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Define a custom workflow to Deploy Database Project(s) from Team Build 2010

January 28, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 5 Comments


  A few tips to get you started: Community TFS Build Extensions can be download here from CodePlex.  This is a collection of activities you can integrate into your process template. I used this blog posting from Ewald Hofman to configure my Visual Studio 2010 environment to edit the process template. I add the process […]

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DevTeach: Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management Session

November 4, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  Yesterday afternoon I did a session on Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management (targeted at the ITPro).  If you are looking for the links that were on the resources slide from the PowerPoint deck.  I will post them here (plus a few more).  Visual Studio ALM MVP Etienne Tremblay from Montreal also sat in on […]

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Lab Management, Microsoft Test Manager, Team Build, Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio 2010
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Team Foundation Server 2010 Build Agent not part of the domain

September 3, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 21 Comments


  Figure: Ports Required Technical Details To support this initiative we employ the use of shadow accounts (mirrored local accounts). In our test case we created local accounts named “localTfsBuild” on the Team Build Server and Team Foundation Server Application Tier using identical passwords. A host entry was also added on the Team Build Server […]

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.NET Framework 4.0 CU Released

August 9, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  You might be wondering why this patch is important to me?  One of the items included in this rollup is a fix for WPF which greatly improves the performance of the Windows Workflow Designer in Visual Studio 2010. If you spend time in the WF Designer doing workflows or editing Team Build 2010 definitions […]

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.NET, Team Build, Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio 2010

Team Build 2010 Customized Output Directories & SharePoint 2010 WSPs

August 4, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 7 Comments


  Before we get started, if you need help configuring your Team Build 2010 Server to support SharePoint 2010 please refer to the following documentation on MSDN.  If you already have a developer workstation with SharePoint 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 this script will collect all the required files for you to install on your […]

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SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Server, Team Build

The Visual Studio ALM Rangers have done it again!

June 20, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 1 Comment


  Looking for information on Visual Studio Lab Management well look no further, the TFS Rangers have released their Rangers Lab Management Guide to Codeplex. Congratulations to the entire team. This Visual Studio ALM Ranger project has the primary goal of delivering scenario based and hands-on lab guidance for the customization and deployment of Team […]

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Lab Management, Team Build, Team Foundation Server
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