Introduction Recently I had to determine a universal product versioning syntax for our products and services. This was done to ensure a level of consistency between projects and products. Depending on the deployment, currently there has been a wildly different format used between products and services. Given the recent adoption […]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Part 1 Setting up TFS Azure Part 2 Configuring Visual Studio to use TFS Azure Part 3 Registering Team Build controllers for TFS Azure Part 4 Builds in the Cloud Introduction Continuing on from Part 1, we’re taking an early look at TFS Azure, Microsoft’s first service offering of Team […]
Part 1 – Setting up TFS Azure (this article) Part 2 – Configuring Visual Studio to use TFS Azure Part 3 – Registering Team Build controllers for TFS Azure Part 4 – Builds in the Cloud Introduction At the recent BUILD convention in the US, Microsoft announced a series of […]
Introduction It is important to understand what a network load balanced cluster is and what it does. The cluster is made up of member hosts, and each host is bound to a public IP address (or addresses) which resolve to the cluster itself. Each host in the cluster must have […]
Recently I conducted a mini-audit of some of our less used servers and virtual machines, mainly hunting for some candidates to participate in load testing (hosts for Test Agents). Upon one server I was *amazed* to find a virtual server which had been running for 1,862 days! We’re talking over […]
Continuing on from Part 1, our objective in this article is to create a new Visual Studio solution, and then populate it with some existing projects. To facilitate this, it would be beneficial if you had a few projects already created. For this example, I have defined the following structure: […]
Not too long ago I wrote an article about Team Foundation Server licensing. Now that it is 2011, and after some recent access requests for TFS, I’ve decided it is time for an update. Does TFS cover SQL Server Licensing? One instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition or […]
We love it when a good patch comes around – so here is a cumulative patch for the .NET Framework 4.0. There is a fairly long and extensive list of changes included in the GDR, here is a list of fixes and new features which have been added (from the […]
Now for something completely different. Recently I had the desire to build a Visual Studio 2010 solution file for a number of project files under a directory. There were many projects, and each one linked to a solution file – but I wanted a “master” solution file.. one to rule […]
Despite that IPv6 day was held in a dual-stack configuration (as only parts of the Internet went IPv6 enabled), the metrics obtained provide an insight into what we might expect when the day comes to transition fully. Information published by the RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) show that in […]
At times, especially if you own a small solid state drive, you find yourself needing to lighten the load on a hard drive (or portable drive). This can be a fairly mundane and time consuming process as you allow Windows (or alternatives) to rumble through your disk drive trying to […]
A permalink, or permanent link, is a URL that points to a specific blog or forum entry after it has passed from the front page to the archives. Gosh, those permalinks can be so important for search engine optimization. If you’ve taken WordPress out-of-the-box, you might find it curious that […]
Hi There, So chances are if you’ve read my subsequent posts, you’ll get the feeling that I’m working with some legacy web service applications. You’d be right, and the challenge of Web Service Extensions (WSE) 3.0 is figuring out how to upgrade them to WCF (.NET 3.5/4.0) without harming the […]
If you have a Windows Server 2008 installation of the Server Core, you might run into a few nasty surprises when it comes time to administer the nuts and bolts of the configuration. The reliance on GUI tools causes some pain from an administration perspective, and when you come to […]
Businesses prepare for .branding campaign. International domain name regulator ICANN will next year introduce generic top-level domains (gTLD) beyond the familiar .com, .org and .net. The decision followed a majority vote at ICANN’s board meeting in Singapore this afternoon, despite concerns raised by its Governmental Advisory Committee. The board planned […]