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New book on MSBuild and Team Foundation Build

February 6, 2009 Feb 6, 2009 02/6/09

There is now a book dedicated to MSBuild and Team Foundation Build. The book is written by Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi and William Bartholomew. Sayed has written about MSBuild before, both in books and MSDN Magazine articles, and William is a Team System MVP with a lot of experience in customizing the build process in Team Foundation.If ...

Fix for TFS Build 2008 SP1 to speed up your builds

February 6, 2009 Feb 6, 2009 02/6/09

Buck Hodges

Quite a few folks have reported longer build times and noticed that the build details view has a lot more output in it, and as a result of the extra output being logged, the builds are slower. Aaron has written a post about a hotfix to speed up your builds in the SP1 version of Team Build. This hotfix, like many others for TFS, is ...

Using Team Foundation Build with BizTalk and SSIS projects

October 23, 2008 Oct 23, 2008 10/23/08

Buck Hodges

Unfortunately there are several types of projects that do not work natively with MSBuild. Jim Lamb, program manager for Team Build, has put together a few posts with pointers on how to get these to work with Team Build. Technorati Tags: team foundation server,team build,biztalk,sql ssis,msbuild...

Tools for TFS on CodePlex: TeamReview and Info Kiosk

October 22, 2008 Oct 22, 2008 10/22/08

Buck Hodges

In the past I've written posts on tools for TFS on CodePlex. I'm happy to say that there are now too many to show in a post. I'd encourage you to take a look using this query for TFS on CodePlex.A couple of people have sent me email about new tools for TFS on CodePlex, and I thought I'd mention them. here.TeamReviewThe first ...

TFS 2008 SP1: New setting to delete a build without deleting the build label

October 20, 2008 Oct 20, 2008 10/20/08

Buck Hodges

We've heard from a few customers that they would prefer not to have the build labels deleted when builds are deleted. In Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 we added a feature to control whether build labels are deleted when the build is deleted. This feature is really a stop-gap measure, and it changes the behavior for build deletion ...

TFS Build 2010: Build summary screen shots

October 19, 2008 Oct 19, 2008 10/19/08

Buck Hodges

The build summary view (sometimes called the build report) in TFS 2005 and 2008 leaves a lot to be desired. We wanted to rework it in TFS 2008 but lacked the time. Well, we've completely revamped it for TFS 2010.Chris Burrows has posted screen shots he captured from Jim Lamb's interview and screencast on TFS Build 2010 (it's ...

MSBuild Extensions Pack now available

October 19, 2008 Oct 19, 2008 10/19/08

Buck Hodges

Mike Fourie has released the first version of MSBuild Extensions Pack on CodePlex. This is a great collection of quality tasks for MSBuild that you can also use in Team Foundation Build. The MSBuild Extension Pack is the successor to the FreeToDev MSBuild Tasks Suite and provides a collection of over 170 MSBuild tasks designed for the...

Pre-checkin validation tool for Team Foundation Build 2008: TFS Check-in Validation Tool

October 18, 2008 Oct 18, 2008 10/18/08

Buck Hodges

Mohammad Jalloul, a developer on the Developer Division Engineering team, has released a new tool on CodePlex called TFS Check-in Validation Tool. This tool provides the ability to have a checkin validating by a build prior to being checked in. This is similar to a feature in TFS 2010 called Gated Checkin, which is integrated into ...

Visual Studio Team System 2010 Week on Channel 9!

October 1, 2008 Oct 1, 2008 10/1/08

Buck Hodges

Brian Keller has recorded a series of interviews, some of which include demos, that are being published on Channel 9. You can find them at Visual Studio Team System 2010 Week on Channel 9. Some of the videos have already been posted. Be sure to check the page periodically or subscribe to the RSS feed to keep up ...

Automation with MSBuild 3.5 and Team Build 2008 recording is now available

August 28, 2008 Aug 28, 2008 08/28/08

Buck Hodges

Charles Sterling announced a new interactive forum called MVP TV earlier this month. The first event was Automation with MSBuild 3.5 and Team Build 2008. Now the recording for this event is available. The debut of MVP TV Attendance: 92 attendees Thursday, August 21st, 2008 | 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT, Redmond time...

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