March 25, 2011 – VS/TFS Links and Quick Hits

Friday returns! On with the links…

Customize Team Build 2010 Series from Ewald Hofman
This is an older item that I’ve never linked to and that definitely deserves your attention. Ewald has written an awesome 15-part series on customizing Team Build 2010 that will help you get going with Team Build 2010 basics, Windows Workflow, and other build components by solving common problems. Specifics include updating assembly versions, creating custom workflow activities, and executing PowerShell scripts. Hat tip to Eran Ruso for the link.

Architecture Guidance – A Glimpse of What is Imminent from Willy-Peter Schaub
The ALM Rangers team is ramping up for the imminent release of the architectural guidance and this post provides us a video that provides a peek into some of the goodness is coming. Can’t. Wait. When it’s released, this is where you’ll find it.

Test and Lab Management Changes in Visual Studio Service Pack 1 Release from Amit Chatterjee
Amit has a nice post highlighting the new Test and Lab Management changes in Visual Studio Service Pack 1. Among the changes is support for Internet Explorer 9 with Fast Forward and Coded UI Tests.

Up to Eleven: Urban Turtle 3.10, Our 11th Release in 11 Months! from Urban Turtle
Urban Turtle continues to crank out the releases and live up to its reputation of agility with Urban Turtle 3.10. In 3.10, they’ve added improved support for Scrum for Team System v3, Team Configuration and Management, and many other improvements.