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New article and the latest list of articles published by the ALM Rangers
The Visual Studio ALM Rangers are actively contributing to MSDN Flash Newsletter, MSDN magazine and other publications. Here is a handy list of the latest articles published in MSDN magazine and CodeProject:Enjoy the read and watch the space for articles focused on the TFS Object Model and Team Foundation Build!
Optimizing IntelliTrace Collection on Production Server
Introduction Visual Studio 11 introduces a standalone IntelliTrace package which can be downloaded and copied to a product server and used to collect IntelliTrace information such as call events, web request, exceptions, etc. One of the key factors to consider for turning on IntelliTrace collection is the performance cost in terms of CPU, memory usage and page response time. This article will discuss the performance measurements we took in Microsoft and recommend ways to tune IntelliTrace performance on production sever. IntelliTrace Instrumentation Mode With Visual Studio 11, there are three Int...
Set the current iteration in your queries
On User Voice there is a request to be able to query on the current iteration. We have it on our backlog, but it won't ship it for Dev11. However there is a workaround, found by Mark Michaelis, that you can use to avoid having to update all your work item queries if the team moves to the next sprint. The idea of the workaround is the following Thanks Mark for being so creative.Ewald Hofman
Testing Mobile devices with Visual Studio using SeeTest plugin
While at StarEast I met some really great partners. One that caught my eye was Experitest with their SeeTestTM plugin for Visual Studio. The reason I found them so interesting is most Mobile Testing solutions force you to make a decision do you put interrupts in at the OS level (potentially masking real problems, compromising your device or even giving false positives to issues that aren’t there) or do you test through instrumentation at the application level (Losing access to OS tests like turning off the Network or device rotation) but Experitest lets you test using either of these ways. ...
TFS Integration Tools – What is the difference between cloaking and scoping branches?
In a recent support thread the use of cloaking or scoping was discussed to unblock a migration. This raised the question: “What is the difference and more importantly the impact of using one or the other?” As Bill correctly stated, a good reason to have this discussion is that scoping a migration to the minimum amount of data that needs to be moved is a very powerful way to help ensure a successful migration. Simplicity is key! References: Default Migration When using the TFS Integration Tools to migrate version control data for the hypothetical project “space” from a source to a target, the default be...
May 4th QLD Usergroup: Get your Kanban on!
Anthony Borton is so good he can run a user group in Australia while in Redmond. Okay turns out he isn’t that good-but he does have really good people helping him and this month, David Cook, is stepping up to the plate to deliver an updated version of a talk he very successfully delivered at the Agile NZ Conference recently. David's talk was rated one of the top three sessions of the conference so make sure you don't miss it. You'll love the new Microsoft Kanban Template for TFS2010 & TFS"11" Beta. · QLD ALM Users Group meeting Friday 4th May This Friday's Meeting (4th May) Microsoft Office - South St...
Visual Studio 11 Beta–Test Agent needs to be installed on Test Controller box for Load Test
With Visual Studio 11 Beta, you will come across below issue while doing remote Load Test run (i.e. run using Test Controller and Test Agent. Please check here):Load Test run won’t be able to start successfully and will get aborted with this error:...View complete post...Note: Cross posted from Rubel's Blog. Permalink
Anthony Borton and ALM Training releases two new Visual Studio 11 courses
Anthony Borton has been working around the clock and has updated two of the ALM Training courses for our Microsoft Visual Studio “11” Beta release. In addition to updated modules, these courses include brand knew modules focusing on the new features and capabilities in this version. Project Management with Visual Studio 11 Testing and Quality Enablement with Visual Studio 11 These courses are available from ALM Training in all markets/geographies as onsite courses. Public dates have already been announced for Australia, US, UK and New Zealand dates to be announced soon. Click your regi...
Visual Studio 11 Beta: Test Controller Goes 64 Bit!!
Visual Studio 2010 supported 64 bit Test Agent which used to allow us to do 64bit test runs as explained here. But Test Controller was capable of running in 32 bit mode only. As a 32 bit process, it was limited to 2GB of memory. This causes scale issues sometimes as QTController process starts throwing Out of Memory exceptions as it approaches 2GB limit. This eventually causes abort of Load Test run....View complete post...Note: Cross posted from Rubel's Blog. Permalink