Brian Harry's Blog

Updated look for TreeDiff

October 31, 2006 Oct 31, 2006 10/31/06

Brian Harry

Well, among other things, it's now called Folder Diff :) We've been doing a lot of work on Folder Diff as part of incorporating it into the Orcas release of TFS.  Some key new features include: Here's a screenshot of the updated window (what I wouldn't give for screenshots that weren't so fuzzy looking :)): (image) And here's the ...

Moving your TFS SharePoint site

October 30, 2006 Oct 30, 2006 10/30/06

Brian Harry

We've gotten tons of requests since we shipped TFS v1.0 from customers who want more flexibility with the configuration of the SharePoint server that TFS uses.  Some want to use a SharePoint web farm that they already have.  Others want to use a pre-existing web site.  And still others want to change the port # or not have a ...

Update on "Some days"…

October 28, 2006 Oct 28, 2006 10/28/06

Brian Harry

The wheels have been turning on my promise to investigate making hot fixes more widely available.  It hasn't unfurled quite the way I had pictured but I'm still pretty happy with the result.  The hot fixes with be made available through http://connect.microsoft.com and downloading them will require registration so that we have some ...

New TFS – Project Server Connector available

October 26, 2006 Oct 26, 2006 10/26/06

Brian Harry

Around Beta1 of TFS V1 we created a "sample" to demonstrate how to connect TFS to Project Server and synchronize task information.  It was a pretty basic sample and required a lot of work to turn it into a solution.  Further, as TFS evolved through the rest of the V1 cycle we didn't keep the sample up to date - yielding even more ...

A new VSTS tag for Channel 9

October 7, 2006 Oct 7, 2006 10/7/06

Brian Harry

We recently added a tag to Channel 9 so you can easily find all of your favorite VSTS videos/interviews.  Check it out at https://channel9.msdn.com/tags/VSTSBrian...

Orcas Version Control Performance Improvements

October 6, 2006 Oct 6, 2006 10/6/06

Brian Harry

I'm heading to Disney World for the week in the morning so I may not be blogging too much next week (we'll see what my wife has to say about it :)) Today I was reviewing some results from some performance work we are doing for Version Control in the Orcas release.  We are also doing some work for Work Item Tracking but don't have full ...

The Training That Just Won't Die

October 6, 2006 Oct 6, 2006 10/6/06

Brian Harry

Our training saga continue but is approaching closure - 2 steps forward, 1 step back. The 300 level content is complete and available.  Remember that it is really designed for a classroom setting with a trained trainer.  If you fit this category you can visit http://connect.microsoft.com. Your application will be evaluated (...

A new look for Annotate

October 5, 2006 Oct 5, 2006 10/5/06

Brian Harry

We've been refining annotate for inclusion in Orcas (BTW, I'll be blogging about all the cool TFS features coming in Orcas soon).  We've been hooking up lots of nice features, like integrating it with history, diff, more editor features, implementing accessibility, keyboard and more right click menu support and more.  We've also...

Visual Studio SP1 Feedback

October 5, 2006 Oct 5, 2006 10/5/06

Brian Harry

I am looking to solicit feedback on what people think about SP1 so far.  I realize it's only been a week or so but I've been searching the web looking for feedback.  I've seen a bit... What else?  We fixed a lot of bugs in SP1.  Is anyone noticing bugs that got fixed (or bugs that are really bothering them that didn'...