I have posted in the past about my efforts to write a user facing bug tracking interface for TFS to integrate with our SharePoint based customer portal. I have had some mixed success, but the end point is that I am just not happy with what I have written. Historically we have used our own home grown call tracking …

I need to update something like 300 web.config files today, with the same change in each. I turned to my old friend Google for his recommendations and up popped a magnificent free tool from Nodesoft. Why magnificent? It's advanced mode allows you to specify start and end tags and update everything in between. That's …

Well done Richard, who has been given the accolade of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Visual Studio Team System.

When trying to view an item in a list which has workflows run against it, you get an error: Some part of your SQL statement is nested too deeply. Rewrite the query or break it up into smaller queries Problem Background Trying to explain the exact nature of our configuration in this case would break many people's heads. …

It really good to see so many submissions for the DDD7, and many new names, always a good sign of a the community working well. I just got round to putting one in myself on integrating testing into MSBuild. There is still time for more though. So have a think and put in a session proposal - trust me it is great fun.

You may have noticed that I have disabled comments on my old posts. You may also have noticed that I have now disabled the Contact Me function on my blog. Why? Comment spam, and more recently, a huge influx of spam via the contact form. I will try to find a solution via some kind of community server plugin. In the …

Received in an email today from the BCS: I am delighted to inform you that your application for Chartered IT Professional (CITP) status has been successful.

If you are using Forms Based Authentication and try to access Site Policies you may well find that you get an Access Denied response. If you do, this post will help you! I've been meaning to post this for a while because I'm sure it may help somebody. As usual, it's been pushed back and back until now I finally have …

I know it is on his blog but Richard is an MVP, it couldn’t happen to a nicer person. I am also pleased that Kevin Ball was renewed and Andy Westgarth is also now an MVP. it was nice to see all of the above at our event today. congratulations to all the new and renewed MVP’s b.

Found out last night that I have just been made an MVP for Team System, is that cool or what!