Checkout this new tool that I just uploaded to codeplex!! This tool can get the “expanded” security group membership on all “Areas” for all team projects in a given collection. This can be handy when you want to troubleshoot an orphan user issue...

  Check out this tool that I just published to http://gettfsusers.codeplex.com .

  I am writing this post as I have got a lot of people who wanted a post on this scenario.   So here it goes. I will be referring you to the steps in my earlier post on performing a side-by-side upgrade from WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0 for TFS 2008 posted...

In case you are or planning to use URL Scan on top of IIS server which is part of your TFS deployment. Here is a sample UrlScanConfig file that I have used (things in yellow deserve a look): [options] UseAllowVerbs=0 ; If 1, use [AllowVerbs] section,...

Run the following query against the collection db: use Tfs_DefaultCollection --Select * from tbl_EventSubscription Select 'bissubscribe /unsubscribe /id ' + CAST(id as varchar(255))+ ' /collection http://TFS2:8080/tfs/ProjectCollectionName' from dbo.tbl_EventSubscription...

Step #1: Export the MSF Agile\CMMI 5.0 process templates to a folder. In my examples the process template is downloaded in the following folders: C:\MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0 C:\MSF for CMMI Process Improvement v5.0 Instructions to download...

Assumptions: - TFS 2010 is integrated with MOSS 2007\SharePoint Server 2010 Ent Edition - MOSS 2007 has Excel Calculation Services + Single Sign Configured according to the guidance available here . - SharePoint Server 2010 has Excel Services + Secure...

Error Snapshot: (This error will occur when we use the test manger to connect to a TFS 2008 team project in the upgraded collection) SOLUTION ================= At a high level: 1. You must add the new work item types, test case and shared steps, to your...

Here is what I did with my setup: My TFS site was hosted on standard port 8080 on a member server in my Internal testing contoso.com domain. So I  had created a DNS alias record called “MyTFS” for my TFS server whose NetBIOS names is tfs001. Now...

Scenario: I started with no RS or WSS in TFS 2010, but now I want these features Terms: --- TPC= Team Project Collection, TP=Team Project, TFC=Team Foundation Client or Team Explorer  --- So we know that we can take out RS & WSS from TFS 2010...

There is a difference how migration upgrade process used to impact RS till TFS 2010 RC and now with TFS 2010 RTM. After the TFS 2005\2008 to TFS 2010 RC\Beta2 upgrade, RS part is pretty much untouched, i.e., any old reports are still going to be based...

I had been working on making TFS work with users from an external forest over a 1-way outgoing trust configured with Selective Authentication & wanted to share the same across. Goal: Provide access to users from a UserDomain to a TFS Server...

I wanted to bring forward an issue(probably not the correct word) with RS 2005. We typically do the following types of TFS installations, dual server & single server. A typical dual server environment has the following setup: [All SQL...

Configuration: Unable to upgrade from TFS 2005 to TFS 2008 when TFS 2005 is working with a SQL 2008 instance. The scenario is like this: TFS 2005 was initially installed with a SQL Server 2005 default instance as the data store. Post installation...

Configuration: Unable to service TFS 2008/2005 instance running on a Domain Controller The scenario is like this: Customer installs TFS 2005/TFS 2008 on a Window Server 2003/2008 member server or standalone server. Customer make the member server...

1. Follow KB 842425 to move RS DB to a new instance. 2. Ensure that you have a login for the TFS Reports account, in case your RS databases are now going to hosted on a different SQL instance. The login for the RS database should have RSExecRole in...

While installing the latest 64 bit wss tfs extensions you would recieve the following error. No templates for Windows SharePoint Services Extensions were uploaded to the server that is running Windows SharePoint Services. You will not be able to create...

Team Foundation Server 2008 a.k.a. Orcas (& TFS 2005 as well) provides you the capability to leverage a remote SharePoint deployment to host the team project portals. I will talk about here on the steps to migrate SharePoint from one box to another...

How to uninstall & reinstall Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Team Foundation Server 2008 This post is specific to: 1. Team Foundation Server 2008 2. Local installation of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (with SP1). The overall steps required...

For any body who wants to script the Products & Technologies Wizard & the extending of default web site in IIS with WSS 3.0 the below script would be the answer. Thanks Siva for the being the inspiration behind this. :) Copy the below script...

NOTE - PLEASE GO THROUGH THE COMPLETE ARTICLE FIRST before you start working on it This post discusses the steps required to be performed when you failover to a mirrored data-tier server. This post is specific to TFS 2005 that has been configured...

I have reveiwed the TFS 2005 failover document, with TFS 2005 working with WSS 2.0, & have made the required corrections. The scenario is documented at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa980627(VS.80).aspx . Please ensure that you...

How to: Move Your Data Tier to another computer Note: To complete these procedures successfully the old TFS AT & new TFS DT should have TFS 2005 SP1 applied to them. This instruction set assumes that TFS 2005 is working with version 2.0 of WSS...

How to setup Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 using a content database upgrade from WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0 after a Team Foundation Server 2005 to 2008 Upgrade Scenario: TFS 2008 upgrade process does not upgrade WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0. Customer who want to...

In this page I would be discussing various options on offer for WSS 3.0 with TFS 2005 & TFS 2008. ============================================================================================================== How to setup Windows SharePoint...