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How can I temporarily suspend TFS event notification mails?
There is no built-in command to achieve this. Workaround You can turn off all e-mail alerts in the TFS Admin Console by unchecking the "Enable Email Alerts" checkbox. Alternatively you could also remove disable SMTP settings via command line...
Who created that TFS event subscription?
In TFS you can use Project Alerts or Alerts Explorer to edit your subscriptions. You will not see subscriptions created by others. To see all subscriptions you could have a look at the tbl_EventSubscription table in the collection database ( Caution:...
Trouble installing SharePoint 2010 Prerequisites because it cannot configure IIS on Windows Server 2008 R2?
Problem The prerequisites installation fails with errors configuring IIS. Resolution Make sure to install all available Windows Updates . Try to manually install the required IIS features by executing the following command: start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS...
Solved: Team Web Access link on Project Portal does not work
If you configured a public FQDN for your TFS and the "Team Web Access" link on the project portal still points to the non-FQDN URL… … all you need to do is: using the Team Foundation Admin Console, in the "Extensions for SharePoint Products"...
How to add a project portal and reports to a Team Project?
You created the team project without a project portal and/or without reports? Or maybe you upgraded your TFS to 2010 and did not migrate the reports/portals as well and want to create new, fresh ones? The TFS 2010 Power Tools are your friend: tfpt addprojectportal...
How to set the Default Team Project for a SharePoint site
You have probably created a SharePoint site after creating the Team Project and a receiving the error message: "This site doesn’t have a default Team Project." Solution You have to configure the project portal using Visual Studio Team Explorer...
TF255357: The following query was not found: Product Planning
If you add a project portal to your team project (i.e. by running tfpt addprojectportal ) you might receive the error message TF255357: The following query was not found: Product Planning. Download the process template, open it, and verify that the query...
Using TFS to develop custom SharePoint applications (revised)
The first article is created during a real world customer engagement and answers dozens of frequently asked questions and how-tos in a real world context vs. theoretical discussions. The 2 nd package addresses very common questions around setting up and...
Setup up an e-mail notification on other user's check-ins
Open Alerts Editor (required TFS Power Tools to be installed locally). Create new alert. Choose “Check-In of a specific file happens”:     Enter a name for the alert subscription, the destination e-mail address , desired team project name (...
Using TFS to develop custom SharePoint applications
Using Team Foundation Server to Develop Custom SharePoint Products and Technologies Applications Summary: Use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server to support SharePoint application development, and provide an integrated development environment...
Screen Gallery: Upgrading WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0
You updated to TFS 2008, but since the upgrade process doesn't touch your already installed WSS you are responsible for upgrading it yourself. Official Guidance: Upgrading SharePoint Products and Technologies for Team Foundation Server Step 1: Run...
What's the difference between Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007?
The answer lies in a very detailed Excel sheet: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA101978031033.aspx?pid=CL100636421033 (Thanks to Richard for pointing me to it)
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...
Changing TFS email notifications to link to Team System Web Access
Thanks to this MSDN Forums post I was able to change the link included in every TFS notification e-mail to point to TSWA instead of the project portal. Here’s the full story: When using project alerts to get notified about work item changes you get an...