One of the key pieces of feedback we've heard about Team Foundation Server is that customers want more guidance on daily operations, and specifically guidance about how to put together their own operations plan. The Visual Studio Team System Rangers and our own UE team worked together to understand this need and produce a technical article specific...
We are pleased to announce the September 2007 release of Team Foundation Power Tools. This release provides two major new features:· Best Practices Analyzer Tool for Team Foundation Server This tool helps you more effectively discover and resolve issues that can occur in the typical cours...
As you read this blog post, you are part of the community for Visual Studio Team System. Having a healthy community is important not only for the long-term happiness of the customers (including yourself) but also the long-term success of the product. To help foster a healthy community, we have a working group called the Visual Studio Team System Co...
In the first in a series of blog posts, I begin to look at the various community initiatives for Visual Studio Team System, the metrics that give an understanding of "community health", and our plans for the next year in these areas. To read more, see http://blogs.msdn.com/vstsue/pages/community-health-for-visual-studio-team-sys...
You can now download the first release of power tools for Team Edition for Database Professionals. By installing the power tools, you gain the ability to perform the following tasks:· Use database refactoring to update files automatically when you want to: o Move a database object t...
If you tried to create custom reports, you may have found that you needed more help than what was available. Today, we published new content on MSDN online to help you get started. Check it out, give it a try, and leave feedback so that we can continue to improve this content.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb649552(VS.80).aspxAllen
In case you did not see an announcement on another forum or blog, Service Release 1 is now available for Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals. This update not only addresses bugs that customers reported but also adds a modest number of new features. The new features include the following:· ...
If you're developing custom reports, you need to know the name of the Analysis Services server for Team System so that you can connect to the Team System cube. Typically, AS is deployed on the data tier server. However, it can be moved to another server to get the load off the data-tier server. In fact, that's a really good practice. If you need to...
Hi all, The current version of the Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide is missing a section from the topic on installing the proxy. Specifically, the steps for actually installing the proxy are missing from the topic! These steps should appear between the steps for installing the prerequisites and installin...
In a continued bit of discovery, other teams are using a similar approach to the scenario topics we proposed on this site. The CRM team at Microsoft has posted this on their team blog.http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2007/05/29/worth-a-thousand-words-let-us-know.aspxThey got some praise in the comments from the CRM audience. I think it's fair to s...
