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Generic Test Sample Is Now Downloadable

Last year, as we were preparing to ship the documentation for Team Edition for Testers, we ran the EvenOdd sample (the generic test sample) through FXCop and checked it for security and it failed both tests. We fixed it in both respects, but by that time it was too late to ship it, so we had to remove it from the official product release.It ...

Installation Configurations for Clients of Visual Studio Team System

One thing you will learn quickly if you start using Visual Studio Team System, Team Edition for Software Architects, Visual Studio Professional Edition, or any of the other Visual Studio 2005 products is that there are a lot of setups you can run. Typically you just run the setup on the disk and it brings up a setup wizard that helps...

Comment on :How to: Add Users for Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition

RBeaubien wrote:"Well, I removed the TFSSetup account from this group and added the 5 users of the system.  This of course FAILED and now (I'm guessing) it removed the TFSSetup account, and couldn't add any of the new users so NO ONE can access the TFS server.  How do I fix thix???"Access is always allowed through the service account...

re: Scotty’s question on Team Foundation Server Move Types

Scotty  wrote:""Note   For restore-based move types, the Team Foundation application-tier server name must be changed." Why is this so?"We think it is because, in a restore-based move, you're moving to a new physical server (new hardware) that will have a different MAC address (and potentially a new network address), but that ...

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a wizard to move projects.

Graham Says: "Given that any of these changes are complex and not all environments are the same, I think it would be great if there was a wizard of some kind that would assist in making changes like this."We agree - we are forwarding this suggestion to the appropriate person in the product team for their consideration.SW...

Moving Your Team Foundation Server Deployment

Hi all,Today we have some draft documentation on how you can move your Team Foundation Server deployment.  We have one conceptual and three procedural documents on this: Team Foundation Server Move Types, How to: Move from a Single-Server to a Dual-Server Deployment, How to: Move Your Team Foundation Server from One Hardware Configuration...