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Collecting Advanced Agent Diagnostics Data in Cloud-based Load Test

With Visual Studio Enterprise Edition 2015 RTM, you can now collect advanced diagnostics for your cloud-based load test as part of your run itself. It is often observed that debugging on cloud is a bit difficult as the machines are not directly accessible to the user. It is not possible to collect logs or any other information from the test ...

Why Analytics?

Analytics gives us the ability to understand our users and what they are experiencing, so we can build the right applications for them. It alerts us quickly to any issues and helps us diagnose them rapidly so as to provide users with the best possible service level. Users have high expectations and little tolerance for hiccups, whether your ...

How to setup environments for Agent-less deployments in Release Management 2013 with Update 3 RC

With Microsoft Release Management 2013 Update 3 RC, you can now use Windows PowerShell or Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) for deploying and managing configuration data. We now support deploying to On-premise environment (Standard) and Azure environments without having to setup Microsoft Deployment Agent.   ...

Migrating Your Data from TFS to Visual Studio Online with New Free Utility from OpsHub

Update (November 16, 2016):   We have released a new high-fidelity migration solution for TFS customers migrating to Visual Studio Team Services directly from Microsoft.  You can find out more at this announcement blog post:  https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/import-your-tfs-database-into-visual-studio-team-services/     ...

Announcing the availability of Team Foundation Server 2013 Power Tools

Today we have released Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 Power ToolsThis release supports To download this release please see:- Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 Power Tools- Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 Build Extensions- Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 ...

TFS Update 2 Offers Settings Preservation for In-Place Upgrades

UPDATE: Beginning with TFS 2012 Update 3, we will preserve your settings in the AT-Only wizard too.  Build settings will also be preserved when upgrading Build servers.  This functionality is built into a pop-up on the first page of the Build wizard that asks if you would like to restore your previous settings (click yes).  Beginning with ...