Azure DevOps Blog

DevOps, Git, and Agile updates from the team building Azure DevOps

Network Considerations for TFS Proxy Servers

 Just had dinner with one of my buddies in TFS and they pointed out a great post by Ed that didn’t make to the team blog: Enjoy! If you are installing a TFS Proxy server on a machine that is configured to automatically receive the proxy settings from your network (this is different than DHCP) you may have connectivity ...

Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 CTP

11/26/2012 Update.  Note The final release of Visual Studio Update 1 now available, please see: Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 1 now availableAlso Note the KB of fixes is now available: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2797915/EN-US SummaryVisual Studio 2012 Update is providing continuous value to customers, ...

Coded UI Test Support Matrix

Please do not use the information in the post below as it is out of date. Updated information about Coded UI Test Support Matrix can now be found at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380742.aspx...

Set Local Workspaces as Default when Upgrading to TFS 2012

I was reminded yesterday by a customer about something in the upgrade process that I thought was a helpful reminder for all the TFS administrators.  If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Team Foundation Server to the recently released Team Foundation Server 2012, you’ll want to make sure you add one more step to your post-upgrade ...

ALM Rangers ship the first version of Team Foundation Server Word Add-in

We are pleased to announce that we have released the first version (1.0.12.0622) of the Team Foundation Server Word Add-in. The add-in allows you to import work items from a Team Foundation Server Team Project and generate professional-looking Word document from TFS Work items. For more information on this project, please visit the ...

September Update CTP for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012

I have had a couple of people ask me about these new downloads appearing in MSDN downloads simply called something like: CTP of Quarterly Update for Visual Studio 2012 (x86) - (English). Unfortunately these downloads contained no description other than: “Statement of Support: This release has not been subject to final verification and...

Getting Started with PreEmptive Analytics for Team Foundation Server

Chris Kinsman wrote a great article on where to use PreEmptive Analytics for Team Foundation Server with best practices, implementation considerations etc etc for MSDN Magazine.  The best part i found of this article was the tutorial on getting started.  In talking to Chris i mentioned i would love to have a quick and dirty “primer” on ...