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Computers don’t lie, we just don’t always listen

This past week I did one of those TFS restores to swap out hardware.  Things went great except for SSRS.  Who knows what went wrong but looking back, the journey to resolution was interesting.  All to often we see the error and start to Read More...
Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 10:38 PM by csell | 0 Comments

T4 – Text Template Transformation Toolkit

Chances are you have never heard of T4.  Don’t worry, most haven’t.  This tool was introduced when the DSL tools hit the market.  As the name implies, it’s a code generation engine.  It’s my understanding, T4 is used under the scenes Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 31, 2009 10:12 PM by csell | 1 Comments
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Blogging again????

You know sometimes it’s just sad how fast time can go by.  Looking back it’s been well over a year maybe two since I last blogged.  WOW, that’s not cool.  So what the hell happened, well LIFE I guess.  Let’s see: I had my second child Read More...
Posted Friday, May 22, 2009 9:02 AM by csell | 1 Comments
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Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets ( 2005 )

Have you ever wanted to *see* the target stack in the TeamBuild targets?  Well the wait is over.  I wish I could say I generated this on the fly but that isn't the case, but one day that will happen.  I intend to keep growing this map as Read More...
Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 8:41 AM by csell | 3 Comments
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The VSTS Resources Map

The amount of VSTS resources  can get very overwhelming.  We have a very strong community with a ton of resources.  Lately I re-found my love for mind maps and decided to create a map around VSTS resources.  I intend to keep growing Read More...
Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 8:29 AM by csell | 11 Comments
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Chicago VSTS Users Group, Round 2

Since I am speaking this time, I can't help but self promote can I? Right now I am in the middle of sketching out content and I would love nothing more than to hear from you. While I have a few tricks up the ole sleeve please ping me and share what's Read More...
Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 11:58 PM by csell | 3 Comments
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Microsoft Acquires devBiz, Makers of TeamPlain Web Access

Enough said. http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/ http://www.devbiz.com/ Read More...
Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 11:19 AM by csell | 0 Comments
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Announcing the Chicago VSTS Users Group

Join us for the maiden voyage of the Chicago Visual Studio Team System User group! Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System is the best integrated software development platform to build the mission-critical applications that businesses depend on. It extends Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:11 AM by csell | 1 Comments
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Virtual PC 2007 Released

You can read more about Virtual PC 2007, and download it, from the newly updated Virtual PC website . Some key features of Virtual PC 2007 include: Support for x64 Windows as a host operating system Support for hardware virtualization support Support Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:22 AM by csell | 1 Comments
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Team Foundation Power Tools v1.2 Released

Team Foundation Server is happy to announce the release of version 1.2 of Team Foundation Power Tools (formerly known as Power Toys). In this release we've added 2 new command line tools for the developer and 3 non-command line tools. This version includes Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:08 AM by csell | 0 Comments
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VSTS Case Studies

From time to time I am asked where one can get their hands on case studies around VSTS. You can find all VSTS case studies here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718812.aspx . Today we just released two new case studies focused around ROI Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 5:52 PM by csell | 1 Comments
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VSTS Books

Ever wonder what VSTS books are out there. Well wonder no more. The list is in no particular order: Professional Team Foundation Server Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Working with Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:13 AM by csell | 1 Comments
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5 things you didn’t know about me.

Jeff Beehler and Buck Hodges both decided to tag me and I hear tag backs are not allowed. So it's time to kick off this new year of blogging with a few items you may have never guessed. I have a 10 month old son, Ethan. It's amazing just how fast your Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:00 AM by csell | 1 Comments

Connected World

As a consultant you find yourself all over the place. Today I am headed to downtown Chicago via the good ole train. It's roughly a 1:30 minute ride one way. I normally travel with at least the following: Large cup of Dunkin Donuts ( you know America runs Read More...
Posted Friday, November 17, 2006 7:54 AM by csell | 1 Comments
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Bye Bye VSMDI

That blasted VSMDI file. Well Buck, Tom and crew did it. They have finally given us the ability to run tests ( albeit all ) found in an assembly regardless of test lists. http://blogs.msdn.com/buckh/archive/2006/11/04/how-to-run-tests-without-test-metadata-files-and-test-lists-vsmdi-files.aspx Read More...
Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 8:39 AM by csell | 0 Comments
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