Before you plan to install Release Management Server or any of its component please go thru the Install guide to ensure that you meet the requirement You can download the Release Management Installation Guide from here .
In this walkthrough I already...(read more)![]()
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Walkthrough – Installation of Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 Server.
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Walk-through 2 for Release Management – Installation of Release Management Client for Visual Studio 2013
This is in continuation with my earlier blog post on installation of Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 Server. In this I would be walking you thru the installation of Release Management Client for Visual Studio 2013.
Note: we can install Release...(read more)![]()
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Integrating TFS with a SharePoint web app configured with SSL offloading
We had an interesting issue recently. It was a TFS 2013 server integrated with a SharePoint web application that had its SSL offloaded to its NLB. You can find more about this here . In this setup the communication between the NLB and the SharePoint machines...(read more)![]()
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Walk-through 3 for Release Management – Installation of Release Management Deployment Agent for Visual Studio 2013.
This is in continuation with my earlier blog post on installation of Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 Server. In this I would be walking you thru the installation of Release Management Deployment Agent for Visual Studio 2013. Please review the...(read more)![]()
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Migrating SharePoint for TFS
Data can be migrated from server that hosts SharePoint products for TFS to a different hardware. This articles walks you through the steps involved, during the migration of the SharePoint data for TFS, to a new or different hardware. The screen shots...(read more)![]()
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Migrating TFS Report Server
Follow this article if you are planning to migrate the Report Server being used with your TFS deployment to a new hardware. The migration requires the report server databases, reportserver and reportservertempdb which are in use with the current deployment...(read more)![]()
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Migrating TFS Analysis and Warehouse Databases
The Warehouse and Analysis databases for TFS can easily be migrated to a different SQL server. This article details the steps involved in the migration. Screenshots and examples provided are for TFS 2013 versions. There are two ways to do it: Change the...(read more)![]()
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TF246019: The Team Foundation Server trial period has expired, or the license is not valid. You must update your license in order to continue to use Team Foundation Server.
We had an interesting case recently where one of our customers was getting this error – that license is invalid. He had a valid license that wasn’t invalid on a TFS 2013 server. We tried re-applying the license a couple of times using the TFSConfig license...(read more)![]()
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Failed to find Reporting WMI namespace for machine and instance
Recently we faced an issue when configuring backups and the error message displayed was misleading. Here is the complete summary of the issue and the solution for the same.
If we have the configured TFS with a named reporting instance that has an underscore...(read more)![]()
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Change the service accounts used by TFS, SQL, Reporting Services and SharePoint
The steps and screenshots included in the article are for the following product versions:
Team Foundation Server – 2013
SQL Server – 2012
SharePoint – 2013
Apart from minor UI changes, there are no major changes in...(read more)![]()
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How to upgrade Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 Trial edition to Full edition
Note: The following article is only applicable to Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 edition as the future release upgrade experience might be different. In this article will talk about how to upgrade from Release Management for Visual Studio 2013...(read more)![]()
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Migrating Team Foundation Server Databases
This article will be helpful if you are planning to move the databases used by your TFS deployment, to a new hardware. The databases to be migrated will depend on your deployment of TFS, and the components for which you choose to move the databases. This...(read more)![]()
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Errors during configure new features for upgraded Team projects
Recently, I had worked on number of support incident’s where configure new features wizard for upgraded team projects fails with below error. [Error] TF400654: Unable to configure Planning Tools. The following element contains an error: RequirementBacklog...(read more)![]()
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Error on SharePoint portal if TFS is configured on a custom port for SQL Server
Recently, in one of my support incident I faced an issue with SharePoint portal where it shows a SQL connectivity error at the bottom of the page.
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server....(read more)![]()
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Displaying new columns in Kanban board
I thought to share few steps which I found very helpful in customizing the columns for Kanban Board. We have a nice user interface, with which we can easily customize the Kanban Board columns. I will try to present it as simply as I can. Below is the...(read more)![]()
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Configuring TFS with the databases spread across different SQL server instances
This article will be helpful, if you are planning to do a hardware based move or an upgrade of TFS version with new hardware , and you have the TFS databases (the configuration and collection databases) spread across multiple instances of SQL servers...(read more)![]()
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Install the Cross-platform Command-line Client for Team Foundation Server
If you are developing applications on common UNIX platforms, you can use the Cross Platform Command-line Client to access Team Foundation Server and perform version control operations. Here’s how to get started with the command-line client: 1....(read more)![]()
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Install the Team Foundation Server Plug-in for Eclipse
You must install the Team Foundation Server plug-in before you can use it in your development processes. This blog shows step by step procedure on how to install Team Foundation Server Plug-in for Eclipse. NOTE: You might have previously...(read more)![]()
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To associate your local Eclipse workspace with the same Team Foundation Server workspace
This blog explain you how to map your local workspace in Eclipse with the Team Foundation Server workspace. Here’s how to get started with Eclipse and Team Foundation Server workspaces. 1. In Package Explorer, right-click the project that you want...(read more)![]()
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Configure Lab Management for TFS 2013
This blog post will cover installation of SCVMM console on the TFS application tier and the TFS server level and team project collection level configurations required to enable lab management. You should have a setup of SCVMM 2012 R2 ready, before proceeding...(read more)![]()
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