Windows Devices Windows 8 freezing issue resolved! It looks like the Windows 8 freezing issues have been resolved by installing the following hotfix: Multimedia or communication activities may cause a computer that is running Windows 8 Release Preview or Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate to stop responding [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2727113]
Team Foundation Server Enabling TFS Reporting requires installation on a Windows *Server* I've been working on TFS report customization lately and today a new team member joined. We normally start by installing a local TFS instance with reporting enabled to be able to debug warehouse adapters and the like. But today we couldn't find the option to enable
Microsoft Visual Studio ALM Rangers I just joined the ALM Rangers program Last week I found an invite to the Microsoft ALM Rangers group in my mailbox. And I'm happy to say that I didn't have to think twice to answer with an affirmative yes! You can readmy Ranger introduction here [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/
Windows Devices Micro HDMI to HDMI now available through DealExtreme Given that the dock for the Samsung 7 Slate has an HDMI-A (the big one) and the slate itself has an HDMI-D (micro) connector, you either need to carry two adapter cables or.... when shopping for adapter cables you had to choose between them. It has been hard finding an
Team Foundation Server Generating a changelog from TFS > Update: I filed a request on the Visual Studio User Voice for an export to text and excel for this feature. Please vote for it [http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/2958695-allow-easy-export-of-folder-diff-to-excel-or-plain] ! We have a requirement to deliver a list of add, removed and changed files as part
Team Foundation Server Just-in-time updating of source files in an existing solution Today a developer on my team tried to create an MsBuild task that would re-generate a few generated files during a Rebuild or as part of a Clean. Turned out to be a lot harder than we expected and it was mostly caused by an unknown feature that speeds up
Windows Devices Things I'd want to change to the Samsung 7 Slate I've been using the Samsung //Build slate as my primary machine for the past few weeks and I can say that I like it very much. There are a few things I'd change to it if I had a chance. Different dock The dock that comes
Windows Devices Installing Windows 8 Release Candidate on the Samsung //Build slate Updates: * Updated post available detailing the installation for the Windows 8 RTM version [https://jessehouwing.net/windows-devices-installing-windows-8-on-samsung-tablet]. * Installing apps you loved from the Windows Release Preview or the Consumer preview onto your RTM installation [https://jessehouwing.net/windows-8-installing-apps-you-loved]. * Connecting the Samsung 7 Slate to a projector or external monitor [https:
Agile Presentation on Great (Agile) Teams Last week I presented at the quarterly ArrowsGroup Agile Evangelists [http://arrowsgroup.nl/agile/] seminar in Amsterdam. I discussed the 'creation' of great agile teams. Can't really call it creation, as I'll explain in one of the first slides, teams aren't built
Android Devices Creating a good app is hard it seems I'm considering buying a new AV Receiver for the living room. One that supports DNLA and internet radio as well as a few other features. While researching I came across the different remote control apps for Android and iOS, a feature I hadn't even considered yet.
Team Foundation Server Why I like TFS :) As a response to Joe Ferner's post on why he dislikes TFS [http://www.nearinfinity.com/blogs/joe_ferner/why_i_dislike_tfs_-_team_found.html] . I'll first touch upon the items brought forward by Joe. Some of them are just true, and I won&
Android Improving my Samsung Galaxy SII As many of you might know, most Avanade personnel uses a Windows Phone 7 as their mobile device. I have one too and love it, for it does all that you'd want from a work phone perspective. The problem is though, that the device I got was one
Static Analysis Using existing Code Analysis Rules with TFS 11 beta Last week I explained how to get the Check-in policies from TFS 2010 working with TFS 11 [https://jessehouwing.net/visual-studio-2012-use-tfvc-checkin-policy-from-2010] , today I'll demonstrate how you can modify the configuration of Visual Studio 11 to allow it to run your custom Code Analysis rules without any modifications or
TFVC Checkin Policy Using existing Check-in policies with TFS 2012 A few days ago a forum user of the MSDN forums posted a question on how to use the existing Check-in policies from Visual Studio 2010 (or below) with the Visual Studio 11 beta [http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsversioncontrol/thread/6bd4fe2f-b06a-49c4-a4d0-5a75d3dc3dd3/?prof=required] . I remembered having bookmarked
Visual Studio 2012 Speaking at the dutch TechDays conference Thanks to all the votes my readers, followers and colleagues have put on my wildcard talk at the dutch Techdays website [http://techdays.nl/WildCardSessies.aspx], I'll be speaking about the (code) review features of the upcoming version of Visual Studio. I'll also include a look
Team Foundation Server Solving: MSBUILD : error : Unable to read Code Analysis output report. Make sure that the directory is writable (default is the project output directory). Today a new error popped up in Team Build. One we've never seen before and one that doesn't happen in Visual Studio during the build. The error was: MSBUILD : error : Unable to read Code Analysis output report. Make sure that the directory is writable (default is
XAML Build Funny issue with Code Coverage and Reflection Just stumbled upon a tricky change which happens to your assemblies when you're running your tests with Code Coverage enabled. Take the following piece of code: var types = typeof(Program).Assembly.GetExportedTypes(); foreach (Type t in types) { // ... } In our case the behavior of the code under test changed
.NET Windows Azure Appfabric RelayConfigurationInstaller and FileNotFoundException After installing the 1.6 version of the Azure SDK I tried re-registering the service bus bindings to the machine.config. In v1.5 this was pretty easy, open an command prompt (with admin privileges) and run "RelayConfigurationInstaller /i [http://relayconfigurationinstaller.exe/]". The documentation for this tool hasn&
Multi monitor Take control over your applications on multiple monitors Our new project space came equipped with a nice big widescreen monitor on every desk. I had used multiple monitors a few years back while I was still running Windows XP and back then I tried a lot of tools which made multiple desktop management easier. Back then I ended
Windows 8 XBox 360 Wireless controller on Windows 7/2008r2 A friend recommended me to buy an xbox 360 controller to play Skyrim [http://www.elderscrolls.com/skyrim/]on the TV, because my TV and PC are quite far from the couch I decided to buy a wireless controller and anusb wireless connector for Windows on ebay [http://www.ebay.
XAML Build Referencing Public/Private/Reference Assemblies folder from your project When you're working on Code Analysis Rules [http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/vstscode/thread/5c152faf-289c-48cf-9afd-8fbd153a577f] , Custom build activities, MSBuild tasks or anything that integrates directly in Team Build or Visual Studio for that matter, you often need to reference assemblies that ship with Visual Studio. These
Team Foundation Server Things that make your unit tests unreliable Over the past few months I've come across a lot of Unit Tests that triggered all kinds of crazy corner cases inside mstest. The most interesting observation is that the behavior inside Visual Studio is often different (or doesn't occur) than in Team Build when this
Team Foundation Server Helpful Visual Studio Add-ins Over the past years I've found myself to rely more and more on a number of very handy, some well known, Visual Studio add-ins. I've split this list into two parts, the free and the paid tools: Team Foundation Power Tools [link [http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.
Microsoft Community Contributor Award Where to go with your development question Last year I was awarded the Microsoft Community Contributor Award and as such I've been wandering through the Microsoft Support forums for quite some time. Enough to know that it's easy to get lost. So here's a short rundown of all the locations you&
