TFS & Visual Studio ALM – by Neno Loje

(formerly Team System, VSTS)

Entries from February 28th, 2008

What’s the difference between Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007?

February 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Team Foundation Server, TFS Administration, TFS Project Portal and Team Communication

The answer lies in a very detailed Excel sheet: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA101978031033.aspx?pid=CL100636421033 (Thanks to Richard for pointing me to it)

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Documentation: Team Foundation Server SDK (online version)

February 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Team Foundation Build (TF Build), Team Foundation Server, Team Foundation Version Control, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, TFS Administration, TFS Extensibility, TFS Process Customization, Third-Party Solutions, Training and Learning

From the contents: Team Foundation Server Extensibility Team Foundation Server SDK Architecture How to: Run Team Foundation Server SDK Samples Team Foundation Core Services Work Item Tracking Extensibility Source Control Extensibility Data Warehouse Extensibility Reference for Team Foundation Server SDK Link: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb130146(VS.80).aspx

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How code churn is calculated in TFS 2005/2008

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · 2915, Team Foundation Build (TF Build), Team Foundation Server, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, TFS Reporting, VS Development Tools

Code churn [1] in TFS 2005 and TFS 2008 is calculated using a very simple algorithm: inserted + changed + deleted lines [2]. This is done independently of the contents of the line, which means that everything – incl. comments, blank lines, etc. – is counted. — [1] http://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/archive/2007/12/04/code-churn.aspx [2] http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms244698(VS.80).aspx

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FIX: An unexpected error occurred while trying to add a web part to a project portal in TFS 2005

February 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Downloads, Issues and Hotfixes, Project Management with TFS, Team Foundation Server, TFS 2005, TFS Administration, TFS Project Portal and Team Communication

Due to a lot of requests about this pretty common problem. Steps you did: You browsed for a web part: You selected one and hit “Add”: You got the error message: “An unexpected error occurred.” This is a know issue with WSS 2.0 and a hot fix [1] can be requested at Microsoft which corrects […]

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Known Work Item History Limitations for Links & Attachments

February 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Issues and Hotfixes, Project Management with TFS, Team Foundation Server, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, TFS Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting TFS

They are two major problems when looking into the history with regard to links. 1. No clue what has changed:If you remove an attachment and add a completely different one the history will indicate that there was a change (revision gets in incremented by 1), but it won’t tell you what has changed since TFS […]

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TFS 2008 Trials: How to extend the trial?

February 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Issues and Hotfixes, Team Foundation Server, Team Foundation Version Control, TFS 2008, TFS Administration, Unreleased

Since Team Foundation Server 2008 was released end of November 2007 the early adopters which for some reasons have not obtained a product key yet are facing the problem of expiring trial licenses on their TFS servers. I definitely recommend to find out when your TFS trial expires. You can use the Version Detector Tool […]

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