Buck Hodges

Ewald’s posts on TFS Build 2010

May 31, 2011 May 31, 2011 05/31/11

Buck Hodges

Ewald Hofman, an ALM MVP, has written a great series of blog posts on Team Build in Team Foundation Server 2010.  The 2010 release introduces Windows Workflow as the overall orchestrator of the build process.  Ewald walks you through quite a few topics related to this and the other new features.  Check it out...

Be a developer at Microsoft in Durham, NC

April 25, 2011 Apr 25, 2011 04/25/11

Buck Hodges

Do you want to be part of a team of talented developers and build great software?  Here’s your chance to join the TFS team.  In addition to development positions in Redmond (work item tracking client team), I have openings on our development team here in North Carolina.  Please follow one of the links to apply online...

Making debugging easier: Source Indexing and Symbol Server

April 11, 2011 Apr 11, 2011 04/11/11

Buck Hodges

Have you ever tried to debug an issue in old binaries and you don’t remember which version of the source they correspond to?  Have you debugged without symbols because no one saved them?  Here’s how to make your life easier.One of the great features in Team Foundation Server 2010 Build is the ability to have your builds ...

OData service for TFS

April 10, 2011 Apr 10, 2011 04/10/11

Buck Hodges

Brian Keller has release a new OData service for TFS.  He does a great job explaining it, and he also includes a video demo. OData Service for Team Foundation Server 2010 What the heck is an OData Service for Team Foundation Server 2010? I’m glad you asked. The purpose of this project is to help developers work with data ...

Professional Team Foundation Server 2010 is now out!

April 9, 2011 Apr 9, 2011 04/9/11

Buck Hodges

(image) In the year since the release of TFS 2010, we’ve seen a run of great new books coming, all by authors who really know their subject matter extremely well.  At the beginning of the year, Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi and William Bartholomew published Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build, the book on MSBuild and TFS Build. Then ...

How to reject checkins with code analysis violations

April 9, 2011 Apr 9, 2011 04/9/11

Buck Hodges

Andrew Hall wrote a great post on the Code Analysis Team Blog about how to use the code analysis checkin policy with gated checkin in Team Foundation 2010 Build to reject checkins that have code analysis warnings or errors.  He shows you how to configure the rule set and set up the gated build definition to enforce the code analysis rules...

We’re here, and we have a sign to prove it

March 30, 2011 Mar 30, 2011 03/30/11

Buck Hodges

Yeah, seven years in this location, and the building had no outward markings to indicate that our office is here.  It’s official.  We’re here.  Really...

How to turn on compression for TFS 2010 web services

March 30, 2011 Mar 30, 2011 03/30/11

Buck Hodges

In the past, we’ve turned on compression for the SOAP responses for the TFS web services.  In TFS 2010, you must do it manually.  In the future, I hope we have it turned on by default.  It’s particularly good for teams that aren’t at the same location as the TFS server.  For users on a high-speed corporate...

How to distribute custom checkin policies and work item controls using the power tools

March 28, 2011 Mar 28, 2011 03/28/11

Buck Hodges

Custom checkin policies and custom work item controls are great ways to take advantage of the extensibility of TFS.  You can use checkin policies to enforce certain standards on checkins (even in your builds).  Custom work item controls allow you to add controls to your work item forms that present data in particular way, access...

Moving work item description fields to HTML

March 23, 2011 Mar 23, 2011 03/23/11

Buck Hodges

Neno’s been blogging a lot this month, and many of his posts have helpful tools associated with them.  The post below caught my eye as particularly useful.  We’ll be using HTML fields more going forward, and he has a tool to help you move your existing work items to use an HTML field for the Description. Enriching your ...