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Recently the question of how to compare files and folders came up.  TFS version 1 doesn't have the project difference type of functionality that was available in VSS.  So if you want to write your own, this code sample will help you with the calls to get the information you'll want to display. The code shows two different approa...

Jeff Atwood at Vertigo posted his version of Cliff's Notes for a Team System Install, including links to get the trial versions of everything required.  If you aren't going to read the official guide, you might try his approach.  I know no one reading this blog would take shortcuts...but just in case.Meanwhile, you can still get...

On an internal list, the question of how to detect whether Team Explorer is installed came up.  I didn't know the answer, and I figure there are others that would like to know this.To detect Team Explorer, look for the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftVisualStudio8.0InstalledProductsTeam Explorer with a DWORD entry called UseInt...

The question about using a named instance with TFS has come up several times, and it came up again today on an internal mailing list.  As to why we don't support it in V1, Brian Harry states that it was the time to get it into setup and the additional testing that led to the decision to postpone it to a future version.However, for those of you...

Recently Ajay Sudan, Product Manager for VSTS, answered a question regarding some confusion over the differences between TFS Workgroup Edition and TFS Standard Edition.  Here is how he summed it up. TFS Workgroup Edition is not licensed on a Server/CAL model. This means CALs are not required when using the Workgroup Edition. For this reason, t...

Keith Hill had seen mention of a standby application tier in the slides I posted and asked for more information.  I sent email to Bill Essary, and he replied with the following links covering server availability.Ensuring Team Foundation Server AvailabilityYou can control when you take the servers offline for maintenance. However, you must also...

Brian Harry has posted an update on the status of the TFS source control provider.  It's currently scheduled for release the week of April 3rd.Here is the list of applications tested.  There are more applications that support the MSSCCI provider model than we have resources to test, so he also requests your help in reporting issues with o...

There is now draft documentation available that describes how to move a TFS server.Moving Your Team Foundation Server Deployment

Yesterday, Ed Hintz and I gave a "brown bag" presentation in Redmond for some internal groups that will begin using TFS.  I've created a public version of the slides and attached it to this post.  The presentation goes over a few concepts (the intended audience is already quite familiar with source control), shows some common op...

Recently someone asked how to check in changes for another user.  There are at least two good scenarios where this is needed.  One is for check-in systems such as the Gauntlet system we used internally during the development of TFS.  Rather than check in directly, developers would shelve their changes and put them in the Gauntlet que...