Monthly Archives: November 2006

Team Foundation Server Roadmap now available

As promised, Brian Harry has new posted the Team Foundation Server Roadmap on his blog for all the world to see. If I had to choose a paragraph the summarise the upcoming Orcas release from the roadmap, this would be … Continue reading

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TFS Permission Manager now available

One of my pet dislikes about TFS is the lack of a good management interface to do all the repetitive tasks that need to be done. Well there’s some goods news out today with the release of TFS Permission Manager … Continue reading

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Queensland VSTS Users Group

Based on the strong interest shown by the Brisbane developer community during the VSTSTechBrekkie series, I am pleased to announce the formation of the Queensland VSTS Users Group. The Queensland VSTS Users Group is based in Brisbane and will meet … Continue reading

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Vista and Office 2007 fun

Like many over the past few days, I have downloaded and installed the release versions of Windows Vista and Office 2007 on a test machine. The build went something like this; Windows Vista Ultimate Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Writer … Continue reading

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VSTSTechBrekkie HOL day

A big thank you to all those who attended the VSTSTechBrekkie Hands on Lab day that was held at New Horizons office in Brisbane last Friday (10Nov2006). It was great to see people eager to use the product after attending the … Continue reading

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TFS installation – issues with SQL SP1

I have been installing a new dual-server installation of TFS this week and I have come across a problem when I try to install SQL SP1 on the data tier. I have started by following the TFS Installation Guide and after … Continue reading

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Team Foundation Server and WSS 3.0 don’t play nice together

With the raft of new releases coming out from Microsoft at the moment I felt it very important to reiterate Jason Barile’s Warning about upgrading WSS to v3.0 on Team Foundation Server. Basically if you want TFS to play nice … Continue reading

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VSTSTechBrekkie Resources available

I’ve had a few people email me following the final VSTSTechbrekkie asking if the slides and links are available for download anywhere. Well I’m happy to say “Yes they are!”. Visit the Links page on the VSTSTechBrekkie site and you … Continue reading

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Visual Studio 2005 Hotfixes

One of the things that has caught my eye this morning is the DevDiv Hotfix Public Availability Pilot Program which is an initiative by the Microsoft developer devision guys to help make the VS2005 hotfixes more generally available. By available … Continue reading

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