Tfs 2010 introduces a lot of news for the Build System, and now Tfs Build it is probably the best choice when you need to setup a Continuous Integration environment for your applications. One of the most powerful concept is the ability to use multiple Agents, and the use of Workflow Foundation 4.0 as the [...]

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Now that I’m able to deploy to a remote machine a web application thanks to a customized build workflow it is time to move to a real scenario. I’ve blogged about two distinct tasks executing arbitrary code with a tfs build deploy an application to a remote server with a custom tfs workflow Now I [...]

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It is time to connect together a couple of posts of mine, in the first I simply explained how to deploy a web application to a remote machine with the use of Beyondexec2, in another one I explained how to create a simple tfs build, that actually does not build anything, but execute a simple [...]

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When you deal with continuous integration, building source is just one part of the problem, you need to run test, calculate metrics, deploy on test server and so on. To orchestrate the execution of integration scripts you need an infrastructure that is capable of scheduling, logging, distribution of agent and a central point of manteniance, [...]

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In last post I explain how to run code coverage during a Tfs Build and I mentioned the fact that to run code coverage you need to have Visual Studio premium or ultimate in the build machine. But what happens when you have multiple configured test agent, and only some of them have VS installed? [...]

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