Not everyone gets to move to VS2010 when they upgrade to TFS 2010.
For those who are still using VS2005/2008, Jehan has provided some instructions on how to connect the to TFS 2010.
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Connecting to TFS 2010 using VS2005 or VS2008
Friday, July 16th, 2010Speaking at DevLink in August
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010I am SUPER excited to back at Devlink this year speaking. There are still tickets available for the conference, but it is expected to sell out soon, so if you are interested in one of the best conferences in the South-East, go hit the website right now and register.
I’ll be speaking on two topics:
8/5/2010 12:00:00 PM
"Yes Virginia, You Do Care How Your Version Control Repository Is Configured"
"Having the best version control software in the world doesn’t do you any good if you don’t know how to configure it correctly. In this session, we will look at how Team Foundation Server Version Control works, and give out some best practices on how to configure your version control repository, as well as look at different change management and branching strategies, that apply not just to TFS 2010, but any version control system."
Room: E109
8/6/2010 4:00:00 PM
”These Aren’t Your Daddy’s Testing Tools”
"Visual Studio 2010 delivers a new crop of testing tools that raise the bar for testing, as well as provide testers with everything they need to do their job right. And the best thing is, they don’t even have to go into Visual Studio 2010 to use them! In this session we will look at some of the new testing tools available with Visual Studio 2010, including the Manual Test Runner, Test Cases, and Coded UI Tests. Once you watch a test run using the Manual Test Recorder, and see all the information it collects for you, as well as the video playback, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without these tools!"
Room: E109
I’d love to have a packed crowd at both. I’ll have a couple of things to give away as well.
I’m still refining both presentations at this point, so if you have anything that fits into these topics that you would like to see discussed or mentioned, or if you have specific questions you would like to be addressed, contact me and I’ll do my best to incorporate it into the talk.
Lab Management for Everyone
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010No, that doesn’t mean that the Lab Management piece is being given away for free. But it does mean that if you want to try it out, there is now a Virtual Machine that you can download with all the pieces installed.
Steve St. Jean has a great post up about with links to download the VM.
TFS 2010 and Project Server 2010 Integration
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010No, its not here yet, but there is now a virtual machine you can download to evaluate the current CTP.
TFS 2010 Power Tools Released
Monday, April 26th, 2010The Team Foundation Server 2010 Power Tools have been released. This is the April 2010 edition of the power tools. If you have never used the power tools before, they provide extensions and new features into Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 that are fully supported by Microsoft.
Team Foundation Server Power Tools April 2010
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/3e8c9b68-6e39-4577-b9b7-78489b5cb1da
The Team Foundation Server Power Tools April 2010 provides the following features:
- Alerts Explorer – A graphical user interface that supports flexible subscriptions to alerts
- TFS 2010 Best Practice Analyzer – Diagnostic tool for TFS 2010
- Custom Check-in Policy Pack – Four custom check-in policies to enforce software development practicies
- Process Editor – GUI for editing TFS Process Templates
- Team Explorer Enhancements – provides additional Visual Studio menu options and functions, such as searching for files, and opening a folder in Windows Explorer from Source Control Explorer
- Team Foundation Power Tool Tool – Command-line tool for interacting with files and directories under version control, team projects, and work items
- Team Members – Team Explorer add-in to organizing users into sub-teams, and access to a number of collaborative tools
- TFS Powershell commandlets – Powershell interface with basic version control commands
- Windows Shell Extensions – Integration with Windows explorer and common dialog boxes
- Work Item Templates – Allows you to create, apply, capture, set, and organize default work item templates
Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider April 2010
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/bce06506-be38-47a1-9f29-d3937d3d88d6
The Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider enables integrated use of Team Foundation Version Control with products that do not support Team Explorer integration. This version (3.3) includes:
- Updated provider to link against VS2010 RTM TFS assemblies
- Improved functionality and performance when used inside PowerBuilder
- Improved handling of branching solutions in SQL Server Management Studio
- Decreased number of server prompts
- Improved error reporting
Team Foundation Server Build Extensions Power Tool April 2010
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/2d7c8577-54b8-47ce-82a5-8649f579dcb6
The Team Foundation Build Extensions provide the ability to execute Ant or Maven 2 builds from Team Foundation Server and publish the results of the build along with any associated JUnit test results back to Team Foundation Server. This release is compatible with Team Foundation Server 2005, Team Foundation Server 2008 and Team Foundation Server 2010.
VSTS Links – 10/14/2009
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Willy-Peter Schaub on Brian the video “Guru” and To scrum or to run…that is the agile question?
David Jung on TFS 2010 Beta 2 comes with a “Go Live” opportunity
Mike Fourie on MSBuild Extension Pack – One Year On
The TFSSetup Support Blog on TFS2005: WSS is not using the application pool identity required by TFS for the content virtual server
Brian Harry on Synchronizing two TFS Servers
Team System Rocks, the reboot
Friday, October 9th, 2009About five years ago, I started blogging about Visual Studio Team System. At the time, blogging was relatively new, so I fired up a blog at Blogspot called Team System Rocks. After a year of blogging there, I registered the domain name http://www.teamsystemrocks.com, with the intention of creating a community site around Visual Studio Team System, complete with blogging, videos, forums, etc. It was a success, but it still lacked something.
I’ve been blogging at Team System Rocks for the past four years. While some of the video content needed updating (dating back to Team System 2005 Beta 2 days), most folk found the site helpful. However, it still needed a boost as a “community” site. Mostly, I believe, because of the forums. I didn’t want to compete with the MSDN forums around Team System, so I created forums around more specific topics, not covered at MSDN.
The major problem I ran into with the site was the software. Unfortunately, it was easy for spammers and bots to get into the site, and ultimately the site became overwhelmed.
So, I’ve decided to do a reboot. And here we are, the new Team System Rocks. Not much to look at yet, but its coming. First thing you’ll notice is that I’ve turned the site completely back into a blog. You’ll still be seeing the VSTS Daily Links, as well as my other postings around Team System. And the videos will be back as well, with new updated content for VSTS 2010. The look of the site will be changing over the next month as well, so bear with me.
For the loyal community that has stuck by this site since the beginning, thank you. And for those of you new to the site, welcome! Visual Studio Team System 2010 is right around the corner, and Team System Rocks plans to keep you updated with the latest and greatest information around Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server.
Welcome to the new site!
– mickey
