July 2006 | Buck Hodges

Google Web Accelerator doesn’t mix with TFS

Buck HodgesJuly 25, 2006Jul 25, 200607/25/06

In the forum post Getting Latest Version Error (TF30063), a user was getting the error message "TF30063: You are not authorized to access Microsoft-IIS/6.0" when getting files from version control. I asked a bunch of questions, which the user answered, but that didn't really help. The user end up figuring it out. It turn

Using an SMTP server that requires authentication

Buck HodgesJuly 21, 2006Jul 21, 200607/21/06

Bill Essary provided the following as a work around for using a Team Foundation Server email notifications with an SMTP server that requires a user name and password. TFS does not directly support using a username and password to connect to an SMTP server but it is possible to work around this limitation by using an SMTP virtual server on the

Using the version control caching proxy server to speed up get

Buck HodgesJuly 20, 2006Jul 20, 200607/20/06

I've written about our experiences using the version control caching proxy server before, but I thought I'd post a screenshot that nicely shows the difference in bandwidth utilization. Before I do that, we were recently having a serious problem with our local caching proxy server being slow and sometimes not responding. Robert Horvick lo

Removing the Team Foundation Server association in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel files

Buck HodgesJuly 19, 2006Jul 19, 200607/19/06

Here's a handy tip if you find yourself needing to disassociate or unbind a Microsoft Project (.mpp) or Microsoft Excel (.xls) file from a Team Foundation Server, perhaps because you changed the name of the server, the server no longer exists, etc.Microsoft ProjectYogita Manghnani, a PM for TFS, posted the following process in the Te

Team Foundation Server and CodePlex

Buck HodgesJuly 1, 2006Jul 1, 200607/1/06

If you haven't seen CodePlex, you'll want to check it out. It's Microsoft's shared community development web site, and it uses TFS to host development projects. Brad Wilson of the CodePlex team provides some nice answers to about 10 questions of general interest on TFS and CodePlex. Answering Questions About CodePlex and TFS Phil H

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July 2006 | Buck Hodges

Google Web Accelerator doesn’t mix with TFS

Using an SMTP server that requires authentication

Using the version control caching proxy server to speed up get

Removing the Team Foundation Server association in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel files

Team Foundation Server and CodePlex

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