Buck Hodges
Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS and Team Foundation Server)
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TFS 2010 server licensing: It’s included in MSDN subscriptions
[UPDATE 2/10/2010] You can now get the official Visual Studio 2010 Licensing whitepaper, which also covers TFS, Lab, and IntelliTrace. That is the best resource for understanding the licensing. Another big piece of news with the release of VS and TFS 2010 betas yesterday is the changes to TFS licensing for 2010 that make it even more affordable. Here are the comments from Doug Seven, our licensing guru in marketing, on Soma's beta 2 announcement post. Team Foundation Server 2010 will be included in the MSDN subscription that comes with Visual Studio 2010 Professional, Premium, Ultim...
Where is TFS Basic?
TFS Basic is not a separate download. It’s just a choice in the TFS configuration wizard. So to get TFS Basic, you download the regular Team Foundation Server installation, either 32-bit or 64-bit (yes, TFS now supports 64-bit Windows natively), and then run setup.exe. After the MSI (installation phase that more or less just copies files to your disk) is done, you’ll see the following dialog. Choose Basic, and finish your TFS setup in record time! Technorati Tags: team foundation server,tfs,tfs basic,tfs 2010
Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 2 is now available!
With Soma's announcement today, Visual Studio and TFS 2010 Beta 2 are now available for download for MSDN subscribers. The most exciting part of the TFS 2010 Beta 2 release is the debut of TFS Basic. Brian Harry describes TFS Basic in detail in a post called TFS 2010 for SourceSafe Users. Don't think about it as just for SourceSafe customers though. Beta 2 is a "go-live" release, and I recommend checking out Brian Keller's post to Get read to "go live' with Team Foundation Server Beta 2. TFS Basic will install on Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Prior to Basic, you were required to have...
Dell Mini 9 and Win7: Getting a Microsoft Bluetooth mouse working
Win7 is awesome, so today I put Windows 7 Professional on my Dell Mini 9. This is the third laptop on which I’ve installed Win7, and every time it puts a smile on my face. The installation works well and generally most devices work after installation, minimizing time spent fiddling with drivers. The few devices that don’t work after installation often work after getting the drivers from Windows update. The only device not working this time was my Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000. The computer would find it and list it in the Bluetooth devices in Win7, yet it wouldn&rsqu...
Hosted TFS discounted for Microsoft BizSpark members
If you are in the Microsoft BizSpark program, you now have access to discounted TFS hosting from SaaS Made Easy. Paul Hacker, a VSTS MVP, posted the announcement on his blog earlier this week. He also provides some info on BizSpark, which is a fantastic program for startups. BizSpark Hosted TFS I would like to announce that SaaS Made Easy, LLC is now a network partner in the Microsoft BizSpark Program. What does that mean? It means that if you are in the BizSpark program you are going to be able to use our Hosted TFS service at a substantial discount. Please visit us to get more information on th...
Using Test Impact in VSTS 2010
Dennis Stone, a tester on Team Test, has posted a great walkthrough of using the new test impact feature of 2010. If you aren't familiar with test impact, it's a feature that tells you which tests execute the code you've changed in a checkin. Rather than run all of the tests, you can run only the tests that test the code you changed. Test Impact Walk-through One of the key areas of focus for Visual Studio Team System 2010 is to enhance the experience for testers. There’s already lots of overview information on many of the new features out there so I’m going to dive right in to one o...
TFS 2010 Beta 1: Don’t run initial configuration from the administration console (MMC)
Beta 1 for TFS 2010, along with VS and VSTS, is now available to MSDN subscribers and will be available for broad download shortly. Be sure to check out the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 First Look site to see what’s in this release, as well as the documentation on MSDN. Brian has written posts on TFS 2010 features in administration and operations and work item tracking so far. There’s a bug you’ll want to avoid in setting up and initially configuring beta 1. If you choose not to continue on through configuration at the end of the MSI setup phase (in other words, you uncheck the box to launch th...
TFS 2008 supports SQL 2008 SP1
SQL 2008 SP1 has just been released, and we've gotten a couple of questions about whether it is supported with with Team Foundation Server 2008. We tested SQL 2008 SP1 with both the original release of TFS 2008 and TFS 2008 SP1, and we do fully support using it with either release of TFS 2008.[UPDATE 4/14/2009] If you are installing TFS 2008 and using an instance of SQL that already has SQL 2008 SP1 applied, you will need to follow the steps in the following KB article: How to install Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server on a computer that has SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 installed.&n...
Debug your build with MSBuild Sidekick v2.3
The folks at Attrice have released a new version of their MSBuild Sidekick, and it now includes a visual debugger for msbuild. If you've ever tried to debug a build process, you know how tedious it can be and will want to check this out. MSBuild Sidekick v 2.3 is released We are happy to announce the release of version 2.3 of MSBuild Sidekick! Many of you would remember “How would you spend $100 on MSBuild?” poll published on MSBuild Team Blog. MSBuild users were asked to vote on most valuable future features in MSBuild; and while we could not improve MSBuild engine performance or add in...