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Leveraging MSBuild’s BuildInParallel (with caution)


UPDATE: 12 April 2011 – added /nodeReuse info. A few months ago I wrote a blog post on Running Targets in Parallel in MSBuild. This presented a simple sample which illustrated how to run a target in parallel over some

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TFS Iteration Automation


I like just about any title with ‘automation’ in it, so I’m pleased to share the start of another Visual Studio ALM Rangers project which we are calling TFS Iteration Automation. Willy-Peter Schaub has posted an introduction to it on

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Community TFS Build Extensions – Alpha 1.0.0.0


We’ve just pushed out the first alpha release of this project. This release contains signed assemblies and a CHM file. Effort is now going into improving the documentation. Note the help on the Guid activity, we plan to provide Actions

Posted in Automation, Programming, Team Foundation Server

WMI Code Creator


It’s not new, but what a fantastic tool! “The WMI Code Creator tool allows you to generate VBScript, C#, and VB .NET code that uses WMI to complete a management task such as querying for management data, executing a method

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Windows PowerShell 1.0 DeskSheet


The WPS documentation pack comes with a Windows PowerShell Language Quick Reference in the form of ‘a handy, one-page foldable guide’. It’s a great guide, but the format didn’t suite me so I’ve summarised the Quick Reference into a DeskSheet.

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