </ Name > < Date > March 9th 2006 </ Date > < TimeOfDelivery >...

You may have heard some buzz around something called Origami which is a new PC form factor. You can find out the official details here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/mar06/03-09Mobile.mspx Funny part, I have just enough room in my...

Yesterday I received my copy of: Web Service Security Scenarios, Patters, and implementation guidance for Web Service Enhancements (WSE) 3.0. 0-7356-2314-7 So far it looks like a great read. It's one of the first I have seen that addresses patters...

Serious? I can't joke at a time like this. Click here , then click on valuable information. I don't think it gets any easier than that. Thanks to Blake Handler for the awesome find .

Want a better looking desktop theme? Microsoft a while back released a theme called Energy Blue or Royal. I was first introduced to it via the Experience Pack for Tablet PC. Well it turns out that theme doesn't just work on a tablet pc but XP as well...

This past release of TFS brought us the much needed friendly names in the Team Foundation Client user drop down lists. Before that change, your WIQL query may have looked like this: <Wiql> SELECT [System.Id], [System.Title] FROM WorkItems...

Here is your a chance to provide valuable feedback to the Team Foundation product team. http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/team/tfs_survey/default.aspx

Internet Links Visual Studio Team System Home Getting Started with Team Foundation MSDN Technical Forums VSTS Downloads Team System Rocks How To Links Visual Studio Team System Install Guide TFS Warehouse Troubleshooting Step...

All I can say is WOW WOW WOW! I am very impressed and very stoked! I have successfully completed one dual server install and upgraded a very active, multi-project single server installation. Each took about 3 or 4 hours, where most of the time sucked...

Way off the beaten path... A number of months ago my wife and I finally decided to build a new house. If you have ever gone through the process of building or buying a new home, you know there is an unlimited amount of factors which ultimately affect...

Yesterday ( Friday ) the official TFS Release Candidate was cut. Today I received my copy and tomorrow I upgrade. I'm stoked! The bits are on their way to the MSDN download center and you should see them sometime on the 7th.

Check out this post from Jeff Beehler for all the details.

I received my Toshiba Tecra M4 around 7 months ago. Like any, there are pro's and con's; overall not a bad machine. One thing that just drives me crazy it's the random mouse lag. Does anyone know a fix for this? If so, please comment!

Based on some conversations I had today, here is a simple NMock example. NMockExample.zip (17.19 KB)

Code Snippets just rock. I thought I would post my testing code snippets. CSTestSnippets.zip (2.2 KB) VBTestSnippets.zip (2.13 KB) Just add them to the appropriate place under "My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Code Snippets\"

Short answer. It's as simple as adding one line to your csproj which in turn tells the IDE to treat that project like a test project. Add the following line to your main PropertyGroup: <ProjectGuid>{04082EBA-C85C-4336-B3FD-9891096BAA0F...

Rob Caron has relaunched the VSTS User Education Team Blog . If you are working with TFS then you need this on your blogroll. Be sure to check out the following three posts: VSTS Backup and Restore Procedures Team Foundation Server Permissions ...

Start getting ready, TFS RC is on it's way. Thank you Jeff for the heads up!

Mark Seemann recently published a great post demonstrating the use of anonymous methods in unit testing events. Testing Events Using Anonymous Methods That just rocks, thanks Mark!

The following are some different resources to either convert your Visual Studio 2002/2003 projects to Visual Studio 2005 or just target the 1.1 framework in Visual Studio 2005. Step-By-Step Guide to Converting Web Projects from Visual Studio .NET...

Paulo Reichert posted a GREAT walkthrough / sample using the new Configuration Management features of .Net 2.0 .