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Configure Test Controllers and create lab environments in MTM
Once host groups and library shares are configured for the team project collection, we have to install and configure Test Controllers for the collection. This blog will walk you through the...
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Install and configure SCVMM for TFS Lab Management
The following are the required components for setting up lab management with TFS. · Hyper-V hosts · SCVMM · Team Foundation Server · Test Controller This blog will explain about the installation and...
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What version of Release Management Server/Client do I have?
This blog keeps a track of Release Management Server/Client versions starting from its inception. There are 3 ways to find out the version number: Method 1: You will find the Application Version , and...
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Set MS Build output verbosity from build definition for TFS 2013
This blog post explains how to set the verbosity for the build log from a build definition in TFS 2013. There are five different levels of verbosity that can be set for the ms build output, from visual...
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Team Room link from visual studio gives 404 error on a collection named TFS
Team Room link from visual studio gives 404 error on a collection named TFS This blog talks about fixing the 404 – File or directory not found error message when you try to open the team room for a...
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TFS 2013: Upgrade Fails with “TF400704: ImportPlan is an invalid servicing...
We have been getting some collection upgrade failures lately with the error “TF400704: ImportPlan is an invalid servicing step type for step performer TestManagement during...
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Team Foundation Proxy: Use the same proxy server for multiple collections.
This blogs throws light on how to use the same Team Foundation Server Proxy for multiple collections. Wait, is that even possible? Yes! You would notice that once a proxy is configured for the...
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Non site collection admins unable to publish from MS project
We had a strange issue recently with TFS integrated with project server. Users who were not site collection admins weren’t able to use MS project to publish a project that was mapped to TFS. It was...
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Permission issues on collections exported from VSO to On-Prem during the May...
We have seen some permission issues on collections exported from Visual Studio Online during our supported export window. The user would have the necessary permission to do an operation, but will get...
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System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly...
Issue Unable to deploy to a machine using vNext Release management template to a standard machine. Error stack System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an...
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Release Management - vNext behavior on deployment machines with unrestricted...
Issue Exception stack when trying to release a vNext template onto a machine in a domain with unrestricted PowerShell execution policy System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been...
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Release Management – Exception when releasing large file with agent based...
Release Management , TFS Issue System.OutOfMemoryException when a release has a file of large size, in agent based deployment. When the exception happens Release Management Server App pool and its...
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Release Management – Exception with DACPAC deploy tool
Issue Exception stack when trying to deploy a dacpac package using an agent based release template, using DACPAC tool *** Could not deploy package. Unable to connect to target server. Environment ·...
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Migrating Test cases in TFS 2013
When you open your test cases in Excel the Actions column appear in a format other than rich text like below. Now when you plan to migrate the test cases using Excel, the Action/steps column remains...
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Add a custom work item field and fetch it in an excel report
This blog post will help you to add a custom field to a work item, and fetch it in an excel report. We will discuss about the different types of reporting attributes that can be set to a work item...
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Limiting the number of work items being displayed on the Task board
For performance reasons, the task board is by default limited to 500 work items. This helps in achieving an acceptable load time as the work items are loaded into the cache when the Task Board is...
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Open Webinar!!
What - Open Webinar is a series of online sessions on various developer technologies. These sessions’ targets .NET Developers, SQL Admins, Source Control administrators and touch base with many tools...
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TFS 2010 RTM: Test case order doesn’t update in MTM 2012 and 2013 clients
Issue Test case order doesn’t update in MTM 2012 and 2013 clients, while connected to TFS 2010 RTM. Note: This issue doesn’t happen if you are connected to TFS 2010 RTM from an MTM 2010 client....
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Move a TFS collection from one Domain to another with existing users.
We see a lot of customers who would like to just move a collection from one environment to another (cross domain move of collections) We recommend moving TFS as a whole, but there are some...
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Reference missing errors when building coded UI projects with automation on...
We had an interesting scenario where a customer was using automation with the coded UI projects they had. The customer was using the name space (System.Windows.Automation) for getting the classes like...
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