As with most version 1.0 products, VSTS/TFS has its fair share of rough edges. These will undoubtedly be ironed out and made nicer over subsequent releases as is usually the case. 

I am always on the lookout for little tools/utilities and workarounds to help make using VSTS and TFS a little easier and it was during one of my little searches around the blogsphere this morning that I noticed a post on Richard Berg’s blog entitled New TFS tool – TFSProxy which caught my eye.

Richard’s blog post was about a handy little utility hosted up on CodePlex. Here’s the description from his post.

This little plugin will allow you to switch tfs proxy servers or disable the tfs proxy. It’s also possible by installing a webservice to enable the add-in to be automatically configured.

Like Richard, I like the idea of not getting TF15013: The requested Team Foundation Server is not registered with the proxy server popups if I can avoid it.

On the subject of making things easier for VSTS/TFS users, the Accentient, Inc Widgets page is a fantastic source of all manor of plug-ins and utilities, listing both free and commercial products. If you’re a VSTS/TFS user, it is well worth checking out some of the widgets.