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Comments about Team System (VSTS, TFS, etc.), or whatever I see that I think is interesting.
Enabling code coverage on TFS 2012—it’s easy
I’m so used to editing test settings to enable code coverage in TFS, that I was surprised how easy...
Date: 09/28/2012
Atlanta Cloud OS and Visual Studio Launch.
I presented a couple of sessions at the Atlanta Cloud OS Launch event—on the “Modern Application...
Date: 09/17/2012
Atlanta Code Camp Slides
I’ve posted my Tips and Tricks slides from Saturday’s session at sdrv.ms/KlpvDF. Hope you...
Date: 05/24/2012
Visual Studio 11 Roadshow
Next week, I’ll be presenting at two half-day events—one in Alpharetta, Georgia on Tuesday, and one...
Date: 04/20/2012
Getting a successful Visual Studio 10 Team Build when Visual Studio 11 is installed locally
I was trying to build a project with the Azure SDK, and the team build was breaking because it...
Date: 02/24/2012
Having private properties in ASP.NET MVC model objects
I have an ASP.NET MVC project in which I wanted to track which users created an item. I’m already...
Date: 08/26/2011
Analysis Services 2008 R2 Team Build in TFS 2010
If you’ve tried to build a BIDS project in a team build, you’ve noticed that BIDS doesn’t support...
Date: 08/01/2011
Using a config file to override targets in a Visual Studio test project
I wanted one of my coded UI tests to work in different environments, and to do that I wanted to...
Date: 07/21/2011
Ways to associate a host name with your machine
I show a lot of web applications on my laptop. One of the nice things about IIS is that you can have...
Date: 07/14/2011
Setting up the SCOM TFS Connector CTP
I’m glad I set up the CTP of the new TFS SCOM connector. For one thing, it prompted me to set up...
Date: 05/23/2011
jQuery-validate in MVC
Boy, is debugging in a strongly typed language easier than in JavaScript. I’m really glad to have...
Date: 05/18/2011
Some code to remove old build agent and test environment references
Disclaimer: This is just a blog post, and this isn’t supported code by any stretch of the...
Date: 05/10/2011
WebCamps coming to the Southeastern US—see www.webcamps.ms/upcoming-web-camps.aspx
The next full (2-day) camp is in Atlanta, at the Microsoft Alpharetta MTC, on March 30th. ...
Date: 03/15/2011
Attrice Status Sidekick FTW
I moved everything from one TFS server to another TFS server, and I decommissioned the old TFS...
Date: 12/04/2010
Lab management – TF260078 error
I moved a Team Project Collection from one server to another, and got a TF260078 error when I tried...
Date: 08/25/2010
If you’re adding a project portal and/or a reporting site to a TFS 2010 instance after project creation, give Jeremy Jameson’s blog a read…
The instructions at Adding Dashboards and Reports to Upgraded Team Projects wasn’t really clear to...
Date: 08/25/2010
Studio Styles - Visual Studio color schemes
How did I miss this? It’s an entire catalog of Visual Studio color theme settings. And,...
Date: 08/20/2010
SharePoint 2010 Visual Studio Training Kit
There is a SharePoint 2010 Developer Training Course over at the Channel 9 Learning Center. ...
Date: 06/17/2010
Handy load test feature—turn on logging
If you’d like to see what an occasional test response looks like in your load tests, you can turn on...
Date: 06/10/2010
Targeting different web servers in load tests
You’ve been able to parameterize web servers in web (performance) tests since 2005. When you...
Date: 06/01/2010
Reconnecting a “disconnected” lab agent
There is a huge troubleshooting guide at...
Date: 04/15/2010
Steve Dunn's Blog: A tool to switch project files between using Visual Studio 2008 and 2010
I get asked or nagged about this every week—people want to work on the same projects and solutions...
Date: 03/29/2010
New VS2010-compatible WIX build (3.5.1512.0)
I received a question about installers, and because of it I noticed that the latest WIX installer...
Date: 03/19/2010
Follow up from the 3-16-2010 ALEMUG meeting
It was a great time at the ALEMUG meeting, even if I didn’t get a slice of pizza. It was an...
Date: 03/18/2010
Intellitrace and Video Settings
I was asked about configuring how much file space Intellitrace and video capture take up. It’s...
Date: 03/17/2010
Silverlight 4 RIA Breaking Changes
If you’ve written anything in SIlverlight 4 RIA Services, you’ll need to rewrite it. There has...
Date: 03/16/2010
Visual Studio upgrade offers
We try to get MSDN into as many hands as possible, because it equips people with the tools they need...
Date: 03/15/2010
New and Notable, 2010-03-04
One really nice aspect of blogging is that I when I’m looking for an answer I sometimes find it on...
Date: 03/04/2010
March Architect Innovation Cafe Webcasts-Register Today!
We’ve put out some nice talks at the Architect “innov8” series, and there are a couple more coming...
Date: 03/03/2010
Recording of the Ultimate Event “Architecture for Everyone” Session
During our “Ultimate Event” series, we had a section titled “Architecture for Everyone”, covering...
Date: 03/01/2010
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Architecture Model Upgrade Tool
If you created modeling projects in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Beta 2, you may see an error of the...
Date: 02/24/2010
Linkfest: Customizing TFS SharePoint Dashboards
Why write this post when someone else has? Sunder Raman put out a 5-part series on customizing...
Date: 02/23/2010
If you’re looking for the Team Foundation Server 2010 SDK
You can find it on code.msdn.microsoft.com at Team Foundation Server 2010 SDK – Home. You can find...
Date: 02/22/2010
Upgrading from TFS 2010 Beta 2 to Release Candidate
This was an easier process that I thought, although I had to uninstall TFS 2010 and all the Visual...
Date: 02/19/2010
Expression Web 3 Service Pack 1
Service Pack 1 for Expression Web 3 is available, and you’ll probably pick it up the next...
Date: 02/18/2010
2010 Lab Management Agent co-located with 2010 Build Server
I installed the Lab Management Agent on a demo machine at the same time I was installing the Test...
Date: 02/17/2010
Link: New features in Microsoft Test Manager
The team over at blogs.msdn.com/vstsqualitytools/ listed a lot of new features of (Visual...
Date: 02/09/2010
Brian Harry’s slides are posted
You can go to the SkyDrive and get the presentation materials I posted earlier. Brian Harry’s...
Date: 02/09/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate
I was on a flight yesterday, and couldn’t tweet or post this until after I landed. you can...
Date: 02/09/2010
Durham and Atlanta Visual Studio Ultimate Events and related material
We had a standing-room-only crowd in Durham NC. Brian Harry keynoted, and talked about the...
Date: 02/04/2010
My twitter feed
I have a pretty low bandwidth twitter feed at www.twitter.com/davescruggs. I’ll eventually...
Date: 01/28/2010
Charlotte Visual Studio Ultimate Event
Here’s the link to the SkyDrive folder holding the presentation materials. There are a few slides in...
Date: 01/28/2010
Atlanta visit by Peter Provost on February 2nd.
Peter Provost is going to be in Atlanta to give a briefing, and there are a couple of public events...
Date: 01/20/2010
From “Oslo” to SQL Server Modeling (from Douglas Purdy)
Oslo is morphing to focus on SQL Server development. For more, see From “Oslo” to SQL Server...
Date: 11/10/2009
IronScheme Nears Final Release
This looks promising. IronScheme is available in RC form at CodePlex. Nicely, it’s under the...
Date: 10/28/2009
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2
It’s out—go download it and look at the info->Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2....
Date: 10/19/2009
TFS Setup and Admin Team giving webinar on TFS 2010 Beta 2 setup on October 15th (errr…19th)
Update: Date changed to October 19th. (See: TFS Beta2 Setup Chat Postponed until Oct 19th!) The long...
Date: 09/29/2009
Information from the Windows 7 “New Efficiency” launch
Today I presented “Building Next Generation User-Interface with Multitouch and Ribbon on Windows 7”...
Date: 09/28/2009