Category: Visual Studio Team System (VSTS)

  • Team Foundation Server 2008: Edit the Remaining Work Report to Use Non-Default Status Values

    In Team Foundation Server 2005 and Team Foundation Server 2008, one of the best ways to break the out-of-the-box Team Project reports is to add new status values for your work items.  Unfortunately, adding new work item status values is one of the first things that most customers need to do.  For example, I always…

  • VSLive Austin 2007 Slides & Code

    Last week I was speaking at VSLive Austin 2007. Here are some links to download my slides and sample code. Serious ASP.NET WebPart Customization (slides) / (code) Serious Team Foundation Server Customization (slides) / (code) Serious Team Foundation Server Source Control (slides) / (code) Worshipping LINQ to SQL(Joint session with Richard Hale Shaw) (slides) Workshop…

  • Updated Continuous Integration Service for TFS 2005 / Team Build 2005

    You’re probably familiar with the Khushboo Continuous Integration Service for Team Foundation Server 2005 & Team Build 2005.  I’ve been using it for a long while now but recently ran up against a limitation: you can’t specify a build per source control sub-directory — you can only specify continuous integration builds at the Team Project…

  • Managing TFS Team Build History: Delete Completed Builds From "All Build Types" & Bug Work Item Drop-downs

    Here’s another blog post that came from an attendee question at VSLive Vegas.  In Team Foundation Server (TFS) there are at least two places where you can see completed Team Builds: the “Team Builds – All Build Types” screen and the Bug work item’s “Found in build” and “Resolved in build” drop-down lists.   Here’s what it looks like…

  • Configure Windows to Log in to TFS Automatically

    I got an email last night from a user of Dubbelbock who’s Team Foundation Server (TFS) is running in “workgroup” authentication mode.  Workgroup mode means that you’ve installed TFS on a server that not part of an Active Directory domain.  Since it isn’t part of an Active Directory domain, all the user accounts are defined in Windows…

  • Speaking at Code Camp 8: "WiX Installers" & "TFS: Under The Hood"

    Man! This just snuck up on me.  Code Camp 8 is in less than 7 days!  I’ll be doing two sessions.  Come by and say hello. -Ben   Date(s): 09.29.2007-09.30.2007 (GMT-5) Type: Code Camp Location: Microsoft New England District: 201 Jones Rd, 6th Floor, Waltham MA Update: 9/27/07 — Due to a scheduling problem (my fault),…

  • Run Unit Tests With Automatic DBPro DB Deploy from a Team Build

    This time I’m genuinely surprised that no one has tackled this and posted it on a blog or to the DBPro or Team System forums. When you add a unit test for a stored procedure in Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals (DBPro) for the first time, you get the dialog asking how you…