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Did you ever experience one of the following behaviours: The Create Unit Test dialog opens up empty, and no interfaces are shown in the list Clicking on the Code Coverage Tab in the .testrunconfig file makes the dialog box disappear. A hotfix was made...
Buck Hodges from Microsoft blogged about all the possible links you can construct to point to TSWA pages. For example the following URL opens the Work Item Editor: Open the existing work item with ID 1234: http://mytfs:8090/ wi .aspx? id = 1234 To make...
Grant Holliday, who runs the busiest TFS at Microsoft, posted 6 handy reports you can easily import into your TFS to monitor system performance. "We have a responsibility to ensure that the server is performing as expected and to identify any efficiencies...
Answer : Yes, you are free to do so. Microsoft has done "functional, perf and stress testing" on TFS 2008 SP1 on SQL Server 2005 SP3 to ensure it works properly. Additionally we installed and tested it on our TFS instances without any issues...
Original announcement: Since the first release, we have received lots of feedback and change requests. Most feedback indicated a desire for a more practical approach to branching compared to the first release which is more theoretical. With that in mind...
The Team Foundation Server Power Tools (October 2008) introduced a new "Team Members" node, which offers the ability to quickly identify which subteams and actual team members belong to a TFS team project. Additionally you can see their online...
If you want to start small with your team project you might consider the "Basic Process Template" instead of the built-in MSF Agile and MSF CMMI process templates. It can find on MSDN . From the description: The basic process template includes...
Service Packs for VSTS/TFS do not only contain bug fixes, but quite a few nice new features as you can read here (more general) and here (TFS-specific). Download links: TFS Installation Guide Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Service...
Screenshots from a successful Power Tools installation Step 1: Installing Windows PowerShell Step 2: Installing TFS Power Tools
Due to a lot of requests about this pretty common problem. Steps you did: You browsed for a web part: You selected one and hit "Add": You got the error message: "An unexpected error occurred." This is a know issue with WSS 2.0 and...
TFS 2008 is released! Well… at least the Workgroup and Trial Editions are available. And the Standard Edition won’t be available until January (when the product keys are available as well). So the solution for now Microsoft recommends you to use the Trial...
Microsoft Germany [1], The Center of Software Concepts at the Technical University of Munich [2] and Zühlke [3] released the V-Modell XT Generator [4] that creates process templates for working with the V-Modell, which is a process modell widely asked...
Summary: You can manage your deployment of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server more effectively if you create your own operations plan. As you create your plan, you should understand key elements of the architecture of Team Foundation...
Microsoft now offers version 2.0 of the Team System Web Access (formerly known as TeamPlain Web Access from DevBiz , which was acquired by Microsoft ) free of charge as a Power Tool with official Microsoft Customer Service support! Download it from here...
If you look for a way to export and import your area and/or iteration structure the Team Foundation Object Model (TFOM) is your friend. However it’s only your friend if you know where to look for. While the export works perfectly using the WorkItemStore...
You have the Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite installed – containing the Architect, Developer and Tester role. If you haven’t done so you can upgrade your installation (trial or full version) free of charge with the Team Edition for Database...
Especially if you don't have the fastest internet connection and/or are not too organized in storing your MSDN DVDs properly it's worth preparing all files and DVDs before heading towards an install of TFS: Here's the list of things you'll...
Willy-Peter Schaub [1], a fellow VSTS MVP [2], is our "king of Posters" when it comes to visualize complex things from Microsoft recommendation and best practices papers into nice and easy-to-remember posters! Microsoft Team System Branching poster [3...
Wow, now where TeamPlain Web Access is free for all TFS customers [1] you need to 'upgrade' your license to the unlimited license. The creators - DevBiz - describe the process (which is as easy as downloading a ZIP file and placing it to a specific directory...
The Power Tools are always a must-have download. Although they are 'officially unspported' they give you funcionality upfront that is probably going to be in the next version of Visual Studio. New and added features include: Team Foundation Server Power...
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