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WPA2-enterprise and Broadcom Wireless N network controller under Windows 8
A colleague came to me today, having heard of my attempts to get my Samsung //Build slate to work on our internal (Cisco AP) wireless network. And he was indeed experiencing the same issues, where...
View ArticleCisco responds to WPA2-Enterprise issues
UPDATE: Both Microsoft and Cisco now have an official knowledge base article available for this issue:Windows 8 clients may not be able to connect to wireless networkWindows 8 clients can't associate...
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Quickly generate Work Item Query for use in the TFS API
Some time ago I responded to a question on StackOverflow regarding a couple of ways to optimize a team query. The query was used in from the TFS Client Object Model and one of the things that was clear...
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Backing up your BitLocker keys to Active Directory
Ok.. So I've learned the hard way that BitLocker doesn't automatically backup the security keys to Active Directory if you join the domain After you've encrypted your machine. Or if you start...
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Connecting Visual Studio 2005 to TFS 2012 and the Team Foundation Service
A couple of weeks ago I posted the way to connect Visual Studio 2008 to Team Foundation Server 2010, 2012 and the Team foundation Service. Back then, there was a similar way to connect Visual Studio...
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Updating your Team Foundation Service Uri to the new tfs.visualstudio.com
Microsoft has decided that the Team Foundation Service (I'll start calling it TFSvc for short) has had enough testing and that it is now live and out of preview. They've also put it under a new domain...
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Windows 8 - Remote desktop tips and tricks
If you're using Remote desktop a lot, you'll find that a few things are changing with Windows 8. Here are a few tips and tricks to make your life easier:On the Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise version the...
View ArticleVisual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 1 is now live
UpdateA hotfix has been released to resolve issues with attaching a project collection to TFS 2012 Update 1.Just a quick note, Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server...
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.NET Framework SDK 4.5 changes Visual Studio 2010 Code Analysis and FxCop
There have been a few reports in the MSDN forums[1][2] that Code Analysis 2010 or FxCop 10 will trigger more often after installing Visual Studio 2012 or the .NET Framework SDK 4.5 along side Visual...
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Install Word4TFS on a machine with Office 2013 and Visual Studio 2012...
The Microsoft Visual Studio ALM Rangers have released a new version of the Word4TFS add-in for Word. But if you're like me, and you've already upgraded to Visual Studio 2012 and Office 2013, then your...
View ArticleReplace the default user logon screen in Windows 8
Windows 8 comes with that nice Seattle abstract image on the background, but you might want to put your own there. That turns out to be hard. There's this nice blog post that breaks down all the steps...
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Take a screenshot on a Windows 8 slate
I was working on a post the other day and needed a screenshot. I didn't have a keyboard with me and that makes a screenshot very hard to take... I remembered the Windows Phone shortcut key (Win+Pwr),...
View ArticleTeam Foundation Server 2012 Update 1 Hotfix released
If you've already upgraded your Team Foundation Server 2012 to Update 1, you might have encountered issues after attaching a project collection to your server. This is caused by a bug in Update 1 that...
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Set your TFS profile or team image from the commandline
UpdateI've since uploaded a patch to the TfsTeam quick response sample to also include functionality to convert a Group to a Team.Download the latest beta version here.One of the cool new features of...
View ArticleMake you custom TFS tools clever by automatically figuring out the Project...
As you might have noticed, most TFS Command Line tools will automatically figure out the TFS server to connect to by somehow figuring out the TFS Server from the current folder you have open. When...
View ArticleFxCopContrib Alpha for Visual Studio 2012
I've just ported, fixed, compiled and released a version of my FxCopContrib library that should work under Visual Studio 2012 and Team Build 2012.The following rules are included:PerformanceFxC1801:...
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Red-Gate releases Reflector 8.0
Red-Gate just released Reflector 8.0. Not with a lot of fanfare, as I only noticed because my Early Access Program Build wouldn't start and because there was no new EAP build available to download....
View ArticleWhich Check-in policies do you use with your projects?
Team Foundation Server allows an administrator to define a Check-in policy to ensure all code that is checked in conforms to a certain standard and that a minimal set of quality attributes have been...
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Which UIEditors are available for Team Build by default
Types inheriting from UITypeEditorRecently I was asked to extend a Build Template for Team Build. There were a few fancy things which were required for this template, including picking files and...
View ArticleConvert a TFS 2010 Group to a 2012 Team after upgrade
UpdateI've since uploaded a patch to the TfsTeam quick response sample to also include functionality to convert a Group to a Team.With TFS 2010 it was already a common practice to create security...
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