Buck Hodges

Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS and Team Foundation Server)

How to delete a team project from Team Foundation Service (tfs.visualstudio.com)

[UPDATE 9/13/13] You can now use the web UI to delete a team project. [UPDATE 5/14/13] Updated the URLs and version of VS (used to say preview) The question came up as to how to delete a team project in the Team Foundation Service (TFService).  When I first tried it, it didn’t work.  Then I realized it’s the one case ...

Now on Twitter: tfsbuck

With the build conference last week, I got a Twitter account and started following the comments and responding to questions.  I’m @tfsbuck...

TFS 2010 SP1 Cumulative Update 1 available (again)

Brian posted about the cumulative update for TFS (the TFS SKU, not the client/VS) back in June.  After it was released we learned of a couple of bugs in it, including one where upgrades would not work in certain cases.  Last Thursday, we re-released it with all of the known bugs fixed.  We understand where we went wrong, and we ...

Knowing which thread BackgroundWorker will use for its events

[UPDATE 7/19/2011]  Stephen pointed me to his article covering this and more in February issue of MSDN Magazine, and I recommend it: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg598924.aspx.We hit this recently, so I thought I’d post this email from Chad, a developer on version control, for anyone else who may have missed this ...

Ewald’s posts on TFS Build 2010

Ewald Hofman, an ALM MVP, has written a great series of blog posts on Team Build in Team Foundation Server 2010.  The 2010 release introduces Windows Workflow as the overall orchestrator of the build process.  Ewald walks you through quite a few topics related to this and the other new features.  Check it out...

Be a developer at Microsoft in Durham, NC

Do you want to be part of a team of talented developers and build great software?  Here’s your chance to join the TFS team.  In addition to development positions in Redmond (work item tracking client team), I have openings on our development team here in North Carolina.  Please follow one of the links to apply online...