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May 2007 Entries

Setting up TFS to create project portals as child sites of an existing SharePoint 3.0 site (or sub site)


Well, I spoke to Brian Keller about Connecting TFS to a SharePoint 3.0 sub site... His answer? Try it and see. So I did...

posted @ Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:14 PM | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ Visual Studio Team System Sharepoint ]


Team Foundation Server & SharePoint 3.0


I have managed to install SharePoint 3.0 on my dev Team server box in side by side mode by using Brian Keller's blog on "Configuring Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0".

posted @ Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:09 PM | Feedback (5) | Filed Under [ Visual Studio Team System Sharepoint ]


Hosted Team Foundation Server


I have and email about a very interesting post from Jim Lamb who is a program manager at Microsoft for TFS. He seams to be looking for potential participants in a "Hosted TFS Pilot Program".

posted @ Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:32 AM | Feedback (1) | Filed Under [ Visual Studio Team System ]


TFS Gotcha (Exception Handling)


When coding against team foundation server you must be aware that some of the exceptions thrown by Team Foundation Server are not Serilisable! I think that this was an oversite by Microsoft, but it is there none the less.

posted @ Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:55 AM | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ Visual Studio Team System ]


Creating WCF Service Host Programmatically


If you want to create a Windows Communication Foundation Service Host on the fly then you will need to first create a base address. I would recommend using the DNS host entry instead of the My.Computer.Name as I had many problems on the corporate network with [computername] not working with our proxy settings.

posted @ Wednesday, May 30, 2007 12:23 AM | Feedback (2) | Filed Under [ Microsoft .NET Framework Service orientation Visual Studio Team System SourceCode WCF ]


Custom WCF Proxy


The think that always annoys me with web services is that when you connect to it and generate the proxy it always generates proxies for all of the extra classes and interfaces as well, even when you have them available.

posted @ Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:41 PM | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ Microsoft .NET Framework Service orientation SourceCode WCF ]


TFS Speed Problems


I am finding a lot of people who are having problems with the speed of Team Foundation Server! I have to say, that I have had none of these problems and I use both a locally hosted team server and CodePlex hosted projects. I do have some users in the office who have a very slow connection to Team Foundation Server, but they are on a remote network and use a 2mb link to the main network, so I am not surprised by this.

posted @ Monday, May 28, 2007 2:27 PM | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ Visual Studio Team System ]


Delving into SharePoint 3.0


Well, I have spent the afternoon delving into the features of SharePoint 3.0. As an extensive Team Foundation Server user I have had a lot of exposure to SharePoint 2.0 and I always found it kinda crap...

I was very surprised to find  that this new version is quite good. I will eventually need a book to get to grips with the more complicated aspects of the system. But I managed to put together an intranet for my department in the same afternoon that I installed and set it up...not bad.

I will let you know how I get on with the rest of the configuration. I am really looking forward to WF in SharePoint...

posted @ Friday, May 25, 2007 9:22 PM | Feedback (1) | Filed Under [ Microsoft Windows Visual Studio Team System Sharepoint ]


TFS Feature Wish (TFS Checkin Notifier)


One of the annoying things about Source-Control is that someone else can have that file you really need checked out! This can be annoying if they are not in the same building or even country.

posted @ Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:13 PM | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ Visual Studio Team System ]


Benefits of remote access for Team System


Remote access for Team Server is about disparate teams. This means that you can use those cheep contractors in eastern Europe without needing to give them a small project because of the difficulties in integrating their work.

posted @ Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:01 PM | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ Software Industrial Revolution Visual Studio Team System ]


Recipe for Team Server in a small business


If you have a small company, say 6 to 30 people, you will look at team server and think, cool...But what does it cost. Well, there are a number of costs, some hidden that you will need to pay. The bad news is that the VS2005 Team Editions are expensive, really expensive.

posted @ Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:32 PM | Feedback (1) | Filed Under [ Software Industrial Revolution Visual Studio Team System ]


Would anyone be interested in hosted Visual Studio Team System (LinkedIn Question)


I have been thinking about the potential take-up of a private hosted Visual Studio Team System for small companies! This would be similar to CodePlex but with much more control given to the project owners... i.e. custom Process templates, full work item suite and full customisation capabilities.

posted @ Sunday, May 20, 2007 8:41 AM | Feedback (2) | Filed Under [ RDdotNET Visual Studio Team System ]


Workflow


I am thinking of adding WF support to my Team Foundation Server Event Handler, but I am interested in a discussion on the topic of the how's and wherefores. I have seen a lot of people implementing Workflow for Team Server and this would provide them a host system...

posted @ Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:24 AM | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ Service orientation RDdotNET TFS Event Handler ]


TFS Event Handler Progress


I am making lots of progress with this project and I have only a couple of work items left for CTP1

posted @ Monday, May 07, 2007 12:40 PM | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ TFS Event Handler ]


TFS Event Handler: CTP1 Imminent


I have decided to go the same root as MS and use the Community Technology Preview (CTP) structure for my releases as there are quite a few people interested in using the TFS Event Handler.

posted @ Sunday, May 06, 2007 2:36 PM | Feedback (3) | Filed Under [ RDdotNET TFS Event Handler ]


Studying for Exam 70-536: MCTS Application Development Foundation


After my success with Beta Exam 71-510: TS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server I now find myself thinking that I should get my developer exams sorted. I had never done them before as I would have had to pay for them myself. Which sucks...

posted @ Friday, May 04, 2007 10:33 PM | Feedback (17) | Filed Under [ Microsoft .NET Framework Personal Rant ]


Envisioning vs Provisioning


Developers fall into two categories with regard to building solutions: Envisioners (Research) and Provisioners (Engineers).

posted @ Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:45 PM | Feedback (1) | Filed Under [ Software Industrial Revolution Rant ]


TFS Event Handler: Coverage & Comments


I am getting some positive feedback on the project from Richard Berg, and he had blogged about it under the title of New CodePlex project: TFS Event Handler. And John Lambert has commented on some issues that he has envisioned with referenced assemblies and security of allowing people to upload Assemblies.

posted @ Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:19 AM | Feedback (0) | Filed Under [ RDdotNET TFS Event Handler ]