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From TechEd Houston 2014: “Using Functional, Exploratory and Acceptance Testing to Release with Confidence”
I spoke at Microsoft TechEd 2014 in Houston, TX last week. One of the talks I did was on using Team Foundation Server 2013 (TFS2013) and Microsoft Test Manager 2013 (MTM 2013) to test your software. Specifically, how do you perform your tests and track your testing efforts so that you know that your application…
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Team Foundation Server 2012 Illustrated Install Guide v1.0
I do a lot of Team Foundation Server installations and – well, they can be a little tricky. There are a lot of steps and, while they’re not that hard, you really have to pay attention to the steps. Over the years, I’ve found that it’s helpful to have a step-by-step guide with screenshots to…
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ALM with TFS 2012 Fundamentals at Pluralsight.com
My first online course for Pluralsight went live a few days ago. Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) with Team Foundation Server 2012 (TFS2012) Fundamentals. This is a first course in a multi-course series so keep your eyes open for more ALM courses in the near future! Here’s the course description: Team Foundation Server (TFS) is more…
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TFS2012 Lab Management & SCVMM 2012: Cannot access remotely & Error ID 1604
I’ve been working on installing Team Foundation Server 2012 (TFS2012) Lab Management with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (SCVMM2012). I ran into this bizarre problem where I could log in to SCVMM from the SCVMM console on the local machine but if I tried to access it from a different machine, I’d get an…
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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,…