List all files changed under an Iteration
I was asked by a colleague to provide a list of all files that were changed under a particular iteration. Rather than delving into the data, I made a couple of API calls to TFS to output a text file with the list. This is probably not the most efficient method and it is hard […]
Upgrading to TFS 2010 Beta 1 and SQL Collation
I have just finished installing TFS 2010 beta 1 and doing an upgrade of out TFS 2008 data. This did not go well… Due to a collation mismatch between my original SQL Server 2005 and my new SQL Server 2008 I received an error when upgrading… [Error @13:57:23.665] TF255184: An error occurred during operation. Message=Cannot […]
Connecting VS2010 to TFS 2008
Connecting Visual Studio 2010 to Team Foundation Server 2008 is a snitch… If you have done it from VS200x to TFS200x then you will have no problems understanding what is going on… Unlike previous versions of Team Suit there is not need to install Team Explorer separately as it comes preinstalled. As you can see, […]
Fail a build if tests fail
It took me longer than I thought it would to find this, but is you are using TFS2008 and you want builds to fail if any of the tests fail then you can add the following to the tests properties group in your build project (TFSBuild.prof) <PropertyGroup> <!– TEST ARGUMENTS If the RunTest property is […]
Retrieving an identity from Team Foundation Server using only the display name
This is a lot harder than it sounds. At first you think there will be a built in option with the Read Identities method on the IGroupSecurityService Interface, but you would be wrong! When capturing an event from Team Foundation Server you have access to a lot of information about the change, including the Display […]
TFS Event Handler v1.1 released
Updated and improved for Team System 2008. http://www.codeplex.com/TFSEventHandler The TFS Event Handler makes it easier to notify users of changes to Work Items in Team Foundation Server. You will no longer need to add individual alerts to users. It is developed in .NET 3.5 SP1 for Team Foundation Server 2008 and is deployed as a […]
Least opportune time.
Here I am slogging my guts out, trying to get TFS Sticky Buddy v2.0 out the door and bang goes the TFS server 🙁 This is tfs05 on the Codeplex environment. All the others seem to be running OK, but juts my luck the one I am using is the one that is affected, […]
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools
There is a new release of the Power Tools for team system. As an MVP I was involved in the trial that started early this month, and I can tell you that a LOT of work has gone into these 🙂 Willy-Peter Schaub’s has posted about them and I don’t see as I need […]
Creating a WPF Work Item Control
I have a little custom control I need added to my Visual Studio Team System projects. This control will allow specific groups of users as representatives of Advocacy groups with in the life cycle model to sign off a Requirement or Change Request from within Visual Studio. But, just to make things a little more […]
Heat ITSM
In Aggreko we use a product called Heat ITSM to manage our support calls. Now all of these calls are tracked using its tracking system, but we (Group Development) want to track using Team System. We need some way of moving and syncing items between these two systems. I completed the first part by using […]