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Checking Out Files During Continuous Integration

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At times you want files to be checked out during continuous integration builds as the outputs are written into certain files. A classic example of this is when running builds for Wix projects (projects with extension .wixproj) the output is written … Continue reading

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Cleaning Global Lists in TFS

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Remember those lengthy build lists that you have to scroll through in order to select the correct build when reporting a bug? Such a waste of time isn’t it? Wish you could keep only the list items that mattered? Read … Continue reading

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Team Foundation Server Memory Leak?

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For the past month I have been on the edge of my seat seeing the amount of memory that our Team Foundation Server consumed through SQL Server. More so because the SQL Server Update 1 had also failed through the … Continue reading

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How to Rollback Changes in Team Foundation Server

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Right click on the collection or folder beneath the collection and select Rollback. You will see the screen below. Choose the “Rollback to a specific version” and choose the date to which you want to revert your solution to. You … Continue reading

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Sharing DLL’s – The Easy Way

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Many software development houses have built in a core set of resuable components over time. And it is ideal if these are located in a central location for the entire development team to access. The solution that worked for us … Continue reading

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How to Completely Remove Source Controlled Content from Team Foundation Server

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Step 1: Open Source Control Explorer from Visual Studio. Right click on the file/folder to delete and choose “Delete”. If the delete is successful you should see the screen below. This action does not actually delete the file/folder rather marks … Continue reading

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Team Foundation Server 2012: Corrupt TFS Analysis Database

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An issue you will encounter when living with Team Foundatin Server is the tfs_analysis database getting corrupted. The possible error messages you will encounter due to this are… Error 1: Unable to get the required information about this cube. The … Continue reading

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