July 2008 - Posts

How do you test code that uses the TFS Object Model?
I know a number of people who have considered mocking the TFS OM. They've all given it up and put it in the “too hard” basket. The WIT is particularly tricky due to the amount of processing that goes on in the client. They end up using a real Read More...
Posted 22 July 08 03:35 by grantholliday | 3 Comments   
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What product key do I use for TFS Proxy?
TFS Proxy uses the same product key that you use to install Team Foundation Server. If you are a volume licensed customer and you are using the volume license media, then the product key will be filled out automatically and the input boxes will be disabled. Read More...
Posted 22 July 08 03:31 by grantholliday | 2 Comments   
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How do I do a full text search of TFS Work Items?
The easiest way to do this is to use the search functionality built into Team System Web Access (TSWA) . This uses the SQL Server Fulltext search engine in the back-end. This will find all matches of the string in not just the title of the work item, Read More...
Posted 22 July 08 03:22 by grantholliday | 2 Comments   
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TF30321: The name you typed is already used for another team project
Recently I helped a customer who was having trouble creating a team project. They tried to create a project by name “Project1” It failed saying that it could not connect to Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) They fixed the permissions to sharepoint Read More...
Posted 22 July 08 03:19 by grantholliday | 1 Comments   
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How does the TFS Proxy Server work?
Also see the Team Foundation Server Proxy 2008 FAQ and Team Foundation Server Proxy 2008 Self-Help Troubleshooting Guide put together by Tsu-Wang Yang . Q. How often does the proxy server synchronize with the server? Is it a continuous synchronization Read More...
Posted 22 July 08 03:08 by grantholliday | 11 Comments   
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TF84034: Team Foundation was unable to initialize the workbook
If you insert a column into an Excel workbook that is bound to TFS, you may get the following error: TF84034: Team Foundation was unable to initialize the workbook.  This document will no longer be associated with a Team Foundation server. When I Read More...
Posted 22 July 08 02:53 by grantholliday | 2 Comments   
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Scripting TFS workspace creation
I've worked with teams that have a common way of configuring workspace and working folder mappings. Although you could save these mappings to a wiki and let people copy-and-paste them into the workspaces dialog , there is another way. A great way to share Read More...
Posted 22 July 08 02:36 by grantholliday | 1 Comments   
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tf.exe: Unable to determine the workspace
Sometimes when you're working with the tf.exe and tfpt.exe command-line tools you'll come across this error: D:\code\ProjectX>tf.exe checkout MyFile.cs Unable to determine the workspace. This error happens when the command can’t find which local Read More...
Posted 22 July 08 02:26 by grantholliday | 2 Comments   
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TF30076: Confirm that the server name is correct
If you are using the command line TFS tools, you may have come across this error: TF30076: The server name tfs-server provided does not correspond to a server URI that can be found. Confirm that the server name is correct. Usually you'll come across this Read More...
Posted 22 July 08 02:10 by grantholliday | 3 Comments   
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Upgrading Team Foundation Power Tools
If you have a previous release of the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Power Tools (TFS Powertools for short) installed and you try and install a later release, you’ll be prompted with this windows installer error: Another version of this Read More...
Posted 10 July 08 03:26 by grantholliday | 2 Comments   
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Run VSSConverter without prompting for password
If you have tried to run VSSConverter as part of an automated script, you’ll know that it’s not obvious how to stop it prompting for the Visual SourceSafe repository’s administrator password. Eyal points out that you can set two environment variables Read More...
Posted 08 July 08 12:42 by grantholliday | 2 Comments   
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TF30330: Team Explorer cannot write to the project list configuration file
This is a problem that I haven’t come across before, but it looks like others have : TF30330: Team Explorer cannot write to the project list configuration file. Free up space on the local hard disk. If the problem persists, contact the administrator for Read More...
Posted 08 July 08 12:33 by grantholliday | 3 Comments   
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Grant Holliday

I'm a former Team System MVP who relocated from Australia to Redmond, Seattle.

I'm working on the team that supports and promotes TFS for Microsoft's internal customers.

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