Brian Harry's Blog

Managing Quality (part 7) – Code Coverage

May 7, 2007 May 7, 2007 05/7/07

Brian Harry

Code coverage is a multi-edged sword :)  There is no one right answer for how to do it and there are many ways to misuse it.  Here I'll talk about how to think about code coverage and then talk about what we do and reports we use to track it. Let's say your test pass rate is 99.9%.  Is that good?  Well, maybe.  It's ...

All Orcas Beta 1 downloads are now available

May 3, 2007 May 3, 2007 05/3/07

Brian Harry

It has taken a while to get all of the downloads finalized but they are done.  In addition to the VPCs that were available a week or two ago, we now have all of the installation packages for those that want to install it themselves.  The main Beta 1 page has not yet been updated with the last link but you'll find the final down load...

Want to learn about the TFS Warehouse?

May 2, 2007 May 2, 2007 05/2/07

Brian Harry

One of the devs on the TFS data warehouse team has just started blogging.  He plans to blog "how to" and conceptual explanations around the warehouse for a while.  He posted his first blog post yesterday.  It is an overview of 4 of the TFS warehouse perspectives and explains when you would use each one and demonstrates building ...

Changing a User's Display Name

May 1, 2007 May 1, 2007 05/1/07

Brian Harry

Those of you who have tried changing people's display name in active directory have noticed that TFS does not automatically pick up that change and propogate it to all of the appropriate places.  It does pick it up and the pick list for the assigned to field, etc will be updated but existng bugs won't be updated, alert subscriptions aren'...

Chicago VSTS user group

May 1, 2007 May 1, 2007 05/1/07

Brian Harry

Clark Sell sent me the following announcement and asked me to publicize it.  I'm always happy to help bring attention to new and growing VSTS user groups. Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System is the best integrated software development platform to build the mission-critical applications that businesses depend on. It extends ...

Round One of Channel 9 Videos is Done

April 30, 2007 Apr 30, 2007 04/30/07

Brian Harry

We've recently published the last couple of the first round of Channel 9 videos that Brian Keller taped a few months ago.  Read about it on Brian's blog here: http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel/archive/2007/04/26/more-channel-9-interviews-with-the-team-foundation-server-team.aspx Check out the full list here: https://channel9.msdn.com/tags/...

Team Project and Branching Guidance

April 30, 2007 Apr 30, 2007 04/30/07

Brian Harry

Among the most common questions I hear about TFS are "How do I structure my Team Projects?" and "How do I organize my branches?"  Clearly both are very related questions.  We've put together some whitepapers to help give some people some guidance on both questions.  You'll find the umbrella whitepaper here: http://www.codeplex....

Update on our upcomming Team System Chat

April 27, 2007 Apr 27, 2007 04/27/07

Brian Harry

We've decided to add another Team System Chat today at a time that is more convenient for our Asian customers.  It's probably still not perfect but should help.  The additional chat will be on Friday, April 27th, 2007 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm Pacific Time. Add to Calendar | Additional Time Zones Based on participation level, we'll decide...

A new TFS Sidekick release from Attrice

April 24, 2007 Apr 24, 2007 04/24/07

Brian Harry

Our friends at Attrice have released version 1.3 of their TFS Sidekicks tools.  These tools are great add-ons to TFS that add great functionality to Team Explorer.  This new version includes a "shelvesets sidekick" and improvements to the labels sidekick.  Download it and check it out.Brian...

Upcoming MSDN Chat on VSTS

April 24, 2007 Apr 24, 2007 04/24/07

Brian Harry

Join us for a live chat on Friday 4/27 from 10:00am - 11:00am PDT.  The products groups will be on hand to answer any questions you have about Team System.  This is the first chat since Orcas Beta 1 was released.  Come and find out the latest news.  Sadly I won't be able to be there this time as I will be on an airplane on ...