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TF30207: Can't create team project on TFS itself / red X on documents and reports / insufficient SSRS or WSS permissions
Problem description Team Project creation fails on the Team Foundation Server itself due to insufficient permissions although the user has all neccessary permissions in SQL Server Reporting Services (Content Manager role) as well as Windows SharePoint...
Unable to publish test results from Visual Studio to TFS
Error message similar to: username@servername (mailto:username@servername) 2008-10-13 2:21:50          0.28 MB            10/13/2008 3:19:14 PM   ...
Hotfix for Team Build 2008 SP1: Reducing project-to-project references in build log (KB958845)
From Aaron Hallberg blog : […] change in TFS Build SP1 which reduced build log noise by cutting out the build steps for project-to-project references […] the fix in SP1 didn't actually fix the problem , at least not completely. […] As such, if a project...
Security Update for TSWA 2008 SP1
From Hakan Eskici's blog : A security issue has been identified with Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 and we have recently published an update that fixes it. Installation Notice Please note that this is a full release, so you will need to uninstall...
Workaround: Team Explorer window is empty
If this is the case... Try... Make sure Visual Studio is closed (and devenv.exe not in memory anymore) Run: devenv /setup Check if it's fixed already. If not, close down VS again. Run: devenv /resetuserdata The Team Explorer window should now look...
Update Warning: Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB948109) might break Reporting Services
Name des Updates und Nummer : Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB948109) version 9.00.3068.00 released on 7/8/2008 Applies to: SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 with Reporting Services installed Symptoms & Result : After installation...
Visual Studio 2008, .NET 3.5 and TFS 2008 Service Pack 1 released
Service Packs for VSTS/TFS do not only contain bug fixes, but quite a few nice new features as you can read here (more general) and here (TFS-specific). Download links: TFS Installation Guide Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Service...
Users can see all team projects after upgrading from TFS 2005 to 2008
Make sure all team project members are added to the appropriate groups ( Project Administrators , Contributors and Readers ). For every team project remove the "[Server]\Team Foundation Valid Users " group from the team project settings ( Team...
FIX: TFS 2008: Delete lost when you merge from delete-branch to trunk
> KB article > Hotfix download
Beware of configuration changes - TFS might not like them
If one of the following action are planned you should ready the appropriate documentation: Change the name of your TFS server Join a domain with your TFS or change the domain to which the TFS belongs Change the accounts used for running the TFS services...
Documentation on how to troubleshoot TFS issues
Check the Windows Event Log . Run TFS Best Practices Analyzer . (part of the Power Tools , requires PowerShell to be installed first) TFS-Team Explorer 2008 Troubleshooting Guide (@ MSDN Forums) Have a look at the available troubleshooting documentation...
Uninstalling TFS 2005 (services) on the app tier removes reporting services virtual directories
After uninstalling TFS 2005 (services) from a standby TFS application tier the SQL Server Reporting Services were not available, i.e. browsing http://server/reports and http://server/reportserver/ resulted in a 404 error. Workaround: Run the Reporting...
FIX: An unexpected error occurred while trying to add a web part to a project portal in TFS 2005
Due to a lot of requests about this pretty common problem. Steps you did: You browsed for a web part: You selected one and hit "Add": You got the error message: "An unexpected error occurred." This is a know issue with WSS 2.0 and...
Known Work Item History Limitations for Links & Attachments
They are two major problems when looking into the history with regard to links. 1. No clue what has changed : If you remove an attachment and add a completely different one the history will indicate that there was a change (revision gets in incremented...
TFS 2008 Trials: How to extend the trial?
Since Team Foundation Server 2008 was released end of November 2007 the early adopters which for some reasons have not obtained a product key yet are facing the problem of expiring trial licenses on their TFS servers. I definitely recommend to find out...
Some Code Analysis Rules gone in Visual Studio 2008
I was very sad to hear that a few beloved rules were removed from code analysis (aka FxCop) in Visual Studio 2008. Here’s a list of the removed rules: Removed due to removal of data flow engine: CA1062 ValidateArgumentsOfPublicMethods CA1303 DoNotPassLiteralsAsLocalizedParameters...
Method not found: 'Void Microsoft.Reporting.PreviewItemContext.SetPath()' when using Report View in TSWA
If you get the following error message above when using the Report View in Team System Web Access… … you need to install the Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005 on your TFS App Tier (as described here ) to make it work again. How...
Check-In is slow when using exclusive check-out?
It’s still hot: Microsoft released a fix for slow check-in’s if you’re using exclusive check-out feature yesterday: FIX: The check-in process may be very slow when you use the Source Control feature in Visual Studio 2005 Team System...