Category Archives: Team System

I created a new WIT (work item type) to track progress of a set of activities we have here. Let’s call it “Setup”. I wanted to restrict the users that create a new instance of the work item. The way … Continue reading →

I’ve been working a lot with TFS lately and I knew there was an exam for TFS 2005 (70-510 -> TS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server) but I wasn’t sure if there was one for TFS 2008. It looks … Continue reading →

When restricting the users or groups that can transition states of a work item type, there’s a little something you should pay attention to. Lets say you want to restrict who can create a given type of work item to … Continue reading →

Last month MS Press released Inside the Microsoft® Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build.        Adding to my wish list at Amazon.

As part of implementing branching for the project I’m currently working on, I had to do some restructuring of the source control folder structure. The structure was generally well organized except for the fact they didn’t take branching into consideration … Continue reading →

There are times when loading a solution in Visual Studio 2005 you get a “Some of the properties associated with the solution could not be read” but the solution is nonetheless loaded. There’s a KB about it, but the problem … Continue reading →

This week I’m taking a look into branching and merging strategies in TFS. VSTS Rangers and MVPs have released guidance for both TFS 2005 and 2008. Even if you’re using 2005, if you want to dig into a little more … Continue reading →

Recently I’ve been doing some stuff with TFS so I added TFS Radio to the set of podcasts I hear regularly. http://www.radiotfs.com/

Depois de refazerem a minha máquina aqui no trabalho, o menu de contexto do Source Control Explorer só trazia "No Commands Available". Uma rápida procurada no Google e encontrei o post TFS Source Control- No Commands Available « Grant Holliday … Continue reading →

Volta e meia durante uma palestra, a gente precisa aumentar o tamanho da fonte para que a audiência possa enxergar o que a gente está escrevendo ou mostrando. Invariavalmente para fazer isto, todo mundo que eu conheço vai em Tools … Continue reading →