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2-Why and How to use IBuildDetailes and BuildDefinition?
Hi, In this episode I will talk about why and how to use IBuildDetailes and buildDefination object to get valuable information throught the build, this very important because IBuildDetailes give you...
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Don’t let your path exced 260 character with Team build
Today when I building my project on our team build server I face the following problem “Cannot evaluate the item metadata “%(FullPath)” the error because my path exced 260 character so be careful for...
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Code coverage with Team build and MVC or any web application
I just need to create a code coverage and display it with the team build but I face a problem when I follow the normal steps, so my question was why the code coverage doesn’t appear with the team...
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How to include minify files or custom files with web pagckage or MS Deploy...
Wow it was a large title any way, I suppose now to sit and finishing my proposal of my Mcs and if the Dr read this article she will tell me, What the hell you are doing?? you should finish your...
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Automate the best practice for check-in, including Get latest, deploy DB, Run...
To make sure that all my team members didn’t make any mistake when they check-in their pending change, I decide to write a best practice document that tell them what they have to do when they check-in...
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3-Team Build Activities part 1
Today I will start introduce some of the important activities in the Team build 2010 as the following picture So this process has 3 main steps as the following GetBuildDetail Activity This activity...
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Generate unit tests and run them with CI (Continuous integration) using Pex...
Continuous Integration + Microsoft Pex = Continuous Exploration By exploring our code with Microsoft Pex in our continuous integration, we will leverage the full power of automated test generation....
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How to fix the path can’t be more than 260 character error in TFS
I read a good article on how to do that, I just document this information, thanks Tarun Arora for pointing to this post and thanks scott.rudy To fix the long path you can create a drive on your...
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Configure IIS on Win 2008 R2 to work with ASP MVC and Web Deploy Video.
In this video I will configure IIS and Web Deployment on Win 2008 R2 so it can work with ASP MVC application and deployed with Web Deploy by remote administrator Thanks Filed under: ALL, MS Deploy,...
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New Features in Build Definition of Visual Studio 11 Beta
After I upgrade my build server 2010 to build service 11 beta, I just try the build definition and I found new features that give us more control over the build process. Queuing options. Drop Folder....
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Understanding Build Controller and Build Agent for TFS (Team Foundation Server)
In this post I will slightly explain the Build Controller and the Build Agent. The following is step-by-step video for the post. Build Service is a Windows Service that can only has on Build...
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Configuring Multiple TFS Build Controller on the Same Machine
In the previous post (Understanding Build Controller and Build Agent) we explain that we can’t install Build Controller on the same machine but there is a workaround and hack that we can use but this...
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Set Custom assemblies path for Host Build Service on the Cloud
This is very simple post, we know that custom assemblies or third party libraries must exist on the build server or checked into the source control and configure the build controller to point to them,...
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Fix Build-Deploy-Test workflow error, There are no test cases matching the...
You may face the following error while you running your Build-Deploy-Test workflow: Exception Message: There are no test cases matching the criteria specified. Use Microsoft Test Manager to view the...
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How to Call a batch file from TFS2013 Build?
I run into a situation which needed to run a batch file from TFS Build, this batch file downloads some files from a file server and I just needed to copy that files later during the same build process...
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How to get SystemRoot folder during TFS Build
Getting the System Root Directory during TFS Build was not straightforward as I thought, so I decide to share my experience on how to get that. I used InvokeMethod activity, in the Target Type I will...
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TFS Build Editors and Build Process Metadata
When we perform customization for build process, we may add some arguments that can be set by editing the build definition….. in some cases the string data type for an argument will be sufficient but...
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Creating and Deploying Web Package during TFS Build 2013
I have an old post that do the same concept with TFS 2010 but as usual there are some differences with TFS 2013:-) How to run remote deploy with MS Deploy I tried many ways from many blog posts, they...
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Versioning Assembly during TFS Build 2013
My fellows MVPs Colin Dembovsky and Ricci Gian Maria had great posts on doing Assembly Versioning, it doesn’t cover my case but they helped me very well. Thanks guys :-) First, It’s better to...
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Create a TFS Build Custom Activity to Read From File
I needed to create a Custom Activity that read from XML file and display the values on the Build log. It’s very easy and I will not re-write how to do the basic Custom Activity, but if you are not...
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