Monthly Archives: June 2010

How to avoid a possible TFS 2005/8 to TFS 2010 upgrade issue

Brian Harry has blogged about a potential issue that can occur when you upgrade an existing TFS 2005 or TFS 2008 server to TFS 2010. The issue is only likely to effect a very small number of upgrades and applying … Continue reading

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New TFS2010 – Configuration and Administration course released

One of the things I frequently find myself doing is delivering training to clients as part of TFS consulting engagements. During the TFS/VS Beta 2 period, I had four courses I regularly ran for clients. Based on my experience running … Continue reading

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Lab Management error: TF259115

While preparing a demonstration of Lab Management today I experienced an error I hadn’t seen before. The error message occurred when I created a new Virtual Environment and attempted to deploy to an existing host group using Lab Center. The … Continue reading

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IT Core Blog to the rescue

I was configuring a Lab Management setup today and after a reboot of the Hyper-V host, I found I could no longer RDP to the host machine. The error message was a rather cryptic “An authentication error has occurred. The … Continue reading

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New TFS 2010 exam released: 70-512

Microsoft have just released a new exam targeted at IT Professionals that install and administer Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010. The exam is one of the Technical Specialist exams and is only the second TFS focused exam released. The full … Continue reading

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Upcoming User Group presentations in New Zealand – VS2010 Testing

Later this month I will have the pleasure of presenting at three user groups in New Zealand. For those of you not familiar with the user group community in New Zealand, it is one of the most well organised and … Continue reading

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Problem connecting to TFS 2010 server using Visual Studio Team System 2008 Service Pack 1 Forward Compatibility Update for Team Foundation Server 2010

I came across a problem today whereby a user had installed the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Service Pack 1 Forward Compatibility Update for Team Foundation Server 2010 and was then unable to connect to their TFS 2010 server. The … Continue reading

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