TFS & Visual Studio ALM – by Neno Loje

(formerly Team System, VSTS)

Entries from October 29th, 2012

Free Book: Testing for Continuous Delivery with VS 2012

October 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), Training and Learning, Visual Studio Online

Microsoft patterns & practices published a new book. What’s the book all about? “Testing is potentially an obstacle to agile software deployment. The smallest change in your code could require the whole application to be retested. This book shows you how to minimize these costs by using the testing infrastructure of Visual Studio 2012. The […]

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SharePoint-based Dashboards on TFS Project Portal showing 404 File not found error after upgrading to new instance

October 24th, 2012 · No Comments · 15787, Troubleshooting TFS

The issue On the TFS Project Portal, you get a 404 error from SharePoint instead of the dashboard. Background Then that project were probably created with the Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 template, and that template is not available on the new SharePoint server. How to fix Download and install Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 In the […]

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Available Check-In Policies for Team Foundation Server 2012

October 15th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Project Management with TFS, Team Foundation Server, Team Foundation Version Control, Tools and Utilities, Visual Studio Online

Shipping as part of Visual Studio 2012: Builds – Requires that build was successful (CI builds) and therefore build breaks must be fixed before a new check-in. Changeset Comments Policy – Requires that user provide comments on check-ins. (new in VS 2012) Code Analysis – Requires that Code Analysis is run before check-in. [More] Work […]

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My New Book: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012: Adopting Agile Software Practices (3rd Edition)

October 4th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Team Foundation Server, Training and Learning

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012: Adopting Agile Software Practices From Backlog to Continuous Feedback (3rd Edition) Sam and I updated our book on agile software engineering to reflect the feature set of the new Visual Studio & Team Foundation Server 2012. How to get it: ISBN-10: 0321864875 Paperback: Amazon | InformIT DRM-free PDF: InformIT […]

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Book Recommendations for Team Foundation Server 2012

October 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Team Foundation Server, Training and Learning

Here’s my personal selection of books covering TFS 2012: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012: Adopting Agile Software Practices: From Backlog to Continuous Feedback (3rd Edition) Definitive guide to the application of agile development with Scrum and modern software engineering practices using Visual Studio. This book talks less about the HOW, but rather about the […]

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