TFS TF237055: You cannot destroy a work item type that is being used.

Removing Existing Work Item Types To remove an existing Work Item Type (WIT) you must modify the Category template to exclude the WIT in order to avoid receiving an error when attempting to delete. Error Unable to destroy work item type Test Case TF237055: You cannot destroy a work item type that is being used. Verify that the work item type is not being used in any categories. Operation failed.  …

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TF31002 : Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server

Connecting to TFS 2010 from Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 This issue occurs when using Visual Studio 2005 or VS 2008 without the compatibility update installed.  If you already installed the compatibility update then its possible that the URL used is incorrect. Verify that the URL for TFS meets the following format http://YOURTFS:8080/tfs  . If you have not installed the update you will need to do so in the specific order below. ERROR: TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server: tfs2010.…

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REVIEW: Professional Team Foundation Server 2010 Ed Blankenship, Martin Woodward, Grant Holliday, Brian Keller

Product Description Authoritative guide to TFS 2010 from a dream team of Microsoft insiders and MVPs!Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) has evolved until it is now an essential tool for Microsoft?s Application Lifestyle Management suite of productivity tools, enabling collaboration within and among software development teams. By 2011, TFS will replace Microsoft?s leading source control system, VisualSourceSafe, resulting in an even greater demand for information about it. Professional Team Foundation Server 2010, written by an accomplished team of…

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Learning Visual C# 2008 How To Program Part 1

  Visual C# 2008 How to Program, 3rd Edition By Paul Deitel Published Sep 18, 2008 by Prentice Hall. Part of the Pearson Custom Computer Science series. Copyright 2009 Dimensions: 7″ x 9-1/8″ Pages: 1600 Edition: 3rd Book ISBN-10: 0-13-605322-X ISBN-13: 978-0-13-605322-4 [info_box] In order to learn Visual C# I chose the book recommended in school called Visual C# 2008 How To Program.  I learn through experience and excellent notes!  This will allow me to update this blog and track…

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How to Build a Website

Some would love to have their own website but have no idea on where to start, or feel the information is not detailed enough to allow them to create it independently. I will try to make this post short but sweet enough to help anyone get started with a site in a very short amount of time. If you want definitions and a good understanding of the working parts this will not cut it, however this will get you up…

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