I’ve received some e-mail asking for clarification on what the story is for Team System 64-bit support in this release. Here’s a summary of my findings: You can use Visual Studio 2005 to compile your application and specify that it should run on a...

The official launch is still November 7th, but Visual Studio 2005 is available for download starting today. This includes Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite, the role-based editions, and Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Load Agent. We're also releasing a Beta...

There are some specific instructions in the works for how to do this migration. If you have a functioning Team Foundation Server Beta 3 installation, and wish to migrate your data to Beta 3 Refresh, I would suggest leaving it untouched until they're available...

If you choose to install Team Foundation Server on a domain controller (less than optimal), you’re going to have some issues. The one I’d like to address here is this one, which happens when viewing reports (including through the team project portal site...

You can install Team Foundation Server using one of two deployment models: single-server (application and data tier on the same computer) or dual-server (application and data tier on separate computers). In a single-server deployment, you have the option...

Martin Woodward has created a workspace for Team System Plug-Ins on SourceForge. If you’re looking for a fun coding project – get involved. Perhaps this might move to GotDotNet sometime in the future…follow Korby’s blog for more info. VSTSPlugins...

With Visual Studio 2005 Launch rapidly approaching, and the changes that will bring to MSDN Subscriptions, you should take the time to see how this will impact you. If you have an MSDN Subscription today, you need to view this webcast. If you don’t have...

Just to be clear, you must install the final, released version of SQL Server 2005 to use Beta 3 Refresh. However, since it appears that only SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition is available for download from MSDN, you need to be aware of one extra step...

In the Team Foundation Server Chat on Friday, and through numerous e-mails & blog comments, people are asking for information on transitioning their MSDN Subscription to one of the new Team System-based subscriptions. For MSDN Universal , you...

The data migraion procedure to Beta 3 Refresh ( http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem/b3rmigrate.aspx ) is ONLY for migrating data from Beta 3. Migrating data from earlier releases is not supported and setup will likely fail if you attempt to do so...

I know I'm way behind (over 40 days!) on my usual posts where I aggregate Team System content. This post is just to keep this feed fresh until I can catch-up on my regular New Team System Stuff posts. Team Foundation Server on a Domain Controller...

The Team Foundation Server setup experience has been evolving for over a year now in response to feedback we’ve received from people like you. While we’ve made significant progress since that first release last year as Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh...

If you are migrating data from Team Foundation Server Beta 3 to Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Refresh, be sure to review the migration procedure ( http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=55680 ) before attempting to migrate your data.

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Public Chat Chat with members of the Team Foundation Server team. We'll be answering questions about Beta 3 and discussing our suite of source control, work item tracking, Excel and Project integration, reporting...

For a number of reasons I’ve decided to start a new category on this blog for books reviews – Books . I’ve just completed my first review, which I’ll post next. But first, some background… To me, software books represent persisted knowledge – my paper...

In a previous post [ 1 ], I pointed to posts by David Anderson, Joel Semeniuk, Glen Alleman and Dave McKinstry on the discussion of Agile and CMMI compatability. In the AgileProjectManagement Yahoo! group, Glen pointed to this paper (PDF): Making Agile...

Peter Himschoot (Microsoft Regional Director and an architect and trainer for U2U , specializing in .NET, Team System and BizTalk) has a new article on Team System Version Control, which is available on the Microsoft België & Luxemburg MSDN site:...

I haven’t done my usual New Team System Stuff post since August. Recently, I’ve stumbled on something called a blog carnival. After learning more about them, I want to do the same for Team System – perhaps on TeamSystemRocks.com? What’s a blog carnival...

If you install Windows SharePoint Services SP2, you may receive a TF31002 (Unable to connect) error. This is because SP2 disables NTLM authentication on the default site virtual server in favor of using Kerberos authentication. To use a script to enable...

For those who are looking for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Refresh on MSDN Subscriber Downloads, but aren’t able to find it, it’s in the Beta 3 node:

Joel Semeniuk has created a GotDotNet workspace for his Team System Process Template Editor. Although you need to apply to join the workspace, Joel has made the bits available for download while awaiting an increased membership limit on his workspace...

On this episode of .NET ROCKS!, Carl & Richard interview (from Jerry Dixon's blog): Jon Box - The RD, MVP, Mobility Editor, and all around intellectual GIANT! Jerry Dixon - Me hyping my new SQL Server 2005 column in the .NET Developer's Journal...

Brian Harry , Product Unit Manager for Team Foundation , has the scoop on what was accomplished between Beta 2 and Beta 3 for Team Foundation. He also shares some information about some forthcoming Team Foundation Power Toys. Brian Harry : What...

Someone posted a comment to a recent post I made about the MSDN Subscription Webcast that they were having difficulty accessing the on-demand version. After registering, you'll see a page that looks like this: To view the Webcast, click the Live...

John Lawrence and Brian Harry have just posted our Team Foundation dogfooding statistics for September. See both posts for commentary: Brian Harry: Team Foundation Dogfood stats John Lawrence: September Team Foundation Dogfood Statistics