Useful TFS Links

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Simon Reindl
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I have just finished delivering a Team Foundation Course today, and we had some great discussions around TFS Administration, upgrading, adoption etc.

As usual, there is a whole pile of questions that you don’t have the time to go into in great detail, or you point out a thread.

Below is the list of items that came up for discussion:

 

Visual Studio 2010

Item Link
TFS 2010 Service Packs and Hotfixes http://blogs.msdn.com/b/granth/archive/2012/01/03/tfs-2010-what-service-packs-and-hotfixes-should-i-install.aspx
Team Foundation Power tools http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c255a1e4-04ba-4f68-8f4e-cd473d6b971f
Productivity Power Tools http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef
Team Foundation Sidekicks http://www.attrice.info/cm/tfs/
TFS Admin Tool http://tfsadmin.codeplex.com/
Feature Packs by licence http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ff655021.aspx
Scott Hanselman’s The Best Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tools Power Commands And Extensions
Build Extensions (APRIL 2012) http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com/
MSBuild Extension Pack (Nov 2011) http://msbuildextensionpack.codeplex.com/
TFS2010 Build Extensions (for ant/maven builds) http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/2d7c8577-54b8-47ce-82a5-8649f579dcb6
Code Maid http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/76293c4d-8c16-4f4a-aee6-21f83a571496
TFS Install Guide http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24337
Check In Policies http://checkinpolicypack.codeplex.com/
How to create custom check-in Policies http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/standards/DeveloperDotNet/Custom_Check-In_Policy_for_Visual_Studio_Team_System%20_v7.doc
Merge http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jmanning/archive/2006/02/20/diff-merge-configuration-in-team-foundation-common-command-and-argument-values.aspx
Branching Guidance http://vsarbranchingguide.codeplex.com/

Build

Item Link
TFS2010 Build Versioning http://tfsversioning.codeplex.com/
nUnit for Team Build http://nunit4teambuild.codeplex.com/
Wire nUnit in to TFS 2010 http://www.heikura.info/publish-nunit-test-results-as-part-of-team-build-in-team-foundation-server-2010
Beyond compare config http://www.scootersoftware.com/support.php?zz=kb_vcs
Remote desktop connection manager http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21101
Testing Tools in TFS 2010 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/anutthara/archive/2010/02/09/resources-for-test-tools-in-visual-studio-2010.aspx
Security Permissions http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252587(v=vs.100).aspx
Team Build Properties http://www.woodwardweb.com/vsts/30_useful_team.html
Team Build Property reference http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aaronhallberg/archive/2008/02/12/team-build-2008-property-reference.aspx
Team Build Reference Guide http://www.platinumbay.com/blogs/dotneticated/archive/2009/10/11/team-build-property-reference-guide.aspx
Jim Lamb simple versioning walkthrough http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jimlamb/archive/2010/02/12/how-to-create-a-custom-workflow-activity-for-tfs-build-2010.aspx
Build Classic ASP http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8746855/classic-asp-how-to-automate-deployment-in-continuous-integration-environmen
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3769210/build-classic-asp-with-tfs-2010
You need to have an empty solution, add an empty project, add the various .asp, and other content files in to the project. You can edit the .csproj to move the required files to the output directory.
A bit of kludge, but it will help you get a version stamped set of files.
BizTalk 2010 Build and Deploy http://biztalkci.codeplex.com/
BizTalk walkthrough http://lajak.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/build-biztalk-deployment-framework-projects-using-tfs2010/
BizTalk Deployment Framework http://biztalkdeployment.codeplex.com/
Wiring the BTDF in to the build Discussion around the framework http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/biztalkgeneral/thread/d52bd0c6-7fd9-4da1-afe3-cf66984c6ff0

Visual Studio 2012

Item Link
Team Foundation Power tools http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b1ef7eb2-e084-4cb8-9bc7-06c3bad9148f
TFS Install Guide http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=29035
Get Rid of All Caps http://www.richard-banks.org/2012/06/how-to-prevent-visual-studio-2012-all.html
Visual Studio 2012 Demo and hands on lab scripts http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briankel/archive/2011/09/16/visual-studio-11-application-lifecycle-management-virtual-machine-and-hands-on-labs-demo-scripts.aspx

Visual Studio 2008

Item Link
TFS Install Guide http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=15743
TFS 2008 Service Packs http://blogs.msdn.com/b/granth/archive/2012/01/03/tfs-2010-what-service-packs-and-hotfixes-should-i-install.aspx

Windows 8 Keyboard shortcuts

Item Link
Keyboard shortcuts http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2012/03/20/the-full-list-of-keyboard-shortcuts-for-windows-8.aspx

Hope that helps someone (apart from me!)