Constructing a framework for the TFS Automation Platform
As Lead developer for the TFS Iteration Automation my goal this weekend is to provide a framework for the developers to give both architectural and development guidance for the tools and methods we are going to be using to construct the Platform.
Test Track Pro and the case of the missing data
As you may know, I have been having lots of problems with creating a Test Track Pro Adapter for the TFS Integration Platform. You may have been following my trials and tribulations in trying to get the data through.
A working Test Track Pro Adapter for the TFS Integration Platform
Well, it has been a long road from misery to hope with a little disbelief thrown in for good measure, but I finally have a working Adapter for the TFS Integration Platform.
What do you do with a Work Item History Not Found Conflict Type Details
If you have no history in the system you are migrating to TFS, you may have problems when you try to do a continuous unidirectional sink due to your system not having a “revision” of the work item.
Creating a WIT Adapter for the TFS Integration Platform for a source with no history
I have recently been working on a TFS Integration Platform Adapter for integrating with Test Track Pro. The problem with TTP is that it does not contain any history.
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.
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?
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.
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:
In-Place upgrade of TFS 2008 to TFS 2010 with move to new domain
I had a particularly complicated upgrade this time that required me to do two things:
My first Scrum team in the wild
Over the last year I have invested a lot in Scrum. A few months ago I was assigned to teach a two day Scrum course for which I had to build and deliver the material. The team that received the beta of the course has now just finished their first sprint!
Installing Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1
As has become customary when the product team releases a new patch, SP or version I like to document the install. Although I had no errors on my main computer, my netbook did have problems. Although I am not ready to call it a Service Pack problem just yet!
Installing Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
As has become customary when the product team releases a new patch, SP or version I like to document the install. This post seams almost redundant as I had no problems, but I think that is as valuable to other thinking of installing the Service Pack as all the problems that we sometimes get.
Visual Studio ALM MVP of the Year 2011
For some reason this year some of my peers decided to vote for me as a contender for Visual Studio ALM MVP of the year. I am not sure what I did to deserve this, but a number of people have commented that I have a rather useful blog.
Do you know how to move the Team Foundation Server cache
There are a number of reasons why you may want to change the folder that you store the TFS Cache. It can take up “some” amount of room so moving it to another drive can be beneficial. This is the source control Cache that TFS uses to cache data from the database.
Should GeeksWithBlogs move to the Wordpress Platform?
Geekswithblogs was my first ever blog and my first post was on 22nd June 2006. Since then very little functionality has been added. This is not a complaint, but rather an observation that it is very hard to keep up with all of the blogging capabilities that people want. My point would be: “Why bother!”
Do you know about the Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects Guidance?
Early on in the Team System (now Visual Studio ALM) cycle a new product surfaced within Team System that was affectionately called “Data Dude”, but had the more formal name of “Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals”. The purpose of this product was to try and make the database a “first class citizen” in the development world.
Can I run two versions of Microsoft Project side-by-side?
A number of out customers have asked if there are any problems in installing and running multiple versions of Microsoft Project on a single client. Although this is a case of Caveat utilitor (Let the user beware), as long as the user understands and accepts the issues that can occur then they can do this.
How Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server enable Compliance
One of the things that makes Team Foundation Server (TFS) the most powerful Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform is the traceability it provides to those that use it. This traceability is crucial to enable many companies to adhere to many of the Compliance regulations to which they are bound (e.g. CFR 21 Part 11 or Sarbanes–Oxley .)
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 experiences working with the tools and customers.
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.
Do you want to be an ALM Consultant?
Northwest Cadence is looking for our next great consultant! At Northwest Cadence, we have created a work environment that emphasizes excellence, integrity, and out-of-the-box thinking. Our customers have high expectations (rightfully so) and we wouldn’t have it any other way!
What to do after a servicing fails on TFS 2010
What do you do if you run a couple of hotfixes against your TFS 2010 server and you start to see seem odd behaviour?
Project of Projects with team Foundation Server 2010
It is pretty much accepted that you should use Areas instead of having many small Team Projects when you are using Team Foundation Server 2010. I have implemented this scenario many times and this is the current iteration of layout and considerations.
Free training at Northwest Cadence
Even though I have only been at Northwest Cadence for a short time I have already done so much. What I really wanted to do was let you guys know about a bunch of FREE training that NWC offers.
TFS 2010 Work Item Seed: TFS Work Item system.id at a predefined number
This week my customer had a requirement to have all new work items created to have an ID greater than 40,000. They have another system that stores tickets and they don’t want any conflict.
TFS vs. Subversion fact check
I spotted a good comparison of TFS vs. Subversion by Jarosław Dobrzański on DZone (you can also read the original post ) but I feel that a couple of the points were either out of date, or borne out of a lack of knowledge of the product, or even more likely I just missed the point. This article was taken from the perspective of an SVN user who has moved to TFS, and I am not in that category.
Syncing many Dynamics AX instances to a single TFS 2010 Team Project
I have been working with a customer who had been frustrated with the need to have new Team Project for every instance of AX that they use. In fact with 3 instances per customer and lots of customers it can very quickly get complicated and I wanted to see if there was a solution for them.
Database corruption in TFS 2005 causes TF246017 during upgrade
Today I was on-site to do a test upgrade of TFS 2005 to TFS 2010 and we encountered an error that would have caused major delays while we investigated and perhaps requiring additional help from Microsoft.
Team Foundation Server 2010 Event Handling with Subscribers
There is a lot of references and blog posts on how to handle SOAP events raised by Team Foundation Server 2005, 2008 and 2010 but is there anything new in 2010 that supersedes this? Even though I knew it was there, n o amount of google-fu brought back any results relevant to anything new, so hopefully this will fill that gap.
