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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...
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...
Anti-virus software can badly impact the performance of your Team Foundation Server. Therefore make sure the following folders are excluded from scanning for viruses: TFS Version Control Cache Folder Team System Web Access Cache Folder SQL database folders...
If you have more than 100 work items in a query and you use Tools » Report View to prepare the list for printing you might notice that not all work items are shown on the report. Here’s what Hakan Eskici , the father of Web Access, has to say about this...
Solution provided by Hakan Eskici from Microsoft: If you are using the WIWA feature in the latest TSWA 2008 SP1, you may notice that it’s not possible to download attachment files from the work item window. As a workaround, you can edit Wiwa\UI\Pages...
Grant Holliday, who runs the busiest TFS at Microsoft, posted 6 handy reports you can easily import into your TFS to monitor system performance. "We have a responsibility to ensure that the server is performing as expected and to identify any efficiencies...
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...
There are some areas where data may remain behind after you use TFSDeleteProject . The TFS Warehouse is untouched. In order to remove the data from the warehouse, it must be rebuilt. (It is important to notice that, when the warehouse is rebuilt all the...
If you click on a hyperlink in an TFS notification mail the following (read-only) web page comes up instead of a nice looking Team System Web Access dialog. Let's change that! Objective Make sure all links in the notification mails sent by TFS point...
An underscore ("_") is not a supported character for a server name according to the RFC standards and therefore Windows will warn you when trying to use it as part of a DNS name. Symptoms ASP.NET applications that use session state, like Team...
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...
Caution: Make sure to carefully read the Installation Guide before installing this software. What do I need it for? Access to TFS Note: A plain Visual Studio still needs Team Explorer to be able to talk to TFS. It installs: a tiny Visual Studio with only...
Problem description : You can't create new team projects. You see a red X on Report in Team Explorer, which you are sure is not related to permission issues (as described here ). Using tfsadminutil.exe configureconnections /view you discover that...
Problem description : After a clean install of TFS 2008 SP1 I was wondering about this message in the event log telling me there was a problem with the cube: TF53010: The following error has occurred in a Team Foundation component or extension: Date ...
What hardware do I need to run TFS? Well, it depends on how much load you are going to generate. But what is a solid hardware configuration to start? Microsoft recommends for the Single-Server installation of TFS: Additionally they recommend switching...
Answer : Yes, you are free to do so. Microsoft has done "functional, perf and stress testing" on TFS 2008 SP1 on SQL Server 2005 SP3 to ensure it works properly. Additionally we installed and tested it on our TFS instances without any issues...
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...
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...
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...
Are you concerned about performance? You can scale out by... installing a TFS proxy which will cache all version control downloads and therefore reduce the load on your TFS app tier. splitting your single-server TFS installation in an separate application...
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