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Automation to relate TFS work items
21 September 09 06:30 AM

If you are using TFS 2008 for work item tracking be sure to get most out of the tool by relating work items.  Depending on the process template you are using the work item types may be different.  In general terms consider linking your requirement/scenario/use Read More...

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New Team Foundation Server case study is available
02 July 09 05:41 AM

I was lucky enough to have some I’d been a part of captured in a case study.  The engagement was focused on Application Lifecycle Management improvements focused on people, process and tools (TFS). The study is available at http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000004473 Read More...

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Bulk update of TFS Areas with ICommonStructureService
06 June 09 10:48 PM

I recently had to create an area tree, in a TFS project, with  large number (500+) of nodes.  I was not looking forward to doing this manually.  I had the area tree that I needed to create in a comma delimited (CSV) file so I looked around Read More...

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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V + TFS Build
28 April 09 03:56 PM

My colleague, Ian Ceicys ( http://blogs.msdn.com/iceicys/ ) just pointed me to a great book on Windows Server Hyper-V.  I’ve been a been late ramping up on this server role so I’m excited to get caught up.  I’m reading this now Windows Server Read More...

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TFS Reboot Order
11 December 08 05:00 PM

Here are some steps you may want to take to around planning downtime for your Team Foundation Server h/w. Proxy – can be rebooted at any time.  Users will pass through to the App Tier as long as the proxy is offline. Build – Mark the build agents Read More...

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TFS Max Path mitigation via check-in policy
17 June 08 05:24 AM

This post applies mostly to Team Build 2005 but users of later versions of TFS may find this useful as well. If you are working with Team Foundation Server 2005 you will eventually hit a build break or have a check in fail because the full path(e.g. c:\foo\bar.txt) Read More...

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