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How to rename a TFS collection (Part 2)
This article is in continuation of my earlier post of how to rename a TFS collection...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/12/2010
Bisubscribe.exe command fails in TFS 2010 while registering web services
I found this issue in TFS 2010 on live production server. Consider the following scenario. You are...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/12/2010
Configuring NLB for TFS 2010
This walkthrough details the steps in configuring a Network Load balancing solution for Team...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/12/2010
User-defined Triggers may cause performance, connectivity and data integrity issue with Team Foundation Server
I have been seeing see latency and performance problems in couple of scenarios, specifically while...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/12/2010
Reports Section in TFS 2008 Project portal doesn't show up
I came across this issue in one of my cases and found that when I right click any of the project...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/12/2010
Search in Team System 2008 Web Access doesn't work
I found this interesting stuff in one of my cases where customer was trying to to search for Work...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/12/2010
Re-attaching the content database gives error while trying to do migration based upgrade from TFS 2005 to TFS 2010
This is one of the interesting issues that I came across while trying a migration upgrade of TFS...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/12/2010
TFS2010: TF30063 error while enabling SharePoint site for a team project.
If you have a High availability solution enabled for Team Foundation Server 2010 using application...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/11/2010
TFS2010: “Team Project Process Guidance” throws a File Download wizard inside Visual Studio.
When you install TFS 2010 and integrate with SharePoint 2010, when you try to browse the “Team...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/10/2010
Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2010 October 2010 edition is Out
Latest edition of TFS 2010 install guide is available and can be downloaded from...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/10/2010
Team Foundation Server 2010 downgrading license
There might be a scenario where you would like to change your License of Team Foundation Server 2010...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 10/21/2010
How to Uninstall WSS 3.0 and reinstall WSS 3.0 for TFS 2010 – Part 1
This is a situation, where we want to remove the WSS 3.0 installed along with TFS 2010 and reinstall...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 10/04/2010
TF249063: The following Web service is not available:
Today, a customer of mine was facing an issue while he was trying to configure SharePoint Extensions...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 10/04/2010
TF250004: The SharePoint Products installation is either corrupt or is not valid
I was working with a customer upgrading his TFS 2005 to TFSD 2010; we found an error during the...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 10/01/2010
How to recover a collection database when it is not listed in the TFS admin console!!!
Author: Vimal Thiagaraj Technical Review: Lakhminder We don't recommend running of the recover...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 09/28/2010
How to rename a TFS collection
Author: Romit...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 09/15/2010
TFS installation and Error 28805
Here is a list of possible 28805 errors and fixes that worked wonders for us. This particular...
Author: Arunrama Date: 09/02/2010
Minimum permissions required for the TFS Setup account on the SQL Server during TFS upgrade
Author - Ravi Kumar Reviewed by – Lakhminder Singh Here is a blog post from the TFS Setup SME, Ravi...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 08/13/2010
General Availability of Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 announced
Today, at the Visual Studio Live event in Seattle, Dave Mendlen – Senior Director of...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 08/11/2010
TFS 2010: Project collection creation fails with error: TF252005
Author: Arun Ramalingam Reviewed by: Lakhminder Singh Environment: TFS 2010 wired with MOSS 2007 and...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 08/11/2010
TFS 2010 New Media Released – includes fixes for upgrade!
Today, we have released the new TFS media. As of today if you download TFS from MSDN...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 08/06/2010
Working with SQL queries / Web services to retrieve information from TFS
Part 1 Author: Arun Ramalingam Reviewer: Lakhminder Singh...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 07/29/2010
TFS 2010 related SharePoint issues
TF50309 Error on Web Part while browsing Team Portal While browsing Team project portal you might...
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 07/23/2010
Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 released!
You can download the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 template from the visual Studio Gallery....
Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 07/20/2010
TFS 2010: After an upgrade to TFS 2010, labels are missing items, or merge relationships are missing
There had been instances where after upgrading from TFS 2005 /2008 to TFS 2010 there were Labels...
Author: Arunrama Date: 07/16/2010
TFS2008: Warehouse processing fails “OLE DB error: OLE DB or ODBC error: Cannot open database "TfsWarehouse" requested by the login”
OLE DB error: OLE DB or ODBC error: Cannot open database "TfsWarehouse" requested by the login. The...
Author: Arunrama Date: 06/09/2010
Import upgrade: Upgrading (merging) a TFS 2005/ 2008 instance to an existing TFS 2010 instance.
We had already see two types of upgrades available in TFS 2010 “In-Place” and “Migration”. A third...
Author: Arunrama Date: 05/03/2010
VS 2010: Beat the rush! Order now, if you already have a pre-released version of Visual Studio.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional will launch on April 12 but you can beat the rush and...
Author: Arunrama Date: 03/15/2010
TFS 2010: In-Place upgrade of TFS 2005 to TFS 2010
Upgrade: TFS 2005 to TFS 2010 This document details step by step procedure to upgrade a TFS 2005...
Author: Arunrama Date: 03/15/2010
TFS 2010: A quick peek on TFS 2008 to TFS 2010 upgrade (Migration upgrade)
Upgrade: TFS 2008 to TFS 2010 The TFS install guide has instructions to both (in place and...
Author: Arunrama Date: 03/01/2010
TFS 2010 RTM out soon !
With Visual Studio 2010 release round the corner, here are some links that might interest you. While...
Author: Arunrama Date: 02/18/2010
TFS installation and Error 28925
Here is another installment of list of fixes for a common Installation error. Again, while...
Author: Arunrama Date: 11/25/2009
TFS: "Could not start the TFSserverscheduler service on the local computer. Error 1069. The service did not start due to a logon failure."
You might experience a Windows service start failure for “Team Foundation Server scheduler” service...
Author: Arunrama Date: 11/25/2009
TFS 2008 SP1 installation failing with TFRSConfig.exe "Configuring Report Manager virtual directory"
Issue While installing Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 it fails with following error Configuring...
Author: Arunrama Date: 11/23/2009
Team Foundation Server 2008: Error while installing - ServerProtocolViolation
Found an issue while installing Team Foundation Server 2008 other day, took some time to drill down...
Author: Arunrama Date: 11/10/2009
TFS 2010 Beta 2: Installation – First look!
For all those who are excited and interested to know how the new TFS 2010 installation would be, but...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/29/2009
“Invalid namespace” error connecting to SQL reporting Services
While installing Team Foundation Server you might see the following error: The Commandline...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/28/2009
TFS installation and Error 32000
With Team Foundation Server 2005 and 2008 installations, we come across a good number of generic...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/23/2009
TFS 2008: “Error 29112” during installation.
When you install Team Foundation Server 2008 to use an existing instance of SQL server Reporting...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/22/2009
TFS 2008: Error 32000 while upgrading TFS from 2005 to 2008+SP1
While upgrading Team Foundation Server from 2005 to 2008 with Slipstreamed SP1 you might experiance...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/21/2009
TFS 2008: Prescan.exe error while performing a SharePoint upgrade
As part of upgrade, you might decide on upgrading SharePoint from 2.0 to 3.0. The SharePoint upgrade...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/21/2009
TFS 2008: PCW fails with An internal error occurred on the report server. The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'xp_sqlagent_notify'
Issue When a new TFS project is created, you might see the following error F30225: Error uploading...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/20/2009
TFS 2008 / Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Task Scheduler not starting automatically
Issue When we restart the Team Foundation Server(The AT box, on a dual tier server), Visual Studio...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/20/2009
TFS 2008/ Setupwarehouse command would fail after upgrading SQL
As part of upgrading SQL 2005 to 2008, you are required to recreate the TFSwarehouse cube. When the...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/20/2009
TF31005 Error is coming up, and not able to connect to Team Foundation Server
Next couple of blogs are from Romitg, these are some of the interesting issues he had fixed: Issue...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/20/2009
TFS 2005: “Error code 26105 : failed to create web application: /LM/W3SVC/3/Root”
This is one of old issues that I came across while installing TFS 2005, but hope this might still...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/20/2009
TFS: Install/ Administration guide error message, while opening the .chm file
Vimal brings a short but valuable info: Of late I have been receiving calls from customers, who are...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/20/2009
TFS 2008: TF53010: The following error has occurred in a Team Foundation component or extension
This one comes from Vimal: You may notice an error message (given below) appearing in the version...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/16/2009
Can MS CRM 4.0 co-exist with TFS?
There aren't any known issues so far, but using separate reporting services instances for these...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/16/2009
TFS 2008: “Error TF220065” while running TFS installation.
This might sound very silly, but I had taken a good amount of time to solve with this issue. While...
Author: Arunrama Date: 10/16/2009