If you are customizing a team build, then there are only two things you need to know to get you started. The rest you can (mostly) figure out from there. Your build is defined in a file called TFSBuild.proj for your particular Team Build Type. You probably figured that bit out already.
Continue Reading If you are/were planning on using that Beta 2 VPC of Team System or TFS that you downloaded after November 1st, then think again. Jeff Beehler has posted to warn folks that the group have recently discovered that the VPC will expire early due to the timeout in the operating system. See Jeff's post for more details.
Continue Reading Yesterday, Version 2.0 of the Virtual Machine Additions for Linux were released on the Microsoft Download Center. Officially, this provides addition support for Virtual Server 2005 SP1, however I have read reports from the beta program suggesting they may also work under Virtual PC (albeit unsupported).
Continue Reading The new "Gutsy Gibbon" version of Ubuntu was officially released this week. While some of the developers at Teamprise use Ubuntu as their primary OS, I personally prefer Windows Vista, however I keep an Ubuntu image around so that I can quickly test any new UI code I write in an alternate OS.
Continue Reading
[](http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=348628) Ron Jacobs has posted up an ARCast video from TechEd 2007 in Australia. About 3 minutes in he does a nice interview with an organization using Team Foundation Server in a cross-platform environment.
Continue Reading One of the great things about version control is that it covers a number of "Hit by a Bus" scenarios. I say this with an air of joviality, but each actual use case is never a nice one. I once worked with a guy, who supposedly once worked at a place where the "Hit By a Bus" scenario was a real one.
Continue Reading Some interesting news seems to be coming out of the Alt.NET Conference in Austin. I'd got a few IM's from folks at the conference talking about Scott Guthrie's talk. According to Jeff Palermo's blog, Scott Guthrie showed off a new ASP.NET MVC Framework. This looks very interesting and might well tempt me back into ASP.
Continue Reading An odd smirk followed by "You come here a lot" is not what you want to hear when at the customs desk waiting to come into the US. Immediately I expected the worst - an armed SWAT team absailing from the ceiling to lead me off into a quiet room for interrogation while the snapping sounds of latex gloves ricochet out of...
Continue Reading A neat (if not well known) feature of Windows Vista is the built in ability to do a "Command Prompt Here" by selecting a folder, keeping the shift key down and right clicking on the folder. While this is neat, I've sometimes found myself needing an Command Prompt with full administrative privileges.
Continue Reading
RC0 of Windows Server 2008 was made available earlier this week. I am currently installing it inside a Virtual PC and I have to say I'm impressed so far. The installation process is much faster and smoother.
Continue Reading
