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We have a TFS2010 install on a Win2008R2 Server running IIS7. I've created a host header for TFS and want to use that instead of machineName:8080. I am getting weird behavior from it now. Every other time I log in I get:

TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server: http://web2/tfs. Team Foundation Server Url: http://web2/tfs. Possible reasons for failure include: - The name, port number, or protocol for the Team Foundation Server is incorrect. - The Team Foundation Server is offline. - The password has expired or is incorrect. Technical information (for administrator): The request failed with HTTP status 404: Not Found.

I force a reconnect and voila - there it is. Also, connecting to the web site rarely works but connecting via VS2010 works 50% of the time.

What do i need to change to stabilize this?

IIS Log File:
Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5
Version: 1.0
Date: 2010-05-17 19:47:51
Fields: date time s-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query s-port cs-username c-ip cs(User-Agent) sc-status sc-substatus sc-win32-status time-taken
2010-05-17 19:47:51 192.168.10.240 POST /tfs/Services/v3.0/LocationService.asmx - 80 - 192.168.10.62 Team+Foundation+(devenv.exe,+10.0.30319.1) 401 2 5 0
2010-05-17 19:47:51 192.168.10.240 POST /tfs/Services/v3.0/LocationService.asmx - 80 MMNT_NET\Keith.Barrows 192.168.10.62 Team+Foundation+(devenv.exe,+10.0.30319.1) 200 0 0 109
2010-05-17 19:47:51 192.168.10.240 POST /tfs/RIV/VersionControl/v1.0/repository.asmx - 80 MMNT_NET\Keith.Barrows 192.168.10.62 Team+Foundation+(devenv.exe,+10.0.30319.1) 200 0 0 218
Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5
Version: 1.0
Date: 2010-05-17 20:41:50
Fields: date time s-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem cs-uri-query s-port cs-username c-ip cs(User-Agent) sc-status sc-substatus sc-win32-status time-taken
2010-05-17 20:41:50 192.168.10.240 POST /tfs/Services/v1.0/ServerStatus.asmx - 80 - 192.168.10.62 Team+Foundation+(devenv.exe,+9.0.30729.4413) 401 2 5 78
2010-05-17 20:42:11 192.168.10.240 POST /tfs/Services/v1.0/ServerStatus.asmx - 80 MMNT_NET\keith.barrows 192.168.10.62 Team+Foundation+(devenv.exe,+9.0.30729.4413) 404 0 0 21466

I am not sure how to interpret it. Looks like a 404 followed by a 200, or a 401, 404...

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Thanks for the log info. Try hitting this page directly in a web browser: /tfs/Services/v1.0/ServerStatus.asmx. That's throwing a 401.2 which suggests that something is wrong with the configuration. You can also try browsing to the /tfs/Services/v1.0 folder in IIS7 Manager. If there is a config error, it should pop up with a message and details on what the issue is.

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Thanks Scott - I'll take a look tomorrow when I have "free time". :) – Keith Barrows May 17 '10 at 23:13
Did the browse to thing and no errors popped up. It seems like it has its wires crossed. When I request tfs.rivworks.com it tries to deliver web2/tfs instead. It is like the config for TFS is missing some of its own config. – Keith Barrows May 18 '10 at 17:53
Any chance the bindings on the site are responding the opposite as you expect? Like you say, it seems like its wires are crossed. – Scott Forsyth - MVP May 19 '10 at 4:22
Hmmm. Ran MS TFS Best Practices Analyzer and I have this warning popping up: > The server bindings for Web site "Team Foundation Server" contains at least one host header string. Check the "Multiple identities" settings under Properties / Web Site / Advanced button, Advanced Web Site Identification. I deleted the named binding and reran the analyzer and the warning still pops up! I think something in the web.config or DB is giving wrong info now... – Keith Barrows May 19 '10 at 22:02
Went back into the TFS Admin Console and changed URLs (again). Made sure it was all pointing to web2:8080/tfs. Needed to refresh twice before the Admin Console actually showed it all. Now connecting seems to work except I'd like a host name connection rather than a machine name connection. But hey, at least it works again. – Keith Barrows May 19 '10 at 22:20
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For the web2 website, what do the IIS logs give for a status code? That should be telling as to whether the request makes it as far as the server, and if so, what error is throw from the TFS server.

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