Tag: TFS

Team Foundation Server (TFS) is the server side of Microsoft’s heterogeneous Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform called Visual Studio ALM. It support development for any language on any platform .

Create a Build vNext build definition

I am going to show how to create a Build.vNext build definition on VSO. Microsoft recently announced the creation of a brand new build system for TFS and VSO at the Connect event last year. This new build system will eventually replace the current one and be much more modular and friendly. Happily I am in the early adopter program and the product team just made an early alfa of the service available for that program and I have been giving it a spin.

Do you need an expert in Visual Studio ALM, TFS, or Scrum?

Due to the decimation of the oil prices one of my larger customers has had to cancel our engagement for February. I am suddenly and surprisingly available in February! I usually have engagements booked out up to 3 months in advance and that makes for some difficult conversations with potential customers that want me onsite […]

Configure a Build vNext Agent

I am going to show how to configure a VSO vNext Build Agent. Microsoft recently announced the creation of a brand new build system for TFS and VSO at the Connect event last year.

Why should I use Visual Studio ALM

I see many organisations looking at TFS and trying to make the decision on why should I use Visual Studio ALM. Often you already have some tools and you want to move to TFS, or you have TFS and you are evaluating other tools as part of a reorganisation.

NDC London 2014: Why TFS no longer sucks and VSO is awesome

I was in London last week to do a talk on why TFS no longer sucks entitled “Second Look, Team Foundation Server & VSO”. I had a tone of preparatory work to do too make the demos smooth. The great god Murphy was however not smiling, but he was not angry. Some errors occurred, but no blue screens. […]