Whilst doing some tidying on a multi-server TFS 2010 system I needed to move a team project collection from one Application Tier (AT) to another. Both ATs (which were not a load balanced pair) shared the same SQL server data tier (DT). It should have been easy using the TFS Administration Console. I backed up the TPC …

When loading an ASP.NET 3.5 web application that has been compiler for Any CPU onto an IIS7 server I got the error The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' provider is not registered on the local machine. This was because the server was running a 64bit OS and only the 32bit Access Driver was installed. The quick fix to get this …

DDD South West 3.0 has opened for session proposals, got an idea for one? Why not have a go and submit a session.

I am really chuffed to have been invited back to NEBytes for a follow-up to my last session on content publishing with SharePoint 2010. This time I’ll be demonstrating Avviso and talking about the thought processes that lead to its development, the problems we are trying to solve and where we’d like to go next. If …

The TFS Integration Platform is an ALM Rangers project that provides an excellent set of tools to migrate or synchronise source code and/or work items between different TFS servers or TFS server and third party platforms. For many people the supported release on Code Gallery will do all they need. However if you have a …

Update! An update has pushed through on our O7 game that contains a vastly improved set of rules – 5 full screens, with animations to aid you play. Our O7 game is now Free to download from the Windows Phone Marketplace! Strategically take over the board by growing your pieces into the spaces around them. Enjoy!

Black Marble’s first WP7 game has been published onto the Marketplace, a game of strategy. Choose to grow the number of counters you have your jump squares to gain territory. It’s free so why not give it a try, assuming you have a WP7 phone!

The anticipated January Developer kit update for Phone 7 is available here , it includes the October update as well as Emulator updates for Cut and Paste ( How to: Test Copy and Paste in Windows Phone Emulator. ) The cut and paste will only work on end user phones after they have received the actual phone update …

Microsoft have released an update for the Phone 7 Training Kit get it here b.

I recently was asked why a client had experienced some unexpected results when merging a development branch back into the main trunk on a TFS 2010 installation. Turns out the issue was that during some tests that the both the Main and Dev branches had been renamed, and new branches of the same names created. So they …