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The CodePlex team has posted about the latest update to CodePlex and encourage you to vote on what you'd like to see in upcoming releases.  CodePlex is uses provides a hosted version of Team Foundation Server. New CodePlex Version! I know this is a few days late, but as of Jan 30th we are running a new version of CodePlex! Some of the highlig...

Neno Loje, an MVP, recently posted about dealing with HTTP 503 or 403 errors after installing TFS SP1.  Now Brian Harry has written post that should serve as a quick guide to fixing the common problems that occur when installing TFS SP1.  See Problems installing TFS SP1 for a table that shows each issue, its impact, and how to d...

When we posted the Orcas Team Build Continuous Integration Spec, you may have noticed that there was no support for scheduling builds.  We implemented build scheduling as a Design Change Request (DCR).  That meant that we had to present a justification for the feature, a spec, and how long it would take to implement and test.  By the...

Lorenzo Barbieri, an MVP, pointed out the Orcas splash screen spec that's been posted.  I'm guessing that's one of those things that leads to people believing we have an infinite supply of people to develop products, leading to comments like, "I can't believe you still can't do X!"  X is everything from viewing labels in history ...

On Wednesday, join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Team Editions for Architects, Developers, Database Pros, and Testers. In addition, discuss what's new in the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP). Join the chat on Wednesday, February 7th, 2007 f...

Brian Keller replied to an internal email thread discussing generating documentation from code as part of a build.  If you are looking to do the same, these links should be helpful.  Here's what Brian wrote. I just wanted to point out that there are several MSBuild targets available for Sandcastle which should make it pretty straightforwa...

As part of their "Early Access Program," the folks at JetBrains have posted a build of TeamCity that contains support for TFS version control.  They are looking for feedback, so give it a try and let 'em know what you think. TeamCity EAP (Latest) Current build: 3654 released Jan 30, 2007 | Download | Changes This version of TeamCity will conta...

Jeff Atwood has written a post on how to extend the Vista grace period to 120 days.  It turns out that you can extend it three times for 30 days each, giving you up to 120 days when you count the original 30-day grace period.  It seems like a great way to try out Vista Ultimate to see if it's worth the extra money. Extending The Windows ...

I was reading through some customer feedback about VSTS and TFS.  There were a lot of positive comments in there.  I was looking for the negatives, though, because I want to know where we're missing the mark (perhaps by miles).  This is one that really resonated with me. "The Build Machine aspect of Team Foundation Server is way behi...

Via Richard Hundhausen, I learned that the folks at FinalBuilder posted an article on their web site about how to get FinalBuilder working with Team Build via FinalBuilder's custom MSBuild task.  If you use FinalBuilder, you may want to check that out.tags: tfs, team foundation server, team build, msbuild, final builder