Developer Support Team Foundation Server
Tips, tricks, thoughts and experiences from the Microsoft Team Foundation Server global support team.
Why can’t I save edited documents back to TFS via Team System Web Access like I can with Team Explorer?
If you have ever user Team System Web Access to work with TFS, specifically the Documents tab, ...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 04/27/2009
A note on merging and the use of TF MERGES & TF MERGE
Have you ever had to do any forensic work on TFS merges, tracking down what you or a member of your...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 04/15/2009
What prompts a full cache download in Team Foundation Server?
An interesting case came in the other day where the customer had a TF server on one continent and...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 04/13/2009
How to move TFS content from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007
Arun Ramalingam brings us a very detailed post today about moving TFS data between WSS 3.0 and MOSS...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 04/10/2009
Testing Email flow from your Team Foundation Server
Manoj Mohunthan brings us today’s tip… If you have issues with TFS alerts, sometimes you would like...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 04/02/2009
Installing TFS 2008 SP1 – Prerequisites, Caveats & Best Practices
Today Vimal Thiagaraj from our Setup & Installation team brings us some valuable information...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 03/20/2009
Before calling TFS support… ideas and information to collect
Often when people call TFS support the first thing we do is have them list off pertinent information...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 03/18/2009
Issues with TFS 2008 built-in reports using SQL Server Reporting Services 2008
George Archer and Jim Saunders bring us today’s update about problems with TFS 2008 reports when...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 03/11/2009
“The Big One”
Brett Keown is at it again… In TFS Developer Support, we lovingly call this process “The Big...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 03/06/2009
“Red-X” on Work Items folder in Team Explorer
Manoj brings us another of his troubleshooting tidbits. This time around it’s Red-C on Work Items…...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 03/03/2009
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 & TFS issues: Windows SharePoint Services v2.0 and FQDN problems
Seems the installation of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 can cause multiple issues for users of TFS… 1....
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 02/26/2009
TFS Performance Tips & Tricks - Part Two
As promised, here is part two of Brett Keown TFS performance tips and tricks. Trev Technorati Tags:...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 02/23/2009
TFS Performance Tips & Tricks - Part One
Brett Keown, a TFS Senior Support Engineer has put together a collection of TFS performance tips...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 02/20/2009
My Favorite TFS Tweak
This is all over the web… but can I just say how much I love this tweak?!? :-) If you’re...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 02/19/2009
Update to our Team Foundation Server 2008 for HTTPS / SSL Document
Back in October 2008 we posted an update to the “Walkthrough: Setting up Team Foundation Server to...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 02/19/2009
Error “The CREATE UNIQUE INDEX statement terminated because a duplicate key was found…” during GET LATEST in 2008
Ladislau Szomoru (one of our Escalation Engineers in Budapest) brings us today’s note about a...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 02/18/2009
Hey, Where Did My Changes in IIS Manager Go?
Team Foundation Server touches many technologies. One primary technology is Internet Information...
Author: jimsau Date: 01/26/2009
Troubleshooting Windows SharePoint Services issues with TFS Project Creation
Manoj Mohunthan brings us today’s post with some really good information on troubleshooting Windows...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 01/22/2009
Scripting Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Setup for Team Foundation Server
Lakhminder Singh from our TFS install and setup team brings us today’s tidbit… Installation...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 01/14/2009
Source Controlled Project Displays As Folder In Solution Explorer - “ResetUserData” to the Rescue!
Today’s BLOG post comes from Manoj Mohunthan. He offers a helpful tip about clearing up issues in...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 01/08/2009
How to allow access to a child folder without allowing access to the parent folder in TFS Source Control
With TFS 2008, say I have the following path: $/Team Project/Project/Source/Images You have a new...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 12/12/2008
Workitem is slow when doing a Save or Update in TFS2008
Recently we came across a unique issue while working with my customer that I would like to share. It...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 12/08/2008
CSS TFS Monthly HOTFIX / Content Report - October 2008
We have a monthly post on our BLOG which lists the following for the previous month... TFS HOTFIXs...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 11/06/2008
Identify your TF server version and machine info with BGInfo
BGInfo is a great little tool written by Bryce Cogswell from Sysinternals. I use it extensively...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 10/29/2008
My Experience Setting Up TFSWindows SeverSQL Server 2008
Set up another VPC today. This is my first personal install of TFS 2008 ATDT on Windows Server...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 10/23/2008
Sticky Mouse in Windows Server 2008 & Vista Hyper-V VPCs!
If you’re a regular reader you already know that I use virtualization a lot in my daily work with...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 10/17/2008
SharePoint Services and Team Foundation Server 2008 Warm Standby
We’ve done some testing on the recommended ways to install Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) for use...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 10/15/2008
Setting up Team Foundation Server 2008 for HTTPS / SSL
There has long been a walkthrough available on MSDN for accomplishing this task. We in support have...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 10/03/2008
TfsAdminUtil.exe From TFS 2008 SP1 'ConfigureConnections' Fails
This post comes from Wendell Philips, formerly of our TFS setup support team, but now a member of...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 09/26/2008
Suddenly TFS Reports Throwing "An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details. (rsInternalError)"
The other day I was changing the service account passwords on my VPCs that I use for troubleshooting...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 09/25/2008
Project Creation with Scrum Fails After TFS Upgrade (2005 -> 2008)
Had an interesting case the other day where project creation was failing on a TF server that had...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 09/15/2008
Installing 64-bit WSS Extensions for TFS 2008 on MOSS 2007
Our BLOG post today comes from Vimal Thiagaraj, a Support Engineer on our TFS install and setup...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 09/02/2008
Fun with the TFSServerScheduler service
Today I had a bit of an odd problem with the TFSServerScheduler service on one of my TFS 2008...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 07/09/2008
Team Foundation Server Service Account Password Changer Utility
Many of us on the Team Foundation Server customer support team at Microsoft maintain multiple TFS...
Author: jimsau Date: 06/25/2008
Welcome to the Developer Support Team Foundation Server (TFS) BLOG!
Welcome to the Developer Support Team Foundation Server (TFS) BLOG! As the name and caption of this...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 06/16/2008