Daily Email Notifications from TFS

April 22, 2009 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


Ever wondered if you could get a list of notifications from TFS daily?  You can receive a daily email that has a compiled list of notifications, but you will need to subscribe programmatically.  Please see this post from Mohamed Mahmoud at Microsoft for the source code.

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Hyper-V: An error occurred while attempting to change the state of virtual machine

April 21, 2009 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


I just got this error on one of my WS08 machines today. You can download the update here: Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB967902) Download the 967902 package now.

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Windows Workflow and SharePoint Server 2007: An error has occurred in

April 18, 2009 by Wes MacDonald 2 Comments


You will experience this error if you’ve added a Delay Activity to your Workflow and you have an object in memory that is unable to be serialized when the workflow executes the DelayFor.  The error isn’t really clear and nothing is written to the Event Log either when this error occurs. If you have a […]

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Oracle Text 10g Issue

April 18, 2009 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


We recently deployed an application which leveraged Oracle Text to a UAT environment and when it was moved to the production environment all our searches failed. After checking the index errors table CTX_INDEX_ERRORS,  which is owned by the user CTXSYS, and most users do NOT have SELECT privilege to it by default. The following errors […]

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SQL Server 2008 SP1 is available

April 8, 2009 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available. You can use these packages to upgrade any SQL Server 2008 edition. Slipstream – You are now able to integrate the base installation with service packs (or Hotfixes) and install in a single step. Service Pack Uninstall – You are now able to uninstall only […]

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Ottawa – Jam packed with events this week courtesy of Microsoft

April 5, 2009 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


Tuesday April 7th, 2009 Event Name: Coffee and Code Time and Location: 9.00 am to 4.00 pm at Bridgehead located at 109 Bank Street (at the corner of Bank and Albert). Event Name: User Group Connection: The Future of the Microsoft Windows-based PlatformEvent Code: 1032405593Time and Location: 5.30pm to 8.30pm at Microsoft Canada located at 100 […]

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Problems occur in the Create Unit Tests wizard

April 2, 2009 by Wes MacDonald 1 Comment


Problems occur in the Create Unit Tests wizard when you create a unit test for a method in a solution that contains a GDR project, a Silverlight project, or a WIX project in Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 KB Article ID: 962866 Consider the following scenarioYou open a solution that contains one of the […]

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Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is now free

April 2, 2009 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


Microsoft has been implementing a number of changes to promote and facilitate even more customization efforts on top of the SharePoint platform including making SharePoint Designer 2007 available now as a free download. Be sure to watch the video in the "Related Resources" on the download page to learn more about details and future direction. […]

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WIT (Work Item Type) Synchronizer

April 1, 2009 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


WIT Synchronizer lets you update Work Item Type and WIQL (Work Item Query Language) definitions between a Process Template and a Team Project (both ways). Among the possible actions Update the WIT and WIQL of a Process Template from a Team Project Update the WIT and WIQL of a Team Project from a Process Template […]

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Visual Studio Team Test 2008 Quick Reference Guide Community Site

March 31, 2009 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


Another great resource brought to you by the VSTS Rangers!  A quick reference for users of the Team Test features of Visual Studio Team System 2008. The purpose of this project is to build some insightful and practical guidance around Visual Studio Team Test.  It’s a collaborative effort by VSTS Rangers, Microsoft Services, and VSTS […]

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