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Using Visual Studio 2010 yet?
29 October 09 09:30 PM | dmckinstry | 1 comment(s)
I am and its great! It is must faster, more stable and feature rich than Beta 1.  Not using it?  May I need to remind you that there is a “Go Live” license (nudge nudge). If you are using it, Microsoft (via Jeff Beehler ) wants to know you you...
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Visual Studio Team System is Dead!?!?!
19 October 09 10:48 AM | dmckinstry | 2 comment(s)
Say what? I looked closely at the press release today with Visual Studio 2010 and… there is NO “TEAM SYSTEM”!?!?!  Yes, it’s true. It appears that Microsoft is killing off Visual Studio Team System.  The press release from Microsoft today and...
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Tomorrow: Three online presentations for VSTS 2010
14 October 09 11:14 AM | dmckinstry | 1 comment(s)
Just a heads up.  Tomorrow is the monthly online Team System User Group ( http://www.tsug-ve.com ).  I will be presenting on the new Automated UI Testing features in the ‘EMEA’ meeting at 10AM Pacific time on Thursday October 15.  Chris...
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Notion Tools for Team System V1.1 Released
07 July 09 08:38 PM | dmckinstry | with no comments
For those of you who read my blog and don’t know (anybody out there?) I work for Notion Solutions.  Today Notion announced v1.1 of the Notion Tools for Team System. In addition to a few bug fix, support in the primary tools (e.g., Timesheet and the...
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Team System Users Group “EMEA” meeting moved to weeknights
15 March 09 09:38 PM | dmckinstry | with no comments
Effective this month, the TSUG-VE monthly meetings targeted at Europe / Middle East / Africa (EMEA) participants is being moved from Saturday to Thursday. This should make it easier for Team System enthusiasts across Europe and through related time zones...
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Tech Trifecta presentation
24 February 09 07:09 AM | dmckinstry | with no comments
Last Saturday, members of the developer community in Colorado put on a fantastic event. It appears that over 400 people convened in downtown Denver to participate in the Rocky Mountain TechTrifecta . The event featured great speakers such as Scott Hanselman...
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Outlook Add-in for TFS Work Item Alerts
15 February 09 08:04 PM | dmckinstry | 1 comment(s)
If you’re someone who (like me) makes extensive use of Team System’s ability to send emails when work item’s change, you might like a new Outlook add-in that a friend of mine, Shai Raiten , has released. This free VSTO add-in for Outlook 2007 allows you...
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"Not a test class" - Backward unit test compatibility from VS 2008 to VS 2005 Team System
01 September 08 04:56 PM | dmckinstry | 2 comment(s)
Awhile ago I was working with a client and received an error message " UTA052: MyNamespace.MyTest is not a test class " after converting a unit test project created in Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition. (Actually it was a VS 2005 nUnit...
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Warning: TFS 2008 SP1 and WSS 2.0
29 August 08 08:24 AM | dmckinstry | 1 comment(s)
I usually try to avoid the "me too" style blog posts, but this one seemed like a good idea - especially since some of my clients will run across it and may not easily find the solution. I've been asked numerous times about any unexpected side effects...
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A few hints for DB Pro startup time
03 April 08 11:07 AM | dmckinstry | 1 comment(s)
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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