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Stop SQL Server transaction log (.LDF) files from growing indefinitely
Symptoms You notice that in your SQL databases directory the .LDF files are growing permanently. Solution Set the recovery mode of your SQL Server databases to 'simple'. Step-by-step instructions Perform a full-backup of your SQL Server databases...
Customizing the folders and file extensions automatically excluded
When adding items to source control a list of excluded folders as well as file extensions is shown. You can customize those defaults in the registry. Matthew Mitrik has the details: If the add operation is successfully completed, the list will be saved...
Turn off label deletion when deleting builds
By default a build label is deleted when the corresponding build gets deleted. In TFS 2008 SP1 you can change that behavior by modifying the web.config file (on the TFS AT in folder %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server\Web...
VS & TFS SP1 - What to apply on which machine
Often the questions is raised which service pack applies to which VSTS/TFS component: Machine TFS SP1 VS SP1 TFS single server / TFS Application Tier Yes Yes, if Visual Studio is installed. Install this prior to TFS SP1. TFS Data Tier No No Team System...
TFS Tip: Enabling Work Item meta data filtering
Beginning with TFS 2008 SP1 you can specify that only the necessary part of the Work Item meta data will be transferred to the client caches, e.g. not the meta data for project you have no permission on. This is not done by default. You can read all the...
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...