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When I work with clients and show them how Visual Studio Team System Database Edition can impact their SQL Server development process most of them are very impressed. I've helped several clients get going with these tools. One common concern, when you...
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I've been demonstrating the capabilities of Visual Studio Team System recently in a series of tech briefings. In addition to what is available today, I've been showing some of what the future might hold using the November 2007 Community Technology Preview...
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As I work with different clients, helping them understand how Team Build and Team Edition for Database Professionals can help, a frequent request I get is "How does SQL Server **** Services work with it?" (With **** being 'Integration', 'Reporting', etc...
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I don't usually like to pass on what others have blogged, but this release of the "Team Foundation Power Tools" is pretty slick, including: Find in Source Control "Quick Label" Open In Windows Explorer (i.e., open Windows Explorer...
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I usually try to avoid simply passing on what others have already announced. This is one of my exceptions. If you haven't already heard, Visual Studio 2008 has released and is available through MSDN downloads. I'm downloading Team Suite it as I type....
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I've been working with many different companies on Application Lifecycle Management with Team System and, more recently, doing a lot of work with quality assurance. I've also been teaching SQE's Visual Studio Team System tester class . In all cases I...
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One of the complaints I've heard frequently as I travel and work with customers on implementing TFS and Visual Studio Team System is that they can't disable the policy override. That is, when a user checks files into Team Foundation Version Control and...
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Visual Studio Team System 2008 is an incremental release and not a revolutionary new product. It is a more profound upgrade than the upgrade from Visual Studio .NET to 2003 but is still not as big or intensive as the upgrade to 2005. Although there are...
If you haven't already gotten a chance to play with TFS 2008 (Beta 2), I recommend it. My experience is that it is solid and seems to work better than the RCs worked for the 2005 release. My primary interest is in the Team Build enhancements, although...
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With the new beta of Team Foundation Server out I had to start upgrading some systems. The first is a demo/lab system that I use for training and explaining as well as some TFS extensibility development and customization work. As this was a non-critical...
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