Monthly Archives: November 2005

If you are currently using Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Refresh or considering installing it, Allen Clark (PM – Team Foundation Server) has a few pointers for you on the Team Foundation blog. His main points are as follows; If … Continue reading →

One of the most requested features for MSBuild is the ability to have it build not only .NET Framework 2.0 projects, but version 1.1 projects as well. Robert McLaws has had some success with his MSBuild Compatibility Toolkit but he … Continue reading →

I managed to find a few minutes to scan through the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Setup & Administration forum yesterday and I have grabbed a few interesting issues that I know are impacting my own evaluation. Here is a summary … Continue reading →

My good friend and VSTS MVP Boon Tiong sent me a link to a very interesting article on Bink.nu this morning. It interests me very much as I used Virtual Server 2005 SP1 Beta (as it was then named) for … Continue reading →

Microsoft’s Ready Launch events are just about to kick off in Australia and developers are invited to come along and join the Party! Launch events will be held around the country with a community party in the evening and then … Continue reading →

In what must be one of the most unusual uses I have put Team Foundation Server to, I decided to use it to help me prepare for the “71–528: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Web-based Client Development” Beta exam which I … Continue reading →

Rob Caron has again pointed us in the direction of some very useful VSTS content. This time he has found some great VSTS posters from VSTS MVP Willy-Peter Schaub. The .NET Specific poster area has some great content including; Microsoft … Continue reading →

 While not exactly VSTS specific, I thought I would post this anyway, becuase the snippet editor is really quite handy The Visual Basic Snippet Editor is shared source project, so contributions from members of the VB developer community are welcome … Continue reading →

I had an interesting TFS problem present itself this morning. As a trainer/presenter I often go into the field to deliver presentations on VSTS and TFS and I have my laptop configured such that VS2005 is installed on the host … Continue reading →

The official US launch of Microsoft’s new application platform (VS2005, SQL2005 & Biztalk 2006) is now a few days behind us. In case you haven’t already seen it, check out Steve Ballmer’s November 7 keynote on the Microsoft website here … Continue reading →