Based upon customer feedback(both external and internal), we have made a number of improvements to the merging experience in Orcas. Below are some of the most significant changes: 1. I described how to handle namespace conflicts while merging in my...

In Orcas we have added an additional option to the branch command which gives the user a fast way to create a branch without having to download any of the files or get operations locally. The option is /silent and instructs the server to not send back...

Team Foundation Version Control provides an extensible check-in policy framework to configure and run validation rules before checking in source code. There are many posts that explain how to configure built-in policies as well as install custom ones...

Team Foundation Server utilizes a Proxy to improve performance by caching copies of source control files. The Proxy is situated in a remote location, local to the developer needing the files but away from the main server. The remote office is typically...