[#TFS2012] HowTo: Planning a Team Foundation Server 2012 deploy


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Buenas,

When you have to install a collaboration with Team Foundation Server environment, questions always arise as

  • TFS version should I install?
  • I reached with a Single Server installation, or should I separate data server and application layer?
  • Do I need Sharepoint?, or Reporting Services?
  • How can I measure the hardware in each layer?
  • I believe one or more dedicated servers build?

In addition to these questions, it is time to start to define a strategy for the Organization of Team Projects, here the questions are style

  • I think a single Team Project Collection for the entire organization?
  • I think different PCTs? for example, separating into functional areas
  • If I remove the PCTs, do I organize how modules common to all areas?
  • If I leave a single TPC would how to assure the isolation of the code between different Team Projects?

Starting with these schemes can be something that consume you time and do not have a simple answer. It is more or less like wonder what must now do the Barcelona to be able to recover the quality of previous years (already more than one club would like to have “the crisis” the Barza, ending one of the 4 best clubs of Europe and the League of Spain in the Pocket)

As well, as the Barza is it can ask Pep; and the Team Foundation Server can see it in the Guide Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Planning Guide in CodePlex . This guide contains a series of recommendations for the installation and organization of a TFS2012-based environment, ranging from Hardware requirements to the organization suggested for environments of test, training, etc. As always a picture is worth more than 1001 words.

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Download: http://vsarplanningguide.codeplex.com/

 

Saludos @ Home

El Bruno

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[#TFS2012] HowTo: Planear un deploy de Team Foundation Server 2012 (casi tan complicado como reflotar al Barza ;)


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Buenas,

cuando tienes que instalar un entorno de colaboración con Team Foundation Server, siempre surgen dudas como

  • ¿Qué versión de TFS debo instalar?
  • ¿Me alcanza con una instalación Single Server, o debo separar servidor de datos y capa de aplicación?
  • ¿Necesito Sharepoint?, ¿o Reporting Services?
  • ¿Cómo debo dimensionar el hardware en cada capa?
  • ¿Creo uno o varios servidores dedicados de Build?

Además de estas preguntas, llega el momento de comenzar a definir una estrategia para la organización de Team Projects, aquí las preguntas son del estilo

  • ¿Creo un único Team Project Collection para toda la organización?
  • ¿Creo diferentes TPCs? separando por ejemplo, en áreas funcionales
  • Si separo los TPCs, ¿cómo organizo los módulos comunes a todas las áreas?
  • Si dejo un único TPC, ¿cómo aseguro el aislamiento del código entre diferentes Team Projects?

Comenzar con estos planteos puede ser algo que te consuma tiempo y que no tenga una respuesta simple. Es mas o menos como preguntarse qué debe hacer ahora el Barcelona para poder recuperar la calidad de años anteriores (ya más de un club quisiera tener “la crisis” del Barza, terminando entre uno de los 4 mejores clubes de Europa y con la liga de España en el bolsillo)

Pues bien, lo del Barza se lo podemos preguntar a Pep; y lo de Team Foundation Server lo podemos ver en la guía Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Planning Guide en CodePlex. Esta guía contiene una serie de recomendaciones para la instalación y organización de un entorno basado en TFS2012, que van desde los requerimientos de Hardware hasta la organización sugerida para entornos de test, training, etc. Como siempre una imagen vale más que 1001 palabras.

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Download: http://vsarplanningguide.codeplex.com/

Saludos @ Home

El Bruno

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[#NETMF] .Net Gadgeteer ahora con soporte para #VS2012


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Buenas

notición para cerrar el fin de semana desde el hotel del juguete en IBI:

Por fin .Net Gadgeteer está soportado en Visual Studio 2012.

Hasta ahora, el DSL para el diseño y programación de aplicaciones con .Net Gadgeteer solo se podía hacer con Visual Studio 2010. Ahora con el release 2.42.700 ya tenemos soporte para Visual Studio 2012. Eso sí, hay que utilizar .Net Micro Framework 4.3, lo que significa que tengo que actualizar mi micro de pruebas. Espero no quedarme con un ladrillo, en cuanto lo haga, pues un post sobre como se hace (:

Por cierto, ya conté alguna vez que todo .Net Gadgeteer es Open Source?

 

Download: https://gadgeteer.codeplex.com/releases/view/105366

Saludos @ IBI

El Bruno

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[#TFS] TFS Community Branhing Tool: Herramienta para automatizar la creación de Branches


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Buenas,

el crack de Mattias Skold ha publicado en CodePlex y en la Visual Studio Gallery, una extensión para Visual Studio que nos permite crear automáticamente un esquema de ramas basado en las guías de Branhing y Merging de los ALM Rangers. La verdad que después de tanto evangelizar al respecto, creo que esta es la solución Guiño

Tfs Community Branch Tool

 

Descarga: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/ce9651af-671c-4148-987f-a91820646031?SRC=Home 

Saludos @ Home

El Bruno

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[#KINECT] The Source Code of Kinect Toolkit available at Codeplex


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Buenas,

while Seattle boys finish cooking the next big release of KinectSdk, will be releasing some things so that we do not lose interest, as for example the many example of the ToolKit source code inCodePlex . It can be downloaded from here and you can find with:

ample

C#

C++

VB

WPF

DirectX

Additional information

Audio Basics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Available in 1.6.0

Audio Capture Raw

Not

Yes

Not

Not

Not

 Available in 1.6.0

Audio Explorer

Not

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Basic Interactions

Yes

Not

Not

Not

Not

 Available in 1.6.0

Color Basics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Depth Basics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Depth

Not

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

With Color depth

Not

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Face Tracking

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

Not

Available in 1.6.0, Require Face Tracking

Face Tracking Basics

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

Not

Available in 1.6.0, Require Face Tracking

Face Tracking Visualization

Not

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

Available in 1.6.0, Require Face Tracking

Green Screen

Yes

Yes

Not

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Infrared Basics

Yes

Yes

Not

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Kinect Explorer

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

Not

 Available in 1.6.0

Shape Game

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

Not

 Available in 1.6.0

Skeletal Viewer

Not

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Skeleton Basics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Slideshow Gestures

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

Not

 Available in 1.6.0

Speech Basics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Tic Tac Toe

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

Not

 Available in 1.6.0

D3D WPF Interop

Yes

Yes

Not

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

XNA Basics

Yes

Not

Not

Yes

Not

Available in 1.6.0 requires XNA

By the way have you seen that cool app we use in in the MWC2013 to show something of Kinect, you can see here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151362154289601

Homepage, download and others: http://kinectforwindows.codeplex.com/

Saludos @ La Finca

El Bruno

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[#KINECT] El Source Code de Kinect Toolkit disponible en Codeplex


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Buenas,

mientras los chicos de Seattle terminar de cocinar el próximo gran release de KinectSdk, van liberando algunas cosillas para que no perdamos interés, como por ejemplo el código fuente de muchos ejemplo del ToolKit en CodePlex. El mismo se puede descargar desde aquí y te podes encontrar con:

Sample

C#

C++

VB

WPF

DirectX

Additional information

Audio Basics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Available in 1.6.0

Audio Capture Raw

No

Yes

No

No

No

 Available in 1.6.0

Audio Explorer

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Basic Interactions

Yes

No

No

No

No

 Available in 1.6.0

Color Basics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Depth Basics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Depth

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Depth with Color

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Face Tracking

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Available in 1.6.0, Require Face Tracking

Face Tracking Basics

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Available in 1.6.0, Require Face Tracking

Face Tracking Visualization

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Available in 1.6.0, Require Face Tracking

Green Screen

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Infrared Basics

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Kinect Explorer

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

 Available in 1.6.0

Shape Game

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

 Available in 1.6.0

Skeletal Viewer

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Skeleton Basics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Slideshow Gestures

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

 Available in 1.6.0

Speech Basics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

Tic Tac Toe

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

 Available in 1.6.0

WPF D3D Interop

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

 Available in 1.6.0

XNA Basics

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Available in 1.6.0 Require  XNA

Por cierto has visto que guay la app que utilizamos en en el MWC2013 para mostrar algo de Kinect, la podes ver aquí: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151362154289601

Homepage, descarga y otros: http://kinectforwindows.codeplex.com/

Saludos @ Home

El Bruno

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[#TFS2012] Creating a demo environment of #TFS2012 in a few seconds


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Buenas,

thanks to the friend Edu, I see that the PAL Tarun Arora also Avanade has been and has created an app that us allows to initialize a Team Project iterations, user settings, and several little things more in a few seconds. The interesting thing is that we can also simulate historical workitems for information in graphics as the Burndown chart.

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Tarun Arora explains it step by step in this post and if you want you can download the app from CodePlex from here .

Download: http://tfsdemosetup.codeplex.com/

Saludos @ MWC2013 en Barcelona

El Bruno

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[#TFS2012] Creando un entorno de demo de #TFS2012 en segundos


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Buenas,

gracias al amigo Edu, veo que el compi Tarun Arora también de Avanade se ha puesto y ha creado una app que nos pemite inicializar un Team Project con iteraciones, settings de usuarios y varias cosillas más en pocos segundos. Lo más interesante es que además podemos simular el histórico de workitems para tener información en gráficos como el Burndown chart.

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Tarun Arora te lo explica paso a paso en este post y si quieres puedes descargar la app desde codeplex desde aquí.

Decarga: http://tfsdemosetup.codeplex.com/

Saludos @ MWC en Barcelona

El Bruno

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[#TFS2012] TFS + GIT, yes is already here, dudes!


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Buenas,

24 hours, only 24 hours have passed since I wrote my post on the release of Update 2 for TFS2012 that would give support to GIT and already are references and questions from all sides. From a coworker who tells me that they are about to liquidate all your balance of internet via Github up some fellow high school of Argentina which asks me to:

What sorcho is that ?” GIT ?‘. ‘

Go to GIT soup now see even in the gin and tonics . So let’s see some points that can be used for the combo VS2012 + GIT +…. the supplier you choose ;)

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  • What repository of ? Git do do you recommend?

If you are looking for a repository of Git where to keep your source code, GitHub is the best choice.

If want to have a collaborative environment, as Team Foundation Service is the best option to free up to 5 users, to more users you can evaluate CodePlex .

  • This is very much, your head hurts.

If you have inhaled more paint than you and your mind begins to rave with old episodes of Friends, sure you wonder: now TFS is a DVCS?

The answer is: not, melon! that TFS is a centralized system. What happens is that it would be stupid not to take advantage the benefits that brings a DVCS, so that a MIX of both forms of work has been done. Brian Harry explains it best here .

  • Is all this free?

If it’s free like the Sun in Sweden. Even it will be included in versions of TFS and Visual Studio Express.

  • From where do download me Update 2 CTP?

From here .

  • What can I find in the CTP 2 of Update 2?

For all this and more:

  1. Web-based Test Case Management
  2. Code Map Debugger Integration and Responsiveness Improvements
  3. TDD for Windows Phone Unit Tests
  4. Test Explorer group tests by Class
  5. Web based version control Explore and Compare
  6. Send work items in e-mail
  7. Email work items from backlogs
  8. Web version control Improvements
  9. New Team Explorer Connection dialog display multiple servers, PCTs and projects
  10. Advanced SharePoint 2010 Load Testing
  11. Team Foundation Server Work Item Tagging
  12. Extended cross browser support in Coded UI Testing
  13. Microsoft SharePoint 2013 support in Coded UI Testing
  14. Test Explorer test details improvements for Coded UI Tests
  15. Improvements in Windows Store Applications Unit Testing
  16. Test Explorer test playlists
  17. Symbol Loading improvements for IntelliTrace and Profiler
  18. While not technically part of Update 2: Git as version control on Team Foundation Service

Because you already have enough to play and read for all the weekend, isn’t it?

Download:

References: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/01/30/git-init-vs.aspx

Saludos @ Home

El Bruno

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[#TFS2012] Add #Skype as a new IM provider in in Team Explorer


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Buenas,

some time ago I commented about how the Power Tools for TFS 2012 gave us a natural integration with MSN Messenger and LYNC within Team Explorer. The Team Members section we can see something similar to the following image.

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When we see the providers, in my case we can see that I’m working with Lync and without MSN Messenger.

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Now well, as we all know our friend MSN Messenger has its days numbered, and the future is LYNC. Luckily our friend Nico has updated their extension to the power tools and has included the final version of Skype therein. It can be downloaded from http://tfscollab.codeplex.com/ and once you launch the installer:

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You can see that at the time of access to Team Members, Skype is requesting authorization to be able to integrate with Team Explorer.

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Once given permission, we can already see at SKYPE as one supplier.

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Simply great! Risa

PD: If you encounter this error when Team Explorer to access, is likely my that it is because one of the executables 2 is running with administrator permissions: or Skype or VS2012.

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Saludos @ Home

El Bruno

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