Versioning. Here we are. Again. Over the years I have always worked hard to make versioning a foundational piece of every CI / CD solution I've setup. Reliable, logical versioning becomes key to long-term maintenance and troubleshooting efforts, and whatever you can do to make it a "no-brainer" is worth it (your future self will … Continue reading Easy Release Versioning for .Net Projects using VSTS and TFS
Category: Team Foundation Server
Tips on moving your Visual Studio Online from Microsoft to Organisational Accounts
If like me you’ve been a keen user of Visual Studio Online since it first came into existence way back in 2012 you’ve probably gotten used to using it with Microsoft Accounts (you know, the ones everyone writes “formerly Live ID” after), and when, in 2014, Microsoft enabled the use of Work (or Organisational) Accounts you either thought “that’s nice” and immediately got back to writing code, or went ahead and migrated to Work Accounts.
If you are yet to cutover your Visual Studio Online (VSO) tenant to use Work Accounts, here are a few tips and gotchas to be aware of as part of your switch.
The VSO owner Microsoft Account must be in Azure AD
Yes, you read that correctly.
Azure Active Directory supports the invitation of users from other Azure AD instances as well as users with Microsoft Accounts (MSAs).
If you haven’t added the MSA that…
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Use Tags to better manage your TFS work items
Updated: early in 2014 Microsoft released an update that now makes it possible to query using Tags. See the full details online. As many of you have found, at present it isn't possible to customise work item templates to provide custom fields the same way you can in the on-premise version of TFS. While the … Continue reading Use Tags to better manage your TFS work items
Quick Links To Help You Learn About Developing For The Cloud
Unsurprisingly I think the way Cloud Computing is transforming the IT industry is also leading to easier ways to learn and develop skills about the Cloud. In this post I'm going to give a run down on what I think some of the best ways are to start dipping your toe into this space if … Continue reading Quick Links To Help You Learn About Developing For The Cloud
Create New Folder Hierarchies For TFS Projects using Git SCM
If, like a lot of people who've worked heavily with TFS you may not have spent much time working with Git or any of its DVCS bretheren. Firstly, a few key things: 1. Read and absorb the tutorial on how best to work with Git from the guys over at Atlassian. http://atlassian.com/git/tutorial/git-basics 2. Install the … Continue reading Create New Folder Hierarchies For TFS Projects using Git SCM
TFS As A Service (TFSPreview.com) – Connect to and Query Using C#
Having worked with every version of Team Foundation Server (TFS) since its inception I was keen to see what API support "TFSPreview.com" has. The good news is that (at time of blogging) the API accessibility is all there, is free and aligns with the on-premise API and client object model. I've always felt the strongly-typed … Continue reading TFS As A Service (TFSPreview.com) – Connect to and Query Using C#
