Anatomy of an Automation for the Tfs Automation Platform
If you can’t wait for the Tfs Automation Platform, but you still want to eventually deploy your extensions using it, what can you do? We would really like for you to still be able to build out automations without the Automation Platform, but you would not have the delivery and management aspects. Hopefully this post […]
How might we implement the Change Iteration Automation for the Tfs Automation Platform
As we get organised to start development on the Tfs Automation Platform there is the need to do in-depth investigations into the way things are going to work. “Epic 1: As Dave or Gary I want WIQL queries to be automatically updated when I move from iteration to iteration+1 or sprint to sprint+1” Updates (in […]
What about hosting the Tfs Automation Platform
I have been asked what would be the process or support for hosting the Tfs Automation Platform either from a hosting provider, or in the cloud if we have server side components. If you are not familiar with TFS on Azure make sure you read: Update on TFS on Azure from Brian Harry “To the […]
What is the Tfs Automation Platform
The TFS Automation Platform is a project that will be developed initially as the TFS Iteration Automation project for the Rangers, but which has a grander vision to solve a need for customers to have things just happen within TFS. Currently, the scope of this project is to create automations that assist with iteration management, […]
Do you know about the Visual Studio ALM Rangers Guidance?
I have been tasked with investigating the Guidance available around Visual Studio 2010 for one of our customers and it makes sense to make this available to everyone. The official guidance around Visual Studio 2010 has been created by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers and is a brew of a bunch of really clever guys […]
Do you know about the Visual Studio 2010 Architecture Guidance?
If you have not seen the Visual Studio 2010 Architectural Guidance from the Visual Studio ALM Rangers then you are missing out. I have been spelunking the TFS Guidance recently and I discovered the Visual Studio 2010 Architectural Guidance. This is not an in-depth look at the capabilities of the architectural tools that shipped with […]
Rangers shipped Visual Studio 2010 Database Guide
Have you ever struggled with the Database Developer (was DataDude) components of Visual Studio? Well I have…and now the ALM Rangers have released a new guide to help us all get the benefits. There is Guidance as well as Hands-On-Labs and even how to do WIX integration for deployment. The Visual Studio 2010 Database Guide […]