Sunder Raman's Blog

Finding time for finishing these posts didn't work out but I tried! I still get emails for this, so instead of trying to write individual posts for the remaining topics I am including the deck I had created. It has step-by-step walkthrough I have used...

I was posting a series of topics on Reporting in Team Foundation Server 2010 but never got the chance to finish the last few posts. I’ve received several requests for finishing the series. I don’t work in the TFS team anymore, so I didn’t get a chance...

A couple of customers have reached out recently with this question, so I wanted to elaborate how this scenario works. Here’s the scenario: “ I have an existing TFS 2005 or 2008 server with reporting enabled. I upgraded the server to TFS 2010 but during...

In my last post in this series I covered the new feature for generating reports in Microsoft Excel based on work item query. Let’s look at custom report authoring options available and a few tools next: Walkthroughs for out-of-the-box experience including...

We have been working on getting a sample adapter ready for you to build a custom warehouse adapter in TFS 2010. I am happy to announce that we just published the sample and is now available at: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Tfs2010SampleAdapter The sample...

I posted this topic outlining the cube schema changes we made in Beta 2. We had made it a point not to make any breaking schema changes in our cube schema once Beta 2 shipped and we stuck to that goal for RC. We put in a significant effort in the recent...

In my last post in this series, I covered the new SQL RS reports we have in TFS 2010. Let’s look at a cool new feature for generating a report in Microsoft Excel based on a work item query. Walkthroughs for out-of-the-box experience including customizations...

I have heard questions around these scenarios from several people lately: Adding reports and/or dashboards on an existing project that was created without these options Adding the new Agile/CMMI RC version of the reports to existing projects after upgrading...

I started this series with a set of topics and broke the first one down into sub topics to cover the out-of-the-box experience in detail. With my last post , I covered the dashboards portion of the experience. Let’s look at the new SQL Reporting Services...

In my last post , I covered the topic on creating a team dashboard. Let’s look at the dashboard experience on Windows SharePoint Services / SharePoint Foundation: SharePoint Dashboards SharePoint Server dashboard Out-of-the-box experience Customizing...

In my last post , I covered customizing the SharePoint Server dashboard. The next topic is creating a team dashboard: SharePoint Dashboards SharePoint Server dashboard Out-of-the-box experience Customizing the dashboard Creating a team dashboard Windows...

In my last post , I covered the out-of-the-box experience with SharePoint Server dashboard. Let’s look at the next item on the list, customizing the dashboard: SharePoint Dashboards SharePoint Server dashboard Out-of-the-box experience Customizing the...

In my last post , I outlined the out-of-the-box reporting options available in 2010: SharePoint Dashboards Rich SQL Reporting Services (SSRS) Reports Excel Reports from Work Item Queries Let’s walkthrough the dashboard experience when you integrate TFS...

This is the first chapter in the series on Reporting in Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010. In this series, I’ll cover the following topics: Walkthroughs for out-of-the-box experience including customizations Custom report authoring tools and walkthroughs...

In my last post , I wrote about the relational warehouse and cube schema changes coming your way in TFS 2010. We just released 2010 Beta 2 and I wanted to outline additional schema changes we have made in the cube, especially to polish it for final release...

[ Update 10/19/2009 ] The changes detailed in this post are still applicable for TFS 2010. I just published another post with additional cube schema changes that we have made for Beta 2. Team Foundation Server 2010 is a BIG release for us by all counts...

In the last post in this series , Gregg blogged about restricting a bug such that only the creator can close it on our team blog . This is the last post in this series of workarounds that we have been blogging about. We saved this as the grand finale...

In our last post in this series, Gregg blogged about securing a work item type on our team blog . Another question along these lines: “How can I save the resolved reason? I want to create metrics based on how bugs were resolved, but the value of the ...

My colleague, Gregg, and I have been posting a series of workarounds to achieve scenarios in Work Item Tracking that aren’t straightforward using our rule engine. In the last post in this series, Gregg blogged about forcing selection of reason . Let’s...

Buck Hodges , one of our Dev Managers, recently referenced one my posts and I got a couple of emails asking me to update my blog and talk about updates on Reporting in TFS that are coming up in our next release. I moved from Work Item Tracking and am...

The following is a snapshot of the error that you might see if the Reporting Services data sources are not updated when the account is changed or updated: Reporting Services Error An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted...

Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Team Editions for Architects, Developers, Database Pros, and Testers. In addition, discuss what's new in the latest Community...

I have read posts on how to turn User Account Control (UAC, formerly LUA) in Windows Vista off. Others like Jesper Johansson and the folks on the UAC team have tried to convince people to leave UAC running. Security is not convenient, but I think UAC...

My name is Sunder Raman and I am currently working on Work Item Tracking feature of Team Foundation Server. Like most, I have been toying around with the idea of blogging for a while, but didn't get around to actually starting one until today. And I created...