Team Foundation client applications, such as Team Explorer, access Team Foundation Server functionality through a collection of Web services hosted on Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. The initial RTM release of Team Foundation Server only supports...

As you may have guessed from my previous post ( Team Foundation Installation Guide RC ), the release of Team Foundation Server Release Candidate is imminent. In fact, it should be available for download from MSDN Subscriber Downloads sometime tomorrow...

A recent e-mail touched on a FAQ we usually get about integration between Project Server and Team Foundation Server. I hope the answer that follows answers this question. Here’s an excerpt from the e-mail: Can you tell me when Microsoft plans...

In a previous post ( Upgrading from Team Suite Trial Edition, Beta 3 Refresh ) I wrote about the upgrade experience when you install Visual Studio Team Suite on top of Visual Studio Team Suite Trial Edition. For retail customers, it’s a simple matter...

We just released Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider Beta 2 , which now includes support for using Team Foundation with both Visual Studio 6.0 and Visual Studio .NET 2003. This release works with Team Foundation Server RC, and should...

Today, I received e-mail from Matt asking why he can’t find all of the team project portal sites in the list of Sites and Workspaces found at http:// Application-TierComputer /_layouts/ lcid /mngsubwebs.aspx?view=sites . After all, this list includes...

If you are curious to what the upgrade experience is like moving from the Team Suite Trial Edition to the fully-licensed product, David Lemphers has a post with a screen capture that shows it to be relatively painless: So for those who are running...

The Team Foundation Installation Guide for Team Foundation Server RC is now available for download from the Microsoft Downloads Center . Since you don’t have the bits yet, perhaps this would be a wise time to get the installation guide and educate yourself...

As part of the upgrade package , you’ll find a lengthy (but informative) Word document that you would be wise to read before starting your upgrade. We took the trouble to write such a comprehensive document to ensure you had the best upgrade experience...

We just finished posting an update to the Team Foundation Installation Guide (TFSInstall-v60208.chm). You can find it in its usual spot: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=40042 . I don’t have a ready list of changes, but some of the fixes were...

There’s been a lot of attention lately on Team Foundation Server as it gets ready to ship. But if you haven’t been watching the Team System load & Web testing blogs (Bill Barnett, Josh Christie , Ed Glas, and Sean Lumley), you really should be. They...

We found a discrepancy in the deadline for submitting survey feedback to be eligible for one of the limited edition t-shirts. The page on MSDN I wrote ( Team Foundation Server Release Candidate Survey ) mistakenly had 2/17 (today) as the final date. However...

Mickey Gousset , a Team System MVP, is blogging about his exploration of the Team Foundation object model. In his first post, he creates a simple console application that authenticates with a Team Foundation Server. In this post, we are going to...

Much to my chagrin, I forgot about David Anderson’s presentation on MSF for CMMI Process Improvement at Monday’s meeting of SeaSpin . I’ve been on their mailing list since last year when I found them through a separate Construx list...

In a forum post last month ( MSF 4 CMMI Implementation ), Vinay Mishra asked where to get a printable version of MSF for CMMI Process Improvement. At the time, I told him there really wasn’t a solution for this. However, Mariano Szklanny sent me...

Today, I received e-mail from Tim Anderson of Tim Anderson’s ITWriting that he wrote an article on Reg Developer comparing Agitator and Team System’s testing tools, and their use in Test-Driven Development (TDD) ( Agitating Java and testing...

Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System by Sam Guckenheimer with Juan Perez Estimated Availability – 05/17/2006 ISBN – 0321278720 Amazon I'm now reading the final draft of Sam Guckenheimer's book, Software Engineering with...

My March 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine arrived today and it has an article by Ben Waldron on extending Team Foundation Server to support continuous integration ( Agile Development: Extend Team Foundation Server To Enable Continuous Integration ). It...

If you want a weekly dose of Team System from people closer to reality than those of us who work in Redmond, register for this series of Team System online events presented by Visual Studio Team System Technical Specialist, Sajee Mathew and his team....

Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server is nearly complete! For the past several months we've been incorporating feedback and fixing bugs to deliver this integral piece of Team System for the Whidbey release of Visual Studio. After shipping Beta...

Buck Hodges has a great post that analyzes some empirical data from our own dogfooding of Team Foundation Server. He uses it to arrive at a space estimation formula you can use to guesstimate how much disk space you may need. At a minimum, you’ll...

The Microsoft Office Solutions Directory lists this solution from Softagon, which offers a system for managing requirements using Word, Team Foundation Server, and SQL Server: Requirements Authoring Solution by Softagon The Requirements Authoring...

Just a reminder – for those who do encounter any issues in the upgrade process from Beta 3 Refresh to RC, you can use the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Setup & Administration Forum to seek assistance. It’s also where you’ll...

Willy-Peter Schaub , a Team System MVP from South Africa, blogs about a new Team System poster from his company that describes the flow between the various Distributed System Designers (Application Designer, System Designer, Logical Datacenter Designer...

As Team Foundation Server packs its bags and prepares to head out the door, we’re turning up the heat on product planning for the next release of Team System. This is that magical time that reminds me of what Walt Disney called imagineering . Everything...