RE: Upgrading TFS 2008 to TFS 2012

2013-06-16 Thread Brendan Tierney 
Thanks Clint. Did you install TFS on server 2008 or server 2012?

Regards,
Brendan Tierney
Director - Tier One Logic Pty Ltd
M: 0423 782 930 T: 07 5514 6231
PO Box 6243 Gold Coast Mail Centre QLD 9729

From: cl...@virid.com.au
To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com
Subject: RE: Upgrading TFS 2008 to TFS 2012
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:10:46 +









The initial upgrade process (migration) was pretty smooth for me when I did it 
recently, but I had a lot of issues down the track.

 
Some of the point of hand we had included
 
- 
 Issue in the process template were nothing would list in the assigned to 
field, had to manually edit the work item templates, this may have been
 due to the template coming initially from tfs 2005 (we had upgraded once 
before)
- 
The build agent couldn’t be installed on XP, and I had existing build servers 
for building vb6 assets. Had to move to win7, and get vb6 working there,
 which is not trivial
- 
I upgraded away from the xml based build process, to the new workflow build 
process, has issues replicating some custom build activities needed for
 my vb6 assets. Had to compromise on a couple points there.
 
 
Can’t think of anything else right now, it’s been a slow gradual process for 
me, done in-between other tasks.
 

Thanks
Clint Colefax

 


From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Brendan Tierney

Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 9:49 AM

To: ozDotNet

Subject: Upgrading TFS 2008 to TFS 2012


 

G'day Folks,

 


I am researching what is required to upgrade / migrate TFS 2008 to TFS 2012. I 
note that TFS 2012 can only be installed on a 64 bit OS , so if you are on a 32 
bit OS  you cannot do an in-place
 upgrade, you need to migrate.


 


This is for a local government authority, and there is a mix of project types 
in the current TFS 2008 repository from WPF, ASP.Net, Wiforms, VB.NET C#, 
VS2005, VS2008, and VS2010 format.


 


I am wanting to find out if anyone else has gone down this path and what the 
experience has been like.


 


Regards,

Brendan Tierney

M: 0423 782 930 T: 07 5514 6231

PO Box 6243 Gold Coast Mail Centre QLD 9729

RE: Upgrading TFS 2008 to TFS 2012

2013-06-16 Thread Clint Colefax 
The initial upgrade process (migration) was pretty smooth for me when I did it 
recently, but I had a lot of issues down the track.

Some of the point of hand we had included


-   Issue in the process template were nothing would list in the 
assigned to field, had to manually edit the work item templates, this may have 
been due to the template coming initially from tfs 2005 (we had upgraded once 
before)

-  The build agent couldn't be installed on XP, and I had existing 
build servers for building vb6 assets. Had to move to win7, and get vb6 working 
there, which is not trivial

-  I upgraded away from the xml based build process, to the new 
workflow build process, has issues replicating some custom build activities 
needed for my vb6 assets. Had to compromise on a couple points there.


Can't think of anything else right now, it's been a slow gradual process for 
me, done in-between other tasks.

Thanks
Clint Colefax

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On 
Behalf Of Brendan Tierney
Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 9:49 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Upgrading TFS 2008 to TFS 2012

G'day Folks,

I am researching what is required to upgrade / migrate TFS 2008 to TFS 2012. I 
note that TFS 2012 can only be installed on a 64 bit OS , so if you are on a 32 
bit OS  you cannot do an in-place upgrade, you need to migrate.

This is for a local government authority, and there is a mix of project types 
in the current TFS 2008 repository from WPF, ASP.Net, Wiforms, VB.NET C#, 
VS2005, VS2008, and VS2010 format.

I am wanting to find out if anyone else has gone down this path and what the 
experience has been like.

Regards,
Brendan Tierney
M: 0423 782 930 T: 07 5514 6231
PO Box 6243 Gold Coast Mail Centre QLD 9729


From: g...@greglow.com
To: y...@yannduran.com; 
ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com
Subject: RE: Website title bar image
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:49:02 +1000
Thanks Michael & Yann,

I've added one. It's a real challenge to try to have something that looks good 
in that resolution though.

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low

1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com

From: Yann Duran [mailto:y...@yannduran.com]
Sent: Friday, 12 April 2013 7:01 PM
To: Greg Low; ozDotNet
Subject: RE: Website title bar image

Hi Greg,

It's called a favicon.

Yann

From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com 
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (GregLow.com)
Sent: Friday, 12 April 2013 6:30 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: Website title bar image

Hi Folks,

What property on a website is used to configure this icon:

[cid:image001.png@01CE6B6C.D696F360]

[cid:image002.png@01CE6B6C.D696F360]

Regards,

Greg

Dr Greg Low
CEO and Principal Mentor
SQL Down Under
SQL Server MVP and Microsoft Regional Director
1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax
Web: www.sqldownunder.com


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Re: VS2012 hacks

2013-06-16 Thread mike smith 
I don't get Apple design.  How could the designers of OSX have come up with
a dog like iOS?

Mike

On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Scott Barnes wrote:

> VS2012 design could have been worse.. Apple could have designed it :)
>
> http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/780667831.jpg?1371031013
>
>
> ---
> Regards,
> Scott Barnes
> http://www.riagenic.com
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Ian Thomas wrote:
>
>> Greg, Greg – I put it down to the UIX guru / fiend that obviously exerted
>> great influence over the PMs and higher-ups in Microsoft. 
>>
>> I can’t stand Office 2013 – I appreciate some features, but find some of
>> the behaviours and the UI itself just counter-productive (ie, anti my
>> productivity). I don’t think I am resistant to change. I removed it, in
>> favour of Office 2010 (incidentally, I never used Office2007 and took to
>> the ribbon OK). 
>>
>> There is another VS2012 hack that I omitted – NiceVS. It overlaps with
>> one of the other hacks that I listed. 
>>
>> NiceVS
>>
>>
>> http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a36021f0-770a-4258-854e-724e9d12b8a6
>> 
>>
>> I hate to have to do these things. 
>> --
>>
>> **Ian Thomas**
>> Victoria Park, Western Australia
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh
>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:30 AM
>>
>> *To:* ozDotNet
>> *Subject:* Re: VS2012 hacks
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Ian (et al), I have also taken a lot of steps recently to restore
>> old colours and behaviour to recent Microsoft product releases. I don't
>> normally do that. We all expect complaints when new versions of products
>> are released, but in my experience the noise quickly drops away and people
>> just accept the changes and run with them. However, the amount of stubborn
>> resistance recently has been quite startling. Why is this happening?
>>
>>  
>>
>> Microsoft is dragging us all along with it on some sort of global style
>> change where there is less chrome, fewer borders, less saturated colour,
>> fewer lines, etc. Now I can honestly understand this because the eye and
>> brain work better with less clutter, but it all seems to have gone too far
>> (remember the first preview of Visual Studio 2012 that looked like a
>> charcoal etching?). Is there some department or research within Microsoft
>> that is driving this trend? Do they explain their reasoning? Where did they
>> recruit the drugged gibbons they put through the usability testing?
>>
>>  
>>
>> And then there's Windows 8 ...
>>
>>  
>>
>> Greg
>>
>
>


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Re: VS2012 hacks

2013-06-16 Thread mike smith 
THanks for all these.

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Ian Thomas  wrote:

> More
>
> ** **
>
> Visual Studio Icon Patcher
>
> http://vsip.codeplex.com/ 
>
> ** **
>
> Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor
>
>
> http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/366ad100-0003-4c9a-81a8-337d4e7ace05
> 
>
> ** **
>
> Visual Studio 2012 Color Theme Editor  (Channel9 video)
>
>
> http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Visual-Studio-2012-Color-Theme-Editor
> 
>
> ** **
>
> VSCommands for Visual Studio 2012
>
>
> http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a83505c6-77b3-44a6-b53b-73d77cba84c8
> 
>
> ** **
>
> How To Prevent Visual Studio 2012 ALL CAPS Menus! 
>
>
> http://www.richard-banks.org/2012/06/how-to-prevent-visual-studio-2012-all.html
> 
>
> ** **
>
> (it would be nice to be able revert Office2013 themes to something
> attractive – instead., I have reverted it totally to Office2010)
>
> ** **
> --
>
> **Ian Thomas**
> Victoria Park, Western Australia
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:
> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Ian Thomas
> *Sent:* Monday, June 10, 2013 9:52 PM
> *To:* ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com
> *Subject:* VS2012 hacks
>
> ** **
>
> I’m discovering some hints on getting VS2012 to look half-decent again –
> starting with getting rid of the ALL CAPS menu headings
>
> ** **
>
> How To Prevent Visual Studio 2012 ALL CAPS Menus!
>
>
> http://www.richard-banks.org/2012/06/how-to-prevent-visual-studio-2012-all.html
> 
>
> ** **
> --
>
> **Ian Thomas**
> Victoria Park, Western Australia
>



-- 
Meski

 http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv

"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure,
you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills

Re: VS2012 hacks

2013-06-16 Thread mike smith 
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Greg Keogh  wrote:

> Ian (et al), I have also taken a lot of steps recently to restore
> old colours and behaviour to recent Microsoft product releases. I don't
> normally do that. We all expect complaints when new versions of products
> are released, but in my experience the noise quickly drops away and people
> just accept the changes and run with them. However, the amount of stubborn
> resistance recently has been quite startling. Why is this happening?
>
> Microsoft is dragging us all along with it on some sort of global style
> change where there is less chrome, fewer borders, less saturated colour,
> fewer lines, etc. Now I can honestly understand this because the eye and
> brain work better with less clutter, but it all seems to have gone too far
> (remember the first preview of Visual Studio 2012 that looked like a
> charcoal etching?). Is there some department or research within Microsoft
> that is driving this trend? Do they explain their reasoning? Where did they
> recruit the drugged gibbons they put through the usability testing?
>

One suspects that they are using an animal that has monochrome vision.  A
dog?


>
> And then there's Windows 8 ...
>
>

I'm going to sleep thru that and wait on 8.1 - after all, it is a .0
product...

-- 
Meski

 http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv

"Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure,
you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills