Brian Harry's Blog

TFS/Project Server 2007 Connector

August 16, 2007 Aug 16, 2007 08/16/07

Brian Harry

I've written before about the TFS <-> Project Server 2007 Connector that the VSTS Ranger team built.  Check out this new Channel 9 video with Lenny (one of the developers of it).  He talks a bit about the Rangers and the projects they have undertaken.  Then he talks in more depth about the Project Server Connector -  ...

TFS 2008 Beta 2 expiration date

August 15, 2007 Aug 15, 2007 08/15/07

Brian Harry

I responded earlier to a comment on one of my posts about the Beta 2 expiration date.  At the time I wasn't 100% certain what it is.  I have found out that it is March 15th 2008.  I know the Beta 2 TFS server will stop functioning on that date.  I believe the VS 2008 Beta 2 clients will also stop functioning on that date ...

TF30162: Task "SharePointPortal" from Group "Portal" failed

August 14, 2007 Aug 14, 2007 08/14/07

Brian Harry

I suspect a lot of people are going to be seeing this message in the coming months and I want to get out in front of it.  This error occurs when you create a new Team Project using the TFS 2005 client against a WSS 3.0 server.  The most common way you will get in this situation is by install a fresh TFS 2008 server install and ...

Final TFS 2008 Feature List

August 8, 2007 Aug 8, 2007 08/8/07

Brian Harry

 Gee, time flies when you are having fun.  I can't believe it's been another 4 months since my last post on Orcas features. At this point TFS 2008 is basically done!  We've got a few bugs left to fix and we are still taking feedback from Beta 2 but we're focusing on quality, stability and ensuring TFS works in a wide array of ...

Patterns & Practices releases TFS guidance

August 7, 2007 Aug 7, 2007 08/7/07

Brian Harry

The Patterns & Practices team has just released some really good and pretty comprehensive guidance on how to structure your team development using Team System and Team Foundation Server.  It's going to be available in a variety of forms, including a book you can buy.  See JD's blog for more info on it: http://blogs.msdn.com/...

Work Item Tracking Enhancements in the Aug Rosario CTP

August 6, 2007 Aug 6, 2007 08/6/07

Brian Harry

Perhaps, over the week end, a few of you have had a chance to play around with the Aug CTP of the Rosario release of Visual Studio Team System.  This post is to give you a little bit of insight into some of the new things you can do with work item tracking. One of our primary focuses for this release is what we call "Business Alignment".&...