Share ConnectionStrings A customer of mine have a Visual Studio C# solution with more than one project which uses the same ConnectionString. So how can you define your ConnectionString(s) once and share them between projects? This is how my sample solution looks like. The "Console" and "ServerConsole"...

Currently I'm looking at the Rosario CTP's, what's new and hot. So this post will hopefully be the first of a series about small enhancements which helps you in the daily work. Work Item Queries It's now possible to group your queries in folders. In VSTS 2008, I created/changed the queries...

Creating a new Team Project within Visual Studio / Team Explorer 2005 connected with a Team Foundation Server 2008 can cause in an error: Error: TF30170: The plugin Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.Portal failed during task SharePointPortal from group Portal. Message: The language id specified in...

Do you want to checkin your files from the Windows Explorer (Shell Integration) like with Subversion add-ins? Some people don't want or need a Visual Studio Team Explorer, because they are none Microsoft-based developers like Oracle DBA's. But you want to use Team Foundation Server as your source...

I decided to write a short post about licensing of Team Build Server environments because I was asked several times in the past. There's a good chapter in the Team System Licensing Guide which explains it in detail. If you want to run Static Code Analysis or automated Tests you need to install Visual...