Category: Articles
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A starters guide to Git for TFS GitWits…
When I started my development career way back in 1999, the first Source Control System I ever used was Visual SourceSafe. After a few years I switched to SVN for a while and I liked that. The, in 2005 came Team Foundation Server and I embraced it, including the Source…
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TFS as perfect tool for Scrum (Part 4) – Sprint
This is the fourth part of the series TFS as perfect tool for Scrum. The series is based on my session that I presented at Microsoft TechDays. You can find more introduction in part 1 The agenda for this series is: 1. Introduction in Scrum and TFS 2. Using TFS…
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TFS as perfect tool for Scrum (Part 3) – Sprint Planning
This is the third part of the series TFS as perfect tool for Scrum. The series is based on my session that I presented at Microsoft TechDays. You can find more introduction in part 1 The agenda for this series is: 1. Introduction in Scrum and TFS 2. Using TFS…
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TFS as perfect tool for Scrum (Part 2) – Product Backlog Grooming
This is the second part of the series TFS as perfect tool for Scrum. The series is based on my session that I presented at Microsoft TechDays. You can find more introduction in part 1 The agenda for this series is: 1. Introduction in Scrum and TFS 2. Using TFS…
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TFS as perfect tool for Scrum (Part 1) – Introduction in Scrum and TFS
This year I was invited again to present at Microsoft TechDays. This event is held every year in the World Forum in The Hague. This year I spoke about why TFS is the perfect tool for Scrum. My session was about how to use TFS as tool for Scrum. I…
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Changing the product backlog in TFS 2012
Recently I was at a customer who used the MSF for Agile Software Development template in Team Foundation Server 2012. As he was doing Scrum with this template he had the need to show Bugs in the Product Backlog view as well. Just like User Stories he wanted to plan…
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Moving source from one TFS to another
A while ago somebody asked me for an easy way to move source from one TFS to another. He struggled with that, because TFS kept asking for the old server. Even when he removed all the *.vssscc files and unbinded the solution with [Change Source Control] the old server popped…
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Audit Trail on TFS Source Control.
Today I got the question if I could see when a person did a Get Latest Version on TFS Source Control. Check-ins are easily found in the Source Control History but Get Latest Versions are not in the history. After some searching I found the tbl_Command in the TFS Collection…
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Reparent of a TFS Source Controlled Branch. Why and How !
When I first looked at the Source Control Explorer in TFS 2012, the thing I noticed first was the introduction of the “Reparent” Menu option in the context menu. I know that this is not new, It was there in Visual Studio 2010 as well only it was hidden away…
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TFS Source Control 2012–Workspaces Part 2
As promised in my previous post, in this post I will tell a little bit more about workspaces. When creating a new workspace (and I explained why you need to do that in my previous post) or editing an existing one, the dialog pops up. In 2012 it shows a…
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TFS Source Control 2012–Workspaces Part 1
Source Control is one of the oldest parts of Team Foundation Server and probably the most used one as well. Every version of Source Control introduced some new functionality. A short historical overview of the key adjustments TFS 2005 brought the first version. SQL Server based version control as a…
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Want to implement an ALM process? Focus on the output!
Want to implement an ALM process? Focus on the output! In my previous article “Implement TFS or ALM? Same or different?” , I talked about the differences between an ALM implementation and a TFS Implementation. Today I like to talk about the change process that is involved when an ALM…
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How to deal with generic libraries in TFS
Last year I wrote an article about how to deal with generic libraries in TFS for a Dutch Magazine called Dot Net Magazine. This article was published in both the online as printed magazine. The online magazine has moved to another site and this article is now published on the…
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Implement TFS or ALM? Same or different?
Introduction The answer to the question in the title probably varies from person to person. Some people will say that an implementation of Team Foundation Server (TFS) automatically implies an implementation of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). Other people will say that this is not the case and you don’t get…
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Using Custom Reports in TFS: Part 3 – How to set up my reporting environment and structure
This post is part of the series Using Custom Reports in TFS. The posts are more or less built on top of each other. Please read the earlier posts for a better understanding. Earlier in this series: Introduction in TFS Data What tools can I use to present some data?…
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Using Custom Reports in TFS: Part 2 – What tools can I use to present some data?
This post is part of the serie Using Custom Reports in TFS. The posts are more or less built on top of each other. Please read the earlier posts for a better understanding. Earlier in this serie: Introduction in TFS Data What tools can I use to present some data?…
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Using Custom Reports in TFS: Part 1 – Introduction in TFS Data
Introduction As a TFS user you generate data during your projects. Depending on the process you follow and the artifacts you store in TFS this can be a small or a large amount. In any case, the data you gather, is stored and will be stored in TFS for the…
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Walkthrough the Delta-N TFS Attacher App for Windows Phone 7
As I described in my previous posts, my company has been working on a WP7 app that allows you to upload attachments directly to your TFS server using the TFS Odata Service. Read about this here: Delta-N launches TFS Attacher for Windows Phone 7 Installing the TFS OData service on…
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Installing the TFS OData service on your corporate TFS server
This blog post describes how to install and configure the OData TFS Service on your corporate TFS Server. I made this post because the TFS OData documentation does not really cover this topic very well. It covers the installation on Azure and on CodePlex. A little background My company Delta-N,…
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Use the MSF Agile workbooks in the MS Scrum template
The MSF Agile 5.0 Process Template in Team Foundation Server 2010 comes with a great set of Excel workbooks. These workbooks allow you maintain your Product and Iteration Backlog with Excel. The workbooks contain a set of macros that are very useful, because they transform information from the workbook in…
The Road to ALM 