Rob Caron

Developer-related topics and other stuff.

Draft Docs: Mirroring the Team Foundation Data-Tier Server

Go visit the Team System User Education blog to review some draft documentation on how to configure...

Author: RobCaron Date: 11/03/2006

Team System Widgets

I blogged about this page before, but there's a new development. The team over at Accentient made it...

Author: RobCaron Date: 11/03/2006

Team Edition for Database Pros - CTP 7

The latest CTP of Team Edition for Database Professionals is now available for download. For more...

Author: RobCaron Date: 11/03/2006

Recreational Coding

From Daniel Fernandez's blog, a revamped Coding4Fun site is now online. It's alive! Thanks again to...

Author: RobCaron Date: 11/02/2006

Team Edition for Database Pros Docs

The English Team Edition for Database Professionals docs are now available online in the MSDN...

Author: RobCaron Date: 11/02/2006

New Team Foundation Server Administrator's Guide

There's a new edition of the Team Foundation Server Administrator's Guide that's hot of the presses...

Author: RobCaron Date: 11/01/2006

Accessing Visual Studio 2005 Hotfixes

Today, we're launching a pilot program to make Visual Studio 2005 hotfixes more readily available...

Author: RobCaron Date: 11/01/2006

Team Foundation Server Migration Toolkit

The TFS Migration Toolkit blog was missing from Newzie subscriptions, but Brian Keller's recent post...

Author: RobCaron Date: 11/01/2006

Continuous Integration to Continuous Distribution

Via Mitch Denny's notgarter blog I learned of Paul Stovell's blog. Over on Paul's blog he has two...

Author: RobCaron Date: 11/01/2006

Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - October CTP

As you may have heard by now, Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" - October CTP is now available for...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/31/2006

Microsoft Virtual Lab Express: Team System Overview

There's a new express (30-minute) virtual lab (Microsoft Virtual Lab Express: What's new in Visual...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/30/2006

Team Foundation Server Version Control from a Visual SourceSafe User's Perspective

For anyone who reads this blog regularly, you may have noticed that I'm behind on blogging this...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/30/2006

Online Chat: Team Edition for Database Pros

Join members of the Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals product team this...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/29/2006

Understanding Team Foundation Server in an Extranet Scenario

James Manning has a comprehensive post (The TFS "extranet" ISAPI filter mechanics) that explains the...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/28/2006

Updated: Configuring Team Foundation Server to Use a Remote SharePoint Server

We just published an update to a TechNote I blogged about back in August (Configuring Team...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/25/2006

Now Available: Project Server - Visual Studio Team System Connector

About eight months ago I blogged optimistically that we'd have an RTM-compatible version of the...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/25/2006

MSDN Webcast: Five Reasons to Love Visual Studio Team System

With a title like that, how can you resist this Webcast? Monday, November 13, 2006 10:00 AM to 11:00...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/25/2006

Software-Development Methodologies and Team System

There's a new article on MSDN by Sanjay Narang (Software-Development Methodologies and Visual Studio...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/23/2006

New Visual Studio 2005 Virtual Labs

See Virtual Labs Home: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 for some new Visual Studio 2005 virtual labs:...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/23/2006

Jeff Lynch with More Thoughts on Team Edition for Database Pros

See Jeff Lynch's blog for a follow-up to his earlier post (Jeff Lynch on Team Edition for Database...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/23/2006

Privacy Guidelines for Developers

TechWeb has a new article by Antone Gonsalves (Microsoft Offers Privacy Guidelines For Developers)...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/19/2006

From Making a Wish to Granting One

My daughter Stephanie is featured in an article (From making a wish to granting one: Redmond student...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/19/2006

Tech·Ed 2007 in...Orlando

Save the date for Tech·Ed 2007: June 4-8, 2007 in Orlando. Microsoft has made the difficult decision...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/19/2006

Now Available: Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP

From TechNet Flash: Now Available: Internet Explorer 7 The official release of Microsoft Internet...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/19/2006

Jeff Lynch on Team Edition for Database Professionals

Jeff Lynch is a Windows Server System - Commerce Server MVP (Jeff Lynch's MVP Profile) who I was...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/19/2006

US Launch Events - Team Edition for Database Pros

If you're in the United States, you may be able to attend a local Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/19/2006

Microsoft's Open Specification Promise

In September, Microsoft released the Open Specification Promise for thirty-eight Web service...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/18/2006

Team Edition for Database Developers CTP 6

Per Cameron Skinner's blog, Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Developers Community...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/18/2006

Free E-Learning: Using .NET Framework 3.0 with Visual Studio 2005

Microsoft Learning developed a series of e-learning clinics (Collection 5134 : Developing Rich...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/15/2006

Team System at Galway ICT Conference

Martin Woodward and Eric Lee recently presented a number of sessions on Team System for the...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/14/2006

Managed Code Analysis Fixes in Visual Studio 2005 SP1

David Kean posted a list of fixes for managed code analysis that are included in Visual Studio 2005...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/14/2006

Newzie

Newzie by Newzie/Arda Celebi Although I favored Outlook-based solutions in the past (RSS News Reader...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/11/2006

Using Visual Studio 2005 to Extend and Customize Dynamics CRM

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Team Blog compiled some posts on using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 SDK...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/10/2006

Tip: Uninstall Web Application Projects Before Installing Visual Studio SP1 Beta

I thought I posted this last week, but I just found it sitting as a draft in Windows Live Writer....

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/10/2006

Value in Static Source Code Analysis

If you're not convinced of the value of static source code analysis, you should read this post (I’m...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/10/2006

A Closer Look at the Team Foundation Server Power Toys

Erin Geaney is on Channel 9 demonstrating the Team Foundation Server Power Toys (A Closer Look at...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/10/2006

Using Team System to Load Test a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Report Server

There's a new article in the MSDN Library on load testing SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Report...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/09/2006

Guidance for Guidance Explorer

J.D. Meier posted some guidance on authoring prescriptive guidance modules for Guidance Explorer:...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/09/2006

Updated Team Foundation Admin & Install Guides

There are new releases of the Team Foundation Administrator's and Team Foundation Installation...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/09/2006

What Do You Think About Team System?

Doug Barney, editor-in-chief of Redmond magazine (and the forthcoming Redmond Developer News...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/09/2006

UK Visual Studio Team System Seminars

Tony Loton, a frequent contributor of Team System articles on MSDN and co-author of Professional...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/07/2006

Tagging Team System Content on Channel 9

Brian Keller took the time to find and tag all of the Team System content on Channel 9. See his blog...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/06/2006

Setting up Team Foundation Server for External Connectivity

The Team System UE blog has a draft help topic (Walkthrough: Setting up Team Foundation Server with...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/04/2006

Surveying Team Edition for Database Pro CTP Users

If you tried any of the Team Edition for Database Professionals CTP releases, now is the time to...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/04/2006

Looking for Blogs that Focus on Testing

I first visited James Bach's blog over two years ago (New Team System Stuff - 2004-08-28), but I...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/03/2006

Team System MVPs Awardees for October

October 1 marks the beginning of a new quarter and the announcement of new MVPs. Congratulations to...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/02/2006

MSDN Nuggets

I'm curious to know what people think about MSDN Nuggets. No, these aren't those deep-fried chunks...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/02/2006

Requirements Definition and Management for Developers

There's a new article by Matt Klassen from Borland on AJAX World Magazine that offers five basic...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/02/2006

Visual Studio Team System Webcast Series

From the current issue of MSDN Flash: Visual Studio Team System Webcast Series From architecture...

Author: RobCaron Date: 10/02/2006

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