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Unshelving a Shelveset to a Different Branch in TFS

[Note: In this post, I am assuming that you are familiar with the TFS Branching Guidance . If you haven't read the guide, I strongly recommend that you do so! I will be referring to the branch names suggested for the basic branch plan.] Scenario: After...

VSTS Web Test Recorder Bar Missing in Windows Vista/7 64-bit

Primarily for my own reference in the future but you may find this useful too. If you are running Windows Vista/7 64-bit and want to use the VSTS 2008 Web Test Recorder plug-in, the web test recorder bar may be unavailable due to the way Windows caches...

VSTS Development and Database Products To Be Unified

As promised in my earlier post , I am going to highlight the announcement we made in regards to the VSTS product licensing. In VSTS 2005 and VSTS 2008, we had different SKUs for Development and Database editions so if you wanted to use both, you had to...

Visual Studio 2008 SP1, TFS SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

As we already know, apart from bug fixes, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 includes major product enhancements such as ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services and enhanced LINQ to SQL (which now supports the new date and FILESTREAM data types in SQL Server...

How can I disable WcfSvcHost?

When we create a WCF application using some of the built-in WCF project templates (such as WCF Service Library) in Visual Studio 2008, a project type Guid ( 3D9AD99F-2412-4246-B90B-4EAA41C64699 ) is added to the PropertyTypeGuids element in the project...
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New VSTS+TFS 2008 Trial VPC Image

If you have been using the trial VPC image for VSTS 2008 RTM, you may already know that the image will expire on 1st April 2008. So if you want to carry on using a VPC image for trial purposes, then go and download the updated image . This image is a...
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Expanded Interoperability Initiatives at Microsoft

Microsoft will apply changes to its technology and business practices, which will cover high-volume business products including Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007 and all...
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