Questions tagged [team-foundation-server]
Team Foundation Server is a complete Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) suite, offered by Microsoft. TFS combines activities such as Source Control Management, Work Item Tracking, Project Management, Build Management, and Reporting into a single product with strong integration points to the Visual Studio and Microsoft Office product lines.
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TFS 2012 - error TF218017 SharePoint site cannot be created
I have an out of the box install (SharePoint and TFS on same box, external SQL server) and when I attempt to create a project I get an error as per the screenshot.
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TFS 2012 or TFS Azure (Preview)
We want to migrate our current TFS 2010 solution that's hosted today in one of our own servers to TFS 2012 hosted somewhere else.
We don't want to handle the servers any more, and therefor are ...
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What does this mean? Web Access Module can only work with TeamFoundationApplication
So I installed TFS2012 the other day and now when I try to view the web access app I get the error as shown below. Ideas?
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Testing and workflow capabilities keep failing
My testing and workflows are failing.
The workflow fails for this reason.
But I have the TFS build service on the environment and the agent has the green light beside it.
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Cannot create TFS backup plan, permission issues in a non-domain setup
I am trying to create a backup plan for my TFS 2010 server. This TFS server (MRSPOCK) is not part of a domain. My backup destination folder is a shared folder on a Windows 7 Professional PC (SCOTTY). ...
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Unable to connect to TFS in VS 2011Beta
I tried to open an existing solution (which is under source control) in Visual Studio 2011Beta. It gave me the next error:
The solution appears to be under source control, but its binding
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How do I restrict the available work items for support desk users in TFS 2010
We run TFS 2010 and use the work items. We are migrating the support desk but don't want them to be able to raise bugs, tasks etc - is there a way to lock them down to just issue? Also despite ...
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TFS Check-In Exception - TF30042 Database is Full
I'm trying to check a rather large file into Team Foundation Server (TFS) and getting the following exception.
TF30042: Database is Full. Contact your Team Foundation Server administrator.
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How many TFS 2010 Service Accounts for This Topology?
I am a newbie on this stuff.
I want to create an environment consist of TFS Server (App&Build), Sharepoint2010, and SQL Server. the TFS server are interacting continuously with three servers : ...
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TFS Destroy /startcleanup - how do I start the clean up manually?
I ran TFS Destroy on a file that was too long.
But I forgot to add the /startcleanup command. It is now several days later and the file is still referenced in the TFS Database (or so says my ...
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don't have "sufficient right" to my own TFS 2010
after I removed an active directory domain service, I lost all my accounts...then not only the SQL server and the TFS stopped working, the TFs administration console also says that I don't have ...
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Merging Team Project Collections
I have Team Foundation Server 2010 and 3 Team Project Collections on it. I would like to merge them into a single Team Project Collection without losing file version history. Is it possible to move a ...
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Strategy for backing up TFS 2008
I have Backup exec 2010 R2 running on Win2008 R2, and I need to backup TFS 2008. I have about 10gb of TFS database files. From msdn articles I have read, all backups of the TFS databases must be time ...
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How to connect to TFS running in home network? [closed]
I have two computers in my home network one of them is running TFS. Could someone explain me step by step which configuration should be done in order to connect from another laptop to TFS server?
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TFS 2010 restore of backup to DB server.. client receives HRESULT E_FAIL
I recently restored the DB portion of my TFS 2010 deployment, currently when clients open old work items they get the error:
error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.
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Windows Server 2008 VPN + Team Foundation Server 2010
For starters - I'm not an admin, I'm a programmer, so please give me basics when you feel it's necessary.
The background: At uni we decided with some friends and a PhD to write an application to aid ...
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Integration of SharePoint 2010 with TFS2010
We have performed following steps as of now-
Install TFS2010 10.0.30319.1 (RTM) on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise(app tier)
SQL 2008 SP1 with Cumulative update 2 on Windows Server 2008 R2 ...
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Preventing expansion of : in batch file for loop
Trying to build a cmdline tool for reviewing TFS changesets. Currently I have this:
rem I know there's redundancy here, but don't care for now
set /A curr=%1
set /A prev=%curr%
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TFS2010 - Correctly setting up Host Header
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 ...
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Upgrade from SQL Server Express to Standard version, when using TFS2010?
We're currently using SQL Server Express 2008 as backend for our TFS2010 install (Basic). Would it be possible to move to the standard (or better) version of SQL Server without any big hassels?
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Are these the correct instructions to backup TFS 2010?
I am working on a backup plan for TFS 2010. I found this site http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253070(VS.100).aspx that details a complex backup solution.
Has anyone tested these ...
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TFS 2010 RTM Sharepoint and Reports server asks passwords
I have clean TFS 2010 setup (Single-Server setup) with Sharepoint and SSRS on it. Everything works great except authentication pop-up box when I'm trying to access reports or project portal with IE. ...
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TFS 2008, Space issue
In our data tier of TFS infrastructure, the folder C:\data\TfsWarehouse.0.db has grown upto 2 gb. Since C: drive is of only 10 gb ..can we move this folder to some other drives. Can we delete the ...
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A lot of logon/logoffs events in Windows event log
I have a server that contains Team Foundation Server which we use for source control. This server is windows server 2003, however it is not our domain server.
When we do a large 'get latest version' ...
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Changing WSS 3.0 to point to a new SQL instance
I'm testing a failover procedure using a mirrored data tier for TFS 2008 with WSS 3.0 on top of SQL Server 2008. I have been following the instructions at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/...
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TFS 2010 - Can Only Install Build Service
I am trying to install TFS 2010 Beta 1 on Windows Server 2008 R2.
When the installer runs runs I only have the option of installing the build server. All the other configuration steps are missing.
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Sql Server Reporting Services stops working after changing service Logon account
Using Sql Server 2008.
I am attempting to install Team Foundation Server as a dual server setup (due to one server being the DC.) Part of the installation requirements is that Sql Server Reporting ...
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Error installing TFS 2008 on Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008
I'm trying to install Team Foundation Server using 2 machines:
Machine1: OS: Windows 2008 Server Installed applications: SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
Machine2: OS: Windows 2008 ...
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What issues if any have people had with TFS 2008?
We are just about to implement full blown TFS 2008 across our development team and I'd like to find out if there are any gotchas to b e aware fo or any installation issues I am likley to face. I have ...
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TFS2008 Iteration Corruption - error TF51209
We have recently moved our Team System installation from a VM onto a physical server. Most aspects seem to work okay (work items, source control etc), but am seeing the following error in the event ...
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All things ADS (alas, TFS is no more...)
After an in-place upgrade from TFS 2018 to ADS 2019, I'm in the process of migrating all of my TFS nomenclature to ADS. For example, the supporting service accounts have been changed from TFS_Service /...
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Team Foundation Server 2013 backup completes successfully but not saving any .BAK and .TRN files
I just encountered this issue with my production TFS server, which was backing up normally for the last few years.
Backups have just stopped saving any other files except these 2. Also, there are no ...
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How to create Rollback in TeamServices build definition?
I need to create rollback if deployment has failed.
I only need this task group to run when the previous deployment has failed.
I tried to run task without task group but just only one task is ...
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Does Timetracker Update TFS?
I have TFS2017 and I'm trying to generate a report for estimated time vs actual time. We use Timetracker from 7pace and I was wondering if 7pace actually updates TFS tables.
In the Timetracker ...
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IIS Site Losing Ability to Authenticate With NTLM
We are having a recurring issue with one of our servers that I am not sure how to troubleshoot. The server is used to host an instance of Microsoft TFS and every few weeks Windows Authentication ...
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TFS2015 user account deactivation
Here we have a lot of TFS(2015) users account associated to persons who no longer work for our company. What we would like to do is:
Remove/deactivate their account from TFS user account list (to ...
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Authentication with TFS 2017 vs 2013
I just migrated to TFS 2017 from 2013. Since the server is running on a domain-joined machine, I would login using DOMAIN\Username - however, with 2017 it won't let me put in the domain when I login -...
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TFS 2015 Unable to deploy to to specific server, but Visual Studio can from the Build Agent server
I'm at a bit of a loss here, having checked all the usual suspects.
One of the most baffling things is that I can deploy via Visual Studio on the Build Agent server, using the same url to the same ...
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TFS 2017 Build agent testing connection failure
I have a problem connecting the build agent to tfs.
I run the ./config from a powershell with elevated credentials and I proceed to the point where I get the prompt
Testing agent connection
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TFS 2015: Permissions for Source Control Explorer
I am currently facing the following situtation:
We have a TFS 2015 and I want to set up a user, for developers to work in Visual Studio 2015 with the Source Control Explorer.
I have set the ...
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Mirror team foundation server 2015 git repo to bitbucket
I have a tfs 2015 server with a git repo. When a developer carries out a sync, I would like tfs to also push the changes to bitbucket git repo.
Can anyone suggest any solution to this?
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What do I need to be able to delete a user's workspace?
I need to delete the workspace of a user that has some files checked out.
My account is a member of Administration Console users, TFS_APPTIER_SERVICE_WPG and the Application Tier's Team Foundation ...
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Why can't I change the identity of this account in Team Foundation Server?
I'm trying to migrate the collections from one Team Foundation Server to another.
A collection that uses local account memberships fails to get attached to the new server. The other collections use ...
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How can I replace a local TFS service account with a domain TFS service account to perform a migration?
I changed the service account used by Team Foundation Server from a local account HOSTNAME\local_tfs_service_account to a domain account DOMAIN\domain_tfs_service_account, by directly clicking on the "...
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Team Foundation Server 2013 trace doesn't work
I'm trying to turn on tracing on my TFS 2013 instance. To do this I'm modifying C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 12.0\Application Tier\Web Services\web.config file like this:
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TFS 2010 cloned to TFS 2013 test environment - Best Practices Analyzer issue
So I have successfully cloned my existing TFS 2010 production environment onto new hardware (and software) and it is running TFS 2013. Everything appears to be working just fine.
I notice however ...
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TFS 2013: An error occurred while initializing a build for build definition (The remote name could not be resolved)
I'm trying to start a build from my TFS to my Build Controller. Both are not inside a domain or active directory. The Build Server is a virtual machine hosted in Hyper-V on the dedicated TFS machine.
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Can't create Build Controller on other server for TFS
I'm currently working on creating a test environment on my local machine using some virtual servers:
TWITCH: This server contains the real TFS Server
BUILDSERVER: This server should contain the Build ...
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sharepoint 2013 upgrade From wss 3.0
I am in the middle of a TFS2010 with WSS3.0 upgrade to TFS2013 update2 with Sharepoint2013 SP1. I have successfully upgraded the content databases from WSS3.0 to Sharepoint foundation 2010. But in the ...
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TFS2012 build server for SharePoint 2010 and 2013
Is there a way to use just one machine to configure a build server for both SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013? I'd like to know if anyone succeeded in such a task. We want to use PowerShell remoting ...
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