Team Server Hmm!
I got an interesting question from our SQL Server DBA team in London today. They asked if you can integrate team server with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. I had a look at the software and could not see TFS source control in the list, so I did a little google and found:
TFS Admin Tool 1.2 Gotcha
I ran into a small problem with the tfs admin tool. When you add a user to a project as “Contributer” then it adds only “Publisher” to the reporting services permissions.
TeamPlain Error: TF14002
Some prople have encountered this error when viewing the source control tab in TeamPlain: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: TF14002: The identity NT AUTHORITYNETWORK SERVICE is not a member of the Team Foundation Valid Users group.
TeamPlain - Install and initial views
Well, I got TeamPlain installed in about 30 seconds on my dev servers. In fact, it went so well that after about 10 minutes of messing around with it, I installed it in production as well.
Free Online training from Microsoft
Check out this blog from Steve. You will need to use the code in the comments as the other one is maxed out! Free Online Training… Limited time only…
Microsoft has acquired TeamPlain
Have you looked at the features of TeamPlain and wished that you could convince your company to buy it for all those users that look at VS2005 and balk! Now you can, for free…
Advanced Email Content addendum
RE: What I Hate About XBAPs Ahh, had I only searched the web a little longer… I now have a problem! With the inability to send XBAP by email highlited in this blog. Ever since I saw an early MS video presentation on the capabilities of Vista I have longed for this feature. I don’t think that this is a “nice-to-have” feature; in fact I think it an integral tool to the WPF arsenal, and Microsoft’s integrated computing philosophy.
Advanced Email Content
Does anyone remember the early video presentations for Vista? Specifically the one about the students collaborating on coursework? The bit I am interested in is the emails with advanced content… Can we do that now?
TFS Weekend Part 1 - Install
I got a call from a friend of mine (Neil Ramsay) who was installing TFS for his company ( http://www.quantad.com ). Needless to say, he had a few problems, as everyone does when installing TFS. So he gave me a call and I road to the resque.
TFS Gotcha (server name)
If you are installing TFS in a large network that utilises proxy servers, especialy those that strip network credentials for what it thinks are internet sites, then you may run into problems..
MSDN Roadshow UK 2007
I have been very lazy of late with my blogging. But I am now getting a spurt so I thought I should mention that I attended the Roadshow at the Glasgow Science Center.
TFS Gotcha (SP1)
If you are out there and you have installed SP1 for Team Foundation Server you probably went through as much pain as I did… Solution: Install Data Tier as per documentation. Install Application Tier as per documentation. Install SP1 on data Tier. Repair TFS on data tier Install SP1 on application tier. Repair TFS application tier If at any point you have a problem. You can always uninstall SP1 from both of the tiers and get the system working again. There are a number of solutions out there, including this one, which can fix the problems you have with TFS SP1… None of them worked for me…
Microsoft UK Team System Blog
The TFS guys in the UK are blogging! They started late last year, but in the time honored tradition of blogging, “Don’t tell anyone you have one until there is something to read.”
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
As most of my friends know a very good friend of mine, Katie McPherson died 4 years ago of DVT. I would like to share a letter I received from her brother, another very good friend of mine, and I would ask you to sign the petition.
Register For Beta Exam 71-510: TS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
Exam 70-510: TS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server counts as credit towards the following certification. •MCTS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Registration begins: February 1, 2007 Beta exam period runs: February 20, 2007 - March 5, 2007
VS2005 - Signtool requires CAPICOM version 2.1.0.1
If you get the following error publishing a project, Error 32 SignTool reported an error SignTool Error: Signtool requires CAPICOM version 2.1.0.1 or higher. Please copy the latest version of CAPICOM.dll into the directory that contains SignTool.exe. If CAPICOM.dll exists, you may not have proper permissions to install CAPICOM. Follow these steps
Some thoughts on .NET 3.0 from LinkedIn
I was asked on LinkedIn: “Are you planning to adopt .NET 3.0 in H1 2007? Several clients have asked me if their existing web systems can be upgraded to .NET 3.0. After some investigation, it seems that much of .NET 3.0 is available in other forms. For example, Windows Workflow looks like Biztalk in new clothes while Windows Communication Foundation does not improve on the performance of existing Web Services (though could be useful when setting up new ones). Windows Presentation Foundation/E is still only in CTP form and may require the end user to install a plugin (which removes the main advantage it may have over Flex 2/Flash 9) while I still don’t see the USP for Cardspace. Are your companies using .NET 3.0 purely for new applications? Is it being used in place of other comparable technologies (e.g. Biztalk)? If so, how does .NET 3.0 compare? Have you found .NET 3.0’s XML-based approach simpler to use? I am personally waiting for the official .NET 3.0 (Visual Studio “Orcas” + C# 3.0 including LINQ) release later this year before recommending .NET 3.0-based systems.”
Windows Mobile Device Center
Well, its about time: The WMDC is out of beta and is available to download . WMDC is the replacement for ActiveSync on Vista and I would have expected it to be available for the business release of Vista. Up until now users have had to make do with the beta version that was originally released for Vista RC1, and I can tell you it was a little flaky in places. Not anything really problematic, just the usual beta unfinishedness, though it was usable.
The Windows Vista Ultimate Element
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Software Development Industrial Revolution
I found out the other day that there is another implementation of TFS in the company. Not even the principal UK Architect, who recently visited the US knew of this. I do not think that it has been communicated outside of the department. That is an inevitable aspect of such a large company. The only way to get things working is to keep your head down until you have a viable solution, otherwise you get blown out of the water as soon as department z resizes that you product my do away with their solution for one part of of a larger system. Sillyness…
Small / New business websites
There are a number of challenges to overcome when developing a new business. One of the hardest to get right is your web presence. I have been involved with Scottish Enterprise before and recently got a question from my sister-in-law who has a new job over at Islington Enterprise , and questions are always asked about Websites, SEO, DNS, Blogs, Accessibility and other things that most Internet users just do not understand. The may appreciate the results, but they do not understand the complexities of producing it. I will answer a few questions here for all to see…
Microsoft: forget about PayPal, how about a MasterCard killer?
Ever since PayPal burst on to the scene, the Nostradamus types have been predicting one PayPal killer after another. First it was “e-gold,” then Western Union, then C2IT (by Citibank), then Google.
Deploying Team Server
Sorry that I have not posted on this subject in a while, but I am lazy. After that last elongated post I am in the mood to write again… Our TFS implementation is moving forward. I did a presentation on Friday to my peers and bosses on the need for TFS and the appropriate uses of it. This has all come about as the scope of the project I have been asked to undertake has increased. Instead of 6 developers an 4 project managers, I have been asked to spec for 10 developers and 20 other users. This requires the sourcing of desktops for all as not only do the current computers not have corporate builds (my company buys the windows source and does strange things with it) but the 20 users have thin clients, which will not support Office 2003 (physically yes, but our infrastructure requires Office 2000). More cost..
Outlook 2007 users angry? Well maybe not users.
I am a little confused by all the hullabaloo over the Outlook email changes Mary Jo Foley recently blogged in her article Outlook 2007 users angry over Office 2007 HTML-e-mail changes about some of the changes. I think that this change is a good thing. It moves away from emails being HTML and more towards them as documents. This is the way that most users use email, as documents and it would be much better to have email files as Open XML, there by allowing searching and indexing of the emails in a much easier way.
hinshelm vs fernienator
Or me vs my brother-in-law! I think that I am winning! Technorati Tags: Xbox Answers
Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide
The TFS guys have just updated the Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide to a new version released on 4/1/2007 and it incorporates all of the SP1 updates.
Team System Widgets
I have found a site with a list of many of the applications available for Team System. It seams to be updated regularly and should help with some of the v1 shortcomings of team Foundation Server.
The trouble with IIS6, .pac files and DNS
Now, I have, up until now, not had any experience with proxy servers. Well, to be honest, I still don’t… But I do have some experience with IIS as I have been using it since the sad old days of NT4. Yes that’s right, before Active Directory, The bad old days when domains were the work of a craftsman.
Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn
Most people use LinkedIn to “get to someone” to make a sale, form a partnership, or get a job. It works well coz it is an network of more than 8.5 million experienced professionals from around the world in130 industries. However, it is a tool that is under-utilized, so Guy Kawasaki compiled a top-ten list of ways to increase the value of LinkedIn.
Screenshots of Vista from 2002 to Today
An interesting look at Vista (Long Horn) as an Alpha release in 2002, the first Aero features in 2004, to what we have today read more | digg story
