Everything you want to know about Azure DevOps and Farming
August 25, 2010Aug 25, 201008/25/10This week, we added a new version selector for the default view of the MSDN library. I’ve seen numerous cases in recent months of people being confused by finding help topics for the wrong version of VS and not realizing it.
August 25, 2010Aug 25, 201008/25/10This week, we added a new version selector for the default view of the MSDN library. I’ve seen numerous cases in recent months of people being confused by finding help topics for the wrong version of VS and not realizing it.
August 23, 2010Aug 23, 201008/23/10Just recently, the Visual Studio Rangers published a new guidance document on best practices for using database projects in Visual Studio 2010. The guidance focuses on:
Solution and Project Management
Source Code Control and Configuration Management
Integrating External Changes with the Project System
Build and Deployment Automation with Visual Studio Database Projects
Database Testing and Deployment Verification
If you are interested,
August 23, 2010Aug 23, 201008/23/10Just recently, the Visual Studio Rangers published a new guidance document on best practices for using database projects in Visual Studio 2010. The guidance focuses on:
Solution and Project Management
Source Code Control and Configuration Management
Integrating External Changes with the Project System
Build and Deployment Automation with Visual Studio Database Projects
Database Testing and Deployment Verification
If you are interested,
August 20, 2010Aug 20, 201008/20/10***UPDATED Dec 22 2014*** We now have official documentation that replaces this post. See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb552341.aspx
Recently a question came up through a customer about exactly what permission were needed to SQLServer in order to install/configure Team Foundation Server. One of the developers put together a list of exactly what the configuration process does to SQL and what permissions are required.
August 19, 2010Aug 19, 201008/19/10Today, we released the final update to the Lab Management features for the Visual Studio 2010 product family. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post with a bunch of details on the Lab Management capabilities and also explained recent licensing changes.
August 19, 2010Aug 19, 201008/19/10Yesterday, I wrote a post on a new upcoming PowerTool to make backing up and restoring your TFS server easier than ever. The post focused on a TFS Basic install that had no associated Sharepoint or Reporting data. The great news is that if you do have a more sophisticated install with those additional capabilities,
August 18, 2010Aug 18, 201008/18/10Backing up and restoring a TFS server can be daunting. There are potentially a lot of services and a lot of steps. As soon as we shipped TFS 2010, I knew we had to do something to improve it and we began talking about how we were going to simplify the process.
August 18, 2010Aug 18, 201008/18/10Backing up and restoring a TFS server can be daunting. There are potentially a lot of services and a lot of steps. As soon as we shipped TFS 2010, I knew we had to do something to improve it and we began talking about how we were going to simplify the process.
August 13, 2010Aug 13, 201008/13/10We’ve just released 3 packages that will enable you to start with one of the 3 base TFS 2010 Process Guidance sets and customize it and deploy it to your installation. Read Allen’s blog post on a way to do this with WebMatrix.
