Brian Harry's Blog

Another Milestone in TFS Internal Adoption

July 28, 2010 Jul 28, 2010 07/28/10

Brian Harry

On July 21st, we hit another important milestone in adoption of TFS within Developer Division. If you’ve followed my blog over the years, you know that our own use of TFS is an important part of our process of ensuring the product is a great product.  We first started using it in 2004 and have gradually been increasing the scope and...

TFS 2010 updates coming to a download site near you

July 27, 2010 Jul 27, 2010 07/27/10

Brian Harry

This is a heads up that we have some important servicing things happening.  Within the next few weeks we’ll be releasing: #1 is critical to be aware of and deal with.  There is a QFE available today (see the blog post above for a link) and we are working hard on the setup refresh. #2 contains some nice fixes (like ...

Administrative Report Pack for Team Foundation Server 2010

July 26, 2010 Jul 26, 2010 07/26/10

Brian Harry

A couple of weeks ago we released a new set of administrative reports for managing the TFS data warehouse.  This is more than most customers will ever need but if you are running a large TFS installation (particularly if you are hosting a TFS installation for multiple constituents) these reports can provide valuable insight into the ...

Administrative Report Pack for Team Foundation Server 2010

July 26, 2010 Jul 26, 2010 07/26/10

Brian Harry

A couple of weeks ago we released a new set of administrative reports for managing the TFS data warehouse.  This is more than most customers will ever need but if you are running a large TFS installation (particularly if you are hosting a TFS installation for multiple constituents) these reports can provide valuable insight into the ...

Scrum taskboard for the new Scrum template

July 20, 2010 Jul 20, 2010 07/20/10

Brian Harry

And simultaneous with the release of the final Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 template, Pyxis announced, with a cute blog post, the availabilty of Urban Turtle Team Web Access add-on that provides a Scrum task board.  I've played with pre-release versions of the Urban Turtle tool and I recommend it.  It's a nice tool!Brian...

Scrum taskboard for the new Scrum template

July 20, 2010 Jul 20, 2010 07/20/10

Brian Harry

And simultaneous with the release of the final Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 template, Pyxis announced, with a cute blog post, the availabilty of Urban Turtle Team Web Access add-on that provides a Scrum task board.  I've played with pre-release versions of the Urban Turtle tool and I recommend it.  It's a nice tool!Brian...

Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 is Final

July 20, 2010 Jul 20, 2010 07/20/10

Brian Harry

Yesterday we shipped version 1.0 of our new Scrum template for Team Foundation Server.  I wrote a post about it a month or so ago when we released a Beta.  Since then we’ve been collecting feedback and refining it.  Now it is done and available on Visual Studio Gallery and referenced via our Process Templates and Tools ...

Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 is Final

July 20, 2010 Jul 20, 2010 07/20/10

Brian Harry

Yesterday we shipped version 1.0 of our new Scrum template for Team Foundation Server.  I wrote a post about it a month or so ago when we released a Beta.  Since then we’ve been collecting feedback and refining it.  Now it is done and available on Visual Studio Gallery and referenced via our Process Templates and Tools ...