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Monday, May 28, 2007 7:37 AM

"Silent" Commandline option for Branching in Orcas

Another great feature in Orcas Version control is that there is an option to create a branch without having to download any of the file locally ( i.e without any get operations). This new option is "/silent" argument for the tf branch command and this
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Friday, May 25, 2007 9:13 AM

Comparing performance reports with the Visual Studio Team System Profiler

While I was exploring some great features of Orcas I came across this interesting great blog post that describes some new features in the profiler that are now available with Visual Studio Team System "Orcas" beta 1. Here's short desciption from this
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Friday, May 25, 2007 9:00 AM

Links to Learning more about Team system

The below links should be very useful to customers to clarify what exactly they will need to purchase in order to enable source control/bug tracking/testing scenarios within VSTS /Team Foundation Server Presales website VSTS datasheet Cheers !
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Friday, May 25, 2007 8:31 AM

SnagIt! integration with TFS

I just came across this news from bharry's blog. This is a great news for testers to create bugs and improve their productivity ! Heres the contents of the blog... I just got mail from TechSmith - makers of SnagIt! that they have added support for Team
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Friday, May 25, 2007 7:07 AM

TFS Best Practices

The Microsoft Patterns and Practices team, in concert with the TFS team and a panel of customer reviewer has just released a terrific document on TFS Best Practices . This is distinct from the TFS help on MSDN in the sense that it is not "How-to" guidance
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Monday, May 21, 2007 3:28 PM

New Version Control features in Orcas

I am very much excited about the new features of Orcas. I recently blogged about new Code Metrics feature . In this blog I explain the new features of Version Control within Orcas Destroy- The version control allows the destroy operation that provides
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Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:55 AM

Outsourced Projects using Visual Studio Team System

I came across this interesting blog by Richard Murillo and thought of sharing it. In this post he explains lessons learnt and how to leverage Visual studio Team System to execute outsourced projects. Here's the content of what he has to say "Having been
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Saturday, May 19, 2007 12:06 PM

SDC Build Tasks

The SDC build tasks is now available in CodePlex http://www.codeplex.com/sdctasks Project Description from the Site : This is the latest version of the SDC Tasks for .NET 2.0. The SDC Tasks are a collection of MSBuild tasks designed to make your life
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Friday, May 18, 2007 7:12 AM

How to change process guidance template on existing project?

I found this interesting question in the VSTS MSF Forum that many customers have and answer from Alan Ridlehoover . Heres the answer for it..... The short answer is no , there is no way to change the process template of an existing project. Think of it
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Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:05 PM

Team System Widgets

Here's is a cool list of various Visual Studio 2005 and Team Foundation Server add-ins, add-ons, widgets, and extensibility solutions. Cheers Srikanth
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Thursday, May 17, 2007 8:26 AM

Work Item Creator is now on CodePlex

Work Item Creator is a Standalone application that enable you to create Work Items and organize them in a hierarchical way. This software also includes WINetwork, a Team System Alert Web Service that is aware of Work Item changes, and update related ones
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Monday, May 14, 2007 9:06 AM

How Tos (Visual Studio Team System)

Find the answers for the below questions here How To: Perform a Baseless Merge in Team Foundation Server How To: Step Through Creating a Custom Check-in Policy for Team Foundation Server 2005 How To: Step Through Creating Your Source Tree in Team Foundation
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 10:36 AM

Visual Studio Code Metrics

The new Code Metrics feature for Visual Studio ‘Orcas’! Available in Visual Studio Team Developer and Team Suite, this new feature allows users to generate code metrics for projects and solutions and displays the results in the Code Metrics Results tool
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Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:18 AM

Teamprise Announces Java SDK for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

Teamprise today announced plans for the creation of a Java Software Development Kit (SDK) for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server. The Teamprise Java SDK for Team Foundation Server will enable software developers to create custom applications
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:23 AM

Advanced Load Testing Features of Visual Studio Team System

Visual Studio Team Test Edition provides two capabilities that can allow users to create load tests of web sites quickly and easily: the Web Test recorder and the Load Test wizard. In fact, these tools make this process so easy that it is tempting to
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:23 AM

Running Tests with Code Coverage

Three common work flow situations with steps to successfully collect code coverage data. These scenarios were built around different models of access to source code because that seems to be the underlying issue customers experience. Every scenario minimally
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Monday, May 07, 2007 7:11 PM

Difference between MSBuild and devenv

What is the difference between compiling the projects using MSBuild and devenv ? 1. Developers using a. Devenv ABC.vcproj /Build <Configuration_To_Build> 2. Team Build internally uses: a. MSBuild ABC.vcproj Well it depends on what kind of projects
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Friday, May 04, 2007 6:32 AM

Available Check-In Policies for Team Foundation Server

Included in Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Work Items Code Analysis : Check-in policy can be used to control and improve the quality of code that is checked into the code base. Testing Policy As part of the Visual Studio SDK September 2006 (can be downloaded
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Friday, May 04, 2007 6:24 AM

All Orcas Beta 1 downloads available

Glad to know that all of the Visual Studio Team System "Orcas" Beta1 downloads are now available. The VPC images were available a couple weeks ago but last night we finally got the self extracting installer images available for folks that want to install
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Thursday, May 03, 2007 7:21 PM

Prescription Guidance for Visual Studio Team System

Many customers must be looking for more guidance on how best to use our VSTS in the real world, the VSTS product group embarked on a project to build a definitive Body of Guidance (BOG) for VSTS. This includes How Tos, Guidelines, Practices, Q&A,
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Thursday, May 03, 2007 7:15 AM

VSTS Cool case Studies

Total number of Case studies for Team System increased to five: New! KBC Bank used Microsoft Visual Studios Team System and Team Foundation Server to improve application-building methodologies, increase productivity, and accelerate application deployment.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:53 PM

Visual Studio Team System - Future Releases

A lot of great information about the roadmap for Visual Studio Team System future releases has been posted at Visual Studio Team System Future Releases . If you're interested in what's coming soon in "Orcas" and after that in "Rosario", check this out.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:07 AM

Customizing Team Build

Sharing this information from Jeff Beehler's Blog Aaron’s posts on how to extend team build through custom tasks and a custom logger. Writing custom tasks is the primary way folks extend team build to do more complex tasks. Adding BuildSteps to Team Build
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:28 PM

Updated Team system Licensing Whitepaper

Updated version of the Visual Studio Team System Licensing Whitepaper has been released. This is a great document that covers many of the most frequently asked customer questions around how Team System should be licenses. It is available to download at:
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007 6:13 AM

Prep Guide for 70-510: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Technology Specialist

The preparation guide for Exam 70-510, Technology Specialist: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server is live, as is the exam. Source: Preparation Guide for Exam 70-510: TS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
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