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Friday, October 24, 2008 5:00 PM

Installing an evaluation copy of Windows Server 2008 and extending the evaluation period

More than a year ago, I posted a reference to Jeff Atwood's post on extending the evaluation period for Windows Vista. KB article 948472 describes the process for Windows Server 2008 and includes instructions on installing an evaluation version of Windows
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 8:00 AM

Using Team Foundation Build with BizTalk and SSIS projects

Unfortunately there are several types of projects that do not work natively with MSBuild. Jim Lamb , program manager for Team Build, has put together a few posts with pointers on how to get these to work with Team Build. Project System Compatibility with
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 8:00 AM

Tools for TFS on CodePlex: TeamReview and Info Kiosk

In the past I've written posts on tools for TFS on CodePlex . I'm happy to say that there are now too many to show in a post. I'd encourage you to take a look using this query for TFS on CodePlex . A couple of people have sent me email about new tools
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:00 AM

New blog by the Team Foundation Server global support team

The fine folks that support our customers have started a new blog: Developer Support Team Foundation Server . With posts by Trevor Hancock, Jim Saunders, and others on topics ranging from issues with TFS to the BPA (Best Practices Analyzer), you'll want
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Monday, October 20, 2008 4:00 PM

Why is the TFS 2008 version control security dialog blank?

If you install Service Pack 1 for .NET 3.5 on the server (application tier) without also installing Service Pack 1 for TFS 2008, you will not be able to view permissions in version control. None of your data has been lost. What has happened is that the
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Monday, October 20, 2008 8:00 AM

TFS 2008 SP1: New setting to delete a build without deleting the build label

We've heard from a few customers that they would prefer not to have the build labels deleted when builds are deleted. In Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 we added a feature to control whether build labels are deleted when the build is deleted. This feature
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Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:19 PM

TFS Build 2010: Build summary screen shots

The build summary view (sometimes called the build report) in TFS 2005 and 2008 leaves a lot to be desired.  We wanted to rework it in TFS 2008 but lacked the time.  Well, we've completely revamped it for TFS 2010. Chris Burrows has posted screen
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Sunday, October 19, 2008 1:00 PM

MSBuild Extensions Pack now available

Mike Fourie has released the first version of MSBuild Extensions Pack on CodePlex . This is a great collection of quality tasks for MSBuild that you can also use in Team Foundation Build. The MSBuild Extension Pack is the successor to the FreeToDev MSBuild
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Saturday, October 18, 2008 5:29 PM

Pre-checkin validation tool for Team Foundation Build 2008: TFS Check-in Validation Tool

Mohammad Jalloul, a developer on the Developer Division Engineering team, has released a new tool on CodePlex called TFS Check-in Validation Tool .  This tool provides the ability to have a checkin validating by a build prior to being checked in. 
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Saturday, October 18, 2008 4:51 PM

Improving the performance of the work item tracking client with TFS 2008 SP1

Martin Woodward has written a great post that describes a feature that was added in TFS 2008 SP1 to reduce the amount of work item tracking metadata cached by the client.  Depending on the number of team projects on your server and the number of
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:29 PM

How to set up TFS 2008 SP1 to use TSWA links in checkin notification emails

One of the new features available in TFS 2008 SP1 is that a TSWA URL can be configured in the server so that checkin notification emails will have links to the Team System Web Access page for the changeset, which allows you to see the diffs for each of
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008 11:34 AM

Visual Studio Team System 2010 Week on Channel 9!

Brian Keller has recorded a series of interviews, some of which include demos, that are being published on Channel 9. You can find them at Visual Studio Team System 2010 Week on Channel 9. Some of the videos have already been posted. Be sure to check
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