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VSTS Rangers: This content was created in a VSTS Rangers project. “Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System by delivering out-of-band solutions for missing features or guidance. We work closely with members of Microsoft Services and MVP communities to make sure that their solutions address real-world blockers.” Bijan Javidi, […]

Version 4.3.1 contains the following fixes and updates over 4.3.0: Ability to use <include> tags within Xml documentation headers Fixes crash and instability on Web projects Violations can appear within generated code regions Setup slowness when registering with VS2008 Partial methods not handled correctly Documentation rules should understand <include> element Require get accessor before set […]

  There are issues affecting several built-in reports for TFS 2008 if the TFS Data Tier is using SQL Server 2008. Microsoft is currently working to provide a full, self-installing update package for these reports that will function properly with SQL Server Reporting Services 2008.  In the meantime however, fixed copies of these reports are […]

Allows users to send the load test reports to one or more pre-configured email addresses automatically, once a VSTS Load Test is completed.  This open-source load test plug-in also provides support for customization by which you can customize the reported performance data. It is located here in the MSDN code gallery. Technorati Tags: Visual Studio […]

I went to the 2009 MVP Global Summit this year and figuring I would have a lot of time to kill aboard the airplane I brought my copy of “Inside the Microsoft Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build”. This book was fantastic, full of great examples and guides you through customizing MSBuild and […]

A QFE release date has not been established for this release yet.  The Data Dude team also expects to release the Database Power Tools refresh shortly after the QFE is released.  This service release will be made available to all customers through the Microsoft downloads site where they originally got the GDR. The QFE addresses […]

Yesterday at the VSLive conference in San Francisco, Quest Software announced that it will be offering an Oracle Database Schema Provider (DSP) for Visual Studio Team System Database Edition 2010. The DSP gives VSTS developers the ability to work with non-Microsoft databases without limitations for the first time.  You can sign up to be notified […]

  Here is the Press Release from Notion Solutions Notion Tools for Team System v1.0 was finally released on February 20th.  We’re actively documenting requirements for v1.1, your ideas are welcome!  You can download the software from our website and follow the instructions to get it up and running with a trial key.  In order […]