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by Martin Hinshelwood
Using the TFS 2013 API along with a little PowerShell we can add a ‘team field’ to our global list.
by Martin Hinshelwood
Now that I have had two months with the Intel Haswell Harris Beach SDS Ultrabook I thought that it would be a good idea to give you an update. You can check out Part #1 & #2 below however in …
by Martin Hinshelwood
Have you ever wanted to use PowerShell to interact with the TFS 2013 API? Well I have been working through a few scenarios and wanted to get them to you so that I can get some feedback.
by Martin Hinshelwood
In TFS 2012 the product team added a way to get to the tbl_Command information without needing to connect directly to the SQL Server and having access to the tables. This was an awesome add as being able to diagnose …
by Martin Hinshelwood
After you have installed SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 you may encounter the error “TF255466 A previous update or installation requires a restart” when trying to install TFS 2013.
by Martin Hinshelwood
When you try to install Visual Studio 2013 RC (or Visual Studio 2013 RC Team Foundation Server) you get the message “Error: This version of Team Foundation Server is not compatible with Windows 8.1 Preview”
by Martin Hinshelwood
With the TFS 2013 RC being made available I need to upgrade one of my main customers from the TFS 2013 Preview.
by Martin Hinshelwood
As you may have noticed the Visual Studio team has just put out a Release Candidate to the log awaited Visual Studio 2013 and Team Foundation Server 2013.
by Martin Hinshelwood
Ken Schwaber’s Professional Scrum Foundations coming to Glasgow, Scotland in November 2013 for the first time from Martin Hinshelwood.
by Martin Hinshelwood
It has just over a month since I received my Intel Haswell Harris Beach SDS Ultrabook from Intel to review and I have to say that I love this little laptop. I have been trying to use it exclusively and …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I commented on Scrum is hard to adopt and disruptive to your organisation before and I think that for most companies this is just beyond their comprehension. They are fundamentally misunderstanding agile and trying to do agile rather than be …
by Martin Hinshelwood
I was asked recently to review The Professional Scrum Masters Handbook. As I read this book there were times that I shouted at it and I almost stopped reading in disgust around chapter 4.
by Martin Hinshelwood
The product team have put some more engineering resources where their mouth is and the great Team Foundation Server 2013 Upgrade Weekend will be on September 13-15.
by Martin Hinshelwood
The evolution of naked ALM with Pagelines DMS for WordPress is a story of successful change. All you have to do is learn to compromise and aspire to the easy 80%.
by Martin Hinshelwood
Yet another change for the better as I move in a few months back to Scotland to join my family.
by Martin Hinshelwood
Did you skip reporting and now you want to integrate reporting and analyses services with Team Foundation Server 2013?
by Martin Hinshelwood
Many companies have started searching for self-organisation. That ideal or nirvana where teams can figure out how to work together effectively with limited or little direction to solve problems.
by Martin Hinshelwood
You can integrate SharePoint 2013 with Team Foundation Server 2013 at any time and even link to your corporate SharePoint*.
by Martin Hinshelwood
I was contacted just over a week ago and asked if I would like to review the new developer Ultrabook from Intel, a “Harris Beach SDS Ultrabook SDP – PVT2 ISV”. Geek stuff, wohoo… (composure) … Why sure, I would …
by Martin Hinshelwood
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