Setting up Dynamics AX 2009 team development environment using TFS - tfs

For about a week now I try to set up a Dynamics AX 2009 team development environment, and keep hitting roadblock after roadblock (mostly about setting up TFS).
Are there any working installation instructions for using Dynamics AX Team Server with Team Foundation Server 2008?
Has anyone ever got this combination (AX TS & TFS) up and running?
The official installation documents are riddled with errors (saying /Sites instead of /Websites) which makes using them a real PitA! The MS certification MB6-820 and it's learning material does say nothing about distributed programming, only about single user installations.
How do others install a distributed AX dev system? Ship the servers to MS so they will handle it?

ARG! The problem seems simple:
Never ever install AX Team Server on a non-english version of Windows Server!
Some weird translators have translated the name of computer accounts. For example the system account "NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE" is called "NT-AUTORITÄT\NETZWERKDIENST" in the german version of Windows Server.
Now a lot of programs have the name of the account hardcoded, therefore fail to find the account they are looking for, since the name does not match.
Point of the story: always install AX 2009 team server on an english version of Windows Server.

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Can I use Delphi 10.3 or 10.4 Professional to connect to a remote Firebird database using FireDAC?

I would like to upgrade my XE5 Professional to 10.3 or 10.4 Professional, but I've a doubt. Using a Professional edition and FireDAC components, can I connect to Firebird 2.5 on a server in my intranet? The feature-matrix document says "Connect to local databases...".
See https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/product-editions
With my XE5 Professional, I can connect, and a few months ago I tried the Community edition of 10.3 and even with that edition I had the opportunity to connect.
It is probably not what you are able to do, but rather what you are allowed to do. The relevant part of the license says (emphasize by me):
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensor grants
to Licensee as the licensed user of the Product the limited right to
use those portions of the Product identified as "dbExpress" and
“FireDAC”, in executable form only, to access a local database
installed on the same machine as the Work. Licensee may not use that
portion of the Product identified as "dbExpress" or “FireDAC” in
association with a database located on a different machine other than
the machine on which the Works are installed.
In your case this limits the connections to Firebird servers running on the same machine your program is running on. Simply the Firebird server being in the local intranet is not sufficient.
Software License and Support Agreement

Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider slowness issue

I've installed Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider 2010 and use it to connect Oracle PL/SQL developer (ver 7.1.5) to TFS 2010.
now the problem is that the operations that require TFS (check-in, check-out,..., etc) is very slow and causing the PL/SQL environment to hang for a while (in some cases it hangs for more that 5 minutes).
My question is that is this a known issue for MSSCCI? and what I can do to overcome the slowness problem.
please ask this question on the msdn forum http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsversioncontrol as the developers working on msscci are actively monitoring it. Afaik, Oracle Pl/SQL was not tested with msscci provider so this would be a new issue. The most probable issue is that Oracle Developer is quering file status very frequently, which hits the server every time, you can confirm it using tracing (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michalma/archive/2006/12/08/tracing-in-tfs-msscci-provider.aspx)

How to restore MOSS 2007 intranet site into share point 2010?

I have my company intranet portal in Moss 2007,i need to implement it into 2010,What are the possible way to do this.is that possible to restore the content data base in 2010 portal.
Yes you can do a Content Database restore to the 2010 Server. But keep in mind as Marek quoted success of your upgrade dependes on what are the changes & customization you have applied to the 2007 version of the site.
But to quote in simple steps.
Install SharePoint SP2 to your 2007 Environment.
Run Pre-upgrade checker & note all points on what is supported and what is not.
Import all your 2007 solutions to 2010 version and deploy to the new system.
Take a backup of 2007 DB, restore it to 2010 DB server.
Create a new 2010 Web Application.
Go to Content Database of 2010 WebApplication and remove the Content database.
Use STSADM command addcontentdb to attach you 2007 DB, which will automatically be upgraded. Check the log file, correct any errors, start again
Do these steps in your test environment & once you are happy move to production.
Note: You need a proper planning on upgrade, go through the belo article fully before you start the process.
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Creating a standalone ASP.NET MVC application for Windows XP

Is there a way to create an installable (ideally XCopy installable) version of an ASP.NET MVC application that will run in a standalone fashion on a Windows XP machine?
I don't mind installing SQL Server Express for this purpose, so I guess the question boils down to this: Can the Cassini web server that comes with Visual Studio 2008 be bundled with the application? Or are there other options?
NOTE: The installation is for demo purposes only, so there are no licensing problems. Also, I am suggesting Cassini because I don't know of a way to install IIS7 on Windows XP. I can't do major hackage on the registry to get this to work.
Not sure if it'll help, but you could definitely check out the UltiDev Cassini Web Server, which can be bundled with your app and should support what you need.
You can package, embed, bend fold and spindle CassiniDev with my blessings.
I have been told that it suits this purpose admirably.
I think this is a bit old, but check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188791.aspx.
Also, the ComponentArt demos run on Cassini.
My company makes a product for this purpose called the Neokernel Web Server which includes several features that are missing from cassini like SSL support, logging, multi-threaded request processing, and the ability to start/stop/configure the server from your own process.
A free 30 day evaluation license is available for testing and evaluation purposes.
http://www.neokernel.com

An Easy way to Deploy an MVC App to a Desktop Machine?

I have an interesting situation where I need to deploy an ASP.NET MVC app to a (pseudo-boss's) local desktop machine so they can run it locally for data entry purposes. What would be the best way to get the app running on a vista machine without Visual Studio installed?
Ideally, It would be a one click that started a development web server and opened the page up in the browser.
I considered installing Visual Web Developer and then tricking it's dev web server into running the app, or even installing mono, since it has the nice 'start xsp here' feature that even a non-technical person can understand. The big thing is that this person is not very technical, so it needs to be easy for them to start and stop the application.
You need IIS installed, which should be available for Vista. Then just set up a working directory and put your app there, it's not 1 click but maybe.,.. 5.. :)
What about the Microsoft Web Platform Installer? You'd still have to add your own application, but it takes care of .NET, IIS, and dependencies.
Could you use something like UltiDev Cassini: http://www.ultidev.com/products/Cassini/ and build your own installer to set everything up for your user?

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