Buck Hodges

Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS and Team Foundation Server)

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TFS Branching Guide 2.0 released

December 20, 2008 Dec 20, 2008 12/20/08
Buck Hodges
Bijan Javidi announced the release of TFS Branching Guide 2.0 on CodePlex.  Check it out and be sure to send them your feedback on it.  They are always looking for ways to enhance and make it even more useful. TFS Branching Guide 2.0 Welcome to the Team Foundation Server Branching Guidance Community Site! The purpose of this ...

How to set up TFS 2008 SP1 to use TSWA links in checkin notification emails

October 14, 2008 Oct 14, 2008 10/14/08
Buck Hodges
One of the new features available in TFS 2008 SP1 is that a TSWA URL can be configured in the server so that checkin notification emails will have links to the Team System Web Access page for the changeset, which allows you to see the diffs for each of the changes. You can find the documentation for this feature at How to: Configure Work Item...

Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 is now available!

August 29, 2008 Aug 29, 2008 08/29/08
Buck Hodges
We've now released the final version of TSWA 2008 SP1, which had previously been released as a community technology preview (CTP).  There are some fantastic new features in this release, including the ability for users without CALs to create work items. Also, this release includes 10 languages: Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, ...

July 2008 release of the power tools for TFS 2008 is now available

July 16, 2008 Jul 16, 2008 07/16/08
Buck Hodges
The download is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=00803636-1d16-4df1-8a3d-ef1ad4f4bbab&displaylang=en. Brian recently wrote a post about the new features: http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2008/07/08/july-08-tfs-power-tool-preview.aspx. This release also includes some bug fixes to the build ...