September 1, 2017
MSTest V2 has crossed 1 Million downloads. Congratulations! Hats off to the community! MSTest V2 is seeing robust usage. We ourselves use it heavily. If you are still using an earlier version of the MSTest framework, we encourage you to upgrade. We have looked at the uptake of MSTest V2 from the perspective of two... Read More
September 1, 2017
Forks – the ability to create a server-side copy of a Git repository – is rolling out across the VSTS service in public preview. If it’s not on for you yet, it will be after the current deployment finishes. Forks will also be fully supported in the next major version of TFS. There, it’s in... Read More
August 31, 2017
A little over a month ago, we rolled out work item type icons to all Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) accounts and Team Foundation Server (TFS) with 2017.2. It’s been awesome to see @VSTS tweets, Developer Community feedback, and direct emails from customers that are very excited about the icons. Additionally, we’ve received a lot... Read More
August 31, 2017
Since the creation of the Marketplace, we have seen strong demand for tools to work with Amazon Web Services. I am so thrilled that this month the search for those tools comes to an end. In addition to Amazon releasing their AWS Tools, our partners at NDepend have recently lowered the prices on their static... Read More
August 31, 2017
As of TFS 2017.2, the old work item form <Layout> tag has been deprecated and is no longer supported in TFS 2018. If you are upgrading your server and have a collection where the new work item form has not been enabled you will encounter the following severe warning during readiness checks: [VS403364]: This release... Read More
August 25, 2017
The “Automatic linking of a build with associated work items” feature was released in TFS 2017 Update 2 (see the Release Notes). In a nutshell, this feature allows users to track builds that have incorporated their work without having to manually search through a large set of builds. For a richer, more first-class experience, we... Read More
August 25, 2017
Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics. TOP STORIES DevOps: Connecting VSTS to Azure – Ken Muse In this post, I’m going to walk you through the black art of manually connecting VSTS to an Azure subscription to enable automated release and... Read More
August 24, 2017
Having executed a test – at a minimum – we want to know the outcome. But beyond that, we may want to know more. Data collectors and loggers are the key extension mechanisms intended to provide this and other such details for rich reporting. Data collectors and loggers generate information based on listening to events... Read More
August 21, 2017
Team Foundation Server (TFS) has provided SharePoint integration since its inception in 2005. That integration included SharePoint site templates and automatic site provisioning as well as support for browsing document libraries from inside Visual Studio Team Explorer. In the ensuing years, a lot has changed – both in SharePoint and in TFS. The extensibility models... Read More
August 19, 2017
Here are top stories we found in our streams this week related to DevOps, VSTS, TFS and other interesting topics. IMPORTANT Git vulnerability with submodules – Edward ThomsonThe Git community has disclosed a serious security vulnerability in Git that can lead to arbitrary code execution. TOP STORIES Over 500 extensions in the VSTS/TFS marketplace –... Read More
