How to change build notification polling interval

by XDK 29. January 2014 08:39

Solution:

You can override the polling interval by modifying the value in the windows registry. 

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\TeamFoundation\Build\BuildNotification\Subscriptions]

(REG_SZ) PollingInterval = "00:02:00"

By default, polling interval is set to "00:02:30" or 2.5 minutes. Modifying this value will result in increased load on your TFS server

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Team Build

How to uninstall Visual Studio 2012?

by XDK 29. January 2014 06:28

Solution:

vs_ultimate.exe /uninstall /force

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Visual Studio 2012

How to trigger multiple build definition from a master build definition?

by XDK 21. January 2014 17:48

Solution:

The attached TFS build workflow (.XAML) can be used to trigger multiple build definition from a master build definition. Basically you can sequence multiple build definitions in one master build definition

TFSChainBuildTemplate.11.xaml (14.00 kb)

Reference

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Team Build

Clearing the default credentials cache for connecting to a Team Foundation Server

by XDK 8. January 2014 12:08

Explanation:

Visual Studio/Team Explorer/MTM remembers your last credentials, So that you need not enter the login credentials everytime you connect to TFS. This will be a problem when you try to login as a different user.

Solution:

Perform the following steps to clear the credentials cache

  • Goto windows control panel --> "User Accounts" --> "Manage your credentials" 
  • Search for your TFS url in the list --> Expand the TFS url credentials in the list
  • click "Remove from vault" button 

  

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Azure DevOps on-premises

Test Plan/Suite Management through TFS 2013 web access

by XDK 8. January 2014 10:14

Explanation:

You can now add Test Plan and Suite Management to the list of testing features available in Web Access.

Following are the tasks that can be done using web access

  • Create a test plan
  • Add/Create a test suite,static test suite and query-based test suite  
  • Add/Create test cases and Shared steps
  • test case execution
  • Status check after test case execution
  • Change the steps during execution

The differences between the local MTM and Web access is in the collection of diagnostic data (video, screenshots, IntelliTraace, code coverage). The collection of this data is only supported on a locally installed MTM

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MTM | TFS 2013 | Visual Studio 2013

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