There are still space on the “Connected Development” event, a free event hosted by Black Marble and supported by Microsoft TechDays, on the 26th of May. I am one of a number of speakers from Microsoft and Gold ALM Partners who will be talking about the latest news and announcements for Application Lifecycle Management …

Grant Holiday posted on how to create a TPC using Powershell. However his post did not address how to set the SharePoint or Reporting Services parameters. His example used for the form Dictionary<string, string> servicingTokens = new Dictionary<string, string>(); …

I have recently been looking at the EMC Scrum for Team Systems (SFTS) 3 Template for TFS 2010 with SharePoint 2010. The core of it works, and works well for Scrum based teams. If you have not used it before have a read of the getting started post to get a feel of what it can do. However, there are some issues when you …

I have recently been looking at the EMC Scrum for Team Systems (SFTS) 3 Template for TFS 2010 with SharePoint 2010. The core of it works, and works well for Scrum based teams. If you have not used it before have a read of the getting started post to get a feel of what it can do. However, there are some issues when you …

I have a couple of community speaking engagements coming up May 11 BCS Edinburgh on Agile Methods July 21 NxtGen Southampton on Test Driven development and mocking Both are free, so if you are in the either area, I would be surprised if you were at both given the locations, I hope you can come along

I posted in the past about my though processes on getting a Kindle, they boiled down to to Why do the books cost virtually as much as paper edition when the author gets no more royalties and the production/distribution costs as far lower? I don’t want an extra device to carry about Well I have been using the WP7 Kindle …

Recently I posted on How to use the TFS 2010 Community StyleCop Build Activity and I am sure it all sounded very awkward and complex, well it did to me. The point I should have made is that you don’t have to follow this process every time you want to make use of the custom activity. As long as the build process …

Over the holiday I have been reading Professional Foundation Server 2010 by Ed Blankenship, Martin Woodward, Grant Holiday and Brian Keller, yes I know how to have time off and have fun! So who is this book for? It is a comprehensive guide to TFS 2010, the components and their usage, but this does not mean the book is …

I am always being asked when at events for details of books I have recommended. So I have added a list of books I have found useful to this blog, it can be found at http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell/pages/reading-list.aspx. Thus far I have added the ones I have been looking at recently, but will add more as …

Microsoft as ever have been busy with new drops and SP1 refreshes of technology for us all to embrace and here is a summary update for this month The Microsoft F# (2.0.0.0), April 2011 Community Technology Preview is available here While not all new if you are looking at F# I would suggest keeping an eye on F# …