Archive for category TFS

Send me your TFS vNext Feedback for the MVP Summit

I’m headed to the MVP Summit at the end of this month and I want to take feedback to the team.  The summit is a great opportunity for me to give feedback, but I’m certainly not the only one with ‘ideas’ (just check Twitter).  So I want to give everyone a voice and I’ll do [...]

Real World Webcast Series for TFS 2010

I and a few coworkers are running a twice monthly web series starting February 10th.  This series will touch on the opportunities we’ve been involved in to ease real world situations. If you are working with Team Foundation Server 2010 and are interested in making your life a little easier I invite you to come [...]

Event: Team Foundation Server 2010 Overview with SCRUM

Our previous Columbus TFS Event had such a wonderful turnout and response that we’ve decided to go on the road to Kentucky in a few weeks.  I’m happy to have Dave Dotterer of Kizan as my partner in crime.  Dave is a great TFS resource and it’ll be awesome to have his insight for the [...]

Event: TFS 2010 Overview, Scrum integration: June 22-23

[Updated: An offline, PDF agenda is available here] Around a month from now Alexei Govorine of Quick Solutions and I will be leading a free, two day event diving into Team Foundation Server 2010 and its uses within a Scrum development organization.  This is my first year being a part of this event, but Alexei [...]

Source Control Smackdown 2009

With all the hubbub around Git, TFS 2010, and others over the last year or so, the Dayton .Net Developers Group is hosting a panel event this Wednesday, December 9th, titled Source Control Smackdown 2009.  I have been lucky enough to be selected to represent TFS in a clash against SVN (Justin Kohnen) and Git [...]

Dog Food II: Implementing Scrum with TFS

I want to thank all of those who took time out of their day to hang out at the Dog Food II conference in Columbus.  Everything was a great success.  A special thanks to Danilo Casino, Brian Prince, Jeff Blankenburg and everyone else who helped put the event together.  For those of you who attended [...]

Dog Food II Registration Open

Registration has opened for the 2nd Annual Dog Food conference in Columbus, OH.  SDS is excited to be a sponsor and presenter this year and I hope you have a chance to come by and see some of the topics everyone has planned.  I plan to be there as an observer both days and a [...]

TFS Screencasts – Part 2 – Scrum For Team System Features

One of the things we are using here at SDS for our TFS installation and projects is the Scrum for Team System which provides a new Sharepoint Portal layout, Reporting Services reports and graphs, Work Item Templates, and an awesome Process Guidance reference.  In this screencast, I try to point out some of these features [...]

TFS Screencasts – Part 1 – Create a Team Project

One of the projects I’m working on for my company, Strategic Data Systems, is our internal Team Foundation Server 2008 solution.  I’m working with some of the guys who head up our Agile Development Center to make sure things fit well with what they are doing.  It’s been difficult to find overlapping free time, so [...]

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