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How to determine the latest changeset in your workspace

buckh — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT

When you run get for your entire workspace without any argument, you are requesting that the server give you the latest set of files. Later you might wonder what changeset was used in that get. To figure that out, you can use the following history command from the root (top) of your workspace.

tf history . /r /noprompt /stopafter:1 /version:W

Here's what that command means. The ". /r" part says to look at the current directory recursively, which is why you must run it from the root (top directory) of your workspace. Here I've specified "/noprompt" so that I don't get dialog, but that's optional. The "/stopafter:1" option tells tf to print only one changeset.

The version option is the part that tells the history command to consider history only up to what you have in your workspace. The "W" means workspace, and without the workspace name and owner being specified it means the current workspace. The version option could also be written as "/version:1~W" to explicitly state that you are interested in history only up to what is in your workspace. The "1~" is implicit when it is not specified. Changeset 1 is when the root of the repository ($/) was created.

Since the history command sorts the changesets from highest to lowest, the result is that the command displays the highest changeset version of all files currently in your workspace.

Technorati Tags: team foundation server,source control

TFS 2008 SP1: New setting to delete a build without deleting the build label

buckh — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT

We've heard from a few customers that they would prefer not to have the build labels deleted when builds are deleted. In Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 we added a feature to control whether build labels are deleted when the build is deleted. This feature is really a stop-gap measure, and it changes the behavior for build deletion on the entire server (i.e., you cannot change it for particular build definitions). In TFS 2010, we've added GUI options to allow you to control this for each build definition, and the setting is stored in the database along with the build definition.

To use the feature in 2008 SP1, add the following to the appSettings section in the web.config on the server (application tier).

<appSettings>

<add key="PreserveLabelsOnBuildDeletion" value="true" />

</appSettings>

It's not clear at this point whether the TFS 2010 upgrade process will be able to automatically migrate this setting to the build definitions. In the worst case, you may need to enable this setting on each build definition after upgrading to TFS 2010.

Technorati Tags: team foundation server 2008 sp1,team build

How to set up TFS 2008 SP1 to use TSWA links in checkin notification emails

buckh — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT

One of the new features available in TFS 2008 SP1 is that a TSWA URL can be configured in the server so that checkin notification emails will have links to the Team System Web Access page for the changeset, which allows you to see the diffs for each of the changes.

You can find the documentation for this feature at How to: Configure Work Item Hyperlinks to use Team System Web Access. You must also install the following fix (QFE) in order to use the feature: KB957196 - Checkin event e-mail alert notification doesn't work (download). Without the fix, turning on the new feature will result in checkin notification emails not working at all.

You may be wondering why work item tracking email notifications do not also use the TSWA URL. This unfortunately fell through the cracks. The four simple manual steps that you can take to enable this are documented at Links for Team System Web Access 2008 Power Tool are enabled only for check-in notification e-mail.

If you are curious about how to construct your own links to TSWA pages, you can find documentation here.

[UPDATE 10/21/08] If you want to remove the TSWA URL from registration, you can run the following command after installing the hotfix (the RTM version of the command does not support removing the TSWA URL).

tfsadminutil configureconnections /tswauri:

Technorati tags: team foundation server 2008 SP1, tswa, source control, work item tracking

92 Tutorial Video’s on Visual Studio Team System 2008 (Getting Started)

Charles_Sterling — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT

I know with all the noise about the next version of Visual Studio Team System code named Rosario it seems weird to have a post on how to get started on VSTS 2008 – but i have had three requests for this type of information in the last two days.

The first place i would recommend starting is the Hands on labs Brian Randell (MCW Technologies) built into the Public Ready VPC found at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c7a809d8-8c9f-439f-8147-948bc6957812&displaylang=en

The next place i would recommend is one of the 47 video Tutorials Notion has created at:

http://teamsystemrocks.com/tutorials/default.aspx (also pasted below)

Followed by the VSTS How Do I videos by Richard Hundhausen (Accentient)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts2008/test/bb507749.aspx

Finally don’t forget the VSTS Website and MSDN Library

Team Foundation Server

Team Foundation Version Control

VSTE/Arc

VSTE/Dev

VSTE/Test

Class Designer

Reminder MVP TV Sept 25th: Using Scrum with Visual Studio Team System

Charles_Sterling — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Mike Azocar (one of the authors of the VSTS Lightweight Scrum template) will be presenting: Scrum-tastic Development with Visual Studio Team System and Light Weight Scrum

Thursday, September 25^th, 2008 | 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT, Redmond time)

https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/join?id=NR4H9T&role=attend&pw=4402ml-2S65

Session Abstract:

All the Interaction of the MSDN Chats but with the richer experience of Live Meeting and hosted by the recognized world technology leaders – the Visual Studio Team System Microsoft MVPs. In this second airing of MVP TV, please join recognized process expert Mike Azocar delivering his much lauded Tech Fest session. Mike will cover the fundamentals of the Scrum development framework. Why more and more companies and teams are moving to Scrum and see how joining the community-based Light Weight Scrum Process template and Visual Studio Team System can empower your teams and speed up your development.

About Mike Azocar: A VSTS MVP and Consultant for Notion Solutions. Mike evangelizes Visual Studio Team System and works closely with both the Microsoft Houston office and the VSTS Product Team in Redmond. Mike has been featured on .Net Rocks and regularly speaks at conferences all over the world. Mike's blogs blog can be found at www.michaelazocar.com/blog or www.geekswithblogs.net/michaelazocar.

First Virtual VSTS Usergroup September 18, 6:00 PM SLT

Charles_Sterling — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Despite loving the book snowcrash I am not a huge fan of Second Life – but I am sure having a VSTS User Group in Second life will make all the difference in the world!

For more information please see:

http://www.tsug-ve.com/

TSUG VE for Second Life will meet online every month. We will target the third Thursday of each month at 6PM SLT but times and dates may vary based on holidays and speaker availability. Sign up and we will send you a monthly email reminding you of the time, the topics and speakers, and the SLURL to join the meeting.

We will start the meeting at the scheduled time but hope that members will find a reason to show up before the prescribed time to socialize, share stories and ideas, and help build community. Once the meeting is called to order, we will have a short ‘sharing session’. Approximately 15 minutes will be spent in a introductory, administrative or (hopefully) sharing session where members can share their successes, ideas and tools.

The Team System Users Group (TSUG) Virtual Edition (VE) is dedicated to creating a community for Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team System users and enthusiasts wherever they may be. The group will provide a social forum, education opportunities at all levels, and the ability to share our Team System successes and stories with each other.

Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 is now available!

buckh — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

We've now released the final version of TSWA 2008 SP1, which had previously been released as a community technology preview (CTP). There are some fantastic new features in this release, including the ability for users without CALs to create work items.

Also, this release includes 10 languages: Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Russian, and Italian. All 10 languages are included in the download.

Since the installation package includes all ten languages, you may wonder why you can choose the language on the download web page. It turns out that the installer itself can only support one language for the installation wizard. So, when you choose the language on the download web page, you are choosing to download the installer in that language. The actual product that gets installed is the same for all languages and includes all languages.

Download Team System Web Access 2008 SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3ECD00BA-972B-4120-A8D5-3D38311893DE

New features in TSWA 2008 SP1 (compared to TSWA 2008)

Work item only view (accessed at http://tswa-server:8090/wiwa) provides access for users within your company that don't have a TFS client access license (CAL), which was made possible by a licensing change in TFS for the 2008 release. It allows you to create new work items and edit work items you have created. Users of the full TSWA features must have CALs. The feature was previously available as a separate download called Work Item Web Access (WIWA) in the CTP. We've consolidated it into the TSWA installation process for the final release.
This release supports running a single instance with multiple languages.
Work item template URLs allow you to easily create an URL to include in emails, for example, so that users file bugs with particular fields pre-filled according to your needs. I wrote a post about this very useful feature in TSWA tip: How to use the new TSWA template URL feature (initial value URL).
Share ad-hoc work item queries by including WIQL in the URL. Normally, queries can only be shared by saving them as Team Queries in Team Explorer. Using this feature, you can embed the query in the URL by using the work item tracking query language directly.
Find and view Shelvesets from within TSWA. For example, you can use this feature to perform code reviews using only your browser.
Improved work item search syntax (e.g., Title:"Bug Bash") provides greater flexibility in searching for work items, greatly expanding the original search feature. The search syntax follows Outlook and web search engine syntax. You can find some more examples of using it in my post about the release of the CTP (second half of that post).

Additionally, I've posted periodically about the great features in TSWA in posts tagged TSWA Tip.

Technorati tags: team foundation server 2008, tswa, team system web access

Live Online Presentation: Automation with MSBuild 3.5 and Team Build 2008 August 21st, 2008 | 9:00am

Charles_Sterling — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Just a reminder the debut of MVP TV is today August 21st, 2008 | 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT, Redmond time)

The debut of MVP TV August 21st, 2008 | 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT, Redmond time)

The debut of MVP TV

All the Interaction of the MSDN Chats but with the richer experience of Live meeting and hosted by the recognized world technology leaders –the Visual Studio Team System Microsoft MVP’s. In this opening session of MVP TV, please join one of the most celebrated and recent Team System MVP Steve Andrews covering off Automation with MSBuild 3.5 and Team Build 2008. Did you know that .csproj and .vbproj files are really MSBuild files? More than build processes though, MSBuild is a full-featured automation language. It includes structured control flow, variables, refactorability, error handling, logging, and powerful extensibility. You can easily integrate MSBuild into your own enterprise processes and start adding value right away. We'll also look at how Team Foundation Build extends on MSBuild and adds robust integration with Team Foundation Server. This is one show you will not want to miss!

About Steve Andrews: Steve Andrews has been working as a developer for more than 9 years. During this time, he has designed and developed applications in such widely varying areas as trust accounting, medical information management, supply chain management, and retail systems. He is currently employed at RDA Corporation in Philadelphia, PA, as a Software Engineer and a team member in their Architectural Guidance evangelism team. Steve is also an MCP, ICSOO, Speaker Liaison for the Philly .NET User Group, and all around .NET fanatic.

Thursday, August 21^st, 2008 | 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT, Redmond time)

Hosted by MVP Lead Mei Liang, PJ Forgione

Attendee link:

https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/join?id=WP2PSH&role=attend&pw=4334ml%2BVHT8

WW event link:

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032386225&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

VSTS & TFS 2008 training courses in Adelaide Sept 9 and 15th

Charles_Sterling — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

VSTS & TFS 2008 training courses from Microsoft Learning

Goods news for Adelaide. The worlds first “Beta” deliveries of the upcoming VSTS & TFS 2008 training courses from Microsoft Learning will be delivered in Adelaide starting September. This is a great opportunity to check out these great new course offerings and increase your knowledge of Team System.

6214 – Effective Team Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage source control management, a configurable build process, tools that aid in test driven development, and process workflow all integrated directly into Visual Studio 2008. By the end of the course, developers are equipped to use test-driven techniques and proven software processes to create high-quality software with a minimal change in overall effort.

http://www.ddls.com.au/VendCourseDet/MS+/2/MSVI6214.htm

6215 – Implementing and Administering Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server

This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to implement and administer Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server. The course focuses on installation and configuration details, team projects, work items, version control, Team Build, and reporting.

http://www.ddls.com.au/VendCourseID/MSVS6215.htm

Schedule

6214 (3days)

6215 (2days)

Adelaide

9-11 September

15-16 September

Updated Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio Team System 2008

Charles_Sterling — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio Team System 2008
The Team Foundation Installation Guide for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008, which includes Team Foundation Server, Team Foundation Build, Team Foundation Server Proxy, and Team Explorer

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ff12844f-398c-4fe9-8b0d-9e84181d9923&displaylang=en