Rob Caron

Developer-related topics and other stuff.

Team System Annotations for C++

Nick Wienholt has an article on developer.com about Team System’s annotations for C++, which are...

Author: RobCaron Date: 04/07/2006

The Unchangeable Rules of Software Change, Redux

Back in January, I blogged about Brad Appleton’s Unchangeable Rules of Software Change. In...

Author: RobCaron Date: 04/06/2006

Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider 1.0

We just published v1.0 of the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider (updated URL) to...

Author: RobCaron Date: 04/06/2006

VSSConverter GUI

I got e-mail from Eyal Post of EPocalipse Software today that he has built a GUI front-end for the...

Author: RobCaron Date: 04/06/2006

Pro Visual Studio 2005 Team System eBook

Today, I learned about this new offer from an e-mail Ian Smith sent me. Apress has a new program...

Author: RobCaron Date: 04/04/2006

Free Download: Virtual Server 2005 R2

Ever since I learned that it works on Windows XP, I’ve preferred Virtual Server 2005 R2 over...

Author: RobCaron Date: 04/04/2006

Expand Your Team System Skills

Are looking to expand your Team System skills, but you don’t know where to start, or where to look...

Author: RobCaron Date: 04/04/2006

Team Foundation Server Forum Refactoring

If you visit the Team System forums, you’ll find a number of new ones. Due to the overwhelming...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/31/2006

Tech·Ed 2006 US Nearly Sold-Out

Believe it or not, with Tech·Ed 2006 still a few months away it’s rapidly filling up....

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/31/2006

Tech·Ed 2006 Birds-of-a-Feather

This is the last day for submitting and voting on Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions at...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/31/2006

Team Foundation Server Trial on Microsoft Downloads

Are you eager to try Team Foundation Server, but you don’t have an MSDN Subscription to access...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/29/2006

What's the Difference?

Are you wondering what the differences are between Visual Studio 2005 and its predecessor? Then you...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/29/2006

MSDN Library Update for Team Foundation Server

This is just a quick update for my earlier post, Team System Product Documentation Directory. The...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/29/2006

SD Magazine: Visual Studio Modeling and Product Review

Scott Swigart recently interviewed Ajay Sudan (Product Manager, Team System) and Alex Torone (Group...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/27/2006

Team System Security Features and Tools

The Visual Studio 2005 Security Features and Tools page has a number of links to useful articles and...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/27/2006

Scrum for Team System Released

Conchango’s Scrum for Team System process template is now available for download - and...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/27/2006

Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider Update

Are you trying or wanting to access Team Foundation Server from an environment that supports MSSCCI...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/24/2006

Next Gen Agile Software Development

Randy Miller, PM on MSF for Agile Software Development, has a post that examines the next generation...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/23/2006

Moving Team Foundation Server

Quite a few people sent me e-mail recently asking for documentation that supports a number of...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/23/2006

Jack Greenfield on Software Factories and DSLs

Paul Ballard of TheServerSide.net has a TechTalk with Jack Greenfield (Jack Greenfield on software...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/21/2006

Work Item Type Designer

Darren Jefford launched a GotDotNet workspace for his VSTS Work Item Type Designer, which is built...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/21/2006

Developer Highway Code

In the drive for safer coding, Paul Maher (Microsoft UK) and Alex Mackman (CM Group Ltd) assembled...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/21/2006

XNA Build March CTP

All the news coming out of San Jose this week isn’t about Eclipse. Today at Game Developers...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/20/2006

Team Foundation Server with SQL Server Technology

Team Foundation Server includes a limited license (only for use with Team Foundation Server) for SQL...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/20/2006

Ordering Team Foundation Server

I thought I’d expand on the post I made over the weekend, Team Foundation Server on MSDN Subscriber...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/20/2006

On 'Broken' HTML Help Files

This is just a reminder for those who download an HTML Help (.CHM) file from Microsoft Downloads...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/19/2006

Integrating patterns & practices Guidance with MSF

J.D. Meier of patterns & practices (p&p) fame has a post about that provides some history on...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/19/2006

Step-Up to Team Suite

After speaking with people who visited our booth at SDWest this past week, it became apparent that...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/19/2006

Charitable Software Purchases

Peter Brunone, a Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET and a friend from my days on ASPAlliance.com, has started...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/19/2006

Martin Woodward on Team System

I first had a chance to meet Martin Woodward at VSLive! San Francisco in January, and had another...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/19/2006

Team Foundation Server on MSDN Subscriber Downloads

We shipped yesterday (March 18) and it appears that both the Workgroup Edition and Trial Edition are...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/19/2006

Team System Product Documentation Directory

Want to know where to find the latest product documentation for Team System? Visit the new Team...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/19/2006

Updated MSF Process Guidance Downloads

We posted for download the RTM versions of MSF for Agile Software Development process guidance, and...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/19/2006

Upgrading to Team Foundation Server (RTM)

To upgrade from Team Foundation Server Release Candidate (RC), or Team Foundation Server Beta 3...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/17/2006

Team Foundation Server Ships Tomorrow

In his keynote today at SDWest 2006, Rick LaPlante announced that we’re releasing Visual Studio 2005...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/16/2006

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition

Those who have Team Suite (or one of the role-based Team Editions) with MSDN Premium subscription...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/16/2006

Maybe this is just new to me, but MSDN has an enhanced search now powered by MSN Search that...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/16/2006

Team Foundation Server RTM and Docs

When you install the RTM (release to manufacturing) release of Team Explorer, you should be certain...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/16/2006

Upgrading to Team Foundation Server RTM Guide

The Team System User Education team has posted the instructions for upgrading from Team Foundation...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/16/2006

Team System Wins Jolt Award

Rick LaPlante just took the stage at the 16th Annual Jolt Product Excellence Awards at SDWest 2006...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/15/2006

Organizing Team Projects

I recently answered a post in the MSDN Forums asking about best practices for organizing team...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/15/2006

Team System Dev & Test Chat March 15th

If you want to chat with the Team System Dev and Test team, you should join this chat on Wednesday,...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/14/2006

Notion Solutions on Team System

Notion Solutions, a leading Team System training provider and consulting firm, is presenting a...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/13/2006

A Brief Team System History Lesson

Paul Krill has a piece on Team System for InfoWorld today that sheds a little light on the origins...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/13/2006

Team Foundation Server Administration Tool

The Developer Division Customer Product Lifecycle Experience Team (DDCPX) released an update of...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/13/2006

Test Driven Development with Team System

Doug Seven describes his view of Test-Driven Development (TDD) in Team System. Test Driven...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/12/2006

Team Foundation Data Warehouse

Want to better understand the Team Foundation data warehouse? Pay a visit to this post for links to...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/10/2006

Team Foundation Server SDK Samples

One of my colleagues in Team System documentation, Fran Langlois, is seeking your feedback on how...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/10/2006

Continuous Integration Using an LCD-TV

Here’s an example of using continuous integration with Team Foundation Server to advertise the...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/10/2006

The Origami Mini-PC

I don’t know about most people, but I’ve wanted something in this form factor for a...

Author: RobCaron Date: 03/09/2006

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