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Explains the importance of passing builds, common causes of build failures, how to identify issues and responsible users, and best practices for build …
Explains the essential three build types—Gate, CI, and Nightly—needed per branch to ensure code quality, test coverage, and collaboration in team …
Assigning an owner to each user story in Scrum ensures clear responsibility, better communication, and accountability throughout the sprint for both …
Highlights the importance of clear communication and documenting disagreements in Scrum to prevent misunderstandings and failed sprints, especially …
Explores common pitfalls in early Scrum adoption, highlighting why full team involvement in sprint planning is crucial and lessons learned from a …
Explains when to use Areas versus Team Projects in TFS 2010, comparing benefits, drawbacks, and best practices for managing multiple projects and …
Explains the MVVM pattern in WPF and Silverlight, highlighting separation of concerns, code structure, and the roles of commanding, dependency …
Troubleshooting TFS 2010 admin permission errors caused by not running TfsConfig as administrator, despite correct group memberships and server …
Explains how to configure MSTest for automated testing of web services on Team Foundation Build Services 2010, including handling dynamic server ports …
Learn how to diagnose and resolve partially succeeded builds in Team Foundation Build Services 2010 by tracing test failures, identifying code issues, …
Step-by-step guide to resolving build failures when compiling Silverlight 3 projects with Team Foundation Build Services 2010, including SDK, MSBuild, …
Step-by-step guide to upgrading from TFS 2010 Beta 2 to TFS 2010 RC, including best practices, troubleshooting tips, and post-upgrade checks for …
A personal account comparing poor Vodafone customer service with positive experiences at Orange, highlighting issues with account access, billing, and …
Explains how to resolve IIS SMTP error 5.5.2 by configuring a fully qualified domain name, ensuring outgoing emails are accepted by recipient mail …
Explains how to set up SEO-friendly permanent redirects for old URLs to new ones in ASP.NET, covering best practices and code examples for preserving …
Explains how to implement SEO-friendly permanent 301 redirects for old URLs to preserve search rankings, comparing IIS tools and custom solutions for …
Covers compatibility and usability of Dynamics CRM, Team Companion, LinkedIn, and Plaxo add-ins in Outlook 2010 Beta 2, including 32-bit and 64-bit …
A personal account of UK cable internet speed improvements, comparing dial-up, ADSL, and Virgin Media, with real-world download rates and upgrade …
Step-by-step guide to create a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) from a Windows Server 2008 R2 image using Windows AIK and WIM2VHD, including common pitfalls …
Step-by-step guide to converting a Windows 7 .wim image to a VHD, including extraction, merging, deployment with imageX, and configuring boot options …
Step-by-step guide to installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server SP1, including backup, testing, troubleshooting, and rollback procedures …
Highlights the unique strengths dyslexic individuals bring to programming, such as 3D visualisation, creative problem-solving, and intuitive …
Covers the step-by-step process and team effort involved in migrating from TFS 2008 to Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server Beta 2, including key …
Describes a career move from Aggreko to SSW, focusing on software architecture, ALM, TFS migrations, and applying productivity rules in team …
A personal interview featured in the Scottish Developers newsletter, discussing experiences and insights from a developer’s perspective within the …
Step-by-step guide to quickly installing Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server on Windows Vista, including setup options and requirements for a …
Step-by-step guide to configuring Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server on Windows Vista, including setup options, compatibility notes, and tips …
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 introduces new editions, simplified licensing, and enhanced ALM, testing, and lab management features. Now available for …
Explains how to use a WPF behaviour with attached properties to globally scale multiple UI controls at runtime, supporting MVVM and slider-based scale …
Explains how to use a custom NinjectDataProvider in WPF to enable dependency injection for ViewModels, improving flexibility and design-time support …
A colleague has started blogging, sharing a useful SQL Server function to add working days to a date—helpful for support analysts and database …
Overview of Silverlight 3 features, improvements, and its use for .NET and WPF developers, with insights from a detailed programmer’s reference book.
Explains how to enhance a .NET command line parser to support multiple and nested commands, custom switches, and delegate-based execution for flexible …
Explains how to implement flexible drag and drop in WPF using MVVM, with customisable drop behaviour and bindable options for ItemsControls, including …
Windows 7 is now available to developers and beta testers, offering improved stability, speed, and features over Vista, with general release coming in …
See your upcoming events at a glance with Outlook 2010’s Calendar preview, making it easy to check your schedule and availability quickly.
Learn how to build a flexible data access layer in .NET using Unity for dependency injection, interface mapping, and factory patterns with …
Explores integrating Team Foundation Server check-in policies with the Dynamic Language Runtime to enable flexible, centralised policy management …
Explains how to log Elmah error reports as work items in Team Foundation Server, including attaching error logs, using templates, and retrieving error …
Shows how to use TFS API calls to list all files changed in a specific iteration, including querying work items and extracting changesets to a text …
Learn how to recursively find and disable all Timer controls in an ASP.NET page, even without knowing their IDs, to prevent unwanted UI updates and …
Explains how installing Office 2010 can cause Visual Studio 2008 to freeze when editing ASPX files, and provides a fix by repairing the Web Authoring …
Step-by-step guide to installing Office 2010 on Windows Vista 64-bit, including full installation tips, system responsiveness issues, and …
A first look at Office 2010’s setup, Outlook features, user feedback prompts, activation process, and improved email conversation tools compared to …
Explains issues when upgrading from Office 2007 32-bit to Office 2010 64-bit, including uninstall requirements, Outlook settings loss, and automation …
Explains how email conversation view groups related messages into threads, making it easier to follow discussions and manage multiple replies in email …
Review of Twikini, a Twitter app for Windows Mobile 6.5, highlighting its features, usability, and a minor issue with tweet confirmation on certain …
Project Natal, a motion-sensing device for Xbox, is rumoured to launch before Christmas at around £121, with pre-orders expected to open soon.
Explains issues upgrading from TFS 2008 to TFS 2010 Beta 1 due to SQL Server collation conflicts, error messages, and the need to align collation …
Overview of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 release, its availability, installation process, and potential improvements for users experiencing …
Learn how to connect Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to any TFS 2010 project collection using the correct URL format, including compatibility notes for VS2005 …
Test your IT knowledge with a Microsoft quiz designed to challenge tech skills and see if you can earn a spot on the leaderboard. Try it and compare …
Sync your mobile phone data—contacts, calendar, tasks, photos, and more—with the web using Microsoft MyPhone, enabling easy backup and online access.
Explains how to resolve TFS connection issues over HTTPS from behind an ISA server by updating Visual Studio registry settings for proxy …
The VS2010 ISO is small because it excludes MSDN documentation, which is not yet available offline; users can access documentation online instead.
Step-by-step account of uninstalling Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and .NET 4.0, including common issues, manual cleanup, and troubleshooting on Windows …
Explains issues connecting to TFS via HTTPS from behind an ISA proxy, including proxy authentication errors and ServicePointManager limitations, with …
Visual Studio 2010 introduces support for UML, enabling developers to create and manage Unified Modeling Language diagrams directly within the IDE.
Explains how Visual Studio 2010 allows developers to target multiple .NET Framework versions, enabling work on legacy and new projects within a single …
Step-by-step guide to installing Visual Studio 2010 Team Suite Beta 1, highlighting setup options, customisation, improved installer, and estimated …
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