TFS 2010 Work Item Seed: TFS Work Item system.id at a predefined number

This week my customer had a requirement to have all new work items created to have an ID greater than 40,000. They have another system that stores tickets and they […]
TFS vs. Subversion fact check
I spotted a good comparison of TFS vs. Subversion by Jarosław Dobrzański on DZone (you can also read the original post) but I feel that a couple of the points […]
Syncing many Dynamics AX instances to a single TFS 2010 Team Project
I have been working with a customer who had been frustrated with the need to have new Team Project for every instance of AX that they use. In fact with […]
Team Foundation Server 2010 Event Handling with Subscribers

There is a lot of references and blog posts on how to handle SOAP events raised by Team Foundation Server 2005, 2008 and 2010 but is there anything new in […]
Calculating the Rank of your blog posts or pages

I had an idea to have blog posts, or Rules listed not in date order, or an arbitrary order, but in some sort of calculated order. For this I would […]
How to deal with a stuck or infinitely queued build

Team Foundation Build can be a difficult beast, but not usually because of itself. Although people do experience problems when adding solutions that have been around for a while with […]
Active Directory Groups not Syncing with Team Foundation Server 2010

For a little while now I had been investigating an odd occurrence in Team Foundation Server. Users added to Active Directory groups have not been filtering back into the Team […]
Guidance: How to layout you files for an Ideal Solution

Creating a solution and having it maintainable over time is an art and not a science. I like being pedantic and having a place for everything, no matter how small. […]
Integrate SharePoint 2010 with Team Foundation Server 2010

Our client is using a brand new shiny installation of SharePoint 2010, so now we need to integrate SharePoint 2010 our upgraded Team Foundation Server 2010 instance into it.
Guidance: A Branching strategy for Scrum Teams

Having a good branching strategy will save your bacon, or at least your code. Be careful when deviating from your branching strategy because if you do, you may be worse […]