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...

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...

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...

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:

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...

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...

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...

Voici une interview de Jean-Luc David (Visual Developer - Team System MVP) à l'occasion du "Visual Studio Talk Show" dans laquelle il aborde MSF et Team System. Jean-Luc David: Visual Studio Team System 2005 et les processus de développement MSF...

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.

Codezone is now live on MSDN. The Codezone community provides access to a wealth of technical information in addition to the content found on MSDN. Codezone Codezone enables you to find the most relevant and useful resources across the community...

If you’ve experienced painfully slow team project creation, or other Team Foundation Server operations, you may find hope in John Lawrence’s post: Slow Team Foundation Project Creation or operation? Check your NIC settings We had a minor firestorm...

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...

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...

Ed Glas, the Group Manager for the Load and Web Testing Team, is conducting a Webcast tomorrow (Tuesday, October 25th). MSDN Webcast: Load and Web Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System (Level 200) Start: Tuesday, October 25, 2005...

Ajay Sudan, a product manager for Team System, recently assembled the following resources for Team Foundation Build: Team Foundation Team Blog - Team Foundation Build Overview Product Documentation - Managing Builds with Team Foundation Build...

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Team Foundation Server Setup Experience survey this week, especially those who took the time to provide detailed comments. Since responses have slowed to a trickle, we’ll be closing this survey later today. ...

A new case study from Microsoft IT is now available in the Microsoft iT Showcase : Extending Visual Studio 2005 Team System Discussion on how Microsoft IT extended Visual Studio 2005 Team System to incorporate software development life-cycle...

I just saw this new video up on Channel 9 - Sonal Pardeshi (who recently joined Team System as a product manager) & Robert Scoble interview John Lawrence , development manager on Team Foundation. Sonal & Robert chat with John about the various...

MSDN Webcast: Managing Requirements with Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server (Level 200) Monday, October 24, 2005 1:00 PM–2:00 PM Pacific Time Additional Time Zones Join to learn how to customize Team System to manage and facilitate...

The Visual Studio Hosted Experience now includes a lab that demonstrates AutomatedQA TestComplete’s integration with Team System. In this lab, you will create and execute an automated test on a sample Windows Forms application using TestComplete integrated...

Bill Gibson is off and running on his blog. See his latest post that dives into SDM and add him to your favorite RSS aggregator, if you haven’t already. Understanding SDM: Systems and the Four Layer Model The Whitehorse Distributed System Designers...

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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...

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...

Team System Developer & Test SKUs Public Chat Join us to discuss the Profiler, Test Tools (Unit, Generic, Manual), Web Load Testing, and Code Analysis (FxCop & PREFast). We have questions for you, will answer questions from you, and will just...