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The Team System Twitterati

Martin Woodward
Date : 20 Feb, 2009
Categories :tfs dotnet maker web programming podcast personal

[](http://www.platinumbay.com/blogs/dotneticated/archive/2009/02/18/team-system-on-twitter.aspx) Twitter seems to be going mainstream here in the UK. I know this because my wife asked me about it, so it must be pretty mainstream as I consider her my bellwether on normality.

Herding Developers to Lunch

Martin Woodward
Date : 16 Feb, 2009
Categories :technology books gadgets web personal

[](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/06/22/funny-pictures-minion-return-wif-cheezburger/)Anyone who works in an office with other programmers will know the joys of trying to get a group together to go to lunch. The phrase "like herding cats" is often used.

TechDays09 Talk: VSTS Interoperability

Martin Woodward
Date : 06 Feb, 2009
Categories :tfs technology maker teamprise web programming

[](http://galilee.microsoft.fr/TechDays2009/Default.aspx)On Tuesday February 10th I’ll be popping over to Paris where I have the privaledge of being invited to speak at TechDays 09 courtesy of Microsoft France.

Visual Studio 2008 Project Template for TFS Utilities

Martin Woodward
Date : 31 Jan, 2009
Categories :tfs technology books web

My friend and fellow Team System MVP, Neno Loje, has been on a blogging frenzy this year. Recently he has published a handy Visual Studio template if you do a lot of playing with Team Foundation Server API calls (as I do), or if you are trying to play with an TFS API example that you have found on the net but are...

TFS Top Tip #16 - Limit What you Build

Martin Woodward
Date : 29 Jan, 2009
Categories :git tfs technology dotnet maker web programming personal

When you create a new build definition in Team Foundation Server, you get to define how the workspace looks for the build. By default this includes the ENTIRE team project. While this usually always works, it is nearly always not what you want.

Important Security Update for Team System Web Access

Martin Woodward
Date : 28 Jan, 2009
Categories :tfs technology maker web

We get so used to the words “Important Security Update” that it is easy to let messages like this one pass you by. However if you have Team System Web Access (TSWA) installed – particularly if you have it on a machine that can be accessed over the internet - then you _really want_ to upgrade it to the latest version...

DDD Coming to Belfast

Martin Woodward
Date : 27 Jan, 2009
Categories :technology dotnet maker web programming personal

[](http://developerdeveloperdeveloper.com/belfast/) After the highly successful Developer Developer Developer event in Galway last year, this time it is moving north to my neck of the woods – Belfast.

Talk: Whats New With Team Foundation Server

Martin Woodward
Date : 26 Jan, 2009
Categories :tfs technology web

[](http://www.woodwardweb.com/talks/TFSWhatsNew2009Q1.pdf) Tonight at NIMTUG I'm going to be giving a talk to get everyone up to speed with the latest developments in the Team Foundation Server world.

Freezing Time in VMWare

Martin Woodward
Date : 21 Jan, 2009
Categories :tfs technology maker web podcast personal

[](http://www.woodwardweb.com/WindowsLiveWriter/BacktotheFuturewithVMWare_1104/tfs2010_on_mac_2.jpg) One of the many pains of working with the October 2008 CTP of VS2010 (aka Rosario) is that on top of everything else, it actually timebombed on January 1st 2009.

Disabling TFS Automatic Check out

Martin Woodward
Date : 06 Jan, 2009
Categories :tfs technology maker teamprise web personal

From time to time I hear from people who dislike the automatic check out behaviour common with TFS. One of the great things about TFS is the the pending changes list that shows you the files you have currently checked out and allows you to easily undo any un-intentional check outs.

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