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TFS Integration Platform – Mapping Work Item Fields and Values: Questions & Answers 12

How do I migrate work item type XYZ_A to work item type XYZ_B, during a migration or synchronisation process when using the TFS Integration Platform? Here are extracts from a configuration file in a pilot environment where we move Clear Quest (CQ) items Read More...
Posted Monday, December 14, 2009 6:45 PM by willys | 0 Comments

I have just received my personal copy of Ramon’s VSTS book :)

In Ramon puts Brazil on the TFS map with the “Managing software projects using Visual Studio Team System” book we highlighted the fact that Ramon has completed and shipped his Portuguese based book “Visual Studio Team System, Application Lifecycle Management”. Read More...
Posted Monday, December 07, 2009 9:09 PM by willys | 0 Comments
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Rangers Virtualization factory … how easy is it to use it?

How difficult is it to create a single server (ATDT) Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 image, once you have access to a Rangers Virtualization factory? Well, judge by yourself by looking at the step-by-step guide which I extracted Read More...
Posted Friday, December 04, 2009 5:01 PM by willys | 0 Comments

Rangers Virtualisation – Automating the Hands-On-lab (HOL) environment

What happened to the Rangers? Why the silence … my apologies, but due to personal circumstances I have been promoted to commander-in-chief at home for 3 weeks, which means I am performing both the mom and dad role at home, the Rangers role at work, attending Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:04 PM by willys | 0 Comments

Rangers Visual Studio 2010 Architect Edition Guidance: Kickoff!

The latest Rangers project just “kicked off” this morning and my next dev lead adventure. Included in this post is the motivation, the vision and the objective of the project, whereby I am more than happy to discuss more details with you if needed. For Read More...
Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 6:59 PM by willys | 0 Comments

VSTS Rangers – New Quick Reference Posters on the Horizon

Here is a list of new quick reference posters that will be making an appearance in the specified projects shortly. We hope that these visualizations will add to the guidance documentation that they are part of … note that these are thumbnails and no attempt Read More...
Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 11:38 PM by willys | 0 Comments

Visual Studio 2010 Editions Quick Reference Poster … still BETA, but we have revision 2 available

Poster updated 2009-12-14 … this is the final update on this blog post. The final poster, in the format as below, will be included in the Visual Studio 2010 Quick reference Guidance, which is going to be published on Codeplex shortly.   This is not Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:55 PM by willys | 1 Comments

Are you having problems while Configuring TFS and would like to see more detail for troubleshooting?

I stumbled across a really interesting blog post … which I wish I had seen a lot earlier … from Robert Horvick about enabling verbose tracing while configuring Team Foundation Server (TFS) here . Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:52 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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Trying to figure out the difference between Visual Studio Team System 2008 and Visual Studio 2010

Looking at the major packages, we notice that Visual Studio Team Suite 2008 has the Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate counterpart, with both being the powerhouse of the specific edition. Visual Studio Architect, Developer, Tester and Database Edition 2008 ‘kind Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:52 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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Would it not be great if I could install a Team Foundation Server environment with minimal intervention?

Some good questions … to get the wheels turning: Why are we wasting time on building installations and especially virtual images manually … not once, but multiple times by multiple people? Would it not make more sense investing the energy in adding value Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:30 AM by willys | 0 Comments

Software Engineering … fascinating world and why Team Foundation Server 2010 is an exciting puzzle piece

I probably need to explain why I was so excited in my post Now that my mobile development centre is ready ... I can go home and enjoy the weekend :) and pondering over a possible talk to high school students has sparked this post over the weekend. Firstly, Read More...
Posted Sunday, October 25, 2009 11:10 PM by willys | 0 Comments

Now that my mobile development centre is ready ... I can go home and enjoy the weekend :)

Not sure if the magnitude of my latest Windows 7 Virtual Machine (VM) will be apparent to everyone, but I now have a fully “ integrated ” application lifecycle management  (ALM) environment, with version control, work item tracking, automated build Read More...
Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 11:17 PM by willys | 0 Comments

team Foundation Server 2010 BETA-2 Installation … who do we hug?

It is only those that remember the frustrating and loooooooooooooong days of installing early CTPs of the Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2005, subsequent 2005 and 2008 releases and were involved in the granny-ticking exercise required when installing and Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:36 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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We have code smell and Smoke testing … who thinks of these terms?

Just when we thought we have the acronyms, TLA (three lettered acronyms) and FLA (four lettered acronyms) under control, we are faced with phrases such as “ code smell ” and “ smoke testing ”. While the former is a term for “a hint that something may Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:12 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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Visual Studio 2010 BETA-2 … the BETA is available and already backed by exceptional videos!

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is finally here :) See Announcing Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4 Beta 2 for details and take note of our new branding:   Brian Keller also strikes again by making Channel 4 videos available to guide us through the mysteries Read More...
Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 7:35 PM by willys | 0 Comments
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