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Facts about Running Builds in Parallel with Team Build
TeamBuild can build one build definition from a single Team Project at a time. can build multiple build definitions from different Team Project. MSBuild has the capability to use multiple CPUs to build projects in parallel and therefore speed up your...
Screen Gallery: Installing Team Build 2008
Screenshots from a successful Team Build installation
TFS 2008: Team Build doesn't get subfolders of team build type folder by default
In TFS 2005 subfolders of your team build type folder were copied recursively to the build temp directory. In TFS 2008 only the contents w/o recursion is copied. To change this behavior, Aaron tells us , you need to modify the following line <add key...
How code churn is calculated in TFS 2005/2008
Code churn [1] in TFS 2005 and TFS 2008 is calculated using a very simple algorithm: inserted + changed + deleted lines [2]. This is done independently of the contents of the line, which means that everything - incl. comments, blank lines, etc. - is counted...
Some Code Analysis Rules gone in Visual Studio 2008
I was very sad to hear that a few beloved rules were removed from code analysis (aka FxCop) in Visual Studio 2008. Here’s a list of the removed rules: Removed due to removal of data flow engine: CA1062 ValidateArgumentsOfPublicMethods CA1303 DoNotPassLiteralsAsLocalizedParameters...
Listing version control changes with check-in comments using TFS
You can easily query for changes on a team project or a specified version control folder underneath and display them in a list with the check-in comments. By using Team System Web Access (TSWA): Note: I’m showing this first because the dialog is...
[Screen Gallery] Setting up a dedicated build machine: Installing & Configuring Team Foundation Build
Note : Make sure to read the Installation Guide before installing this software. What do I need it for? You need " Team Foundation Build " to set up a dedicated build server. Why should I do that? Can't I use the TFS itself? A build usually...
[Team Build] Why is the "DropBuild" target *after* the "AfterDropBuild" target?
People tend to ask me why the order for the build-in Team Build targets usually is: BeforeSomething CoreSomething AfterSomething Something (Replace "Something" with a action like "Get", "Compile", "DropBuild", or similar ...) You can find the execution...