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  1. mspdbsrv.exe limits build scalability on NUMA architectures.

    Rework mspdbsrv to work more asynchronously, not to spawn so many threads. Or rework the whole mechanism that it might be spawned in each NUMA node. Optionally extract the functionality to dll and allow using it in process way.

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      0 comments  ·  Languages - C++  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • Add "View Namespaces" option to Class View

      Class View currently lists projects as the top-level organization, then organizes by namespace.

      Add a "View Namespaces" option, which would instead make namespaces the top-level organization. This way solutions spanning multiple assemblies could be navigated logically by namespace.

      Object Browser already has this ability, but it is a full window experience and includes types in referenced assemblies. Class View serves a different use case, and "View Namespaces" enhances that experience.

      5 votes
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        0 comments  ·  IDE  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • On long work item titles which overflow on board show a visual marker

        If there is a long title of a work item which does not fit on a stickie on the board it will not show a visual marker like "..." as a reminder there is more text in the title than is showed.

        On several other places in TFS this behaviour does seem to be in place. But still not on the work item titles on the board.

        17 votes
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          0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Make Visual Studio web and load test easier to create and analyse

          Creating tests.

          Want to have multiple load tests that monitor the same set of other computers and record the same counter sets. Would like to be able to add or modify computers and counter sets in one place and have all the load tests use the new settings.

          The window for managing load test results should be accessible from the main Visual Studio menus. At present it is only available by context menu or icons that are only shown with an open load test.

          Import, export and removal of load test results. These operations can take a long time. They…

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            1 comment  ·  Rangers Project  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • Supply ability to export-to-Excel all output data of TFS source control on-line "report" like: View history, compare, find changesets, find-

            Supply ability to export-to-Excel all output data of TFS source control on-line "report" like: View history, compare, find changesets, find-

            4 votes
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              0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • SQL Compact 4 work with for Linq to SQL

              Have SQL Compact 4 work with for with Linq to SQL without having to do hack your way to make it work

              19 votes
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                0 comments  ·  .NET  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • Provide an audit log of changes to TFS build configurations

                Currently there is no audit trail for TFS build configuration changes.

                Provide an audit UI for changes made to a TFS build definition. The target audience would be administrators who are tracking down changes in build behavior over time to changes in the build definition.

                The audit log should provide the following:
                * the timestamp of the change
                * something identifying the one who did the change
                * It would be nice to see a summary of changes.

                A rollback option would be even better and could be attached to the audit log (like it is for general TFS 2012…

                5 votes
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                  0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • Add reports for Business Value

                  We need to encourage teams to get the Product Owner to use the "Business Value" field.

                  1. Rename the current "Velocity" report to "Velocity for Effort"
                  2. Add a new report "Velocity for Business Value"

                  The 2 attachments show what I would like to see...

                  Adam
                  www.adamcogan.com

                  30 votes
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                    2 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • Enable azure publishing for builds using Git (Team Foundation Service)

                    We want to switch to Git for our TFS projects.

                    To do this we really need to option to deploy to Azure cloud services from a git-backed TFS project.

                    At the moment, we are having to publish builds manually from Visual Studio.

                    29 votes
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                      4 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • Support SASS plus Compass with built-in compilation

                      With VS 2012.2 support was added for LESS, but given that SASS is more feature-rich, I'd really like to see support for SASS (including Compass), including syntax highlighting, intellisense, and compilation.

                      14 votes
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                        0 comments  ·  Editor  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Is there any easy way to view the changeset number of source code present in each folder in Source Control Explorer ?

                        Is there any easy way to view the changeset number of source code present in each folder in Source Control Explorer ?

                        I can see only 5 columns in the Source control explorer "Name,pending chage,user,latest,last-chek-in" is there any way to add a new coloumn called "Changeset" ?

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                          1 comment  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • cc user in TFS

                          After user story is created, TFS should be able to assgin to more than one user.

                          22 votes
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                            0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Display properties of folders and documents in Team Explorer

                            In VS2010, in the Team Explorer view, you could right-click on a folder or document and see the properties of the folder/document, which included the path to the folder/document. This was immensely helpful and needs to be put back in the VS2012 Team Explorer view.

                            9 votes
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                              0 comments  ·  IDE  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • Allow ability to disable XML comment warning for auto-generated code files

                              I want the xml comment warnings for code generated by our developers, because it is in our coding standards to add xml documentation. However, we are using Coded UI, so there are many auto-generated code files included in our project, which clutters up the Error List (when treating warnings as errors) with thousands of errors we have no control over.

                              I want to be able to turn on the xml comment warnings in general, but disable the xml comment warnings for only code files that are auto-generated that we have no control over.

                              So, please add one of the following: …

                              7 votes
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                                0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • c# directly in Office

                                Office continues to use the dead language VBA for macros. Using the Roslyn project, it should be easier to allow C# to be written directly within Office. This would be a huge, huge improvement over having to write and maintain VBA macros.

                                VSTO and VSTA are a clunky solution at best, and deployment of Office apps using them is always an issue. Making Office natively support C# is the solution.

                                6 votes
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                                  1 comment  ·  Office/SharePoint  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • Git branches TFS work items

                                  Allow git users to associate commits and branches with Team foundation service work items. Right now there is no way to do this.

                                  11 votes
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                                    0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • Make Team Foundation Service use the user's Microsoft Account name and picture

                                    Today, Team Foundation Service supports sign in using Microsoft Account, but it requires you to upload a new Picture and define your name again instead of using what is already defined in the user's Microsoft Account.

                                    9 votes
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                                      0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • Button to filter the checked in / undo pending changes files to only current project files (Eclipse plugin)

                                      Any chance of adding to the eclipse plugin, the same button there is in Visual Studio (filter by solution button)?

                                      If added I think it would be best to add it in the same place and situation when it shows in Visual Studio. In Visual Studio, when I'm about to do any check in I see this:

                                      https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23242740/ScreenShots/2013-05-29%20Image_0002.png

                                      And when I click the button to filter by solution I see the list shrunk to only the files from the current solution like so:

                                      https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23242740/ScreenShots/2013-05-29%20Image_0003.png

                                      In Eclipse button I would love similar feature, that would filter the files depending on the…

                                      3 votes
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                                        1 comment  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                      • A new block statement conception

                                        It's a bit long but very easy to understand.
                                        The following block statements would have members as well as the objects:
                                        If
                                        Select
                                        While
                                        Do
                                        For
                                        For Each
                                        Try

                                        First of all, some simple examples...
                                        - the Exit and the Continue block-member-statements:
                                        For i = 0 To 99
                                            Select Case i
                                                Case x
                                                    For.Exit
                                                Case y
                                                    For.Continue
                                            End Select
                                        Next

                                        - an example to control the outer For loop:
                                        For i = 0 To 99
                                            For j = 0 To 99
                                                Select Case j
                                                    Case a
                                                        Select.For.For.Exit
                                                    Case b
                                                        Select.For.For.Continue
                                                End Select
                                            Next
                                        Next

                                        - same with short qualification:
                                        For…

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                                          2 comments  ·  Languages - Visual Basic  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                        • Syntax to check if a certain value is one of a list of values using the keyword "in".

                                          This is merely syntactic sugar. For example:
                                          if (val in [1, 2, 3])

                                          The compiler would translate that behind the scenes to:
                                          if (val == 1 || val == 2 || val == 3)

                                          I know I could create an array on the fly:
                                          if (new [] {1,2,3}.Contains(val))

                                          But I don't want to create an instance of an array and call a function. I think the compiler should be used to convert the "in" construct mentioned above to a list of OR'd conditionals for efficiency.

                                          14 votes
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                                            1 comment  ·  Languages - C#  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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