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New Content Available on Creating Custom Reports

August 28, 2007 Aug 28, 2007 08/28/07

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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...

Available Now: Team Edition for Database Professionals Service Release 1

August 6, 2007 Aug 6, 2007 08/6/07

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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:·     &...

How to find your Analysis Services server

July 25, 2007 Jul 25, 2007 07/25/07

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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 ...

Missing Proxy installation steps in the current installation guide

July 24, 2007 Jul 24, 2007 07/24/07

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 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 ...

Diagram-based articles on CRM

July 6, 2007 Jul 6, 2007 07/6/07

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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...

Do pictures help

July 5, 2007 Jul 5, 2007 07/5/07

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We rolled out scenario cards as a way to give some navigation and advance organization to our content. Check out an idea they are testing in Windows Mobile.John Kennedy has some kind of image map as an advance organizer. He'd love any comments you might have as a device to give readers a better way to look for content.John Kennedy's Blog...

Scenario Topics

June 25, 2007 Jun 25, 2007 06/25/07

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I’m very curious to hear feedback from you on replacing orientation topics with a new thing: scenario topics. Every node in our table of contents that has children topics is what we call an orientation topic. It generally just contains a list of links to the topics. In some cases it includes some explanatory information about that topic ...

Managing Reference Data in Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals

June 19, 2007 Jun 19, 2007 06/19/07

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New users of Team Edition for Database Professionals have asked how to manage reference data. For example, you might use reference data in a lookup table, such as zip codes, states, or any other data that changes rarely. You want that data to be the same for every unit test that you run, because the data will always be the same during ...

Having problems opening compiled Help files (.chm)?

April 13, 2007 Apr 13, 2007 04/13/07

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It's recently come to our attention that some users have been having problems opening the Team Foundation Installation Guide, available from the Microsoft Download Center.  It turns out that this is not a problem with the installation guide itself, but a problem with all .chm files that comes up occasionally.  If you download the ...

New Branching Guidance For Team Foundation Server

March 21, 2007 Mar 21, 2007 03/21/07

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The industry experts, Microsoft Services, patterns & practices, and VSTS team members have posted new branching guidance on-line. Here is the high-level overview: Introduction Parallel Development Branching Defined Creating Isolation in Team Foundation Server General Branching Structure Guidance Branching Strategies Broad Areas of ...