Monthly Archives: July 2007

Visual Studio Team System Web Access Power Tool now available

Posted on 30 July 2007 by

I’ve blogged about this a couple of times recently (1,2)and now it is finally available for general download! This is a must have addition to all Team Foundation Server installations. Read about this release in more detail on Brian Harry’s … Continue reading →

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Installing Team Foundation Server 2008 Beta 2 – my experience

Posted on 30 July 2007 by

While I downloaded the TFS 2008 Beta 2 iso over the weekend, it wasn’t until today that I have had a chance to do the installation. Armed with the Beta 2 Installation guide I was ready to install my first … Continue reading →

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Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 – Downloadable now!

Posted on 26 July 2007 by

Well the blogosphere’s already running hot (Soma, Rob, Scott to name a few) with the news that Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is now downloadable. The highly anticipated Beta 2 release is significant for a number of reasons including a Go-Live … Continue reading →

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VS2008 Beta 2 – Counting down

Posted on 25 July 2007 by

TSS put me onto a comment reply on Scott Guthrie’s blog where he states “You’ll see Beta2 ship later this week – so only a few more days now.” He made the comments on 23rd July so that means it should … Continue reading →

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Datadudes rejoice – Service release is now available

Posted on 23 July 2007 by

I happened across the news this morning that Microsoft have shipped the first Service Release for Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals! The download (9.5Mb) is available from the Microsoft website at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9810808c-9248-41a5-bdc1-d8210a06ed87&displaylang=en

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Building a TFS server the smart way

Posted on 22 July 2007 by

I sat down to build a clean TFS server for my presentation at TechEd Australia in a couple of weeks and I was remembering just how many times I have done this before. Each time I installed a new TFS … Continue reading →

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Error 1718 when applying VSTS SP1 on Windows Server 2003

Posted on 20 July 2007 by

I had to add the TFS Build Service to an existing Windows Server 2003 machine for a client today. After installing the TFS Build components and applying the TFS SP1 update, I wanted to apply VSTS SP1 to the machine. … Continue reading →

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Visual Studio Team System Web Access – Not long to wait now

Posted on 12 July 2007 by

Back at the end of March Brian Harry announced that Microsoft had acquired devBiz, makers of TeamPlain among other thing. In his interview Brian also stated “Within the next several months, we will also release an updated version of TeamPlain … Continue reading →

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TechEd2007 Australia: Best Practices for Team-Based Software Development

Posted on 12 July 2007 by

This year I have the privilege of being invited to speak at TechEd Australia for the first time. While I have worked and attended many TechEd events both in Australia and the US over the past eight years, this will be … Continue reading →

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