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TFS Lab Management VMs: “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.”
Have you seen this error before on you Team Foundation Server Lab Management virtual machines? “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.” You’ll probably see it on VMs that 1) are joined to a domain, 2) you don’t use very often, and 3) use Hyper-V snapshots (aka SCVMM “checkpoints”). In reality,…
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TFS Lab Management VMs: “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.”
Have you seen this error before on you Team Foundation Server Lab Management virtual machines? “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.” You’ll probably see it on VMs that 1) are joined to a domain, 2) you don’t use very often, and 3) use Hyper-V snapshots (aka SCVMM “checkpoints”). In reality,…
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Debugging Visual Studio Load Test Rig Problems
I was setting up a Visual Studio Load Test rig for a customer recently and we ran into a handful of problems related to Performance Monitor Counters. Here are a couple of the problems and their solutions. Problem #1: You run the load tests on the Load Test rig and you get an error that…
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How to Create Custom Performance Monitor (PerfMon) Counters
I’ve been helping a customer develop some Visual Studio 2010 Web Performance Tests and Load Tests for their application. Basically, they have an estimate in mind for how many simultaneous users they need to support and want to verify that they can actually handle this load. Their application is a Silverlight front-end that talks to…
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“How to be a C# ninja in 10 easy steps”: Slides & Code
I spoke at Microsoft DevBoston a few days ago and did my “How to be a C# ninja in 10 easy steps” talk. As promised, here are my slides and my code samples. Abstract: Are you new to C# and want to get awesome? Are you pretty good at C# and you want to raise…
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“How to be a C# ninja in 10 easy steps”: Slides & Code
I spoke at Microsoft DevBoston a few days ago and did my “How to be a C# ninja in 10 easy steps” talk. As promised, here are my slides and my code samples. Abstract: Are you new to C# and want to get awesome? Are you pretty good at C# and you want to raise…
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TFS2010’s Stories Overview Report: What are “Test Points”?
I was visiting a new customer yesterday who is thinking of adopting Team Foundation Server 2010. Amongst other things, they asked me for an overview of the SQL Server Reporting Services Reports –- specifically, which reports are good for Project Managers. My first thought was the Stories Overview report. The Stories Overview report (see Figure…
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TFS2010’s Stories Overview Report: What are “Test Points”?
I was visiting a new customer yesterday who is thinking of adopting Team Foundation Server 2010. Amongst other things, they asked me for an overview of the SQL Server Reporting Services Reports –- specifically, which reports are good for Project Managers. My first thought was the Stories Overview report. The Stories Overview report (see Figure…
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My slides and sample code from DevTeach Ottawa 2011
I just wrapped up my sessions at DevTeach Ottawa 2011. I gave the following two talks and, as promised, here are my slides and sample code. Too Slow: Use VS2010 Profiling & Load Testing to Manage Performance Issues You thought you knew how to write fast code but your app just doesn’t perform. Massive servers…
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VSLive Redmond 2011 Slides and Sample Code for my Unit Testing & TFS2010 Build Sessions
I spoke at VSLive in Redmond, Washington last week and gave two talks: 1) “Team Foundation Server 2010 Builds: Understand, Configure, and Customize” and 2) “Design For Testability: Mocks, Stubs, Refactoring, and User Interfaces.” Here are the abstracts: Design for Testability: Mocks, Stubs, Refactoring, and User Interfaces You’re sold on unit testing. You’re even doing…
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