Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

How to I upgrade to TFS 2008?

bharry's WebLog — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:48:51 GMT

Now that Team Foundation Server 2008 keys/media/downloads are available, I'm seeing lots more questions

【Team System】「今アクセスしてる TFS のバージョンは？」に答えるツールの紹介

Software Cafe — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:37:45 GMT

こんにちは。今、仙台に滞在中です。Brian Harry のブログに TFS のバージョンの確認と評価版の場合は、あと何日評価できるのかを表示してくれるツールが公開されています。 Checking your

TFS Version Checking and Trial Extention Tool

Gaffer-Tape Engineering — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:47:55 GMT

Brian Harry has released a new version of the TFS Version Checking tool, more information below. http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2008/01/15/checking-your-tfs-version-and-extending-trials.aspx

TFS Version Checking and Trial Extention Tool

Noticias externas — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:53:00 GMT

Brian Harry has released a new version of the TFS Version Checking tool, more information below. http

VSTS Links - 01/18/2007

Team System News — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:07:34 GMT

Steven St. Jean on Team Build: Modify template that creates TFSBuild.proj. Neno Loje on Some Code Analysis...

TFS 2008 Product keys finally arrive!

Web Development Adventures in a .NET world — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:44:07 GMT

The TFS 2008 product keys have just been shipped and as I've just gone through the procedure of upgrading

Last word on TFS Expirations (I hope)

bharry's WebLog — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:36:36 GMT

This blog post has been replaced by a newer one that covers both TFS 2005 and TFS 2008: http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2008/01/15/checking-your-tfs-version-and-extending-trials.aspx

TFS 2008 Trials: How to extend the trial?

Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) Blog — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:00:58 GMT

Since Team Foundation Server 2008 was released end of November 2007 the early adopters which for some

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Tim — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:59:36 GMT

Brian, does this also work for the VHDs that are available in download center.

Current VHDs are to be expired 1st of April which is very close now. As the complexity of setting up TFS is quite high i would be interested in getting a tool to extend exipiration of VHD to 90 days after my download.

Is that possible?

Thank you

Tim

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

bharry — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:28:41 GMT

No, I'm afraid it doesn't work for VHDs. Our VPC are actually set for Windows to expire, not for TFS to expire. There's no way to extend those that I know of.

Brian

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Swarna — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:05:39 GMT

Brian, Thanks for the post. It really helped.

Team Foundation Server 2008 trial expired?

Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) Blog - by Neno Loje — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:43:52 GMT

If you can't connect to your TFS anymore one reason might be that the trial expired. To find you

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

Ted — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:37:39 GMT

If I don't upgrade to Visual Studio 2008 on the client side, but do upgrade the TFS: if I use Visual Studio 2005 to access a TFS 2008 server do I require new CALs? or are my existing Visual Studio 2005 CALs good enough?

TFS Trail about to expire? Purchased TFS, need a product key?

adamga's WebLog — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:03:28 GMT

Well, it's a common request. You started out using the Trial edition of Team Foundation Server 2008,

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

John P — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:44:36 GMT

So when will Team Foundation Server 2008 be available? I thought it was supposed to be available by February, but it is now March, and the trials are expiring.

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

John P — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:45:42 GMT

When will Team Foundation Server 2008 Standard Version be available, i mean. How come only the Workgroup edition is currently available?

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

bharry — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:02:50 GMT

Ted, yes, you need 2008 CALs to access a TFS 2008 server. If you purchased software assurance for your TFS CALs, then the upgrade is automatic.

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

bharry — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:04:00 GMT

John P,

It's been available since January. You should be able to purchase it directly from Microsoft or through several resellers. If you are having difficulty, send me your contact info and I'll have someone help you.

Brian

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Joseph — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:28:11 GMT

I am running to an issue where the I know I have valid registration key but I am still getting “Invalid License key” even from you attached TFSVersionDetectiontool. Could it be because the servers are in quarantined environment (no web access)? Is there a work around for this?

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

bharry — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:56:34 GMT

I suspect it's just an issue of putting the registration key in the wrong place. The TFSVersionDetection tool only takes Trial IDs, not license keys. The only place to get a new Trial ID is from me (or from someone who gets it from me).

The license keys are to be entered in the TFS setup program. You can go to add/remove programs and select Repair and enter a new license key. If you've tried that, then you've probably got a mismatched license key. If that's the case, let me know and I can get someone to contact you and help you.

Brian

Etendre la période d'essai de TFS 2008 trial

Kangoo's Blog — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:53:07 GMT

Maintenant que TFS 2008 est disponible en release, nombreuses sont les entreprises qui passent le pas

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

Shaurya — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:47:44 GMT

Just thought I'd add that the server needs to be restarted after the extension.

aTFS 2008 へアップグレードする方法

bharry's WebLog — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:38:02 GMT

Team Foundation Server 2008 のプロダクトキー/メディア/ダウンロードが使用可能になりました。さまざまなシナリオに関する質問が殺到しそうです。あまり明確になっていない問題点について、ここで述べておきます。

TFS のバージョンの確認と試用期間の延長ss

bharry's WebLog — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:45:56 GMT

Team Foundation Server 2005 について、TFS サーバー上で実行して TFS のバージョンを確認し、これが試用版である場合は、有効期限までの日数を確認するユーティリティが公開されました。このユーティリティでは、試用期間を

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fissa — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:16:42 GMT

i had installed team foundation server on my server and then i realized that the date of that machine was set to 27th of January, now if i changed the date it will mark the trial version as expired.

any idea how can i fix this on the same server?

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

bharry — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:58:30 GMT

There really isn't a way to fix the start date of a trial once it is installed. You can either leave your date skewed or you can reset the date and then use the TFSVersionDetection tool to extend the trial 30 days. That will give you 30 days from the day you run the extension. If you need more time then that, then when you get near the end of the 30 days, send mail to me (bharry@microsoft.com) and Brian Keller (briankel@microsoft.com) and we can extend it for another 30 days.

Brian

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Igor — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:19:22 GMT

Great tool, but one note.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but usually "..." in the name of a button (like "Extend...") means that no immediate action by pressing the button.

I had 7 days left and I thought that ... means that if I press the button I will be given some info and a choice....

To make the story short: I lost 7 days out of my trial...

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

bharry — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:47:03 GMT

Sorry Igor, you are correct. The reason it is that way is that when the tool was first written it didn't extend automatically - it prompted for a new trial ID (which you had to contact Microsoft to get). After having the tool for a while we decided that it would be better if the first extension was "free" meaning you didn't have to contact Microsoft, you could just do it. Subsequent extensions still require contacting us. Unfortunately when we made that change we didn't have the button dynamically remove the "..." for the first extension. It was an oversight. If you run out again let me know and I'll give you another extension.

Brian

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Danny — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:25:51 GMT

Please update this to SP1, know it says unrecognized build :)

Greetings Danny

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xocamb — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:07:48 GMT

Does this macro work as well if our trial version for VS 2008 Professional is not TFS?

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

bharry — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:45:46 GMT

I'm afraid not. This only works for TFS. To my knowledge, there is no trial extension for the client SKUs. You should call customer support and see what options they have.

Brian

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Jim — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:22:41 GMT

I believe I am actually running TFS Workgroup Edition. Will this utility make a distinction between Workgroup and the real, full server?

thanks

.jim

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

bharry — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:11:41 GMT

Yes, it understands the difference and will report it properly. Of course as far as the trial extension goes, all trials are TFS Standard Edition, not TFS Workgroup Edition.

Brian

[TFS Trial] checking and extending (one time) your TFS Trial

Visual Studio business news — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:15:48 GMT

As I have more questions around the TFS Trial extension, I copying the blog post from Brian Harry Click

Upgrading after Expiration

Janie — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:16:51 GMT

My Home copy expired and they sent me with the copy of Pro from the office. I first just did an install. it says its still expired. My husband did the uninstall and cleaned the registry, and reinstalled. Same thing,I'm using Vista amd I going to have to reload the box or how can I switch versions

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

bharry — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:29:57 GMT

I'm not very familiar with issues around upgrading trial for Pro. I'd recommend posting a question on the VS forums: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssetup/threads/

Brian

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amardeep Rana — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:12:02 GMT

Thanks Man.

You are the Man. You helped me a lot.

Thanks

Amardeep Rana

【日本語版】 TFS 2008 にアップグレードする方法

Microsoft Japan Forum Operators Blog — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:42:12 GMT

こんにちは！フォーラムオペレーターの服部清次です。いよいよ 2008 年も残すところ、あと 3 日となりました。という訳で、今日は、 2008 年最後の翻訳コンテンツを紹介したいと思います。今日ご紹介する情報は、

[TFS] HowTo: Averiguar que version de TFS está instalada

El Bruno — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:42:18 GMT

Buenas, después del post de ayer sobre la activación o upgrade de Team Foundation Server , un par de

[TFS] HowTo: Averiguar que version de TFS está instalada

El Bruno — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:42:26 GMT

Buenas, después del post de ayer sobre la activación o upgrade de Team Foundation Server , un par de

[TFS] HowTo: Averiguar que version de TFS está instalada

El Bruno — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:46:09 GMT

Buenas, después del post de ayer sobre la activación o upgrade de Team Foundation Server

[Steb by Step] Come passare cambiare edizione di TFS

Visual Studio Team System e Team Foundation Server in Italia — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:56:04 GMT

E’ possibile passare dalla versione Trial alla Workgroup o alla Standard, e dalla versione Workgroup

re: Checking your TFS Version and Extending Trials

Greg Peter-Joyal — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:53:45 GMT

Hi Brian.

I was wondering what API command you are using to get the TFS Version. We have a need to know if a client is using at least TFS2008 and I haven't been able to find any help (yet). Can you point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

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Teesh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:28:38 GMT

My trial has just expired. I ran your cool tool and its says "Unable to access SQL Server Information" then a dialogue appears and says "Login failed for "<server_name>\<user_name>"

I am able to login to SQL so I am not sure what the problem is. Is it getting an old password from the environment somehow?

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Issiah — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:01:04 GMT

It seems impossible to get the additional thirty day extension for some as when you attempt to contact representatives at Microsoft they respond with; "I do not know, I looked at your account and there does not seem to be anyone assigned."

And no one can help you to get a new trial id.

It's incredibly frustrating but at the same time it is nice that such an extension program exists.

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bharry — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:06 GMT

The first 30 day extension is automatic. You just need to run the attached program and press extend. If you need another extension, I can help you. I will need some evidence that you are in the process of purchasing the product. Then I will need your current trial ID, as reported by TFSVersionDetection. You can just email the information to me.

Brian