{"id":4751,"date":"2010-09-09T06:39:09","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T06:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2010\/09\/09\/sept-2010-tfs-power-tools-release-available\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T13:27:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:27:18","slug":"sept-2010-tfs-power-tools-release-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/sept-2010-tfs-power-tools-release-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Sept 2010 TFS Power Tools Release Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You find the download for the latest version of the Power Tools here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/c255a1e4-04ba-4f68-8f4e-cd473d6b971f\">TFS Power Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/2d7c8577-54b8-47ce-82a5-8649f579dcb6\">Cross Platform Build Extensions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/bce06506-be38-47a1-9f29-d3937d3d88d6\">MSSCCI Provider<\/a> (no updates this release)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As with the previous release, these require a TFS 2010 client.\u00a0 If you want Power Tools with a previous TFS client, you will need the 2005 or 2008 Power Tools.<\/p>\n<p>There are 3 \u201cnew features\u201d in this Power Tools release:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Admin Console Backup\/Restore Wizard<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I blogged about this in detail recently here: <a title=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2010\/08\/18\/backing-up-and-restoring-your-tfs-server.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2010\/08\/18\/backing-up-and-restoring-your-tfs-server.aspx\">http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2010\/08\/18\/backing-up-and-restoring-your-tfs-server.aspx<\/a> and here: <a title=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2010\/08\/19\/backing-up-your-tfs-server-with-sharepoint-and-reporting.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2010\/08\/19\/backing-up-your-tfs-server-with-sharepoint-and-reporting.aspx\">http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2010\/08\/19\/backing-up-your-tfs-server-with-sharepoint-and-reporting.aspx<\/a>.\u00a0 This Power Tool addition is a huge help for those responsible for administering a TFS server.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a teaser about what a configured backup plan looks like.\u00a0 Check out the posts above for more details.\u00a0 This backup tool only works with TFS 2010 servers.\u00a0 Documentation for backing up TFS 2008\/2005 servers is available on MSDN.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Team Explorer Enhancements<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>They are small but they provide some handy conveniences.\u00a0 There are 3 new capabilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>View With<\/strong> \u2013 Would you like to be able to open a workflow from SourceControl explorer in an XML editor rather than the designer?\u00a0 Today, your only option is \u201cView\u201d which opens files in the default view\/edit technology.\u00a0 We\u2019ve now added \u201cView With\u2026\u201d which will allow you to pick what you want to open with.\u00a0 Just right click on a file in Source Control Explorer and you\u2019ll get this:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/3240.OpenWith_thumb_330A704C.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16326\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/3240.OpenWith_thumb_330A704C.png\" alt=\"Image 3240 OpenWith thumb 330A704C\" width=\"215\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>followed by this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/7462.OpenWith2_thumb_55427BD2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16327\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/7462.OpenWith2_thumb_55427BD2.png\" alt=\"Image 7462 OpenWith2 thumb 55427BD2\" width=\"404\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/7462.OpenWith2_thumb_55427BD2.png 404w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/7462.OpenWith2_thumb_55427BD2-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Clone Build Definition<\/strong> \u2013 Ever had to set up a new branch and make it VERY similar to an existing branch.\u00a0 Recreating all of the build definitions can be a real pain.\u00a0 Now you can very easily clone them all in the Team Explorer and then tweak them for the new branch rather than creating them from scratch.\u00a0 It looks like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/4834.CloneBuild_thumb_4CA22346.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16328\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/4834.CloneBuild_thumb_4CA22346.png\" alt=\"Image 4834 CloneBuild thumb 4CA22346\" width=\"404\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/4834.CloneBuild_thumb_4CA22346.png 404w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/4834.CloneBuild_thumb_4CA22346-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>followed by this: (notice a copy of the TFSServerManager build definition has been made)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/7077.CloneBuild2_7FDE5CAF.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16330\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/7077.CloneBuild2_7FDE5CAF.png\" alt=\"Image 7077 CloneBuild2 7FDE5CAF\" width=\"239\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Copy Work Item Shortcut<\/strong> \u2013 Say you want to send a link to a work item to your buddy.\u00a0 You can actually do that today by right clicking on the tab of the open work item and clicking \u201cCopy Full Path\u201d but no one ever figures that out \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Now suppose you want to send a link to 3 or 4 work items \u2013 kind of a pain doing it one at a time.\u00a0 With the new Power Tool, there is now a right click menu item both in the results view and in the work item form called \u201cCopy Work Item Shortcut\u201d that makes it really easy to get the urls to the selected work items.\u00a0 It will work with one or many work items selected.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/5430.CopyShortcut_thumb_506FEDE3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16331\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/5430.CopyShortcut_thumb_506FEDE3.png\" alt=\"Image 5430 CopyShortcut thumb 506FEDE3\" width=\"504\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/5430.CopyShortcut_thumb_506FEDE3.png 504w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/5430.CopyShortcut_thumb_506FEDE3-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TFPT Branches<\/h3>\n<p>Last, but not least, we\u2019ve added a &#8220;branches\u201d command to the tfpt command line for manipulating branches.\u00a0 This can all be done in one form or another in the VS interface but now you can script it too.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the usage of the new command:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/1638.Branches_thumb_73142C5E.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16332\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/1638.Branches_thumb_73142C5E.png\" alt=\"Image 1638 Branches thumb 73142C5E\" width=\"704\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/1638.Branches_thumb_73142C5E.png 704w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/1638.Branches_thumb_73142C5E-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and here\u2019s some sample output for a very simple tfpt branches:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/5355.Branches2_thumb_67CB1821.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16333\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/5355.Branches2_thumb_67CB1821.png\" alt=\"Image 5355 Branches2 thumb 67CB1821\" width=\"704\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/5355.Branches2_thumb_67CB1821.png 704w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2010\/09\/5355.Branches2_thumb_67CB1821-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition we have fixed about 20 bugs that had been reported against that last Power Tools release \u2013 the majority of them being in the Best Practices Analyzer.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m very happy to bring you the next installment in new TFS capabilities.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy them.\u00a0 We\u2019ll turn our attention to the next set.\u00a0 We\u2019re trying to set a cadence of shipping Power Tools updates about every 4 months.\u00a0 That will likely mean that we have the next set ready in January.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t any clue what will go in the next set yet but I hope over the next month or so, that will begin to take shape.\u00a0 In the meantime, enjoy and let us know if there\u2019s any way we can help you!<\/p>\n<p>Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You find the download for the latest version of the Power Tools here: TFS Power Tools Cross Platform Build Extensions MSSCCI Provider (no updates this release) As with the previous release, these require a TFS 2010 client.\u00a0 If you want Power Tools with a previous TFS client, you will need the 2005 or 2008 Power 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