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How to estimate the size of your TFS database backup files

August 9, 2017 Aug 9, 2017 08/9/17
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This post is from Senior App Dev Manager, Chev Bryan who shares how to estimate the size of your TFS database backup files.(image) The most likely way to do this in my experience is to take a look at the most recent backup job. This can be done quite easily from a T-SQL script. Feel free to refine the bellow to suite your needs, but it should ...

Migrating TFS to a new data center

August 8, 2017 Aug 8, 2017 08/8/17
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This post is provided by App Dev Manager, Steve Keeler who outlines an approach for performing TFS migrations to a new data center in a different domain and where there is limited or no connectivity between the current and target environments. Applies to: TFS 2013 | TFS 2015 | TFS 2017 - This article outlines an approach for performing ...

How to Track Impediments in VSTS

July 19, 2017 Jul 19, 2017 07/19/17
Pam Lahoud
This post is from Premier Developer consultant Assaf Stone.Note: While this post discusses impediments in VSTS, everything mentioned can be applied to TFS as well.Visual Studio Team Services (or VSTS) has great tools to support Scrum teams. The product owner can use the backlog and board to track the progress of individual teams or the entire ...

Closing the gap between TFS and Scrum

July 2, 2017 Jul 2, 2017 07/2/17
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This post is provided by Senior App Dev Manager, Alexei Govorine who covers the use of scrum with TFS and spotlights TFS Version Control, Dashboards, and Markdown.IntroductionScrum is one of the most used agile frameworks that helps people address complex problems while delivering products of the highest possible value. For additional ...

TFS automation – User management

May 27, 2017 May 27, 2017 05/27/17
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In this post, Sr. Application Development Manager, Nandu Muralidharan introduces the TFS API set to help automate administrative tasks associated with managing users in Team Foundation Server. He also shares a set of helper components that he authored to assist developers in this space.   You can check out Nandu’s blog here. This is...

Thinking about moving to TFS 2017?

April 11, 2017 Apr 11, 2017 04/11/17
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In this post, Application Development Managers,  Sheldon Ledbetter and DeWayla White, share a few of their favorite things about TFS 2017. Thinking about moving to Team Foundation Server 2017? Here are just a few highlights regarding improvements to the latest release: (image) One of the first things you’ll notice is the collection...

Integrating Visual Studio Team Services with Microsoft Teams

January 17, 2017 Jan 17, 2017 01/17/17
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In this post, Senior Application Development Manager, Mike Bolser demonstrates how to integrate Microsoft Teams and Visual Studio Team Services. Microsoft Teams the new chat-based workspace in Office365 offers several services to enable work group collaboration. One way of enabling work group collaboration for developers is through a ...

Team Foundation Server 2015 upgrade planning

October 14, 2015 Oct 14, 2015 10/14/15
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The Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management blog is a great resource to help you stay informed of current announcements and guidance material. If you are in the process of planning your move to Team Foundation Server 2015, be sure and reach out to your ADM who can help with training, guidance, and support throughout the effort to ensure ...