Team Foundation Server
TFS Reportin links
Submitted by pete on Mon, 2009-04-20 04:39http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162837.aspx
How to: Create an Aggregate Report for Team System using Report Designer and the Analysis Services Database
How to: Grant Access to the Databases of the Data Warehouse for Team System
How to: Create a Report Server Project for Team System
Managing Reports in Team Explorer
How to: Set Team Foundation Server Project Lead Permissions
Choosing the Source of Data in a Report for Team System
Choosing a Tool to Create Reports for Team System
Developer Support Team Foundation Server Blog
Submitted by pete on Tue, 2009-04-07 05:31Developer Support Team Foundation Server http://blogs.msdn.com/dstfs/ has good inks. For example: Testing Email flow from your Team Foundation Server.
A TF Command file example
Submitted by pete on Thu, 2009-03-26 18:44Put the following into a script.tfc file called for example.
cd %3
rem Change the current directory from whatever it is to the project folder.
workspace /new /s:TeamServer2 /user:UNO\juan %1BuildWS%2
rem Create a new workspace on the TeamServer2 server as user UNO\juan.
rem Assign a name to the workspace that concatenates the first command line argument (%1) + "BuildWS" + the second command line argument (%2)
get %1 /recursive
rem retrieve the latest version of the first command line argument.
branch %1 %1V%2
checkin /comment:”This is build v%2 of %1”
label %1Build%2 /category:builds /comment:”%1 Build %2” %1V%2
workspace /delete %1BuildWorkspace%2
Keeping labels when the retention policy deletes builds.
Submitted by pete on Thu, 2009-03-26 18:29If you setup your TFS build server to delete old builds you might not know TFS deletes the label for that build as well. If you one of those old builds you want to have the label you used to build it. Many ways to deal with this issue. Changing the AT web.config is how to change it for all builds. The builds will be deleted, but the labels will remain.
From: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/tfsbuild/thread/a08bf751-4...
"The build admin can add a flag to the Web.config file on the Application Tier to specify that labels should not be deleted. Here is an example of what that line in the web.config file would look like:
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<add key="PreserveLabelsOnBuildDeletion" value="True"/>
Large team considerations
Submitted by phecht on Wed, 2009-03-25 08:51http://tfsguide.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Chapter%2010%20-%20Lar... for large teams using tfs.
Here is a piece on # of projects and some sql queries. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa974183(VS.80).aspx
Building with tfs 2008
Submitted by phecht on Wed, 2009-03-25 08:10Here is an interesting add on: http://sdctasks.codeplex.com/ It has many tasks and targets.
I found the "sdctasks" from this site: http://tfsbuild.com/MainPage.ashx
http://blogs.msdn.com/msbuild/archive/2007/04/26/building-projects-in-pa... shows how to build using multiple cores. Also, shows some ability to keep projects from building at the same time.
Finally, http://wix.sourceforge.net/votive.html seems to offer Wix ability as well.
Development Process tool
Submitted by luke on Fri, 2008-07-18 13:50Introduction to OpenUP discusses the SDP "Open UP". Yet, it is not just another process doc. It is based on the Eclipse Platform's Eclipse Process Framework (EPF). This allows teams to define work flow using Eclipse.
I need to sharpen up on Team Foundation Server, but if I had the time and choice. I would evaluate EPF.
TFS Other Links
Submitted by luke on Sun, 2008-07-06 00:02http://team-foundation-server.blogspot.com came from a presentation I saw here: http://vstsmn.net/files/folders/presentationfolder/entry67.aspx You can see a java shop convert to TFS.
Also http://www.woodwardweb.com/tfs2008/ is a good source.
TFS-Cost Benefit Analysis
Submitted by albert on Tue, 2008-06-10 01:09http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VisualStudioTeamSystemAndPricingMyBriefHis...
Discusses the cost not just in dollars but in terms of team pain. Most places do have less than perfect processes for developing and testing code. Does that mean TFS is the only game in town?
Nothing wrong with using Bugzilla or Mantis for Project Management. Even Jira is cheaper.
Also, CVS and Sub version are not perfect but tested in house.
Now I am up at 2 AM looking at posts about TFS costing $1,500 per seat some how.
Setup
Submitted by albert on Mon, 2008-06-09 23:50Here is a screen cast where he goes through the setup of Team Foundation Server (TFS) and creates a Continuous Integration Server connected to it. Something I have noted often is a lot of people set up TFS on a virtual machine. This one uses VMWARE.
