Developer Support Team Foundation Server
Tips, tricks, thoughts and experiences from the Microsoft Team Foundation Server global support team.
Team build definition UI doesn't respect Test parameters entered directly into Property Grid
A couple of customers have reported that their unit tests were not running when Team Builds based on...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 03/31/2014
Release Management: How configure Team Build definition to automatically trigger a Release - walkthrough
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Author: Teodora Stanev - MSFT Date: 03/26/2014
Release Management: How to run Automated Tests as part of a Release - walkthrough
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Author: Teodora Stanev - MSFT Date: 03/26/2014
Release Management: How to deploy web application as part of a Release - walkthrough
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Author: Teodora Stanev - MSFT Date: 03/26/2014
Release Management: How to trigger Release from Team Build - walkthrough
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Author: Teodora Stanev - MSFT Date: 03/26/2014
Issues with Basic Authentication in Visual Studio Online since March 18, 2014 update
We've updated our password complexity requirements for Visual Studio Online alternate credentials....
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 03/20/2014
How to move tasks around sprints ensuring consistency in velocity diagram
This amazing write up has been submitted by one of our very efficient and dedicated resources from...
Author: Nitish Nagpal Date: 02/04/2014
After upgrade to TFS 2013 or after restoring a site collection, some web parts on the TFS Dashboard pages display an error
Error: The type Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WebAccess.WebParts.<NAME>,...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 02/04/2014
Issues with build in Team foundation server 2013
This post is to provide details a bug which was reported in Team Foundation Server 2013 build and...
Author: Nitish Nagpal Date: 01/22/2014
Not able to see users with their full display name in Team Foundation Server 2012
This is one of the trickiest scenarios that I handled recently, hence considered it to share on...
Author: Nitish Nagpal Date: 01/22/2014
Work item getting freezed while being saved on team system web access 2012
Problem description: This is another interesting issue, which I came across while helping one of my...
Author: Nitish Nagpal Date: 01/22/2014
Issues in opening work items in web access in Team foundation Server 2012 cumulative update 3
This is another unique issue that I came across while helping one of my customers, where we were not...
Author: Nitish Nagpal Date: 01/22/2014
Error "...needs the following permission(s) to perform this action: Edit collection-level information" changing owner of VSO account
Scenario: You are the owner of a Visual Studio Online account. You want to change the owner of that...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 01/22/2014
Can't link Azure to Visual Studio Online account whose name starts with a number
Interesting one. You can no longer create a VSO account that starts with a number. You get an error...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 01/21/2014
VS2013 TFS "Key not valid for use in specified state" error
My VS 2013 would not connect to any internal or VSO TFS instances today. I also could not remove...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 01/10/2014
Visual Studio Online Load Test Troubleshooting Guide
Please refer to...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 01/09/2014
VC++ build failure after migration from TFS 2010 to 2012 if you have enabled code analysis
Follow comes from Deepak Mittal Problem Description: After migration from 2010 to 2012 of VC++...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 12/02/2013
TFS Workitem Customization Lync Conference - December 20, 2013 4PM - 5:30PM IST
TFS Workitem Customization December 20, 2013 4PM - 5:30PM IST Click here to calculate your local...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 11/26/2013
TFS Version Control Lync Conference- December 16th, 2013 4PM - 5:30PM IST
TFS Version Control December 16th, 2013 4PM - 5:30PM IST Click here to calculate your local time....
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 11/26/2013
Visual Studio Surveys on the Visual Studio BLOG
We're running some surveys on Visual Studio to collect feedback for our next release cycle....
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 11/26/2013
"Pending Changes” and “Source Control Explorer” missing from Team Explorer in Visual Studio 2013
This week I had a customer connected to Visual Studio Online using VS 2013 Pro, but all he had in TE...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 11/21/2013
Talk on TFS Integration tool kit, Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 09:30:00 UTC
Talk on TFS Integration tool kit October 23, 20133PM - 4:30PM Indian Standard Time Click here to...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 10/08/2013
Cannot add new build templates or create team projects on TFS 2010 because of error ‘The File Exists’
The following tale from the support lines comes to us today from Premal Ghelashah. Recently I was...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/27/2013
Not able to open a history version of an Excel workbook directly from TFS-connected SharePoint portal
Following experience comes from Nitish Nagpal. Customer reported they kept getting strange error...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/27/2013
Determining Process Template of an existing Team Project in TFS 2012
Following comes to us from Premal Ghelashah: I have always had difficulty in identifying the process...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/27/2013
In TFS 2012 some administrator features moved to web-based only
Following experience comes from Nitish Nagpal: Customer was able to add users in team foundation...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/27/2013
After upgrading from TFS2010 to TFS2012 Update3, standard users not able to access user stories.
Following comes to us from Deepak Mittal. Problem Description:After upgrading from TFS2010 to...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/27/2013
Problems configuring TFS 2012 build server with a local account when the TFS machine is domain-joined
Following comes to us from Deepak Mittal. If your TFS is configured in domain environment and you...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/27/2013
You may face problem with TFS connectivity over HTTPS after installing KB 2750149
Following comes to us from Deepak Mittal. Users may see this error in VS: TF31003: Either you have...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/27/2013
Using TFS 2012 Team Build to control build order of multiple solutions
Nitish Nagpal brings us this support experience today.... Problem Description TFS 2012 with multiple...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 10/12/2012
Error "TF254027: You must correct all errors before you continue.” upgrading TFS 2010 to TFS 2012
Deepak Mittal brings us this support experience today.... Problem Description If you are upgrading...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 10/12/2012
Team Build Check-In Policy Error: "Internal error in the Policy. The calling thread must be STA, because many UI components require this."
Deepak Mittal brings us this support experience today.... Problem Description Lets say you have...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 10/12/2012
Test Attachment Cleaner for VS2010 - everything you need to know
See the following blog:...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 10/08/2012
Support Postmortem: Suddenly a build controller (that was previously functioning) has stopped
Nitish Nagpal brings us this story of a recent support case. --Trevor PROBLEM...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/26/2012
"Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component" using TFS201 Team Web Access
Following comes from Senior Support Engineer Nitish Nagpal. Problem:One of my customers was facing...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 04/26/2012
What to do if you delete files or folders outside Team Explorer/Visual Studio 2010 from your local folder
Following comes from Senior Support Engineer Nitish Nagpal. Problem: This is most common when you...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 04/26/2012
Direction on changing SQL Service Start-up Accounts
Following comes from Senior Support Engineer Nitish Nagpal. I have seen scenarios where TFS...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 04/20/2012
Troubleshooting tips with Team Build 2010 for the projects migrated from 2005 or 2008
Following comes from Senior Support Engineer Deepak Mittal. These are some troubleshooting tips...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 04/13/2012
Issue while building SharePoint workflow project with Team Build 2010 with duplicate call to Workflow.targets
Following comes from Senior Support Engineer Deepak Mittal. Issue description:You may notice an...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 04/13/2012
Junk characters in the Team Build 2010 log
Following comes from Senior Support Engineer Deepak Mittal. Issue Description:You may notice junk...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 04/13/2012
A cumulative update is available for Team Foundation Server 2010 Service Pack 1…
…and it’s here. Please review the update page and the linked KBs on it for further...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 07/06/2011
Publishing TFS services to Visual Studio using UAG and SSL-VPN
Our support team recently worked with Ben Ari from the Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 07/06/2011
Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 SP1 is Available
Download now from...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 02/22/2011
Upgrade Visual SourceSafe Today!
Make the move to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 With modern features like...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 02/18/2011
Now Available: Microsoft Code Sample Request Service
The Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework team recently announced an innovative “FREE” code sample...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 11/16/2010
Visual Studio improves Help Viewer for Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
The Visual Studio “Help” team received significant feedback requesting a Help experience that is...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 11/12/2010
Need your feedback on revised MSDN Library topic: "Extending Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management"
Allen Clark, the topic’s author, needs your help in evaluating how well our content improvements...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 11/09/2010
New Team Explorer Everywhere Released
FYI – We just released a new version of Team Explorer Everywhere! You can read about it here, and...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 11/03/2010