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• DagKo "Assigned to" field in the work item editor

  Although I have added the team members in the Server groups they don't appear in the Assigned to“ combo of the Add new work item“ dialog. What should I do to get the team members listed in that combo Thanks, Ognjen Thanks for the hint. I'll give it a try. Ognjen Actually, we got around the problem by putting the users in the global namespace admin group first (close VS, reopen again).  Then move the users to their ap ...Show All

• mjwigham WSS account creation in AD for TFS

  Hi, Would it be possible to deploy the SharePoint service portal site generated by TFS application tier to support account creation in AD like http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/wss/2/all/adminguide/en-us/stsc05.mspx In other word, can I invite developers to my project with TFS just like ISP prvoviding web site owner the ability to invite users not already have accounts in the domain for collaboration Can TFS utilize this ne ...Show All

• b1zaphod Team Project Creation Failed.

  Hi there, While creating a Team Project, I am getting the following error: Initialization for plugin "Microsoft.Pcw.wss" failed with error: "Client found response content type of 'text/html', but expected 'text/xml'. Can anyone help on this Just to mention: I have already tested my setup with the required permission for SharePoint and SQL Reporting. And It is working as expected. Would appreciate your help. Thanks. Regards, Keyur. 05/12/20 ...Show All

• Spectrum Unit Test Throws Exception

  I'm attempting to learn how to use unit tests. However I have never experienced this type of error before and what it means. "Not Runnable GetNameTest TestProject1 Error while setting custom property UrlToTestAttribute: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestCaseManagement.UnitTestUpdates' threw an exception." The test method is as follows: /// <summary> /// A test for GetName () ///</summar ...Show All

• mdtdba Problem accessing Performance Counters

  I'm running some load tests and I'm getting errors when trying to access SQL stats. I see several msgs like the following at the start of the run: Exception LoadTestCounterCategoryNotFoundException The performance counter category 'SQLServer:Access Methods' cannot be accessed on computer 'sqlsrvname (Category does not exist.) ; check that the category and computer names are correct. Needless to say, the computer name is correct and it i ...Show All

• Robert Sanchez Can't Install TFS RC on a Domain Controller???

  We can no longer install TFS (RC) on a domain controller This worked in earlier betas and CTP versions. But now I'm told with the installer that this is not a supported configuration, yet the installation guide talks about installing on a DC. I wasted all this time setting up the DC system and get to the point of running TFS install and am told I can no longer do this I've seen Microsoft respondents in the past indicate that you can install on ...Show All

• bill perlman Team Build - PublishRun Error

  My first Team Build build, errored out on "Build process and custom task errors".  I get: Error  PublishRun: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted My code does nothing with sockets which leads me to believe this is an internal TeamBuild error. Building just one configuration at a time is a fine workaround for now.  Thanks. ...Show All

• haroldb Recent Work Items

  Is there a way to see the list of work items I have recently viewed I can go to a work item if I remember the ID, but I usually don't remember it. That is why it would be useful to see the last dozen or so that I have drilled into. If there's no way to do this out of the box, is there a way to customize VSTS to provide this functionality -Larry I think you can build a Visual Studio Plugin to display ...Show All

• PeterM MSF Agile Poster

  I have heard rumors that an MSF Agile poster will be available next month. Could you please confim or deny these rumors How will we be able to get hold of a copy of the poster when it is available Will it be available to the UK or only the US I have dibs on the first poster...  My company is adapting to MSF process and I love to get the poster so is good to educate team member. ...Show All

• mustafa1974 Mark methods as static on auto-generated method

  Hello, I have 5 Web User Controls in my ASP.NET project, on one of them FxCop remarks CA1822 on the Web Form Designer Generated method InitializeComponent(). What might be the reason for that Could this be related to the fact that I don't use any page event related methods such as Page_Load in this specific control (that's the only difference to the other 4 Web User Controls) Thank you, Andy For this contr ...Show All

• Paul Clancy Beta 3

  OK, so I keep hearing that there may be a Beta 3 released for VSTS. Could someone please confirm or deny this If this is is true, when will it be released according http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2005/08/22/451026.aspx The Beta3 of TFS  will have a "go live" license and will release in september. setptember:  VS2005 RC, TFS beta3(go-live) november-7th: VS2005 Release, TFS RC. In taiwan's forum http://www.microsoft.com ...Show All

• cgraus When to use which requirement type

  Does anyone know of a good resource for defining the different types of requirements (scenario, functional, QOS, etc.) Yes and no - potentially. :-) It is reasonable that customer requirements are broken down directly into tasks (developer, user experience, architecture, user education, and test) in the Analysis workstream while product requirements are generated separately to focus on internal concerns such as the flexibility or longenv ...Show All

• James L. Bowman III Custom rules for Static Code Analysis

  Hello all, we have defined some coding guideline in our company. For example we have standard prefixes for objects and variables like: str - for string int - for integer ... Can I use the static code analysis to check if the developers are coding according our guidelines If yes, how can I modify my the rules Thanks in advance. Best regards Static code analysis (aka FxCop) performs all of its analysis at the I ...Show All

• vmaceda Validation & Extraction Rule Parameters

  Hi When I view the Test Results of my webtest I can see the Validation & Extraction rules Parameters, but when I ran the same test using MSTEST.exe and opening the .trx file with VS I don't see the Parameters. in both cases when I viewed the .trx file (as xml) I haven't found any details regarding those parameters. Is it possible to view Validation & Extraction rules Parameters form the trx resulted from MSTEST.exe thanks Udi ...Show All

• Jason Wall Auto-Save of Manual Test Results in Beta2?

  I am using VSTT Beta2 and I have couple of Manual Tests defined. When I run the tests they run alright, but after I close the project I do not see any auto-saved *.trx files. Although the documentation from [ ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VSENT.v80.en/dv_vsetlt01/html/043df693-8af2-4a85-b4ba-876446057a82.htm ] states "Visual Studio Team Test automatically saves test results to your computer's hard disk when you run tests. " So wher ...Show All