<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Team Foundation Build Customization Guide</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/project/feeds/rss</link><description>Visual Studio ALM Rangers practical guidance for the customization and deployment of Team Foundation Build activities such as versioning and code signing.</description><item><title>Updated Release: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87995</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Alert&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-01 BRDLite Build Reference Template – Hotfix 1 has been posted&lt;/b&gt; See &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx"&gt;http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;Updates&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-25 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has been posted for BRDLite.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-27 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has an added note on the user account used in exercise 6.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-02-29 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-05-17 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;What is in the downloads?&lt;/h1&gt;The content is packaged in four (4) separate packages to give you the choice of selective downloads. The default download is the first of the listed packages: 
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guidance&lt;/b&gt; contains scenario based practical guidance, frequently asked questions and quick reference posters
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Selected PDF&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance and quick reference posters in PDF format only.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Complete&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance, quick reference posters and localization files.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hands-on Labs (HOL)&lt;/b&gt; which includes:
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;HOL documents that provide walkthroughs of the technology, based on the guidance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL Package&lt;/b&gt;, contains a HOL setup package, allowing you to setup the HOL in your own environment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRDLite&lt;/b&gt; Build Process Reference Template walk-through.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samples&lt;/b&gt; contains sample build process templates used by the team as part of the guidance.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos&lt;/b&gt; which showcase the guidance in quick 5-10min videos.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:48:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012) 20130306104846P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87995</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Alert&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-01 BRDLite Build Reference Template – Hotfix 1 has been posted&lt;/b&gt; See
&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx"&gt;
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Updates&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-25 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has been posted for BRDLite.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-27 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has an added note on the user account used in exercise 6.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-02-29 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-05-17 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;What is in the downloads?&lt;/h1&gt;
The content is packaged in four (4) separate packages to give you the choice of selective downloads. The default download is the first of the listed packages:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guidance&lt;/b&gt; contains scenario based practical guidance, frequently asked questions and quick reference posters
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Selected PDF&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance and quick reference posters in PDF format only.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Complete&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance, quick reference posters and localization files.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hands-on Labs (HOL)&lt;/b&gt; which includes:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;HOL documents that provide walkthroughs of the technology, based on the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL Package&lt;/b&gt;, contains a HOL setup package, allowing you to setup the HOL in your own environment
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRDLite&lt;/b&gt; Build Process Reference Template walk-through.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samples&lt;/b&gt; contains sample build process templates used by the team as part of the guidance.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos&lt;/b&gt; which showcase the guidance in quick 5-10min videos.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:48:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012) 20130306104846P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87992</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the  Build Customization Guide&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bugs
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:14:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012) 20130306101409P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87992</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Build Customization Guide&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bugs
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:14:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012) 20130306101409P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87995</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Alert&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-01 BRDLite Build Reference Template – Hotfix 1 has been posted&lt;/b&gt; See &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx"&gt;http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;Updates&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-25 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has been posted for BRDLite.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-27 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has an added note on the user account used in exercise 6.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-02-29 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-05-17 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;What is in the downloads?&lt;/h1&gt;The content is packaged in four (4) separate packages to give you the choice of selective downloads. The default download is the first of the listed packages: 
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guidance&lt;/b&gt; contains scenario based practical guidance, frequently asked questions and quick reference posters
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Selected PDF&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance and quick reference posters in PDF format only.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Complete&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance, quick reference posters and localization files.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hands-on Labs (HOL)&lt;/b&gt; which includes:
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;HOL documents that provide walkthroughs of the technology, based on the guidance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL Package&lt;/b&gt;, contains a HOL setup package, allowing you to setup the HOL in your own environment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRDLite&lt;/b&gt; Build Process Reference Template walk-through.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samples&lt;/b&gt; contains sample build process templates used by the team as part of the guidance.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos&lt;/b&gt; which showcase the guidance in quick 5-10min videos.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:07:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012) 20130306100740P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87995</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Alert&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-01 BRDLite Build Reference Template – Hotfix 1 has been posted&lt;/b&gt; See
&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx"&gt;
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Updates&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-25 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has been posted for BRDLite.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-27 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has an added note on the user account used in exercise 6.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-02-29 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-05-17 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;What is in the downloads?&lt;/h1&gt;
The content is packaged in four (4) separate packages to give you the choice of selective downloads. The default download is the first of the listed packages:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guidance&lt;/b&gt; contains scenario based practical guidance, frequently asked questions and quick reference posters
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Selected PDF&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance and quick reference posters in PDF format only.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Complete&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance, quick reference posters and localization files.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hands-on Labs (HOL)&lt;/b&gt; which includes:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;HOL documents that provide walkthroughs of the technology, based on the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL Package&lt;/b&gt;, contains a HOL setup package, allowing you to setup the HOL in your own environment
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRDLite&lt;/b&gt; Build Process Reference Template walk-through.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samples&lt;/b&gt; contains sample build process templates used by the team as part of the guidance.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos&lt;/b&gt; which showcase the guidance in quick 5-10min videos.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:07:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012) 20130306100740P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87992</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the  Build Customization Guide&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bugs
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:07:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012) 20130306100717P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87992</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Build Customization Guide&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bugs
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:07:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012) 20130306100717P</guid></item><item><title>Closed Issue: Referred BRD Lite template can not be found in BRD Lite [19438]</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/workitem/19438</link><description>The chapter &amp;#34;Using Team Foundation Build in Heterogeneous Environments&amp;#34; explains how to set up a TFS build running a remote &amp;#40;Linux&amp;#47;Mac&amp;#41; server using Putty&amp;#47;SSH. In the chapter, references are made to the Build Process Template called &amp;#34;HeterogeneousEnvTemplate&amp;#34;, stated to be part of the &amp;#34;BRD Lite&amp;#34; example templates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After downloading the BRD Lite package &amp;#40;from http&amp;#58;&amp;#47;&amp;#47;vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com&amp;#47;&amp;#41;, I cannot find said example template. This means creating a similar template as described in the chapter. It would be quicker to actually have the described template available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m posting this issue here &amp;#40;instead of the BRD Lite project&amp;#41;, as this is the only documentation I found actually referring to said template.&lt;br /&gt;</description><author>mikeFourie</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:45:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Closed Issue: Referred BRD Lite template can not be found in BRD Lite [19438] 20130306074512P</guid></item><item><title>Commented Issue: Referred BRD Lite template can not be found in BRD Lite [19438]</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/workitem/19438</link><description>The chapter &amp;#34;Using Team Foundation Build in Heterogeneous Environments&amp;#34; explains how to set up a TFS build running a remote &amp;#40;Linux&amp;#47;Mac&amp;#41; server using Putty&amp;#47;SSH. In the chapter, references are made to the Build Process Template called &amp;#34;HeterogeneousEnvTemplate&amp;#34;, stated to be part of the &amp;#34;BRD Lite&amp;#34; example templates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After downloading the BRD Lite package &amp;#40;from http&amp;#58;&amp;#47;&amp;#47;vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com&amp;#47;&amp;#41;, I cannot find said example template. This means creating a similar template as described in the chapter. It would be quicker to actually have the described template available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m posting this issue here &amp;#40;instead of the BRD Lite project&amp;#41;, as this is the only documentation I found actually referring to said template.&lt;br /&gt;Comments: ** Comment from web user: mikeFourie ** &lt;p&gt;Willy has fixed it, thanks Willy! please see the new zip added to http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87992&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>mikeFourie</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:44:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Commented Issue: Referred BRD Lite template can not be found in BRD Lite [19438] 20130306074451P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87995</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Alert&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-01 BRDLite Build Reference Template – Hotfix 1 has been posted&lt;/b&gt; See &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx"&gt;http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;Updates&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-25 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has been posted for BRDLite.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-27 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has an added note on the user account used in exercise 6.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-02-29 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-05-17 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;What is in the downloads?&lt;/h1&gt;The content is packaged in four (4) separate packages to give you the choice of selective downloads. The default download is the first of the listed packages: 
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guidance&lt;/b&gt; contains scenario based practical guidance, frequently asked questions and quick reference posters
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Selected PDF&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance and quick reference posters in PDF format only.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Complete&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance, quick reference posters and localization files.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hands-on Labs (HOL)&lt;/b&gt; which includes:
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;HOL documents that provide walkthroughs of the technology, based on the guidance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL Package&lt;/b&gt;, contains a HOL setup package, allowing you to setup the HOL in your own environment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRDLite&lt;/b&gt; Build Process Reference Template walk-through.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samples&lt;/b&gt; contains sample build process templates used by the team as part of the guidance.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos&lt;/b&gt; which showcase the guidance in quick 5-10min videos.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:24:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012) 20130306072435P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87995</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Alert&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-01 BRDLite Build Reference Template – Hotfix 1 has been posted&lt;/b&gt; See
&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx"&gt;
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/07/01/brdlite-build-reference-template-hotfix-1-has-been-posted.aspx&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Updates&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-25 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has been posted for BRDLite.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011-07-27 Minor HOL documentation&lt;/b&gt; update has an added note on the user account used in exercise 6.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-02-29 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012-05-17 Refresh&lt;/b&gt; of HOL and Quick Reference Posters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;What is in the downloads?&lt;/h1&gt;
The content is packaged in four (4) separate packages to give you the choice of selective downloads. The default download is the first of the listed packages:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guidance&lt;/b&gt; contains scenario based practical guidance, frequently asked questions and quick reference posters
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Selected PDF&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance and quick reference posters in PDF format only.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Complete&lt;/b&gt; contains guidance, quick reference posters and localization files.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hands-on Labs (HOL)&lt;/b&gt; which includes:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;HOL documents that provide walkthroughs of the technology, based on the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL Package&lt;/b&gt;, contains a HOL setup package, allowing you to setup the HOL in your own environment
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRDLite&lt;/b&gt; Build Process Reference Template walk-through.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samples&lt;/b&gt; contains sample build process templates used by the team as part of the guidance.
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos&lt;/b&gt; which showcase the guidance in quick 5-10min videos.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:24:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v1.2 - Visual Studio 2010 (Aug 02, 2012) 20130306072435P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Wiki: Home</title><link>https://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=58</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;Project Description&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This Visual Studio ALM Ranger project has the primary goal of delivering scenario based and hands-on lab guidance for the customization and deployment of Team Foundation Build.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Bookmark the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/06/17/toc-build-customization-guide-blog-posts-and-reference-sites.aspx"&gt;
Visual Studio Build Customization Guidance&lt;/a&gt; TOC blog and monitor the Visual Studio ALM Rangers
&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;, using tag &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/vsbcg/"&gt;
vsbcg&lt;/a&gt;, for the latest information on this project.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=470900"&gt;&lt;img title="ATE_V2" border="0" alt="ATE_V2" src="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=470901" width="471" height="279" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; float:none; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin-left:auto; display:block; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px; margin-right:auto"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Guidance, Hands-on Labs and Quick Reference Posters.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="837" align="center" border="1"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign="top" width="835"&gt;
&lt;h1 align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="5"&gt;IMPORTANT NOTICE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;The &lt;b&gt;B&lt;/b&gt;uild &lt;b&gt;R&lt;/b&gt;elease and &lt;b&gt;D&lt;/b&gt;eploy (BRD) Lite build process reference templates have been moved to
&lt;a href="http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com"&gt;http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;Please raise any discussion or issue related to BRDLite on &lt;a href="http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com"&gt;
http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This guidance is created by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers, who have the mission to provide out of band solutions for missing features and/or guidance. This content was created with support from Microsoft Product Group, members of Microsoft Services, Microsoft
 Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) and technical specialists from technology communities around the globe, giving you a real-world view from the field, where the technology has been tested and used.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[18]" border="0" alt="image[18]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393189" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?query=ALM%20Rangers&amp;sortBy=CurrentReleaseDate&amp;licenses=|&amp;refinedSearch=true" target="_blank"&gt;
&lt;img title="image[19]" border="0" alt="image[19]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393190" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsarsolutions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[20]" border="0" alt="image[20]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393191" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;What is included in the downloads?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The solution is divided in separate packages to give you the choice of selective downloads. The default download is the first of the listed packages:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guidance&lt;/b&gt; contains scenario based practical guidance, frequently asked questions and quick reference posters
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contains guidance and quick reference posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hands-on Labs (HOL)&lt;/b&gt; includes:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL documents&lt;/b&gt; that provide walkthroughs of the technology, based on the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL Package&lt;/b&gt; includes a setup part which prepares and configures your environment for this lab
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRDLite&lt;/b&gt; Build Process Reference Template walk-through
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samples&lt;/b&gt; contains sample build process templates used by the team as part of the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos&lt;/b&gt; which showcase the guidance in quick 5-10min videos &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Epics included in the guidance are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance and tooling to simplify the customization of Team Foundation Build
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance to use Team Foundation Build process templates to automate build and non-build scenarios in Microsoft environments
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance to enable simple and flexible deployment of applications and their data stores
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance for Activities to empower developers and build engineers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Quality hands-on labs that complement the guidance and effectively guide the user through the features
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visualization of the guidance using quick reference posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;External References&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Community TFS Build Extensions – this project makes use of the Community TFS Build Extensions (&lt;a href="http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com"&gt;http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;) which is a collection of custom build activities, templates and other
 resources for Team Foundation Build. Please visit and follow this project for the latest releases.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Team&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;v1
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adimulam Sudheer, André Dias, Bill Heys, Bijan Javidi, Bob Hardister, Brandon Hawbaker, Brian Blackman, Brian Minisi, Daniel Franco Abrahão de Oliveira, David Corbin, Ed Blankenship, Ewald Hofman, Fabio Casado, Fabio Stawinski, Francisco Xavier Fagas Albarracín,
 Giulio Vian, Hassan Fadili, Jahangeer Mohammed, Jakob Ehn, Jeff Bramwell, Jens K. Süßmeyer, Jim Lamb, John Jacob (JJ), John Spinella, Joseph Abukhader, Leonard S. Woody III, Mark Nichols, Mathias Olausson, Mike Douglas , Mike Fourie, Nico Orschel, Oliver Hilgers,
 Patricia Wagner, Petr Moravek, Pierre Donyegro, Rahul Chugh, Richard Fennell, Sai Charan Chirravuri, Silfarney Wallace, Steven Lange, Stuart Preston, Sven Hubert, Thomas Schissler, Tiago Pascoal, Tim Star, Tony Feissle, William Bartholomew, Willy-Peter Schaub
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;v2
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;André Dias, Bijan Javidi, Brandon Hawbaker, Carsten Duellmann, Jakob Ehn, Fabio Stawinski, Jahangeer Mohammed, Jens Suessmeyer, Jim Lamb, John Jacob, John Spinella, Mark Nichols, Matthew Wilson, Mike Douglas, Mike Fourie, Petr Moravek, Richard Fennell,
 Tiago Pascoal, Tony Feissle, William Bartholomew, Willy-Peter Schaub &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;How to submit new ideas?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The recommended method is to post ideas to the &lt;a href="http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions page&lt;/a&gt; or to contact the Rangers at &lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx"&gt;
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Feedback&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post comments on the &lt;a href="http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://visualstudio.uservoice.com"&gt;&lt;img title="image232" border="0" alt="image232" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=384530" width="240" height="52" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Other&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pCqGlpMW56tJm3ZUrL_Jl-TfdQTGymSonjBBHnXDxU8RTcR39q3rIgm8K9HuxrGJKwg76ZvCvwplcaXQ7FMQy1g/P7070160.JPG?psid=1" width="112" height="148"&gt;&lt;em&gt; … “Rosie” the
&lt;strong&gt;African Tawny Eagle&lt;/strong&gt; (ATE) … the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2010/09/10/chatter-aviation-and-eagles-for-those-wondering-where-the-eagle-codenames-in-recent-rangers-project-are-coming-from.aspx"&gt;
project codename&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:13:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Wiki: Home 20130306071320P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Wiki: Home</title><link>https://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=57</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="822" align="center" border="1"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign="top" width="820"&gt;
&lt;h1 align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="5"&gt;IMPORTANT NOTICE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;The &lt;b&gt;B&lt;/b&gt;uild &lt;b&gt;R&lt;/b&gt;elease and &lt;b&gt;D&lt;/b&gt;eploy (BRD) Lite build process reference templates have been moved to
&lt;a href="http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com"&gt;http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;Please raise any discussion or issue related to BRDLite on &lt;a href="http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com"&gt;
http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;Project Description&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This Visual Studio ALM Ranger project has the primary goal of delivering scenario based and hands-on lab guidance for the customization and deployment of Team Foundation Build.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Bookmark the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/06/17/toc-build-customization-guide-blog-posts-and-reference-sites.aspx"&gt;
Visual Studio Build Customization Guidance&lt;/a&gt; TOC blog and monitor the Visual Studio ALM Rangers
&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;, using tag &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/vsbcg/"&gt;
vsbcg&lt;/a&gt;, for the latest information on this project.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=470900"&gt;&lt;img title="ATE_V2" border="0" alt="ATE_V2" src="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=470901" width="471" height="279" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; float:none; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin-left:auto; display:block; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px; margin-right:auto"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Guidance, Hands-on Labs and Quick Reference Posters.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This guidance is created by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers, who have the mission to provide out of band solutions for missing features and/or guidance. This content was created with support from Microsoft Product Group, members of Microsoft Services, Microsoft
 Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) and technical specialists from technology communities around the globe, giving you a real-world view from the field, where the technology has been tested and used.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[18]" border="0" alt="image[18]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393189" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?query=ALM%20Rangers&amp;sortBy=CurrentReleaseDate&amp;licenses=|&amp;refinedSearch=true" target="_blank"&gt;
&lt;img title="image[19]" border="0" alt="image[19]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393190" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsarsolutions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[20]" border="0" alt="image[20]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393191" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;What is included in the downloads?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The solution is divided in separate packages to give you the choice of selective downloads. The default download is the first of the listed packages:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guidance&lt;/b&gt; contains scenario based practical guidance, frequently asked questions and quick reference posters
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contains guidance and quick reference posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hands-on Labs (HOL)&lt;/b&gt; includes:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL documents&lt;/b&gt; that provide walkthroughs of the technology, based on the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL Package&lt;/b&gt; includes a setup part which prepares and configures your environment for this lab
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRDLite&lt;/b&gt; Build Process Reference Template walk-through
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samples&lt;/b&gt; contains sample build process templates used by the team as part of the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos&lt;/b&gt; which showcase the guidance in quick 5-10min videos &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Epics included in the guidance are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance and tooling to simplify the customization of Team Foundation Build
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance to use Team Foundation Build process templates to automate build and non-build scenarios in Microsoft environments
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance to enable simple and flexible deployment of applications and their data stores
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance for Activities to empower developers and build engineers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Quality hands-on labs that complement the guidance and effectively guide the user through the features
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visualization of the guidance using quick reference posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;External References&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Community TFS Build Extensions – this project makes use of the Community TFS Build Extensions (&lt;a href="http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com"&gt;http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;) which is a collection of custom build activities, templates and other
 resources for Team Foundation Build. Please visit and follow this project for the latest releases.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Team&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;v1
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adimulam Sudheer, André Dias, Bill Heys, Bijan Javidi, Bob Hardister, Brandon Hawbaker, Brian Blackman, Brian Minisi, Daniel Franco Abrahão de Oliveira, David Corbin, Ed Blankenship, Ewald Hofman, Fabio Casado, Fabio Stawinski, Francisco Xavier Fagas Albarracín,
 Giulio Vian, Hassan Fadili, Jahangeer Mohammed, Jakob Ehn, Jeff Bramwell, Jens K. Süßmeyer, Jim Lamb, John Jacob (JJ), John Spinella, Joseph Abukhader, Leonard S. Woody III, Mark Nichols, Mathias Olausson, Mike Douglas , Mike Fourie, Nico Orschel, Oliver Hilgers,
 Patricia Wagner, Petr Moravek, Pierre Donyegro, Rahul Chugh, Richard Fennell, Sai Charan Chirravuri, Silfarney Wallace, Steven Lange, Stuart Preston, Sven Hubert, Thomas Schissler, Tiago Pascoal, Tim Star, Tony Feissle, William Bartholomew, Willy-Peter Schaub
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;v2
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;André Dias, Bijan Javidi, Brandon Hawbaker, Carsten Duellmann, Jakob Ehn, Fabio Stawinski, Jahangeer Mohammed, Jens Suessmeyer, Jim Lamb, John Jacob, John Spinella, Mark Nichols, Matthew Wilson, Mike Douglas, Mike Fourie, Petr Moravek, Richard Fennell,
 Tiago Pascoal, Tony Feissle, William Bartholomew, Willy-Peter Schaub &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;How to submit new ideas?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The recommended method is to post ideas to the &lt;a href="http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions page&lt;/a&gt; or to contact the Rangers at &lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx"&gt;
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Feedback&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post comments on the &lt;a href="http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://visualstudio.uservoice.com"&gt;&lt;img title="image232" border="0" alt="image232" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=384530" width="240" height="52" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Other&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pCqGlpMW56tJm3ZUrL_Jl-TfdQTGymSonjBBHnXDxU8RTcR39q3rIgm8K9HuxrGJKwg76ZvCvwplcaXQ7FMQy1g/P7070160.JPG?psid=1" width="112" height="148"&gt;&lt;em&gt; … “Rosie” the
&lt;strong&gt;African Tawny Eagle&lt;/strong&gt; (ATE) … the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2010/09/10/chatter-aviation-and-eagles-for-those-wondering-where-the-eagle-codenames-in-recent-rangers-project-are-coming-from.aspx"&gt;
project codename&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:11:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Wiki: Home 20130306071131P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Wiki: Home</title><link>https://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=56</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="867" border="1"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign="top" width="865"&gt;
&lt;h1 align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="5"&gt;IMPORTANT NOTICE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;b&gt;B&lt;/b&gt;uild &lt;b&gt;R&lt;/b&gt;elease and &lt;b&gt;D&lt;/b&gt;eploy (BRD) Lite build process reference templates have been moved to
&lt;a href="http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com"&gt;http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please raise any discussion or issue related to BRDLite on &lt;a href="http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com"&gt;
http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;Project Description&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This Visual Studio ALM Ranger project has the primary goal of delivering scenario based and hands-on lab guidance for the customization and deployment of Team Foundation Build.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Bookmark the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/06/17/toc-build-customization-guide-blog-posts-and-reference-sites.aspx"&gt;
Visual Studio Build Customization Guidance&lt;/a&gt; TOC blog and monitor the Visual Studio ALM Rangers
&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;, using tag &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/vsbcg/"&gt;
vsbcg&lt;/a&gt;, for the latest information on this project.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=470900"&gt;&lt;img title="ATE_V2" border="0" alt="ATE_V2" src="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=470901" width="471" height="279" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; float:none; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin-left:auto; display:block; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px; margin-right:auto"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Guidance, Hands-on Labs and Quick Reference Posters.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This guidance is created by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers, who have the mission to provide out of band solutions for missing features and/or guidance. This content was created with support from Microsoft Product Group, members of Microsoft Services, Microsoft
 Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) and technical specialists from technology communities around the globe, giving you a real-world view from the field, where the technology has been tested and used.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[18]" border="0" alt="image[18]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393189" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?query=ALM%20Rangers&amp;sortBy=CurrentReleaseDate&amp;licenses=|&amp;refinedSearch=true" target="_blank"&gt;
&lt;img title="image[19]" border="0" alt="image[19]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393190" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://aka.ms/vsarsolutions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[20]" border="0" alt="image[20]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393191" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;What is included in the downloads?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The solution is divided in separate packages to give you the choice of selective downloads. The default download is the first of the listed packages:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guidance&lt;/b&gt; contains scenario based practical guidance, frequently asked questions and quick reference posters
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contains guidance and quick reference posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hands-on Labs (HOL)&lt;/b&gt; includes:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL documents&lt;/b&gt; that provide walkthroughs of the technology, based on the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL Package&lt;/b&gt; includes a setup part which prepares and configures your environment for this lab
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRDLite&lt;/b&gt; Build Process Reference Template walk-through
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samples&lt;/b&gt; contains sample build process templates used by the team as part of the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos&lt;/b&gt; which showcase the guidance in quick 5-10min videos &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Epics included in the guidance are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance and tooling to simplify the customization of Team Foundation Build
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance to use Team Foundation Build process templates to automate build and non-build scenarios in Microsoft environments
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance to enable simple and flexible deployment of applications and their data stores
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance for Activities to empower developers and build engineers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Quality hands-on labs that complement the guidance and effectively guide the user through the features
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visualization of the guidance using quick reference posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;External References&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Community TFS Build Extensions – this project makes use of the Community TFS Build Extensions (&lt;a href="http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com"&gt;http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;) which is a collection of custom build activities, templates and other
 resources for Team Foundation Build. Please visit and follow this project for the latest releases.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Team&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;v1
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adimulam Sudheer, André Dias, Bill Heys, Bijan Javidi, Bob Hardister, Brandon Hawbaker, Brian Blackman, Brian Minisi, Daniel Franco Abrahão de Oliveira, David Corbin, Ed Blankenship, Ewald Hofman, Fabio Casado, Fabio Stawinski, Francisco Xavier Fagas Albarracín,
 Giulio Vian, Hassan Fadili, Jahangeer Mohammed, Jakob Ehn, Jeff Bramwell, Jens K. Süßmeyer, Jim Lamb, John Jacob (JJ), John Spinella, Joseph Abukhader, Leonard S. Woody III, Mark Nichols, Mathias Olausson, Mike Douglas , Mike Fourie, Nico Orschel, Oliver Hilgers,
 Patricia Wagner, Petr Moravek, Pierre Donyegro, Rahul Chugh, Richard Fennell, Sai Charan Chirravuri, Silfarney Wallace, Steven Lange, Stuart Preston, Sven Hubert, Thomas Schissler, Tiago Pascoal, Tim Star, Tony Feissle, William Bartholomew, Willy-Peter Schaub
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;v2
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;André Dias, Bijan Javidi, Brandon Hawbaker, Carsten Duellmann, Jakob Ehn, Fabio Stawinski, Jahangeer Mohammed, Jens Suessmeyer, Jim Lamb, John Jacob, John Spinella, Mark Nichols, Matthew Wilson, Mike Douglas, Mike Fourie, Petr Moravek, Richard Fennell,
 Tiago Pascoal, Tony Feissle, William Bartholomew, Willy-Peter Schaub &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;How to submit new ideas?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The recommended method is to post ideas to the &lt;a href="http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions page&lt;/a&gt; or to contact the Rangers at &lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx"&gt;
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Feedback&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post comments on the &lt;a href="http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://visualstudio.uservoice.com"&gt;&lt;img title="image232" border="0" alt="image232" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=384530" width="240" height="52" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Other&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pCqGlpMW56tJm3ZUrL_Jl-TfdQTGymSonjBBHnXDxU8RTcR39q3rIgm8K9HuxrGJKwg76ZvCvwplcaXQ7FMQy1g/P7070160.JPG?psid=1" width="112" height="148"&gt;&lt;em&gt; … “Rosie” the
&lt;strong&gt;African Tawny Eagle&lt;/strong&gt; (ATE) … the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2010/09/10/chatter-aviation-and-eagles-for-those-wondering-where-the-eagle-codenames-in-recent-rangers-project-are-coming-from.aspx"&gt;
project codename&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:10:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Wiki: Home 20130306071057P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Wiki: Home</title><link>https://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/wikipage?version=55</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="867" border="1"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign="top" width="865"&gt;
&lt;h1 align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff" size="5"&gt;IMPORTANT NOTICE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;b&gt;B&lt;/b&gt;uild &lt;b&gt;R&lt;/b&gt;elease and &lt;b&gt;D&lt;/b&gt;eploy (BRD) Lite build process reference templates have been moved to
&lt;a href="http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com"&gt;http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please raise any discussion or issue related to BRDLite on &lt;a href="http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com"&gt;
http://vsarbrdlite.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;Project Description&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This Visual Studio ALM Ranger project has the primary goal of delivering scenario based and hands-on lab guidance for the customization and deployment of Team Foundation Build.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Bookmark the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2011/06/17/toc-build-customization-guide-blog-posts-and-reference-sites.aspx"&gt;
Visual Studio Build Customization Guidance&lt;/a&gt; TOC blog and monitor the Visual Studio ALM Rangers
&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;, using tag &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/tags/vsbcg/"&gt;
vsbcg&lt;/a&gt;, for the latest information on this project.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=470900"&gt;&lt;img title="ATE_V2" border="0" alt="ATE_V2" src="http://download-codeplex.sec.s-msft.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=470901" width="471" height="279" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; float:none; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin-left:auto; display:block; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px; margin-right:auto"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Guidance, Hands-on Labs and Quick Reference Posters.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This guidance is created by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers, who have the mission to provide out of band solutions for missing features and/or guidance. This content was created with support from Microsoft Product Group, members of Microsoft Services, Microsoft
 Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) and technical specialists from technology communities around the globe, giving you a real-world view from the field, where the technology has been tested and used.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=247829" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[18]" border="0" alt="image[18]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393189" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?query=ALM%20Rangers&amp;sortBy=CurrentReleaseDate&amp;licenses=|&amp;refinedSearch=true" target="_blank"&gt;
&lt;img title="image[19]" border="0" alt="image[19]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393190" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ee358787" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="image[20]" border="0" alt="image[20]" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=393191" width="229" height="40" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;What is included in the downloads?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The solution is divided in separate packages to give you the choice of selective downloads. The default download is the first of the listed packages:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guidance&lt;/b&gt; contains scenario based practical guidance, frequently asked questions and quick reference posters
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contains guidance and quick reference posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hands-on Labs (HOL)&lt;/b&gt; includes:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL documents&lt;/b&gt; that provide walkthroughs of the technology, based on the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOL Package&lt;/b&gt; includes a setup part which prepares and configures your environment for this lab
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;BRDLite&lt;/b&gt; Build Process Reference Template walk-through
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Samples&lt;/b&gt; contains sample build process templates used by the team as part of the guidance
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos&lt;/b&gt; which showcase the guidance in quick 5-10min videos &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Epics included in the guidance are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance and tooling to simplify the customization of Team Foundation Build
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance to use Team Foundation Build process templates to automate build and non-build scenarios in Microsoft environments
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance to enable simple and flexible deployment of applications and their data stores
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Practical guidance for Activities to empower developers and build engineers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Quality hands-on labs that complement the guidance and effectively guide the user through the features
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visualization of the guidance using quick reference posters &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;External References&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Community TFS Build Extensions – this project makes use of the Community TFS Build Extensions (&lt;a href="http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com"&gt;http://tfsbuildextensions.codeplex.com&lt;/a&gt;) which is a collection of custom build activities, templates and other
 resources for Team Foundation Build. Please visit and follow this project for the latest releases.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Team&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;v1
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adimulam Sudheer, André Dias, Bill Heys, Bijan Javidi, Bob Hardister, Brandon Hawbaker, Brian Blackman, Brian Minisi, Daniel Franco Abrahão de Oliveira, David Corbin, Ed Blankenship, Ewald Hofman, Fabio Casado, Fabio Stawinski, Francisco Xavier Fagas Albarracín,
 Giulio Vian, Hassan Fadili, Jahangeer Mohammed, Jakob Ehn, Jeff Bramwell, Jens K. Süßmeyer, Jim Lamb, John Jacob (JJ), John Spinella, Joseph Abukhader, Leonard S. Woody III, Mark Nichols, Mathias Olausson, Mike Douglas , Mike Fourie, Nico Orschel, Oliver Hilgers,
 Patricia Wagner, Petr Moravek, Pierre Donyegro, Rahul Chugh, Richard Fennell, Sai Charan Chirravuri, Silfarney Wallace, Steven Lange, Stuart Preston, Sven Hubert, Thomas Schissler, Tiago Pascoal, Tim Star, Tony Feissle, William Bartholomew, Willy-Peter Schaub
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;v2
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;André Dias, Bijan Javidi, Brandon Hawbaker, Carsten Duellmann, Jakob Ehn, Fabio Stawinski, Jahangeer Mohammed, Jens Suessmeyer, Jim Lamb, John Jacob, John Spinella, Mark Nichols, Matthew Wilson, Mike Douglas, Mike Fourie, Petr Moravek, Richard Fennell,
 Tiago Pascoal, Tony Feissle, William Bartholomew, Willy-Peter Schaub &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;How to submit new ideas?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The recommended method is to post ideas to the &lt;a href="http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions page&lt;/a&gt; or to contact the Rangers at &lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx"&gt;
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/ee358786.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Feedback&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Post comments on the &lt;a href="http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/discussions"&gt;
Discussions page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://visualstudio.uservoice.com"&gt;&lt;img title="image232" border="0" alt="image232" src="http://download.codeplex.com/Download?ProjectName=vsarbuildguide&amp;DownloadId=384530" width="240" height="52" style="border-left-width:0px; border-right-width:0px; border-bottom-width:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:0px; margin:0px; display:inline; padding-right:0px; border-top-width:0px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Other&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pCqGlpMW56tJm3ZUrL_Jl-TfdQTGymSonjBBHnXDxU8RTcR39q3rIgm8K9HuxrGJKwg76ZvCvwplcaXQ7FMQy1g/P7070160.JPG?psid=1" width="112" height="148"&gt;&lt;em&gt; … “Rosie” the
&lt;strong&gt;African Tawny Eagle&lt;/strong&gt; (ATE) … the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/archive/2010/09/10/chatter-aviation-and-eagles-for-those-wondering-where-the-eagle-codenames-in-recent-rangers-project-are-coming-from.aspx"&gt;
project codename&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:10:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Wiki: Home 20130306071003P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87992</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the  Build Customization Guide&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bugs
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ClearBoth"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>wschaub</author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:59:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Updated Release: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012) 20130306065944P</guid></item><item><title>Released: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87992</link><description>
&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the Build Customization Guide&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bugs
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;None&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:59:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Released: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012) 20130306065944P</guid></item><item><title>Updated Release: v2 - Visual Studio 2012 (Aug 14, 2012)</title><link>http://vsarbuildguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/87992</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Welcome to the  Build Customization Guide&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Quality-Bar Details&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been reviewed by Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has been through an independent technical review&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Documentation has not been reviewed by the quality and recording team&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All critical bugs have been resolved&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;u&gt;Known Issues / Bugs&lt;/u&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bugs
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