Azure DevOps and Visual Studio Awesomeness

  Mike Azocar a fellow Team System MVP has just announced the following contest: Have you created a useful gadget for Team System? Do you have one in mind? I am looking for the coolest community built tool for VSTS. It can be something for TFS, for Visual Studio, or something that is stand alone. […]

The WSS Site templates included with Team Foundation Server do not use the SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Web Part.  Here is how you can install it into WSS so you can use it on your site. C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>STSADM.EXE -o addwppack -filename "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Reporting Services\SharePoint\RSWebParts.cab" -globalinstall Operation completed successfully. […]

  Add Template C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>stsadm -o addtemplate -filename C:\tfs\XXX-VSTFS\XXXCMMI.stp -title VSTS_XXX_CMMI Operation completed successfully. IIS must be restarted before this change will take effect. To restart IIS, opena command prompt window and type iisreset. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>iisreset Attempting stop…Internet services successfully stoppedAttempting start…Internet services successfully restarted List Templates […]

Sandcastle produces accurate, MSDN style, comprehensive documentation by reflecting over the source assemblies and optionally integrating XML Documentation Comments. You must uninstall any previous version of Sandcastle before you install this version.  If you need a sample check out this post from the Sandcastle team blog. Required Software: Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0, available here […]

Just in case you didn’t know, they aren’t compatible.  The TFS pre-install check will fail on the RC0 version of SQL Server 2008, if you wish to use SQL Server 2008 with Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 Beta you must use the CTP6 release. The final release of TFS 2008 SP1 will support SQL Server […]