Rob Caron

Developer-related topics and other stuff.

Team System Online Chat - Wednesday, October 4th

Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/30/2006

Custom Controls in Work Item Types and Merge History Details

The Team System UE blog now has draft documentation that explains the added capability for including...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/29/2006

Dave McKinstry: Notes on Team Edition for Database Pros

Dave McKinstry (Team System MVP) posted some Q & A notes on his blog that he accumulated from...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/29/2006

Quick Demo Video: Creating a Database Project with Team Edition for Database Pros

Sachin Rekhi posted a video on Channel 9 by Mairéad A. O'Donovan (a program manager on the team)...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/29/2006

Now Available: Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" September 2006 CTP

The first "Orcas" public CTP release of Visual Studio is now available for download as a virtual...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/29/2006

FASTDash: A Visual Dashboard for Fostering Awareness in Software Teams

A very cool video on Channel 9 (FASTDash: A Visual Dashboard for Fostering Awareness in Software...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/28/2006

Brian Harry Catalogs What's Fixed for Team Foundation Server in SP1

This service pack (Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta and Team Foundation) includes both fixes...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/28/2006

Managing Team Foundation Server Administrators with Active Directory

Etienne Tremblay has a post on his blog (TFS Server Administrators (when you can't be a Windows...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/28/2006

Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition Beta

Another Visual Studio download that appeared on Microsoft Downloads this month is the Visual Studio...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/28/2006

Eric Lee on Building Development Scorecards

When I was in Adelaide, Australia for the Ready Launch Tour last year, I saw Microsoft Office...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/27/2006

Moving the Team Foundation Server Data Warehouse to a Separate Server

The Team System UE blog has another article posted that contains a draft help topic (How to: Move...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/27/2006

Accessing Team Foundation Server Remotely via the Internet

The Team System UE blog has a draft help topic (Team Foundation Server and Basic Authentication) to...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/27/2006

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta and Team Foundation

As you may know, Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta is now available (Now Available: Visual...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/26/2006

Update: September 2006 Dogfood Stats

Brian Harry has the current dogfooding stats for our use of Team Foundation Server within Developer...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/26/2006

Now Available: Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta is now available for download. Microsoft is committed to...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/26/2006

Measuring Performance of Team Foundation Server Web Service Usage

Buck Hodges blogs (How to measure performance using the web service performance dialog) about a...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/26/2006

New Team System Article: Monitoring and Analyzing a Load Test Result

If you want to dig deeper into the load testing features found in Team System, you should read this...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/25/2006

RSS Digest: OzTFS Weekly News

Grant Holliday is taking OzTFS Weekly News one step better - he's providing an RSS feed that...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/24/2006

Now Available: TeamLook Guided Tour Video

Juan J. Perez of Personify Design created a video guided tour of TeamLook (TeamLook Guided Tour...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/23/2006

Not Ready to Bring Your Visual Basic 6 Apps to .NET? Bring .NET to Your Visual Basic 6 Apps

Are you maintaining an application built in Visual Basic 6, but itch to start doing some .NET...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/21/2006

Mary Jo Foley, Journalist Blogger

In an interesting move (to go from blogging journalist to journalist blogger?), Mary Jo Foley says...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/21/2006

Required SharePoint Permissions for Creating a Team Project

I was reading Chris Rathjen's blog today (Known Issue: Project Creation Wizard (PCW) still says I...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/21/2006

Wikipedia Featured Article: Rush

I just went out to Wikipedia to look something up and I see my favorite Canadian trio is Today's...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/19/2006

TFS Integrator: A New Continuous Integration Option for Team Foundation Server

Mitch Denny blogs about a new utility for providing continuous integration on Team Foundation Server...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/18/2006

Decorate Your Cubicle or Office with Team System Posters

Willy-Peter Schaub, the Team System MVP for South Africa, blogs about the expansive line of...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/18/2006

New Team Foundation Server Mailing List: OzTFS.com

Grant Holliday of Readify launched a mailing list over the weekend (OzTFS.com) to help spread Team...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/18/2006

Jeff Beehler on Team System Community Plans

Jeff Beehler posted on Team System community efforts for this fiscal year. There are many ways that...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/17/2006

Now Available: Team Edition for Database Pros CTP 5 Refresh

See Cameron Skinner's blog for the details on this refresh, which improves some specific performance...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/15/2006

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Today is my last day as Team System Content Architect in Developer Division User Education (DDUE). I...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/15/2006

Mike Gunderloy on Pervasive Tooling

Mike Gunderloy has an article up on developer.com (Pervasive Tooling) that talks about the ten...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/15/2006

Now Available: Teamprise V2 Preview 2

According to Martin Woodward, Version 2 Preview 2 of his company's flagship product, Teamprise, is...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/15/2006

Now Available: Team System Chat Transcript for September 6, 2006

As Brian Keller notes, the transcript from the chat we held earlier this month on Team System is now...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/15/2006

Extracting Files and Password Needed Prompts

Shortly after the release of the most recent MSF process guidance (Now Available: MSF Process...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/15/2006

Now Available: Visual Studio 2005 SDK v3

If you're waiting on a new release of the Visual Studio 2005 SDK, v3 (September 2006) is now...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/14/2006

Martin Woodward: The Measurement Dilemma

Martin Woodward has a fantastic post that addresses a topic I've been wanting to write about on my...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/14/2006

Now Available: Team Foundation Server Administration Tool 1.1

Joe Morel reports that v1.1 of the Team Foundation Server Administration Tool is now available from...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/14/2006

Now Available: stpBA Storyboarding for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System

In July, I blogged about a new product from stpsoft, stpBA Storyboarding for Microsoft® Visual...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/14/2006

The Neverending Quest for Feedback

Microsoft bloggers frequently blog their interest for receiving your feedback on ideas to improve...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/13/2006

Team Foundation Server Language Change Package

If you installed Team Foundation Server (English) because a localized version of Team Foundation...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/12/2006

Updated: Team Foundation Administrator's Guide

In conjunction with the documentation update mentioned last week (Team System Content Updated...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/11/2006

Coming Soon: Sam Guckenheimer's Book in Chinese

This is very cool - Sam Guckenheimer's book, Software Engineering with Visual Studio Team System,...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/11/2006