Buck Hodges

Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS and Team Foundation Server)

2010 - Buck Hodges

Join the TFS development team and help shape the industry

December 16, 2010 Dec 16, 2010 12/16/10
Buck Hodges
Do you want to be a developer on the TFS team, solve challenging problems, and break new ground in ALM?  Then join the TFS development team in Redmond, WA.You’ll notice that we mention cloud computing with Azure below.  If you saw the PDC keynote demos this year, you saw some early work on getting TFS running on Azure.  If...

Help improve MSDN – give them your feedback

November 11, 2010 Nov 11, 2010 11/11/10
Buck Hodges
Please take a moment to provide feedback to the documentation team on the changes they’ve made recently.  They want to know what you think.  Thanks! We need your input on how well our improvements to the MSDN Library content work for you. Allen Clark has reorganized the topic: "Extending Visual Studio Application Lifecycle ...

How to convert a branch back to a regular folder

September 30, 2010 Sep 30, 2010 09/30/10
Buck Hodges
In an effort to remove a small amount of complexity from the UI, we have the command to convert a branch back to a folder appear only under the main menu and not in the right click menu.  The way to convert a branch back to a regular folder is to do the following. Why would you want to do this?  The reason would be ...

How to figure out whether a change has made it to another branch

August 30, 2010 Aug 30, 2010 08/30/10
Buck Hodges
[UPDATE 11/5/12] I wanted to add that when using either the hierarchy view or the track changeset view, you can use Ctrl-C when the window has focus to get an image of it copied to the clipboard rather than having to use a screenshot tool. One of the great features in TFS 2010 is the ability to track changesets across branches. A prime ...

How to use the MSBuild debugger in Visual Studio 2010

July 17, 2010 Jul 17, 2010 07/17/10
Buck Hodges
Dan Moseley, dev lead for msbuild, wrote a debugger for msbuild while on leave(!) back during the 2010 cycle.  While it ultimately couldn’t be fully completed and tested to be an official feature, it is in the product with a switch to enable it (it’s off by default).  This was a conscious decision made by the VS team, and...

Team Foundation 2010 SDK published

July 6, 2010 Jul 6, 2010 07/6/10
Buck Hodges
Allen Clark has announced the publication of the first release of the TFS 2010 SDK.  This represents a significant improvement in the documentation for the TFS API, and he will be releasing updates to it on a recurring basis.  The first release is small (relative to the size of the TFS API), but it will grow.  Be sure to leave ...