Visual Studio Web Test - Default Proxy

Learned a new trick today from one of the forums.
If you want your web tests to use the same proxy as the one set in your browser, you can set the Proxy property in the web test to Default

Visual Studio 2012 RC - Test Explorer

Test Explorer allows you to view all the tests in the test project. It also classifies the tests based on the test results. The time taken to execute the test can also be seen in the Test Explorer. We can also search the tests by Test Result, Test File Path and Fully Qualified Name.

To open Test Explorer, click on Test->Windows->Test Explorer

Until we build the test project, no tests are visible in Test Explorer

Once we build the test project, all test appear in "Not Run Tests"

Once we run the testsusing Run, Run All or Run Selected, the execution time for each test can be seen and the tests are classified based on the test results

If we add new tests and build the test project, the new tests appear in "Not Run Tests"

We can search the tests by Test Result, Test File Path and Fully Qualified Name

TFS 11 Beta – Team Explorer

Team Explorer in TFS 2011 allows you to view My Work, Pending Changes, Work Items, Builds, Reports and Settings

You can view the following using Team Explorer:

• In Progress Work Items, Shelvesets and Code Review Requests
• Pending Changes
• Work Items and Queries
• Builds
• Reports
• Team Project and Team Project Collection settings

TFS 11 Beta – Web Access

Web Access in TFS 2011 allows you to view Work Items, Source Control and Builds without launching visual studio.

• You can create and manage work items and view backlog, board and reports.
• You can manage members, iterations and area paths.
• You can also add team favorites.

The web access path looks like http://Server:8080/tfs/TeamProjectCollection/TeamProject

Windows Azure Dev Fabric: Keyset does not exist

If you see this error while dealing with X509 Certificates when your service is running on Windows Azure Dev Fabric:
Keyset does not exist

The fix is to grant Network Service account permissions on the corresponding certificate

Visual Studio 2010 - The project type is not supported by this installation

If you see the below error while opening a project in Visual Studio:
...\xyz.csproj : error  : The project file '...\xyz.csproj' cannot be opened.
The project type is not supported by this installation.

The fix is to follow the below steps:

• Open the csproj file in notepad or xml editor
• Look for the node <ProjectTypeGuids>{E53F8FEA-EAE0-44A6-8774-FFD645390401};{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
• Do a bing search for the project type guids to find out the dependencies which need to be installed
• Install the dependencies and you should be able to open the project

Windows Azure Portal - The Windows Live Network is unavailable

If you see the below error while trying to login to Windows Azure Portal:
The Windows Live Network is unavailable from this site for one of the following reasons:

This site may be experiencing a problem
The site may not be a member of the Windows Live Network
You can:
You can sign in or sign up at other sites on the Windows Live Network, or try again later at this site.

The fix is to change the Privacy Settings in the browser from High to Medium High