Developer Support Team Foundation Server
Tips, tricks, thoughts and experiences from the Microsoft Team Foundation Server global support team.
TFS 2010 Re-released
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about the need for a HOTFIX when upgrading to TFS 2010 from 05\08. A...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 08/12/2010
Upgrading to TFS 2010? You need this HOTFIX.
If you are in the process of upgrading to TFS 2010 from any earlier version, please be aware...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 07/23/2010
Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 TFS Process Template has released
Yesterday we posted our first version of Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0! You can...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 07/20/2010
Administrative Report Pack & Monitoring the TFS Data Warehouse - FAQ
Two great posts this week from Grant Holiday on the TFS 2010 warehouse. I encourage you to...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 07/16/2010
Error during upgrade to TFS 2010: System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlNullValueException: Data is Null. This method or property cannot be called on Null values.
Worked a case recently where the customer was upgrading to TFS 2010 (from 08). During the...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 07/13/2010
Build, WIT, and SCC failure after configuring TFS 2008 for SSL
Today my certificate expired on one of my SSL TF servers. I decided to become my own...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 05/26/2010
Some users may intermittently lose Source Control access after upgrading to TFS 2010
After upgrading to TFS 2010 (from TFS 2005 or 2008) users may experience an intermittent problem...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 05/25/2010
Error setting up TFS 2010 Version Control Proxy: The source control proxy 'tfs10' is not responding, so the request will be sent to the main server. Please verify your settings. Additional information: The element 'Server' has invalid child element 'Uri
From Chris Cooper… This week we had a customer attempting to setup a Team Foundation Version...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 05/13/2010
TFS 2008: Can you restrict users from selecting certain iteration paths?
An interesting post from Coop (Chris Cooper) this week. -- Trev This week I was asked...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 04/14/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Professional Upgrade Pre-Order
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional will launch on April 12 but you can beat the rush and...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 03/11/2010
Collecting the contents of the TfsIntegration!tbl_subscription table for review
On occasion we here in TFS support are called upon to help a customer with their TFS subscriptions....
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 03/09/2010
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010 codename "Eaglestone" Beta
At the end of 2009, Microsoft acquired the Teamprise-related assets from SourceGear. Last week...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 03/09/2010
TFS 2010 Team Lab Quick Start
Wendell Phillips has been working on the TFS 2010 beta for some time now. Today he brings us this...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 03/09/2010
Microsoft update KB973917 disables TFS… well, ALL IIS app pools, really
We occasionally receive cases in support where the initial impression is that a recent Microsoft...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 12/11/2009
Important events: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 end of life and Team Explorer 2008 Forward Compatibility Update (GDR) released
Just wanted to remind everyone that on January 12, 2010, main stream support for SQL Server...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 11/20/2009
“Exception message: Error in the application..” application event log error from TFS Service
Coop (Chris Cooper) bring us this little tidbit from a recent support case of his… When...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 11/20/2009
CSS TFS HOTFIX Report: September 2009
Between Sep 1, 2009 and Sep 30, 2009 we published the following HOTIFX articles\files and knowledge...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 10/05/2009
ACL and Group Membership change logging in TFS – what are your options?
As you may know, current versions of TFS do not offer any native method to log security changes...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/29/2009
A Five Part Series: Troubleshooting TFS and SQL Reporting Analysis Services
Brett Keown brings us this series. We hope you find it helpful and contribute some suggestions for...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/18/2009
Getting TFS support faster from Microsoft: CSS structure revealed
Wendell brings us a post today about the way we are arranged in Microsoft TFS support in the hopes...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/09/2009
CSS TFS HOTFIX Report: Jan – Aug 2009
Between Jan 1, 2009 and Aug 31, 2009 we published the following HOTIFX articles\files. I am basing...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 09/08/2009
Interesting support case – Visual Studio solution prompts for entire SCC check-out on open
Today we hear from Brett Keown about an interesting support case he had recently, with some great...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 08/28/2009
TfsDeleteProject.exe thwarted by Windows SharePoint Services permissions
The other day I was cleaning up one of my Hyper-V machines. I had let Jim use it for a project...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 08/21/2009
Hyper-V Remote Administration from Windows 7?
As you may know from this earlier post, I admin my multiple TFS Virtual PCs (which run on Hyper-V)...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 08/12/2009
Troubleshooting Team Foundation Server connection problems with Fiddler
Chris Cooper comes to us today with the story of a TF server, a client, and the Fiddler who saved...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 08/04/2009
Determining the number of Team System Web Access Users
We have documented some scalability limitations for Team System Web Access in a white paper called...
Author: jimsau Date: 07/02/2009
SSL on TFS 2008 + Windows Server 2008 + IIS 7
MSDN has long had a document on Setting up Team Foundation Server to Require HTTPS and Secure...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 07/01/2009
Windows 7: Be first. Save half.
You know I love me some Windows 7, and if you’re like me, you’re going to love this too… Pre-order...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 06/25/2009
Mounting .VHDs in Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 with a simple mouse-click
One of the coolest features in Windows 7 (all my personal machines at work & home are now Win7...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 06/25/2009
Adding external build data to TFS
Wendell Phillips brings us today’s post about adding external build data to TFS. -Trev I...
Author: Trevor Hancock Date: 06/24/2009
The TFS Performance Report Pack and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Grant Holliday has created a great set of TFS performance monitoring reports, called the TFS...
Author: jimsau Date: 06/19/2009
Problems configuring TFS 2010 when resource has underscore (_) in name
A user of TFS 2010 recently reported a problem when configuring it after the installed had laid down...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 06/16/2009
A few notes on PROXY and Team Foundation Server
Last week saw a couple interesting requests and references around TFS and proxy. I thought I’d...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 06/15/2009
TFS 2005 to 2008 Upgrade Best Practices… and some for VSTSWA 2008 as well
The following post come from Vimal Thiagaraj (VIM), a member of our TFS setup and install team. Vim...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 06/12/2009
“Synchronization Engine has Crashed” error when migrating work items using the TFS to TFS Migration Tool
Today’s post comes from Brett Keown. As they worked on a supported issue together, Brett and a...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 06/04/2009
TFS 2008 Reports Fix (for issues when using SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services) Released Publically
code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB969210 As promised some time ago, we have now put...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 06/02/2009
BLOGS! BLOOOOGS! Get your BLOGS here!!
There are a lot of BLOGs at Microsoft. Just finding them all can be a challenge, let alone filtering...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 06/01/2009
Users of MOSS 2007 – Watch out for SP2 “trial version reset” issue
If you us Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with your TF server and have applied the recently...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 06/01/2009
TFS Performance. Episode 1 - The Phantom Baseline
Here are some words of wisdom from our “go to” Engineer for TFS: My name is Brad Peterson and I am...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 05/29/2009
Re-Using Same TFS Application Tier Name breaks Network Service account access to SQL.
TFS Disaster Recovery is always a frustrating and harried time, particularly when an unforeseen...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 05/29/2009
TFS 2010 Information from the source(s).
TFS 2010 has generated a lot of interest and there is already a fine selection of information to...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 05/20/2009
Installing TFS 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 RC
With the impending release of TFS 2010 BETA 1, I figured I’d eat all the dog food I could and...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 05/15/2009
Renaming SharePoint Databases – A Cautionary Tale
A recent support case in our European division involved a customer wanting to rename their...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 05/14/2009
“The database schema is too old…” error restoring SharePoint database
Part of the process of moving TFS team site data from WSS to MOSS, or moving \ restoring WSS data is...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 05/12/2009
Use of “SetupWarehouse.exe –rebuild…” can cause data loss in Team Foundation Server 2008
Ladislau brings us some important information today about rebuilding the TFS warehouse… ...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 05/07/2009
Getting remote errors from SQL Server Reporting Services 2008
Errors on reports rendered by SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 and 2008 will not give you the full...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 05/06/2009
Partial Merges in TFS – A Guide
Ladislau Szomoru (CSS TFS Escalation Engineer, Hungary) is at it again today, building on a previous...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 05/04/2009
Team Foundation Server Administration Tool 1.4 Released
Ladislau Szomoru brings us today’s post about the Team Foundation Server Administration Tool 1.4,...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 04/30/2009
Troubleshooting Team Foundation Server – an MSDN Resource
Short and sweet today… next time you are looking for tips on troubleshooting a TFS issue, look in on...
Author: CSSTFSBLOG Date: 04/29/2009