Rob Caron

Developer-related topics and other stuff.

Now Available: MSF Process Guidance Updates (Rev 1)

About a week ago I blogged about the release of MSF Process Guidance Updates. If you didn't have the...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/07/2006

What's New with the MSF Team

If you want to learn more about some of what's been going on behind the scenes in the MSF world on...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/06/2006

CodeGuru: Catch C/C++ Errors Early with Application Verifier

CodeGuru.com has an article by Nick Wienholt on using Application Verifier to catch C/C++...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/06/2006

My Unfortunate Legacy: TFSSetup, TFSReports, TFSService, and TFSProxy

Throughout the Team Foundation Installation Guide, you'll see references to the following user...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/06/2006

MSDN Wiki: Translation Wiki for Brazilian Portuguese is Now Live

As noted on Soma's blog (Translation Wiki), the Brazilian Portuguese Translation Wiki is now live....

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/05/2006

Coming Soon: Team Foundation Power Toy

As a precursor to the release of an expanded Team Foundation Power Toy (tfpt.exe), which will ship...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/05/2006

James Manning: Watching TfsActivityLogging

James Manning shares some more PowerShell goodness in his post that describes how to watch Team...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/05/2006

Fishing for Answers to Team System Questions

Martin Woodward blogged about where to turn for help when working with Team System, and I want to...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/04/2006

Sachin Rekhi: Team Edition for Database Professionals Extensibility

Microsoft rarely builds a product these days without providing extensibility points for others to...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/02/2006

TF30331: Failure to Connect to Team Foundation Server

If you're like me and you use a notebook at work to connect to Team Foundation Server throughout the...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/02/2006

Now Available: MSF Process Guidance Updates

We just published updates to the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) Process Guidance that shipped...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/01/2006

Mary Jo Foley's Microsoft Bloggers: A Who's Who

Like Eileen Brown (Blowing my own trumpet), I was flattered to see that Mary Jo included my blog in...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/01/2006

Chat with the Team System Product Team

What: Visual Studio 2005 Team System Online Chat Where: MSDN Online Chat Room When: Wednesday,...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/01/2006

Branching and Merging Primer

Chris Birmele is a Developer Tools Technical Specialist in Australia. Back in May, he published an...

Author: RobCaron Date: 09/01/2006

Facing Future: Team System Value Propositions

Thankfully, Jeff Beehler has rededicated himself to his blogging. If you're not following his blog...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/30/2006

Now Blogging: Aaron Hallberg

I learned from Buck Hodges that a developer on his Team Foundation Build team in North Carolina,...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/29/2006

Using PowerShell and SMO to Monitor Team Foundation Server Database Jobs

I didn't pay much attention to Windows PowerShell when it was known by its codename, Monad. Shortly...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/29/2006

Sandcastle August CTP

You may recall a release in July of the first Sandcastle CTP (Sandcastle - Documenting Managed Class...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/29/2006

Extending Team Foundation Server with Sidekicks by Attrice

I received e-mail from Eugene Zakhareyev informing me about the release of version 1.0 of Team Build...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/27/2006

FAQ: Source Control or Version Control?

A common terminology question I see is, "Is it source control or version control?" From the Team...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/27/2006

Team Foundation Server Dogfood Stats - August 2006

For those who track our internal use (dogfooding) of Team Foundation Server, Brian Harry posted the...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/27/2006

TeamCI: Continuous Integration for Team Foundation Build

Notion Solutions announced the release of TeamCI, which is a solution to provide continuous...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/27/2006

Update: Team System Community Project at TechEd 2006 Australia

At TechEd 2006 Australia last week, a team of volunteers used Team Foundation Server to host a...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/27/2006

What Team Edition for Database Professionals Can Do for You

We just published the first MSDN article on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/24/2006

Which Version of Team Foundation Server Do I Have...Simplified

Brian Harry blogs (More Expirations Coming Soon...) about a new utility (TFSVersionDetection) that...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/23/2006

Updated MSFWinBuild Now Available

Late last week, the patterns & practices team released an updated MSFWinBuild on GotDotNet...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/23/2006

Martin Woodward on the Power of the Proxy

Martin Woodward, the European contingent of the Teamprise team, wrote a post (Martin Woodward: My...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/23/2006

Jeff Beehler on Software Design Reviews (SDRs)

Jeff Beehler, the glue that holds the Team System team together, blogged about a fundamental part of...

Author: RobCaron Date: 08/23/2006

CodePlex Video on Channel 9

I was just reading Korby's blog (CodePlex In the News) and I learned that Channel 9 posted a video...