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Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:28 AM

Addon tip for doing excel pivot reporting on the TFS warehouse

An related note to this older tip: http://blogs.msdn.com/graceworld/archive/2005/05/18/419042.aspx Make sure that you have installed the optional Microsoft Query from Office Tools options. Otherwise you won't have the option to query the warehouse from
Posted by gfrancisco | 0 Comments
Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:56 PM

moving from unix/j2ee to windows/.net

I thought this was a handy list that someone sent out recently: · .NET Framework Overview - http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/technologyinfo/Overview/default.aspx · The Unix Application Migration Guide - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnucmg/html/ucmgch09.asp
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Monday, October 17, 2005 11:43 AM

Help improve the setup for Team Foundation

Whether your experience was good or bad with installing TFS Beta 3, let us know how it went so that we can continue to make it better: http://blogs.msdn.com/481909.aspx
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:58 PM

Clean that machine!

If you're having trouble installing the latest bits - make sure you've cleaned up your machine from previous installs: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/uninstall/preRTMuninstall/default.aspx
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:54 PM

Good news on Project Server and VSTS!

Some good news for folks looking for a Project Server and VSTS integration: http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=b9f69ea5-ace1-4a21-846f-6222a507cc9c
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:35 AM

Finding my way in the world

Recently we had some career coaches come in and help us analyze the data that came out of our MBTI and FIRO-B tests. I've always been a "good tester" and although I'd like to be an ENFP - which is what the results reflected, I really am an ENTJ - that
Posted by gfrancisco | 1 Comments
Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:39 PM

Why I LOVE my job as a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft

There are many, many reasons why when people ask me "How are things going at work" that I go on and on about how I love my job and that it's been a long time in my career now that I've been in a place that I feel consistently good about being a part of.
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Thursday, October 06, 2005 11:02 AM

Visual Studio 2003 and Team Foundation

Product Manager, Eric Lee does a great job explaining how we'll be supporting our VS 2003 customers in using Team Foundation: https://blogs.msdn.com/ericlee/archive/2005/10/06/477693.aspx
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Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:40 PM

Misc tidbits

Q. Can I run the TFS proxy on XP? A. No. You must install it on Windows 2003. It needs IIS 6. Q. Is the CMMI template in TFS beta 3 complete? A. No. It's a CTP build. You can expect a beta build around the VS2005 RTM and final build at TFS RTM.
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Saturday, October 01, 2005 8:35 AM

What's new in Team Foundation Beta 3

Brian Harry - PUM for Team Foundation - has just blogged about what you'll find new in TFS Beta 3: http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/ Cool stuff!
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