Writing .NET in PowerShell and creating TFS Teams
Did you know that you could be writing .NET in PowerShell? PowerShell can be used to instanciate and call any .NET object and that includes the TFS API.
Restore TFS backups from SQL Enterprise to SQL Express
You can get an error when trying to restore TFS backups that certain features are only supported on SQL Server Enterprise Edition.
Enable Feedback support for users in Team Foundation Server 2012
The focus of this article is to show you how to easily enable feedback support for users in Team Foundation Server 2012 with a few simple permissions. This works great with Team Foundation Server and even better with Team Foundation Service.
Configure Test Plans for web access in TFS 2012.2
Configure Test Plans for web access in TFS 2012.2 is a little tricky and we need to be very specific on how we configure it so that our Team can see the right test Plans.
Upgrading your process template from MSF for Agile 4 to Visual Studio Scrum 2.x
Upgrading your process template from MSF for Agile 4 to Visual Studio Scrum 2.x can be a daunting and scary task. While you do need to be careful it is relatively simple to achieve safely.
New un-versioned repository in TFS 2012
In the last wave of updates to Team Foundation Service the product team has added a new “staging location” and we now have an un-versioned repository in TFS 2012.
TFS 2012 Issue: TF215097 an error occurred while initializing a build for build definition
When you are running a build you get a “TF215097 an error occurred while initializing a build for build definition” message and you don’t even get a build number.
Working within a single Team Project with Team Foundation Server 2012
Working within a single Team Project with Team Foundation Server 2012 provides a lot of benefits. There are however many design consideration for working within a single team project and we need to consider all of the complexities that is entails.
Reserve an Agent for a special build in Team Foundation Server 2012
By the time you hit the AgentScope activity in a TF Build workflow you are already running on the agent and if you have things you need to configure you need to figure out some way to reserve an agent before you get there.
Connect a Test Controller to Team Foundation Service
Did you know that you can connect a Test Controller to Team Foundation Service? And if you can do that, can you create standard environments for automated deployment and testing against the cloud?