Team Foundation Server
Moving On (The Minnesota Goodbye avoided)
After nearly 10 years at Microsoft I've decided that it is time to move on to another opportunity. I...
Date: 11/01/2010
Some TFS links I came across today
I normally don't do link dumps - but came across several new (and one updated) links that made it...
Date: 02/02/2010
TFS 2010 Beta2: TF255144: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation
Symptoms Do you have an error during installation that looks something like this: Does your log file...
Date: 10/29/2009
Enabling Tracing during TFS 2010 Configuration
Please note: this post applies only to Team Foundation Server 2010 (Beta 1 to current). It...
Date: 10/27/2009
Reading Twitter Data with C# and LINQ
I wanted to read Twitter.com search results (tweets) using C#. I started by deciding that a...
Date: 01/27/2009
Windows 7 Feature I Like – Programmer’s Calculator
I just installed Windows 7 beta on a Hyper-V VM (1GB RAM, single proc, 127 expandable drive) and...
Date: 01/08/2009
New VSTS and TFS Virtual PC/Server and Hyper-V images are available!
Brian Randell has been hard at work putting together a holiday surprise we all will enjoy. New...
Date: 12/24/2008
TFS Branching Guidance Version 2 has been Released
The VSTS Ranger team has released TFS Branching Guidance II. This document describes pragmatic...
Date: 12/20/2008
Using a little Ruby to automate mstest code coverage runs
I hate repetitive tasks - especially ones that are easily automated. Generating code coverage runs...
Date: 12/08/2008
PDC Hours - Come and Talk Team Foundation Server Setup, Configuration and Administration
I'll be available to talk about TFS admin scenarios at PDC - my hours are: Monday - 12:30 - 6:00 in...
Date: 10/27/2008
Lets Talk TFS Setup, Configuration and Administration at PDC!
Coming to PDC? Interested in Team Foundation Server Setup, Configuration and Administration? Stop by...
Date: 10/25/2008
A link to my Ruby and Rails blog
Since life can't be all Team Foundation Server and rainbows I've started getting serious about...
Date: 11/19/2007
What to do when TfsQuiesce fails with "No associated service account for role TFSEXECROLE" error
When installing a service path on Team Foundation Server one of the first things that needs to...
Date: 11/06/2007
Migration Toolkit Pre-release nears 100 downloads ...
At this time 98 people have downloaded the TFS Migration and Synchronization Toolkit. Ok - some of...
Date: 04/26/2007
Migration Toolkit Pre-Release published on CodePlex
Interested in writing a migration tool targeting (or synchronizing with) Team Foundation Server...
Date: 04/20/2007
TFS Migration Toolkit Spec released for public review
As Matt noted on the migration blog a working copy of the toolkit specification has been released....
Date: 03/02/2007
How to handle VSSConverter UserMap.xml files for users who no longer exist
When running the VSS to TFS converter (VSSConverter.exe) one of the most common questions I hear is...
Date: 01/18/2007
WSS Rant – Linking to the latest version of a sharepoint document considered harmful. (Lessons 6 and 7)
SharePoint does not have persistent hyperlinks for all document revisions. More specifically –...
Date: 01/04/2007
WSS Rant - finding out what changed is much more difficult then it should be. (Lessons 4 and 5)
In my previous rant I made this statement (quoted out of context): Migrating WSS content to TFS?...
Date: 01/03/2007
New Years without snow is ... great. (Want to find out?)
Happy New Year and all that. I spent the long weekend at Myrtle Beach soaking up rain or sun -...
Date: 01/03/2007
I'll be talking about migrating WSS document libraries to TFS source control for a while
As Matt has mentioned on the TFS Migration blog we’re working on a migration toolkit and,...
Date: 12/29/2006
Three easy steps to a sane tomorrow...
This week is the one year anniversary of my move from the Fargo, ND office and the Business...
Date: 12/19/2006
When CAPTCHA goes wrong ...
I was using a website today and they wanted to make sure I was human and not some automotronic...
Date: 11/20/2006
hex 0x07 redux
Yesterday I made the comment that I thought that the handling of 0x07 was a bug in the TFS client...
Date: 11/14/2006
Sun opens Java source code via GPL
"To those long-suffering open-source developers who have been waiting for years to venture...
Date: 11/13/2006
hexadecimal value 0x07, is an invalid character
Every once in a while I get a message that at first baffles me but once I understand the problem...
Date: 11/13/2006
How long should a version control migration to TFS take?
I'm curious what you think. Imagine you have an installation of Generic Version Control System with...
Date: 11/09/2006
Visual Studio Team System Chat - Wed, Nov 8th
There is an upcoming Team System chat on the 8th. I will be involved to field questions on version...
Date: 11/07/2006
Choosing a host process type for a version control migration tool
Last time I mentioned that we’d look at more architectural decisions for a migration tool –...
Date: 11/02/2006
TFS Migration has a blog now...
A quick pointer to the TFS migration blog: https://blogs.msdn.com/TFS_Migration/ I'm going to keep my...
Date: 11/02/2006
Version Control migration - 2006 makes a design decision
Last time I bribed my 1999 self to answer 20 questions about what was needed from a version control...
Date: 10/30/2006
Time travel, 20 questions and the power of free soda.
Yesterday I presented 20 questions that I think are a good starting point when designing or...
Date: 10/27/2006
It’s Time for the Version Control Migration Feud!
Introducing on Team Foundation Server family! We have Work Item Tracking, Team Build, Version...
Date: 10/26/2006
Writing Version Control Migration Tools - Handling Namespace Cycles
Last time I discussed the issues surrounding namespace conflicts when designing a version control...
Date: 10/25/2006
Writing Version Control Migration Tools - Handling Namespace Conflicts
Migrating from one version control system to another is tough. I don’t care what the internet forums...
Date: 10/24/2006
Team Foundation Power Toys release - Tree diff and annotate among the list!
The updated Team Foundation Power Toy (TFPT) released on 9/7. It includes 12 powertoys - they are:...
Date: 09/08/2006
Mario is blogging about TFS Version Control
Mario has begun a blog about TFS Version Control. If this is a topic that interests you I would...
Date: 08/15/2006
Reporting VSSConverter Issues
Have you encountered an issue when using the VSSConveter (used to convert VSS source history to...
Date: 08/14/2006
Creating a TFS Work Item from an Outlook mail message using VSTO
Many times new work-items are the by-product of an email thread. Sometimes it a question that turns...
Date: 05/03/2006
Left/Right Only Diffing using recursive node compression
While we’re talking about diffing … now I needed to be able to diff two local directories with a few...
Date: 04/17/2006
Diffing two trees in TFS version control
I often need to answer some seemingly simple questions like: What has changed between these two...
Date: 04/07/2006
Discovering TFS merge history using the client API - Part 3 (Deletes and Renames)
Alright – let’s wrap this thing up. We’ve seen the algorithm for discovering merge history and...
Date: 02/09/2006
Discovering TFS merge history using the client API - Part 2 (calling QueryMerges)
Last time I laid out a basic framework for describing merge history in C# (the MergeInfo type) and...
Date: 02/08/2006
Discovering TFS merge history using the client API - Part 1
Previously I talked about how to find the contributor to a merge (e.g. the source item of a merge...
Date: 02/04/2006
Following merge history using the TFS command line
Where did I come from? One of the great questions of life and source control systems. Today I needed...
Date: 02/02/2006
Keeping TFS Version Control in synch
Within the span of 4 years a single company I worked for used 5 different version control products....
Date: 02/01/2006