Dave's Team System Blog

From “Oslo” to SQL Server Modeling (from Douglas Purdy)

2009-11-10T19:08:11Z

Oslo is morphing to focus on SQL Server development. For more, see From “Oslo” to SQL Server Modeling at Douglas Purdy...(read more)

IronScheme Nears Final Release

2009-10-28T13:09:11Z

This looks promising. IronScheme is available in RC form at CodePlex . Nicely, it’s under the MS-PL. There is an MIT Creative Commons-licensed HTML version of the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs textbook for Scheme at http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ . The Scheme Programming Language (4th Edition) is also online. Hat tip: InfoQ: IronScheme Nears Final Release I haven’t tried it out, but I’m interested in looking at it. Oh, if you’re interested in Scheme, you can look at...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2

2009-10-19T16:36:17Z

It’s out—go download it and look at the info-> Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 . There is a “Go Live” license, so if you call product support, they’ll give you product support. This is what “Go Live” means-> http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffbe/archive/2009/10/19/going-live-with-visual-studio-2010-beta-2.aspx . There are support engineers staffed and trained, but you need to read the license agreement and make sure it makes sense for you. You can post questions about TFS 2010 Beta 2...(read more)

TFS Setup and Admin Team giving webinar on TFS 2010 Beta 2 setup on October 15th (errr…19th)

2009-09-29T20:50:06Z

Update: Date changed to October 19th. (See: TFS Beta2 Setup Chat Postponed until Oct 19th! ) The long and short of it is that Chuck Sterling and Ed Holloway and other members of the TFS Setup and Admin team will be giving an overview of setting up TFS 2010. They’ll also talk about scaling up or scaling down the server to your needs. The webinar will be a LiveMeeting with a concurrent chat and internet computer audio. For more information, look at Ozzie Rules Blogging : Get...(read more)

Information from the Windows 7 “New Efficiency” launch

2009-09-28T22:37:48Z

Today I presented “Building Next Generation User-Interface with Multitouch and Ribbon on Windows 7” for the Windows7 launch event in Atlanta. The slides and other materials should be posted to “ http://www.thenewefficiency.com/ ” sometime soon. In the meantime, I’ve posted my slides to my Office Live Workspace at http://bit.ly/4TT40 . It’s not every day I get a standing room only audience, most of whom got a few laughs out of my presentation. I got to do multi-touch demos with an HP TouchSmart...(read more)

Quick work around--“pending change that is not compatible”

2009-09-24T23:45:30Z

On upgrading a VS 2008 project to VS 2010 beta 1, some of my unit tests didn’t upgrade fully. There were some references to version “9.0.0.0” assemblies. I need to go back and let people know about the problem, but I pursued a “nuke everything, it’s the only way to be sure” fix. I removed the test projects from my solution, moved those folders to a scratch folder, and deleted the folders from source control. Then I got the message “TF14050: Cannot change item xxx because it already...(read more)

Patterns and Practices: Developing SharePoint Applications

2009-09-04T22:36:45Z

The Patterns and Practices team has just “finished” Developing SharePoint Applications . I’m sure they’ll add more to it, and it’ll be a growing document, but it’s become a polished and well-rounded set of guidance. You can find more at http://www.microsoft.com/spg http://www.codeplex.com/spg and you can download the document here I’m glad that it includes advice on testing, building, and designing the SharePoint applications. With some of the capabilities coming in VSTS 2010, I’m sure some...(read more)

Innovation/Showcase on Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 3

2009-09-04T17:00:47Z

Jeff Barnes has put together a series of afternoon talks about Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 3 . This innovation showcase will highlight IE8 and Silverlight 3 features that deliver the best web experience for end users. Some of the other events we’ve done lately have filled up early, so if you’re interested you should register quickly. During this showcase we’ll have two sessions: Expand your Business Reach with Internet Explorer 8 and Build a Line-of-Business Applications with...(read more)

Microsoft Project and Team Foundation Integration Tip

2009-08-28T00:09:06Z

I’m trying to sync a mpp file with a few thousand rows. I haven’t made assignments for everything yet, so I just want to sync a few rows. There is some help in the documentation, if you remember a few nuances: There’s a sweet article called “ How to: Enable or Disable Publishing of Work Items in Microsoft Project ”. To choose the rows that don’t get synced, you have to set the “Publish and Refresh” field to “No”. The add-in assumes “yes” by default. Also, you need to set that for...(read more)

Another day, another stupid Silverlight vs. Flash “Top 10” list.

2009-08-21T17:07:55Z

There are a lot of stupid top 10 lists out here, and maybe we should leave writing them to David Letterman. 10 Reasons Why Flash Is Better Than Silverlight | Connected Internet was posted on www.connectedinternet.co.uk by one of it’s writers, but I imagine any self-respecting Adobe employee would be embarrassed by it. Many of the commenters have pointed out the basic flaws. The writer doesn’t seem to have done his basic homework. It’s not like it’s hard to find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight...(read more)

Channel 9 is really hip today

2009-07-27T23:17:36Z

As if I’d know “hip” if we sat next to each other on the bus. Still, this was my first impression on Channel 9 today: Ping 22: Microsoft & Linux BFF's! Xbox handheld coming, Bing Jingle, Win a Surface | Ping! | Channel 9 . If you’re out there, look at the 10-4 show to see some of the upcoming VSTS 2010 capabilities: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/ . It’s a great show. Also, looks like there’s a good sketchflow post out at http://electricbeach.org/?p=214 ....(read more)

Resources to help your development career “Thrive”

2009-07-08T16:44:19Z

Over the last few years, I’ve had a lot of friends lose their jobs, have their companies disappear, withstand RIFs , worry about their jobs, not get a raise, or not get promoted. I also know a lot of consultants and contract workers who are looking for their next job. I was a little envious last year when the Thrive program came out for IT professionals, but not for developers. Well, now you can find Thrive (for developers). Some of my co-workers contributed heavily to it, like Glen Gordon...(read more)

patterns & practices Acceptance Test Engineering Guide reaches “Beta 2”

2009-07-01T17:30:20Z

The P&P team is looking for feedback and avid readers of their Acceptance Test Engineering Guide. Beta 2 was released yesterday on CodePlex. It’s a svelte 209 pages, in “commentable PDF”. It’s a thick, thick document. They cover a number of test perspectives, including the solution architect, the development manager, user experience, operations manager, test manager, and enterprise architect. I’ve barely glossed the document so far. The main authors are Grigori Melnik...(read more)

Upcoming Seminars and Events from RDA

2009-06-11T15:36:01Z

(I’m back after a few weeks away. Nice to be back) RDA is giving an Azure deep dive on Tuesday, July 7th at the Microsoft Atlanta Office. Here’s some detail from the horse’s mouth: We are pleased to invite you to a complimentary day of intensive training on the Azure Services Platform for developing the next generation of enterprise applications in the cloud. This Microsoft sponsored event is being offered at no cost to you. Breakfast, lunch, and free parking will be provided....(read more)

Scrum for Team System : Task Board Report database permission

2009-05-11T22:30:51Z

One of the fine people over at EMC (nee Conchango) describes a permission you need to set to enable the Task Board report to work. Just look at the blog entry Scrum for Team System : Task Board Report for the details. Bonus points-they have a SQL script that will add the permissions for you. You just need to hit ctrl-shift-m and fill in the info. In my case, it was just the user name "domain\tfsReports"....(read more)