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My video on using Team Explorer Everywhere is published on Channel9
Tue, Apr 24 2012 10:58
I recently recorded a video on using Visual Studio Team Explorer Everywhere , this has today been published in the UK Techdays section of Channel 9 . Hope you find it useful. Read More...
Dropping build output to source control in TFS11
Tue, Mar 13 2012 10:18
One of the nice new feature of TFS11 is that you get a third option for what to do with your build output Don’t copy output anywhere – good for CI builds that nobody will ever consume, just used to run tests Drop to a UNC share e.g. \\server1\drops – the default and used 9 times out 10 The new one - drop to source control e.g. $/myproject/drops. The advantage... Read More...
Team Explorer Everywhere is now free
Fri, Mar 9 2012 3:24
It was announced overnight that TEE is now free . What does this mean? It means if you do not have to buy TEE as some extra software if you already have a TFS CAL. This removed a barrier to adoption for developers who work in heterogeneous systems, there is no extra cost to integrate Eclipse as well a Visual Studio with TFS . If you want to find out more about... Read More...
Free webinar on Team Explorer Everywhere on the 19th of March
Mon, Mar 5 2012 14:09
I recently did a guest post for the VSTS UK Team Blog on Team Explorer Everywhere . On the 19th of March I will be doing a free webinar on the same subject. To register for this event please see the Black Marble web site. Read More...
Installing the TEE11 Beta as an upgrade to the plug-in in Eclipse
Wed, Feb 29 2012 13:26
The big news today is is that Microsoft released the VS11 Beta , part of which is Team Explorer Everywhere (TEE). (Oh they also release something called Windows 8 too – whatever that is) Whilst upgrading my TEE instance in Eclipse (Indigo) I hit the same gotcha as I had when I originally installed TEE . On Windows, if UAC is enabled you have to run Eclipse as... Read More...
Thanks to everyone who came to my session at NEBytes last night
Thu, Feb 16 2012 4:57
Thanks to everyone who attended my session at NEBytes last night, sorry I had to rush away. As my session was demo based I don’t have much in the way of slides to upload, but if you want to find out more have a look at my guest blog post on the UK Visual Studio blog on ‘TFS for Everyone’ . Also keep an eye on the Black Marble site for upcoming free webinar sessions... Read More...
Speaking on the 15th Feb at the NE Bytes user group on “TFS for Everyone”
Wed, Feb 8 2012 4:23
I will be speaking at the NE Bytes user group next Wednesday (the 15th of Feb) on ‘TFS for Everyone’. This a session based on the guest blog post on the UK Visual Studio blog  I did on how TFS is not just for .NET developers. It can be used from a whole range of development platforms and operating systems. I will be including demos using Eclipse and Ubuntu... Read More...
My guest post on Microsoft Visual Studio UK Team Blog published
Thu, Feb 2 2012 16:48
A guest post I wrote on TFS for the non-.NET developer has just been published on the Microsoft Visual Studio UK Team Blog . Why not pop over and have a look. Read More...
Problems finding XULRunner when running TEE11 CTP1 on Ubuntu and connecting to TFS Azure – a solution
Sun, Jan 8 2012 15:41
I recently got round to taking a look at Team Explorer Everywhere 11 CTP1 . This is the version of TEE that allows you to access the Azure hosted preview of the next version of TFS using Eclipse as a client. I decided to start with a clean OS so Downloaded the Ubuntu 32bit ISO Used this ISO to create a test VM on my copy of VirtualBox (currently using VirtualBox... Read More...