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Sunday, January 03, 2010 10:04 AM

Team Foundation Sidekicks for 2010 available

We are proud to announce Team Foundation Sidekicks for Beta 2 release candidate of Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2010. The release functionality is mainly identical to that of version 2.4 for 2005/2008, with the exception of the following: Permissions Sidekick : Sidekick is not available in this release (to be added back in 2010 RTM timeframe) Build Type editing (VS integration only): The feature is not available in this release Dynamic History support (VS integration only): the History...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:33 AM

Team Foundation Sidekicks 2.4 release

We are proud to announce new Team Foundation Sidekicks release . With this release we conclude support for Visual Studio/TFS 2005 & 2008; from now on any future releases will target VS/TFS 2010. Sidekicks version for 2010 (based on Beta 2 bits) may be expected by the end of 2009. The release 2.4 includes a relatively large number of bug fixes as well as couple of new features. Features Labels Sidekick : Support filtering by file extension in Labels Comparison window Code Review Sidekick : Check...
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Friday, October 03, 2008 11:10 AM

Code Review Sidekick in action

Right after writing post about using Code Review Sidekick I came across a post by Carel Lotz , that describes how Code Review Sidekick can be used for code review in context of Scrum software development process: “ … a code review process that suited our development team as well as the Team Foundation Server toolset and the Conchango SCRUM for Team System process template we are using. This post details what process and tooling we came up with. ” If you looking for ideas on how to implement code...
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Friday, October 03, 2008 10:58 AM

Reviewing changes with Code Review Sidekick

In version 2.0 of Team Foundation Sidekicks we have first introduced Code Review Sidekick; today, I am going to explain in some detail the usage we had in mind while developing the tool. The name of the tool hints on usefulness in code review; however, since everybody has different code review process some extra explanation is required. Let’s start with review of the files, based on changesets committed to source control repository. When you invoke Code Review Sidekick from Source Control Explorer...
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Monday, August 04, 2008 2:08 AM

Team Foundation Sidekicks 2.2 is released (and with a new Sidekick too)!

I am very proud to announce new Team Foundation Sidekicks release . In addition to numerous bug fixes and improvements, version 2.2 contains all new Permission Sidekick. Let me start with minor changes and then present new Sidekicks family member. Features Code Review Sidekick : Added work item association indication in changesets for review list (those associated with at least one WI, will have * next to changeset ID) Code Review Sidekick : Allow to compare version of file in view with previous...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:44 AM

Source Analysis For C# Checkin Policy

I guess by now everybody has heard about the release of Microsoft Source Analysis For C# . Though this blog usually dedicated to Sidekicks, I thought I'd pass this one (may be we could call it Source Analysis Sidekick Checkin Policy for that puprose :). The excerpt from the post on my personal blog follows: "...here is Source Analysis For C# Checkin policy (that uses Microsoft Source Analysis engine released several days ago to perform actual analysis). You can get either MSI installer or...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 8:11 AM

Get Team Foundation Sidekicks 2.1!

Only three months after release of version 2.0 , we made available the next version of Team Foundation Sidekicks. And even though it is labeled 2.1 it contains lots of bug fixes and some important features. Features Code Review Sidekick: code review by work item is available (selecting changesets through associated work items) Code Review Sidekick: list of associated work items is available for changesets reviewed Code Review Sidekick: filtering of items revisions list by user or file name is available...
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:05 AM

Team Foundation Sidekicks in a nutshell

For a short survey of functionality available in Team Foundation Sidekicks 2.0 , check out March edition of TFS Times newsletter online (or if you prefer it in PDF, download it here ).
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Monday, January 14, 2008 6:36 AM

Team Foundation Sidekicks 2.0 released

As a first news of year 2008, I am proud to announce the availability of Team Foundation Sidekicks 2.0 . This version introduces a number of bug fixes, new Code Review Sidekick and Visual Studio integration package, providing integration for a number of features into VS. And in this version, Sidekicks now support both Team Foundation Server 2005 and 2008 (and VS 2005/2008 for VS integration package). The installation contains all required files to install stand-alone application (for TFS 2005 or...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007 3:43 PM

Team Foundation Sidekicks 1.3.3 is here

The version 1.3.3 of Team Foundation Sidekicks is available. The version contains the following bug fixes: BUGFIX: When several labels are viewed in Labels Sidekick, the labeled items list might contain irrelevant items BUGFIX: Labels tab in History Sidekick does not show changesets BUGFIX: When comparing items in Merge Candidates tab in History Sidekick, the diff utility window is displayed twice BUGFIX: When deleting shelvesets in Shelveset Sidekick, wrong shelveset may be deleted The bug fixes...
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Saturday, July 07, 2007 1:04 AM

Team Foundation Sidekicks service release 1.3.2 is available

The version 1.3.2 of Sidekicks was just released. The changes mostly relate to Labels Sidekick: BUGFIX: When comparing label and the latest version the comparison window was always empty It is now possible to sort list of labeled items in label properties It is possible to filter list of items in labels comparison to view only different items It is possible to save lists form label comparison window to CSV file If you are using Labels Sidekick, upgrade to a new version is highly recommended. The...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:42 AM

New Shelveset Sidekick is released!

Version 1.3 of Team Foundations Sidekicks is released and available for download here . This release includes (in addition to four Sidekicks available in 1.2.2) new Shelveset Sidekick providing the following features: View shelvesets filtered by shelveset name, creator name (user may be selected from list of valid users)and shelveset modification dates range Delete shelvesets View selected shelveset properties View version control items (files or folders) shelved in selected shelveset View contents...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:20 AM

Team Foundation Sidekicks 1.2.2 service release is available

Version 1.2.2 of Team Foundation Sidekicks is released and available for download here . The version contains several bug fixes and addresses major issue with the application performance in TFS environment with large number of users. It was reported that in such environments the time elapsed before any Sidekick screen is opened may be very significant (up to several minutes). In version 1.2.2, Sidekicks application makes available three users retrieval options (available through "Tools->Options...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:31 AM

Team Foundation Sidekicks 1.2 fix for 64-bit

Thanks to users vigilance the bug with Team Foundation Sidekicks v 1.2 in 64-bit environment was identified; currently it is fixed and the updated version is available for download . Great thanks to Robert Beaubien, Paul Hester and Richard Berg. Additionally, several users complained of the application performance being unsatisfactory in environments with large numbers of TFS users. The problem is being solved and the fix for that issue will be released shortly. Stay tuned!
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Friday, January 05, 2007 7:25 AM

TFS Labels made easy with Labels Sidekick

The latest release of Team Foundation Sidekicks application includes brand new tool, Labels Sidekick. The current post explores functionality bundled in that tool and how it may help you in working with TFS labels. Main screen of Sidekicks consists of two panes (in manner similar to other Sidekicks UI). Left pane allows one to specify set of criteria and search labels according to the criteria specified. The labels are searchable by the following criteria: Label name (name may include wildcards ...
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