Whilst upgrading a single server instance of TFS 2010 Beta2 to the RC I got a TF254024 error. This occurred at the point in the upgrade wizard where it tries to list the databases available to upgrade. The reason for the error was the account I was logged in as (the domain administrator in my case) did not have rights …

Windows 7 is a great bit of software, the only major downside was the support for virtual PC which until now only ran on a hardware assisted virtualisation (HAV) processor and supported hardware that is also enabled in the BIOS ( like the PDC tablet I am typing this on ). However for people without this blessing …

At last Microsoft has released a new generation of phone for a new generation of applications, This post is my up-to-date resource list for Windows Phone 7, I will keep this list up-to-date with new and interesting pieces of Information. Resources The Developer pages for Windows Phone 7 here The Windows Phone …

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional will launch on April 12 for an estimated retail price of £484.99. If you use a previous version of Visual Studio or any other development tool then you are eligible for this upgrade. Along with all the great new features in Visual Studio 2010 (see …

Updated 25th Mar when I found I have three sessions I have just heard that I had two three sessions accepted for the Norwegian Developers Conference. They are: Putting Some Testing Into Your TFS Build Making Manual Testing a Part of Your Development Process Developing Testable Web Parts for SharePoint. So off to Oslo, …

For some reason that is beyond me now I did not setup my Lab Manager test system to be a VHD boot. So before installing the 2010 RC version I decided to P2V this system (on the same hardware) to make backups easier whilst testing. All seemed to go well I used IMAGEX to create a WIM of the disk Created an empty VHD Used …

Recently, Black Marble took part in a Video Case Study for Microsoft, extolling the virtues of how we use SharePoint and the Microsoft platform for working with our customers. It was an interesting experience – we usually prefer to let the technology do the talking – but the company (CredComms) putting it together …

Hope everyone enjoyed my session VS2010 at NEBytes last night. I don't now about you but I think that quick end to end demo of build, manual test and Intellitrace debug work very nicely. That was the first time I have done it as a single demo and I think it works better than three smaller ones. Truely shows the …

Just a reminder I am speaking at NEBytes in Newcastle tomorrow on the new features of VS2010. I will be covering project management, architect, dev and test features so something there for everyone.

I upgraded our Beta2 2010 TFS last week, and after a quick local test all appeared to be working OK, so I rushed out the office like you do. However, whilst I have been out the office it was spotted that though it was working within the office using HTTP and the NETBIOSDomain server name (TFSSERVER) it could not be …