Bill Heys - VS 2010, ALM, TFS, Branching and Merging, and all that

Question: Any opinion on branch per developer approach? This is the first time I have come across it...

Date: 08/02/2011

As we begin planning the next release of the branching guidance, a top priority is to address how to...

Date: 06/30/2011

I think most would agree that the Rangers Team has already done a fantastic job with the Rangers...

Date: 06/30/2011

Caution: Renaming branches in TFS 2010 is a very bad idea unless you follow a very specific set of...

Date: 05/23/2011

Customer scenario: How should I isolate (and integrate) changes when working with: 3 parallel...

Date: 05/23/2011

A customer asks the following question: “We are building factory machine. New machines are usually...

Date: 05/05/2011

  Recently I got a request from a customer to help them estimate the expected size of a...

Date: 05/05/2011

Learn TFS is subscription-based Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio ALM learning resource...

Date: 04/09/2011

Question from a customer of the Rangers Branching Guidance (https://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com...

Date: 03/22/2011

When TFS does a merge, it bases the merge on prior merge history, not on the actual contents of the...

Date: 03/16/2011

In the February 2011 issue of MSDN Magazine, I wrote an article on Shared Code (or code dependencies...

Date: 03/14/2011

Read the latest issue: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg602477.aspx Co-authored with...

Date: 02/04/2011

When you merge in TFS 2010, you have two choices: Merge all changes up to a specified version, which...

Date: 01/19/2011

Download the latest VS ALM Rangers Branching Guidance Here:...

Date: 01/19/2011

This article presents a perspective on Source Control Management (SCM) using Team Foundation Server...

Date: 01/18/2011

I recently received a question from a customer who is dealing with the need to support multiple...

Date: 01/14/2011

I was recently asked a question based on the following presentation from Google: How Google Speeds...

Date: 01/12/2011

After a few years hiatus, i am returning to the world of published author. My next article will be...

Date: 01/10/2011

Question from Customer: In the single team branch, once a release is done and if a bug is reported...

Date: 12/22/2010

Question from customer: “I am very new to this branching  concept and try to understand. ...

Date: 12/22/2010

One of my customers upgraded a Team Project from TFS 2008 to TFS 2010. As you probably know, the...

Date: 12/10/2010

In October, the VS ALM Rangers posted the Branching Guidance - German version  thanks to Boris...

Date: 12/09/2010

  In answer to the following question: “Are you advising that we wait until the build on Main...

Date: 12/09/2010

  Recently I was asked a question: “If you discourage changeset-based (or cherry-picking)...

Date: 12/09/2010

In October, the VS ALM Rangers posted the Branching Guidance - Spanish version  thanks to...

Date: 12/09/2010

Jason Zander’s blog has an overview of this Service Pack. Visit MSDN to download the Service Pack...

Date: 12/09/2010

Project Description The purpose of this project is to build some insightful and practical guidance...

Date: 01/17/2010

VS 2010 Beta1 does an amazing job visualizing branch hierarchies and tracking changesets. Here is...

Date: 10/29/2009

As many of you know, Branches are now a first-class object in TFS 2010. In Source Control Explorer,...

Date: 09/09/2009

A key message the VSTS Rangers are trying to communicate in the VSTS Rangers Branching Guide 2.0...

Date: 09/08/2009

Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) Rangers Team System Rangers deliver out of band solutions for...

Date: 08/31/2009

I recently had a series of email exchanges with a person who was trying to advise his customer on a...

Date: 08/20/2009

Question: “I recognise the need to FI from MAIN to each DEV/CR branch on a regular basis, is there a...

Date: 08/20/2009

Question from TFS Branching Guide 2.0 on Codeplex: “I am creating a new branch for each 'Change...

Date: 08/20/2009

Within a Team Project, everything starts with the MAIN branch. This is a consistent theme with all...

Date: 08/17/2009

Question: I have a request from a customer regarding the Branching/Merging Model in TFS 2010. The...

Date: 08/17/2009

Technorati Tags: TFS,Role Security,Branching,Version Control From Jampick Regardless of which branch...

Date: 08/15/2009

Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates:...

Date: 08/15/2009

From Scott Guthrie: The ASP.NET team recently released the first public preview of ASP.NET MVC...

Date: 08/15/2009

Technorati Tags: TFS. VSTS,TFS Migration,TFS Integration From Matt Mitrik: Microsoft has launched a...

Date: 08/15/2009

Task Board for Team System is an interactive desktop utility that interfaces with Team Foundation...

Date: 08/15/2009

The VSTS Rangers TFS Branching Guidance II discusses three branching plans: basic, standard, and...

Date: 08/14/2009

Recently I presented a chalktalk at Microsoft's internal TechReady conference in Seattle, WA. The...

Date: 08/14/2009

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Date: 01/20/2006