This particular error can be a pain in the ass to track down, and it will cause Team Build to be unable to create the drop directory. But there are only really two causes for it.
1) You will generally start seeing this error after a problem occurs with a build machine that causes you [...]

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Notifications are a fundamental component of a successful SharePoint continuous integration strategy approach. Maintaining continuous feedback on SharePoint products is an important counterpart of continuous integration for realizing agile SharePoint development. Without timely notifications about the status of a build, mostly broken builds, bottle necks can occur which negate the benefits of a SharePoint CI [...]

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After doing a TFS migration between 2005 – 2008/2010, you may notice that there is a problem with your SSRS displaying reports. Most frequently this will occur when a service pack is applied. While some, such as the Velocity report, just won’t display data, others like those dealing with bugs will lead to the following [...]

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When you are writing custom endpoint detection scripts, I found the documentation regarding the use of different values very, very confusing. So here is a breakdown of em after reflecting on how UAG uses them.
Name: This represents the name of the variable, since you add the required XML file to the customupdate folder and [...]

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If you don’t want your public facing SharePoint sites in environments to be subject to public HAT & address rewriting, remember that you have to enable a Basic trunk. This can be done by creating a new trunk under HTTP and selecting the “basic trunk” option. If truly public, it is also best to disable [...]

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