Tag: Team Build

  • TFS2010 Build failed — “Microsoft.Silverlight.Common.targets (104): The Silverlight 4 SDK is not installed”

    I ran in to a problem trying to compile a Silverlight 4 project with Team Foundation Server 2010 and Team Build.  I ran the build and got the error: C:Program Files (x86)MSBuildMicrosoftSilverlightv4.0Microsoft.Silverlight.Common.targets (104): The Silverlight 4 SDK is not installed I found Andru’s blog post with a solution for this in Silverlight 3.0 where he…

  • Team Foundation Server 2010 – Team Build fails because build log file already exists

    I ran in to a problem this morning with a TFS2010 Build.  The build ran and was looking like it was going to succeed and then at the very end I got an error saying – The file ‘bendaytfs2010dropBendayUserGroupManager CIBendayUserGroupManager CI_20100420.1logsBendayUserGroupManager.log’ already exists. – Cannot cancel the workflow. Agent needs to be restarted. Details: The…

  • Hook Visual Studio Web Tests in to TFS Team Build

    SearchWinDevelopment.com has posted another of my Team System “tips” on their site.  This one walks you through running Visual Studio Web Tests from a Team Build. Run Visual Studio Web Tests from a Team Foundation Server Build By Ben Day 13 Nov 2009 | SearchWinDevelopment.com  One of the great features of Visual Studio 2008 is…

  • Incorporate Windows Azure unit tests in to TFS Team Builds

    I’ve started writing “tips” for SearchWinDevelopment.com on Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, and Unit Testing.  Look for them to trickle out over the next few months. They’ve posted one that I wrote about making Team Foundation Server Builds work with Windows Azure project.  It’s easy enough to compile Windows Azure projects from Team Build but…

  • ITNAmerica / Microsoft Software + Services Case Study (plus Team Foundation Server)

    One of my clients just got featured in a Microsoft case study about Software + Services.  ITNAmerica is based in Portland, Maine and provides flexible transportation options for seniors who are no longer able to drive. The Microsoft case study features the scalability and flexibility features of ITN’s SOA-based architecture and their success with Microsoft’s…

  • Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 2 Installation Guide

    You may have heard that Microsoft released the Beta 2 build of Team Foundation Server 2010 and Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 a few days ago.  You can download the bits from here. If you’re interested in installing Team Foundation Server 2010, I’d like to offer up the alpha version of our installation guide. (PDF, HTML) …

  • A User Interface for VsDbCmd: Deploy/Import Your Database Schema Without Installing Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition

    There’s an underappreciated feature in Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition (DbPro) and that’s VsDbCmd.exe.  If you’re using DbPro to manage your database schema during development, you’re doing it with Visual Studio installed on your desktop.  When you need to deploy changes to production, you do a Database Comparison between your project and your production database…

  • Some misconceptions about Team Foundation Server & Team System

    I’ve gotten a bunch of ‘feedback’ lately from the community about Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS).  Out of these ‘discussions’ it seems like there might be some misconceptions about VSTS & TFS.  Misconception #1: “TFS is just a source control repository” or “TFS is an expensive source control solution” Since…

  • My Mistake + Here’s Why I Like Team System

    Well, we all make mistakes from time to time and this weekend I made a good one. I’ve written a few posts lately on why I think small businesses need Team System. This weekend I got a comment from Ben Scheirman on my post about the cost of Team System licensing. Ben’s comment was in…

  • Small Companies Need Team System 2008: The Licensing Discussion

    A few weeks back, I wrote a post suggesting that small companies need Team System just as much – if not more – than big companies.  In the comments for that post, I got some feedback about how pricing makes it hard for small organizations to adopt Team System. This one comes from Dave: It…