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7 Jan 2014 by #realJSOP
I installed TFS 2012 Express on my machine (fresh install, not an upgrade from prior version), and when I try to connect to the team server, I get the following:"TF400324: Team Foundation services are not available from server mars. Unable to connect to remote server."I don't want/need...
24 Sep 2013 by 2irfanshaikh
VS 2012 Professional or lower versions do not have the Code Review module. To achieve this, I came up with a solution which will add a new work item type in TFS 2012. We will also learn how to create a new work item type in TFS.
9 Mar 2015 by _Asif_
This should give you a starting point atleast.How to add a Custom Field to an existing Work Item Type in TFS 2010 Process Template[^]
23 Oct 2013 by A.Girish
Hello Friends i'm back with some questions which will help me.Answer as links directly give some information as Answer to my questions1)What is Razor is it having any relation with java script,whats the use of this we already having javascript for scripting techniques,html ,css for...
5 Aug 2018 by a.mohamedyasin
I am trying to shelve pending changes for a document file in TFS (TFS 2015) web portal, is it possible ? If yes pls assist me What I have tried: I can able to download / Edit files in tfs web portal and also commit, but i cannot able to Shelve pending change.
29 Jul 2015 by Abhijit Jana
Manage Workspaces --> Edit Workspace --> Select Advanced In the Advanced Edit Workspace Window, you will find option for Owner. You can update there. Try it out once and let me know if that works..
31 Mar 2014 by Abhinav S
There is a term called publisher policy in .Net. This would allow you to allow put a new version of the dll and allow users to use the dll. Msdn link on this topic - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dz32563a(v=vs.110).aspx[^].
18 Jun 2015 by Abhipal Singh
It looks like Windows Authentication role is missing on your IIS server. Add the Windows Authentication role by using 'Turn windows features on or off'. Check the link below for more details on how you can achieve...
19 Jan 2015 by abinavshankar
Hi I have been doing some research work on Build-deploy-test using TFS2010 and I would like to know whether it is possible to change the deployment path at runtime ThanksAbinav
27 Mar 2014 by adityasahver
Hi All, I am trying to automate the build process of my application. I have properly given the build defination and the build is getting triggered at the specific time. But when the build is happening via TFS(msbuild) i am getting error - (179): No overload for method 'GetValue' takes 1...
17 Nov 2014 by AGILANK
Hi All, I working with TFS Project visual studio 2010,TFS Server 2008.I am getting null when i call GetService method by using TfsTeamProjectCollectionFactory Server.Code: TfsTeamProjectCollection Server = new TfsTeamProjectCollectionFactory.GetTeamProjectCollection(new...
18 Dec 2018 by ahmed_sa
Problem When check in in tfs file it not included on project on source control ? i worked on tfs and there are 10 person connected when i make check in to file from my computer it not show on another computer when another users make get latest version this file i do check in to it not show...
15 Sep 2011 by Alan N
If you break the problem into steps you have1) Start the command processor2) run vcvarsall.bat3) run "tf help > tfshistory.txt"So you actually want to run two commands not one and that will require the use of the "&" operator. private static void RunCmds() { const...
11 Nov 2013 by Albert Holguin
In case you don't happen to know this (maybe you do, maybe you don't)...There's really no need to use SVN within VisualStudio... it doesn't buy you anything and you can easily use it outside of the IDE. The IDE keeps track of when the files are updated outside of it and will ask you if...
26 Aug 2011 by AlexCode
Quick way of showing the Solution check-in modal window on Visual Studio
14 Jul 2014 by Allgaeuer
Hello guys,I would like to ask for some book recommendations to learn about the Microsoft Team Foundation Server. You must know, my company is currently about to change our complete software development equipment. In fact, we are emigrating from Bugzilla as issue tracking system, SVN as...
16 Jan 2013 by Am Gayathri
In my project i want to submit the code which i did in my local to TFS server.I connected with TFS (Team->Connect with team foundation server) now how can i submit my code to TFS?Also let me know how can i take latest code from TFS?It is urgent for me please help.
5 Nov 2013 by Am Gayathri
How to create TFS in local machine? And how can i connect with that?I want to create one TFS server in my local machine.How can i create that?How to set permissions?Please explain step wise.
3 Aug 2015 by ambilykk
Emails to Work Items
3 Aug 2015 by amihai1
Hi ,As everyone knows , in VS2010 and above there is a use of Web.config transforms to remove add update tags and attributes in a web.config file .Release management has the ability to switch values inside a web.token.config (convention is a variable like so : __ConnectionString__...
6 Jul 2011 by Amit Kumar Tiwari
I following machine configuration:Windows 2008 R2 EnterpriseSQL Server 2008 R2 EnterpriseTeam Foundation Server 2010Sharepoint 2007Visual Studio 2010The requirement is to do web check-in and check-out of TFS source code.My company has employees distributed all over the world and...
30 Apr 2018 by amnk.info
I had rename TFS Server name. after that i can't connect to the Team foundation server, i got this error. "Team Foundation Server could not connect to the database" (TF246017) What I have tried: I tried to connect Team foundation server
20 Apr 2018 by amnk.info
I had update TFS 2015 version 3 to 4.1 Now i got this error when connect tfs TF401054: The requested service level property TFS_SERVICE_LEVEL did not match the expected value. Team Foundation Server requires the Dev14.M114.1 service level but the database currently implements Dev14.M113 What I...
2 May 2018 by amnk.info
after restore database from tfs 2015 to 2018 i got this error when trying to load TFS. TF30046: The instance information does not match. Team Foundation expected 5261d5c6-6187-436e-8ead-81efc82c2616 which was not found. Please contact your Team Foundation Server administrator. What I have...
30 Apr 2018 by amnk.info
i have 2 servers one have TFS 2015 and Other one have 2018. I tried many times to restore 2015 to 2018, But not success. I can't stop 2015 server to take backup Because it is a live database. So i got backup from SQL server and try to restore to SQL 2017. Database successfully restored but I...
7 May 2018 by amnk.info
After Restore Database 2015 to 2018 TFS. I got this error. TF246017: Team Foundation Server could not connect to the database. Verify that the instance is specified correctly, that the server that is hosting the database is operational, and that network problems are not blocking communication...
4 Jun 2018 by amnk.info
I'm using Visual studio 2017 and TFS 2018. I got this error when TFS build (mobile-xamarin). I had added Agent following capabilities * AndroidSDK - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Xamarin * Xamarain.Android - C:\Program Files...
24 Jun 2018 by amnk.info
I want to how to enable disable TFS login for specific user. I have 50 users i need to allow login to only 2 users for small time period. Is it possible to in TFS 2018? What I have tried: Disable login to specific user in TFS
1 Aug 2018 by amnk.info
I got this error in Windows Event Viewer TFS installed server. TF53010: The following error has occurred in a Team Foundation component or extension: Date (UTC): 8/1/2018 11:33:11 PM Machine: ADDO-TFS Application Domain: /LM/W3SVC/2/ROOT/tfs-4-131769645742379284 Assembly:...
22 Oct 2018 by amnk.info
I tried to copy files to remote server by creating build step(Copy Files Over SSH) But i am getting this error when connect to this remote server. failed to connect to remote machine. verify the ssh endpoint details Error: Error: Timeout while for handshake I can connect this server using...
24 Oct 2012 by Amol Sagvekar
Error while creating a TFS project.
10 Nov 2014 by Anil Kumar Ch
Hi friends,I am trying to install MTM using TFS. i am able to install MTM and connected to TFS. now for running automation i need to install test Agent and Test Controller. so while configuring test controller i am getting an error failed to obtain service account.error :Failed to...
20 Nov 2016 by Anton Angelov
Learn how to modify the default TFS builds' template and add options for NuGet packages restore. Add a dedicated restore packages settings' section.
18 Aug 2013 by april4413
Dear All,I am transferring a jira 5.0 issues to TFS2012 WIT in my company.My team used TFS2012, they use JIRA. So I want to migrate the JIRA issues into TFS2012 WIT.I want to preserve all the basic fields, attachments and comment history & work logging. Any suggestions regarding...
19 Aug 2013 by april4413
using comment-plugins we can export comment on excel....here we can find the comment plugins https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/How+to+add+comments+to+Excel+export (we could map this to History field in TFS once we export it to Excel)
4 Sep 2013 by april4413
Hello all,I need some help regarding automatic deployment.In our company there are using tfs2012 for build + for deployment there are using jenkinsI need some powershell scripts for REMOTE DEPLOYMENTS using powershell integrating with Jenkins+TFSThanks in advance.
24 Nov 2014 by Arjun Menon U.K
Hi,I am trying to create a Win App where i can read test case from one project of one TFS and then move to another project in another TFS. I was able to implement the same but i want to migrate the test steps as well as the test data.This is what i have written nowTo show the test...
24 Nov 2014 by Arjun Menon U.K
private void TestCaseActions() { var tfsColl = TfsTeamProjectCollectionFactory.GetTeamProjectCollection(_TfsTeamProjectCollection.Uri); var tcmService = tfsColl.GetService(); var testProject = tcmService.GetTeamProject(_ProjectInfo.Name); ...
16 Feb 2016 by Arjun Singh Faguda
How to compare the latest version with the previous version in C#
19 Nov 2014 by ashish__shukla
You can use GIT on its own for source code management.You can also use TFS for the same.So TFS is not mandatory while using GIT.
14 Apr 2016 by Asmita Bhurke
Generate work items report from TFS including their associated changeset details
17 Jul 2015 by Asutosha
Hi,I have done 2 - 3 check in of multiple files in TFS .Now I want to Roll back to 2 step back.I would like to know how can I do in Visual studio 2010/2013.ThanksAsutosha Sarangi
2 Apr 2013 by avishekrc
I need to install CodeFlow, an add on to install on top of TFS. My questions are: 1.Where can I get manual,how-to-use for CodeFlow?I am not getting any good URL for CodeFlow guide. 2.Can we integrate CodeFlow with of TFS Client?Thanks in advance,Avi
3 Jun 2014 by Ayshine
I am having the following error in following code while trying to get workitem store . I searched everywhere but i couldn't find any solution please help :(TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server: http://hostname:8080/tfs/tpCollectionName/tpnameTeam Foundation Server...
4 Jun 2014 by Ayshine
I changedTfsTeamProjectCollection tfs = new TfsTeamProjectCollection(TfsTeamProjectCollection.GetFullyQualifiedUriForName("http://hostname:8080/tfs/tpCollectionName/tpname/"));line into TfsTeamProjectCollection tfs = new...
17 Jun 2014 by Ayshine
Hello, I need to connect to VersionControlServer of the tfs which i shouldconnect in different credentials . I connect this tfs by using Case 3: Connect by URI, custom credentials in this...
17 Jun 2014 by Ayshine
There were two different Visual Studio dll libraries after all 10.0 and 12.0 some tfs dlls were from 10.0 while other were from 12.0 . As a solution i picked all of them from 12.0 and it worked .VersionControlServer vsStore =...
27 Oct 2014 by B. Clay Shannon
I want to move an existing project to a new location and strip it of all its source control binding information.It is a solution created in Visual Studio 2003, which in its current state is bound (sort of - it's not working well) to TFS, whose bindings are controlled by using the MSSCCI...
27 Oct 2014 by B. Clay Shannon
So, for posterity (and/or time travelers from the past), here's what I did to extinctify the source-control bindings:0) Created a new folder to house a copy of the polluted (source-control-bound) files.1) Copied all the latest code to there, except for the source-code-specific files (I...
14 Sep 2011 by Bangla Gopal Surya Prakash
Hi All,I want to run a command in Visual Studio Command Prompt & this should happen using either c#.net or VB.net.I mean from C#.Net/vb.net I should be able to open VS Command prompt & execute a Command & this data to be returned back.Thanks & Regards,Surya Prakash
15 Sep 2011 by Bangla Gopal Surya Prakash
Hi,Can any one help me out in executing this code?string command = @" tf help > tfshistory.txt";System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo procStartInfo =new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(@"cmd", @" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" + command);//...
30 Oct 2011 by Bangla Gopal Surya Prakash
TFS Build agent, Build definition, TFS Build Custom Task
29 Jul 2012 by barneyman
I'd guess if everything was in the right place, a VS deployment project would workI'd suggest something like WiX[^] which is xml based, though others recommend AdvancedInstaller[^]I use none of the above - I wrote my own :)
9 Dec 2015 by Bastien Vandamme
Where can I find the documentation about Team Foundation Server 2015. I'm looking for installation/update instructions and I'm also looking for comparison between express and other editions. I tried Google and Bing without success.
22 Apr 2015 by BIBASWAN
where to download TFS for vs13 and how to configure???
24 Apr 2013 by Billy-TheKing
You can locate revisions and delete entire revision. Personally I don’t like to delete data manually, but if you want you can find revisions in tbl_content table. Use TFS admin console to delete projects you don’t need any more.
5 Feb 2015 by Biswabid Rath
is it possible to filter all the added tables in a specific schema while doing schema compare(SQL schema compare) using VS2012?e.g : i want to find all the tables added in Dev DB with schema 'abc' and not present in Test DB using SQL-schema compare in TFS(VS2012).
12 May 2015 by Brady Kelly
I'm really a total noob when it comes to TFS, having only ever done very simple rollbacks and commits. I now have a situation where I have some 'local' changes that I have shelved, but I would actually like to create a new branch on the main repo, so that other team members can access my...
13 May 2015 by Brady Kelly
I'm a git man most of the time, but I have suddenly been immersed into a TFS based project, where I have many changes I can't yet check into the trunk. In git I would simply commit all the time as normal, without pushing, but here I'm stuck with shelvesets or a new branch. I don't like...
21 Sep 2012 by Brian Fay
I am tasked with converting a .Net application from VSS to TFS (staying with Visual Studio 2008 for now) using VSSConverter.exe. I have followed the instructions (and sub-instructions) at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181247(v=vs.90).aspx. I was using the VS10 version of...
5 Aug 2016 by calway
Have a look at git-tfs[^] which seems like a reasonable way to keep two repo's on the different plaforms in sync. It's not that hard to setup and use.
11 Jul 2012 by Chandrashekar SK
Run the command prompt in administrator mode by right clicking on it and select "Run as Administrator".. This worked for me most of the time.. Give it a try..!
7 Feb 2013 by chuckdawit
If I migrate our teams TFS 2010 agile template project to TFS 2012 will I be able to convert to the scrum template when I migrate the project over to TFS 11 (2012)?I suspect no because everything inside the template is different and the conversion would be a nightmare, but I would like to have...
30 Jul 2013 by CodeBlack
Hi,As per the requirement what i have to do is, I have to create one tfs plugins and that plugin will update my-sql data (Third party database) on the status/priority change of the work item. and to connect to the mysql i need to read connection string from the configuration file.(Note...
13 Aug 2013 by CodeBlack
I have created new Work Item Type in TFS "Test". in this work item i have a field "Status" and this "Status" field has following options"Open", "Close", "Approve" and "Reject".I have below queries regarding this : 1. I want to restrict Developers to set the status Approve and...
21 Aug 2013 by CodeBlack
I have created custom WIT say Problem. and this problem has one custom field ProblemStatus which is having four options NEW, OPEN, PLANNED and CLOSE. Now i want to define workflow transition for this custom field. For Example : ProblemStatus can set to OPEN only if it's current status is...
29 Aug 2013 by CodeBlack
Hi I am using TFS 2010 SP1 and I have created TFS Plugins using C# code. That plugin will get the changes of the work item and update another database. Everything is working fine but all the TFS User faces problem with low performance. I have increased the RAM of the server upto 8 GB but...
12 Nov 2014 by CodeProject
On Wednesday November 12, Microsoft CVP Brian Harry will be available here for a live Q&A in the comment section of this article.
12 Sep 2013 by CPallini
(If I got you) You may find details on this documentation page: "Visual Studio 2012 Compatibility"[^].
28 Dec 2023 by CrazyMike1973
Environment: Azure DevOps Server 2022 19.225.34309.2 (AzureDevOps2022.1) I am prototyping an MS Azure DevOps Server on-premises setup. No issues installing the product until it came to the creation of Build Agents. I can see the Default Agent...
7 Dec 2022 by DaliborS
It is not The Solution. It is the same as when delete $tf folder.
6 Aug 2014 by DannyVarod
Fast, stable and powerful creation of NuGet packages
7 Jul 2015 by Dariush Tasdighi
How to delete a project permanately from TFS of www.VisualStudio.com site
8 Jan 2014 by Dave Kreskowiak
What issue? None of that made any real sense. What do you mean by "after I grouped my systems"??If you made large changes to your network configuration, you have to make sure all of your network infrastructure services work again, like DHCP and DNS. Without that, you can't reliably...
16 May 2017 by Dave Kreskowiak
Click the "Home" button, click "My Work". The link for "Request Review" should be right there.
14 Oct 2015 by David Rousset
Since releasing babylon.js, the WebGL open-source gaming framework, a couple of years ago, we (with help from the community) are constantly exploring ways to make it even better.
15 Dec 2012 by destination_amit
Hi, I want to do following things using TFS SDK. 1.I would like to implement the Checkin policy so that comments while check-in the file should be made mandatory and once checkin done, I want to get and save the changeSetID and files associated with that checkin event, which I will save to...
15 Feb 2014 by DGKumar
while using TFS i have get this error CS0433: The type 'DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean' exists in both 'c:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\DevExpress.Data.v11.1\11.1.6.0__b88d1754d700e49a\DevExpress.Data.v11.1.dll' and 'c:\Users\ganesh.kumar.dadi\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET...
11 Jun 2012 by dhaval.upadhyay
I want to check whether a certain workspace already exists with TF.exe in batch file. tf workspaces will displays the list of all workspaces for all users on all computers, but if workspace is not created it will give error. Does tf workspaces work with if condition or with exist command in...
1 Apr 2014 by Dhivya.J
Hi I have VS2010 with TFS already installed. I have created a Folder(eg., A) and an Integration Services solution(B_SOLN.sln) in TFS. I pasted the packages to that solution(inside SSIS Pacakges folder).But the pacakges are not available in the solution(B_SOLN.sln - inside SSIS Pacakges...
13 Feb 2014 by Dinesh92
hi all,Hope you doing well.I am getting error in mapping my local folder in TFS.It is showing that: Working folder [Local folder path] is already in use by [Previous employee who have left] on computer [my workstation name]please help me in this regards.
13 Oct 2015 by Diplaxmi
Run optional script after Test Runner 3:30:22 PM ERROR: Error during Sonar runner execution 3:30:22 PM ERROR: Unable to execute Sonar 3:30:22 PM ERROR: Caused by: Fail to connect to database 3:30:22 PM ERROR: Caused by: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'org.h2.Driver' 3:30:22 PM ...
12 Mar 2014 by Divakar Raj M
Say a checkin has been done for 10 files in TFS for a changeset with ChangeSet Id 100. I want to take the latest version of the files in this ChangeSet based on the ChangeSet id. TFS allows to view the ChangeSet Details and get latest of a particular file. Is there any way by which I can get...
20 Jul 2016 by Dominic Burford
Configuring a simple build using Team Foundation Services 2015
4 Aug 2016 by Dominic Burford
Adding unit tests to a Team Foundation Services 2015 build
15 Sep 2016 by Dominic Burford
Creating releases and deployments using Team Foundation Server 2015
5 Aug 2016 by Duncan Edwards Jones
I have a visual studio online repo (TFS) that I use for my "CQRS on Azure" stuff but folks are looking for a GitHub version so they can contribute - is it possible to set something up to keep them both in sync?I want to keep the "fast ring" on TFS but push to GitHub as a build step on a...
11 Jan 2012 by Dylan Morley
Similar opinion to OriginalGriff on this one, we also use Subversion and the 'trunk' should always be a working copy of your code. You should be able to download a complete copy from the trunk and be able to build with no problems, you should be able to deploy this code at short notice. E.g. a...
13 Oct 2011 by E.F. Nijboer
Is the file there if you look for for it yourself? If you wouldn't know where to look, then the problem is obvious. You would need to create a workspace.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181384.aspx[^]For your code to work it would also need to exist in the workspace. By the...
13 Jan 2015 by Eduard Keilholz
Hey there!I have a question, I have a solution with about fourty projects. When debugging (hitting the F5 key) I want to start 3 of them by default. No problem so far, I checked 'multiple startup projects' in the solution properties and set the three projects to start.Now when I create a...
11 Jan 2017 by Ema112
I want to set check out prompt in TFS. While running my application in VS 2013 solution getting checked out automatically. In VSS by going to Tools settings it worked fine.But in TFS not found a suitable option.What I have tried:I want to set check out prompt in TFS. While running my...