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A few things that I've run across in the last few days... 1) If you have both TFS and Team Explorer installed on the same server, you may not upgrade just one of them to the SP1 Beta, you would need to upgrade both of them if you want to upgrade either of them. If they are on different machines, there is not a problem. 2) When installi...
ReqSheet enables offline creation and editing of requirements. The tool manages a simple, lightweight requirements hierarchy and can be synchronized with TFS. The requirements "documents" can be emailed, shared via Sharepoint and more. Along with their storyboarding product, Reqsheet creates a great solution for requirements elici...
Sorry for being a bit late to the game... I should have posted yesterday but I've been drowning. As you may already know, we released the Beta for 2008 SP1. I'm eager to have you try it out and give us feedback. You can find the list of new TFS features here. I do, however, want you to keep in mind that it is a Beta and you ...
I know licensing around Team System continues to be a pain point. In an attempt to address issues with clarity and understanding, we've produced an updated whitepaper that includes all licensing updates for VSTS 2008. Please let me know if you have feedback.Brian
Today seems to be blogging day. Here's post #3 of 4 or 5 that are coming today. Sorry for the deluge but it's been a couple of weeks since I blogged. I think we are finally nearing the end of the full scale roll out of TFS to the Developer Division. Almost everyone working on the next version of VS/.NET are now on TFS. Ther...
We get a reasonable amount of feedback from BizTalk users that would like a more seamless experience working with Team System and BizTalk. The number one complaint that I hear is that building BizTalk with Team Build is very difficult. The underlying reason for this is that BizTalk does not use msbuild for building their projects. I've ...
Last week, we published another new spec on "Properties" for TFS. This spec describes a new feature that allows you to associate properties with different artifacts in TFS. The include Files/folders, shelvesets, labels, branches, Workspaces, pending changes, etc. Ultimately, we hope to expand this to all artifacts in TFS. Th...
The stream of new stuff coming out for VS/VSTS/TFS 2008 continues! - see my recent post on an update to the TFS Power Tools. It is time for me to tell you about what is coming in TFS 2008 SP1. The release of the Beta is very close (as always, don't ask me for a date but if you want to play with it when it comes out, start figuring out h...
We've gotten a lot of feedback over the past year that our online content is really valuable but that it is a big problem that it is not translated for countries where English is not a commonly spoken/learned language. Japan is, perhaps, one of the best examples. We are trying some experments in this area and one of them is translating ...
We've gotten a lot of feedback over the past year that our online content is really valuable but that it is a big problem that it is not translated for countries where English is not a commonly spoken/learned language. Japan is, perhaps, one of the best examples. We are trying some experments in this area and one of them is translating ...