Buck Hodges

Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS and Team Foundation Server)

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Updated version of new TestToolsTask

November 9, 2006 Nov 9, 2006 11/9/06
Buck Hodges
I've updated the TestToolsTask that supports using test containers, in addition to the test metadata files supported by v1.  Unfortunately, the task I posted originally didn't result in builds being marked as failed when the tests had errors.  I missed that fact in my testing.  The reason for the problem is that ...

Opportunity to provide feedback on Community Technology Previews (CTPs)

November 9, 2006 Nov 9, 2006 11/9/06
Buck Hodges
Brian Harry would like your feedback on how and when we do CTPs.  Be sure to post comments on his blog! Feedback on VS Community Technology Previews (CTPs) We recently had an internal email thread with some people on our advisory councils giving us feedback on our CTP process.  There was some interesting and somewhat surprising ...

How to run tests in a build without test metadata files and test lists (.vsmdi files)

November 4, 2006 Nov 4, 2006 11/4/06
Buck Hodges
[UPDATE 6/16/2010]  The VSTS 2008 release added support for test containers (/testcontainer) in the product, and the 2010 release added support for test categories.  This post now only applies to TFS 2005. Since the beginning, running tests in Team Build (or MSBuild in general) has meant having to use .vsmdi files to specify the...

Moving the TFS SharePoint site to another server

October 30, 2006 Oct 30, 2006 10/30/06
Buck Hodges
Brian Harry talks about the documentation on how to move your TFS SharePoint installation to a different server.  It's important to note that he calls this out as not being a trivial undertaking, so you'll want to be extremely cautious. Moving your TFS SharePoint site We've gotten tons of requests since we shipped TFS v1.0 from customers ...

A checkin policy to detect that the build is broken in a CI environment

October 26, 2006 Oct 26, 2006 10/26/06
Buck Hodges
One important aspect of Continuous Integration is getting notification that the build is broken.  One common way is via a desktop notification from an application like TfsAlert that listens for events (or polls if there isn't a TFS-style event notification mechanism).Ideally, the build or unit test break would be noticed as soon as ...

Visual Studio Team System Chat – Wednesday, Nov. 8th

October 25, 2006 Oct 25, 2006 10/25/06
Buck Hodges
Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Team Editions for Architects, Developers, Database Pros, and Testers. In addition, discuss what's new in the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP). November 8, 200610:00 - 11:00 A.M. Pacific TimeAdditional ...