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In India this week

September 11, 2010 Sep 11, 2010 09/11/10
Brian Harry
I just got to Bangalore a few hours ago and will be going to Hyderabad in a couple of days.  I can tell you that the ~24 hours of flying to get here has been exhausting.  It's early morning here but bed time at home.  I left Friday evening and arrived Sunday morning.  It's my first time to India.  Unfortunately, it's ...

Bugs Fixed in the Sept Power Tools Release

September 11, 2010 Sep 11, 2010 09/11/10
Brian Harry
Since I’ve gotten a few questions about it, I decided I’d post the list of bug fixes.  This doesn’t include any bugs associated with new functionality that showed up in this release – only functionality that was in previous releases:Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) Team ...

Sept 2010 TFS Power Tools Release Available

September 9, 2010 Sep 9, 2010 09/9/10
Brian Harry
You find the download for the latest version of the Power Tools here: As with the previous release, these require a TFS 2010 client.  If you want Power Tools with a previous TFS client, you will need the 2005 or 2008 Power Tools. There are 3 “new features” in this Power Tools release: Admin Console Backup/Restore ...

New MSDN Version Selector

August 25, 2010 Aug 25, 2010 08/25/10
Brian Harry
This 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.  This new selector makes it much clearer which version you are looking at and how to navigate to ...

New MSDN Version Selector

August 25, 2010 Aug 25, 2010 08/25/10
Brian Harry
This 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.  This new selector makes it much clearer which version you are looking at and how to navigate to ...

Visual Studio Database Guide

August 23, 2010 Aug 23, 2010 08/23/10
Brian Harry
Just 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: If you are interested, you can get it here: http://vsdatabaseguide.codeplex.com/ Brian...

Visual Studio Database Guide

August 23, 2010 Aug 23, 2010 08/23/10
Brian Harry
Just 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: If you are interested, you can get it here: http://vsdatabaseguide.codeplex.com/ Brian...

Database Permissions Required to Configure TFS

August 20, 2010 Aug 20, 2010 08/20/10
Brian Harry
***UPDATED Dec 22 2014*** We now have official documentation that replaces this post.  See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb552341.aspxRecently 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 ...

Lab Management in Visual Studio 2010 is Now Final!

August 19, 2010 Aug 19, 2010 08/19/10
Brian Harry
Today, 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. Today I am announcing that the final bits are now available for download to licensed ...

Backing up your TFS Server with Sharepoint and Reporting

August 19, 2010 Aug 19, 2010 08/19/10
Brian Harry
Yesterday, 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, this tool can ...