Robert Horvick's Weblog

Team Foundation Server

After nearly 10 years at Microsoft I've decided that it is time to move on to another opportunity. I...

Date: 11/01/2010

I normally don't do link dumps - but came across several new (and one updated) links that made it...

Date: 02/02/2010

Symptoms Do you have an error during installation that looks something like this: Does your log file...

Date: 10/29/2009

Please note: this post applies only to Team Foundation Server 2010 (Beta 1 to current).  It...

Date: 10/27/2009

I wanted to read Twitter.com search results (tweets) using C#.  I started by deciding that a...

Date: 01/27/2009

I just installed Windows 7 beta on a Hyper-V VM (1GB RAM, single proc, 127 expandable drive) and...

Date: 01/08/2009

Brian Randell has been hard at work putting together a holiday surprise we all will enjoy. New...

Date: 12/24/2008

The VSTS Ranger team has released TFS Branching Guidance II. This document describes pragmatic...

Date: 12/20/2008

I hate repetitive tasks - especially ones that are easily automated. Generating code coverage runs...

Date: 12/08/2008

I'll be available to talk about TFS admin scenarios at PDC - my hours are: Monday - 12:30 - 6:00 in...

Date: 10/27/2008

Coming to PDC? Interested in Team Foundation Server Setup, Configuration and Administration? Stop by...

Date: 10/25/2008

Since life can't be all Team Foundation Server and rainbows I've started getting serious about...

Date: 11/19/2007

When installing a service path on Team Foundation Server one of the first things that needs to...

Date: 11/06/2007

At this time 98 people have downloaded the TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit. Ok - some of...

Date: 04/26/2007

Interested in writing a migration tool targeting (or synchronizing with) Team Foundation Server...

Date: 04/20/2007

As Matt noted on the migration blog a working copy of the toolkit specification has been released....

Date: 03/02/2007

When running the VSS to TFS converter (VSSConverter.exe) one of the most common questions I hear is...

Date: 01/18/2007

SharePoint does not have persistent hyperlinks for all document revisions. More specifically –...

Date: 01/04/2007

In my previous rant I made this statement (quoted out of context): Migrating WSS content to TFS?...

Date: 01/03/2007

Happy New Year and all that. I spent the long weekend at Myrtle Beach soaking up rain or sun -...

Date: 01/03/2007

As Matt has mentioned on the TFS Migration blog we’re working on a migration toolkit and,...

Date: 12/29/2006

This week is the one year anniversary of my move from the Fargo, ND office and the Business...

Date: 12/19/2006

I was using a website today and they wanted to make sure I was human and not some automotronic...

Date: 11/20/2006

Yesterday I made the comment that I thought that the handling of 0x07 was a bug in the TFS client...

Date: 11/14/2006

"To those long-suffering open-source developers who have been waiting for years to venture...

Date: 11/13/2006

Every once in a while I get a message that at first baffles me but once I understand the problem...

Date: 11/13/2006

I'm curious what you think. Imagine you have an installation of Generic Version Control System with...

Date: 11/09/2006

There is an upcoming Team System chat on the 8th. I will be involved to field questions on version...

Date: 11/07/2006

Last time I mentioned that we’d look at more architectural decisions for a migration tool –...

Date: 11/02/2006

A quick pointer to the TFS migration blog: https://blogs.msdn.com/TFS_Migration/ I'm going to keep my...

Date: 11/02/2006

Last time I bribed my 1999 self to answer 20 questions about what was needed from a version control...

Date: 10/30/2006

Yesterday I presented 20 questions that I think are a good starting point when designing or...

Date: 10/27/2006

Introducing on Team Foundation Server family! We have Work Item Tracking, Team Build, Version...

Date: 10/26/2006

Last time I discussed the issues surrounding namespace conflicts when designing a version control...

Date: 10/25/2006

Migrating from one version control system to another is tough. I don’t care what the internet forums...

Date: 10/24/2006

The updated Team Foundation Power Toy (TFPT) released on 9/7. It includes 12 powertoys - they are:...

Date: 09/08/2006

Mario has begun a blog about TFS Version Control. If this is a topic that interests you I would...

Date: 08/15/2006

Have you encountered an issue when using the VSSConveter (used to convert VSS source history to...

Date: 08/14/2006

Many times new work-items are the by-product of an email thread. Sometimes it a question that turns...

Date: 05/03/2006

While we’re talking about diffing … now I needed to be able to diff two local directories with a few...

Date: 04/17/2006

I often need to answer some seemingly simple questions like: What has changed between these two...

Date: 04/07/2006

Alright – let’s wrap this thing up. We’ve seen the algorithm for discovering merge history and...

Date: 02/09/2006

Last time I laid out a basic framework for describing merge history in C# (the MergeInfo type) and...

Date: 02/08/2006

Previously I talked about how to find the contributor to a merge (e.g. the source item of a merge...

Date: 02/04/2006

Where did I come from? One of the great questions of life and source control systems. Today I needed...

Date: 02/02/2006

Within the span of 4 years a single company I worked for used 5 different version control products....

Date: 02/01/2006

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