VSTS Jumpstart, things you will end up asking for
Internet Links
Visual Studio Team System Home
Getting Started with Team Foundation
How To Links
Visual Studio Team System Install Guide
VSTS Backup and Restore Procedures
Team Foundation Server Permissions
Team Foundation Server Default Groups, Permissions, and Roles
Books
Working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Test-Driven Development in Microsoft .NET
Test Driven Development: By Example
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
Bloggers
Visual Studio Team System User Education
WebCasts
Introduction to Visual Studio Team System
How and Why Process Guidance Matters in Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Enterprise-Class Version Control
Managing Work with Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Test-Driven Development Using Visual Studio Team System
Accessing Visual Studio 2005 Team System Using the Teamprise Plug-In for Eclipse (Level 200)
Best of Launch: Visual Studio 2005 Team System (Level 200)
Load and Web Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System (Level 200)
Migrating to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System (Level 200)
Shipping on Time and Under Budget with Visual Studio Team System (Level 200)
3rd Party Products
Tips and Tricks
When checking an item into source control you have the ability to associate a WI with that change set. If you choose to do so there are two options, Resolve and Associate. If you select Resolved the WI state will advance to the next state.
Team Explorer blank ( missing server or lost network connection )
- Delete the cache folder @
- C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Portfolio Explorer
- C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Team Foundation\1.0
- Delete the cache folder @
Tools to modify WIT
- WitExport.exe, WitImport.exe, WitFields.exe
- These are found @ c:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\
Change the TFS warehouse run interval
Secure a WIT transistion
- <TRANSITION from="State 1" to="State 2"
for="[global]\StateChangers"
not="[global]\GroupThatsRestrictedStateChanges" >
- <TRANSITION from="State 1" to="State 2"
Drivers required to create adhoc Excel reports against the TFS Analysis Services. Install Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services 9.0 OLE DB Provider from the SQL Server 2005 Feature Pack
MSBuild & Team Build
- MSBuild Sample Code Demonstrating How to Target 1.1 Framework with VS Whidbey Beta 2
- Hack the Build: Targeting .NET Runtime 1.1 Step-by-Step
- Samples
Robert McLaws MSBuild Compatibility Toolkit 1.0
Nagaraju Palla's Building binaries targeting .NET 1.1 and .NET 1.0 in TeamBuild
Downloads
Visual Studio 2005 Web Application Projects, ScottGu On Web Application Projects