Buck Hodges

Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS and Team Foundation Server)

A quick guide to fixing problems after installing Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 (SP1)

February 8, 2007 Feb 8, 2007 02/8/07
Buck Hodges
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...

You can schedule builds in Orcas

February 7, 2007 Feb 7, 2007 02/7/07
Buck Hodges
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.  ...

How many people do we have working on Orcas?

February 6, 2007 Feb 6, 2007 02/6/07
Buck Hodges
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...

Visual Studio Team System chat on Wednesday Feb. 7

February 6, 2007 Feb 6, 2007 02/6/07
Buck Hodges
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, ...

TeamCity support for Team Foundation Server

January 30, 2007 Jan 30, 2007 01/30/07
Buck Hodges
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 ...

Extending the Windows Vista grace period to 120 days

January 29, 2007 Jan 29, 2007 01/29/07
Buck Hodges
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 ...

Using FinalBuilder with Team Foundation Build

January 26, 2007 Jan 26, 2007 01/26/07
Buck Hodges
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...

Tabbed windows for remote desktop connections

January 20, 2007 Jan 20, 2007 01/20/07
Buck Hodges
Shortly after I wrote about Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 client, Blake Handler sent me email about a CodePlex project called Terminals.  Terminals is a neat application that hosts RDC sessions in tabs.One of the options in the Terminals connection dialog is whether to connect to the console, which becomes important when connecting to ...