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Thanks to Martin Hinshelwood , a Team System MVP, for sharing the following workaround with all of us! This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2009/05/29/how-to-connect-to-a-codeplex-tfs-server-using-visual-studio-2010-beta-1-040/

Whenever you create or edit a public release (show to public = yes), there’s the Default Release option. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2009/05/28/how-and-why-to-set-a-default-release-039/

Tip #0 Know your Keybindings! General Development Settings Searching Tips This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2009/05/28/devdays-09-24-visual-studio-tips/

Yesterday’s tip discussed how to create a planned release. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2009/05/27/you-can-assign-work-items-to-a-planned-release-038/

When I first got started in the OSS world, I learned that This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2009/05/26/how-to-create-a-planned-release-037/

You can create a hidden release in case you need to archive older releases. Only project members can view hidden releases. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2009/05/25/how-to-create-a-hidden-release-036/

Okay, you can’t really customize the work item template. But, This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2009/05/22/how-to-customize-your-codeplex-work-item-template-in-a-way-035/

Previously, I mentioned that you can sort by top rated release on CodePlex. But it is also interesting to know you can sort by most downloaded project in the past 7 days. We do past 7 days so that active projects are listed first.   Technorati Tags...

Prior to the April 9, 2009 deployment, the only way for users to find out about updates to work items was through RSS. I’m one of those people who will give up email when you pry it from my hands. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net...

Laurel Ruma from O'Reilly and I discuss how to speak New Orleans for TechEd 2010 in this 1 minute video… This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2009/05/15/how-to-speak-new-orleans-for-teched-2010/

My video Embrace Open Source on CodePlex from Teched 2009 is now live (for teched attendees only, sorry) at This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2009/05/15/watch-my-teched-2009-talk-on-codeplex/

I’m at TechEd 2009 presenting on CodePlex – from how to consume and contribute to open source software using the CodePlex feature set, to how we use agile development to deploy every 3 weeks. All sessions will be available 24 hours after the talk. Stay...

With Thursday’s deployment (5/7/2009), you can now hyperlink an image on your homepage. The fun of voting campaigns on Twitter. The syntax is [image:Alternative Text|file.jpg|http://www.codeplex.com] or [image:Alternative Text|http://www.domain.com/file...

Yesterday, I got an email that started off with “i’ve heard a rumor that…” Nothing bothers a PM more than hearing a supported feature referred to as a rumor. If you’re using a SVN client, like Tortoise, you can mark a work item as fixed when you commit...

With the April 9 deployment, we introduced the ability to directly link to a file to download off of the Release page. Now you can blog about your latest release and have people download it directly. Here’s a direct download for the xUnit.net project...

You may have noticed that some projects have a Download Now button on their homepage Whereas other projects don’t. I would love for all projects to have just a Download Now button, but unfortunately, we currently don’t have a default file concept in the...

In the CodePlex project directory, you can sort by Ratings to find the highest rated releases. In the image below, you can see that the Clone Detective for Visual Studio project. You can also apply a little more context by filtering the results using...

Thanks to Wictor Wilen for twittering / blogging about this tip ! If you’re tired of having to type in your user credentials each and every time you open your project, you can have Windows save the username and password for you. From the CodePlex documentation...

As mention previously, I’m going to use Fridays to write more a detailed tip or article about CodePlex. For those who just want to follow this weekly tip, you can subscribe to just the CodePlex Weekly Tips RSS feed (see bottom of post). Otherwise, you...