Buck Hodges

Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS and Team Foundation Server)

Radius: reporting tool from 90 Degree Software

Ameya recently wrote about the new Radius tool from 90 Degree Software.  I stumbled across a new Channel 9 video demonstration of it: Radius: What. How. Why.  If you use or are interested in the reporting feature of TFS, this may be helpful. Technorati tags: tfs, team foundation, reporting...

A quick guide to fixing problems after installing Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Neno Loje, an MVP, recently posted about dealing with HTTP 503 or 403 errors after installing TFS SP1.  Now Brian Harry has written post that should serve as a quick guide to fixing the common problems that occur when installing TFS SP1.  See Problems installing TFS SP1 for a table that shows each issue, its impact, and how...

You can schedule builds in Orcas

When we posted the Orcas Team Build Continuous Integration Spec, you may have noticed that there was no support for scheduling builds.  We implemented build scheduling as a Design Change Request (DCR).  That meant that we had to present a justification for the feature, a spec, and how long it would take to implement and test.  ...

Visual Studio Team System chat on Wednesday Feb. 7

On Wednesday, 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). Join the chat on Wednesday, February 7th, ...

TeamCity support for Team Foundation Server

As part of their "Early Access Program," the folks at JetBrains have posted a build of TeamCity that contains support for TFS version control.  They are looking for feedback, so give it a try and let 'em know what you think. TeamCity EAP (Latest) Current build: 3654 released Jan 30, 2007 | Download | Changes This version of TeamCity will ...

Using FinalBuilder with Team Foundation Build

Via Richard Hundhausen, I learned that the folks at FinalBuilder posted an article on their web site about how to get FinalBuilder working with Team Build via FinalBuilder's custom MSBuild task.  If you use FinalBuilder, you may want to check that out.tags: tfs, team foundation server, team build, msbuild, final builder...

Internal TFS server database maintenance

Brian posted these answers in a comment to a question on his January dogfood statistics post.  These may be of interest to folks out there, particularly those running larger-sized Team Foundation Server installations. 1) What is the current size of our dogfood database? 2) Backups/Restores - With large databases, are there any...