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I've been chin deep in confusion the last week getting EnGraph to be official Certified Partners and installing Team Foundation Server. Luckily for me, there is a lot of good information online so I thought I would post a mini-guide: DO ask lots of questions to your Microsoft rep about becoming certified DON'T freak out when the partner's site opens 15 new Internet Explorer windows DO follow the competencies instructions as close as possible DO worry when you don't hear back from Microsoft after three months DON'T wait until your existing MSDN subscription runs out (sorry about that guys) DO call Microsoft and find out you didn't assign your competencies correctly DO spend over an hour on the phone getting everything straightened out DON'T ask the tech support guy how to spell Microsoft when entering a url (I thought it was funny) DO make a blog post about being certified DO order a new server for Team Foundation Server from Dell DO take a picture of your Certified Partners banner DO follow this guide very closely when installing TFS DON'T worry when you forget to log in as TFSADMIN to complete install DO spend lots of time on TeamSystemRocks.com DON'T uninstall and reinstall Team Explorer 6 times when you can't write unit tests DO lots of research and find out you need Team Edition for Developers to write unit tests DO wave a finger in the air at Microsoft for making 15 versions of Visual Studio 2005 DO give much thanks to Mickey Gousset for helping you figure out exactly how to get Team Edition for Developers DO call Microsoft to find out why you don't have Team Edition for Developers DON'T let the Certified Partners tech support transfer you to MSDN tech support DO find out that you will get Team Edition for Developers in the mail DO sleep easier knowing that your company won't have to spend more money to write unit tests
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