A question came up - Is it possible to view all fields of the various types of Work Items ( which might be bug, task, requirement, Risk, Change Request, Review etc) from one place. Yes it is possible. The Process Template Editor that ships as part of...

A question came up during a discussion and it was: Do I need to be connected to TFS to view and read the Process Guidance documentation?. Why cant I view it offline?. Yes you can view it offline and here is how to do it. Got to the TFS server node, Right...

A new set of Power Tools for TFS 2008 has been released. This is a good one that I have been waiting for some time. It contains several goodies. Some of the things I especially like are: Standalone version of Process Template Editor for TFS 2008. It used...

The MSBuild Team is seeking feedback on prioritizing the list of features to be included in MSBuild. So this is your chance to provide feedback directly to the Product Team on what to consider for next release. Some of the features they are considering...

In TFS 2005, we were able to easily create a fake or dummy Team build definition using the Team Build APIs. The primary purpose this was used was for getting intermediate test results into the Team System Warehouse and from there on to the Cube, via the...

A new Power Tools bundle has been released. You can find it in the link below: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DA3F11AD-BD54-4EDA-B08C-4DF84DF0D641&displaylang=en There are several major features added in this: ...

ALM assessment comes in two flavors 1. Online assessment - http://www.microsoft.com/almassement 2. Onsite assessment - done by people proficient in the various ALM disciplines Technorati Tags: ALM Assessment Microsoft VSTS TFS Assessment Microsoft VSTS...

Just last Thurssday I did  worldwide Webcast on the above topic. The timing was early morning PST, so the audience number was not very high, but I really got some good responses from whoever attended.   The "ALM" word is getting used...

A customer was asking what are the major differences when we use the UI from 2005 to 2008. He just wanted to a first look different at major features - not just mind numbing doc. So here is what I did. I launched both 2005 and 2008 IDE side by side and...

Last Thursday I did a webcast on the topic - How to get started with an ALM assessment. This is now recorded as an MSDN webcast. For those interested in this, the whole webcast is recorded and can be viewed either online or downloaded and viewed.