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Understanding Build and Release Pipelines - Visual Studio Team Services/Team Foundation Server.

This article is provided in a FAQ format, based on our experience with customers to explain the...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/14/2017

TFS 2018 RC2 is now available for download!

TFS 2018 RC2 is now available for download. For download links and more information, check out the...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 09/25/2017

Unconfigure Team Foundation Server

Applies to: TFS 2013 and above Sometimes, we'd like to refresh the TFS Application Tier setup to...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 09/25/2017

Test TFS Upgrades: Pre-Production and Production Upgrade to Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2017.2

We received a lot of queries asking to clarify Pre-Production and Production upgrade to TFS 2017...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 09/25/2017

Disabling Get Sources step in vNext build

Applies to/Tested on: TFS 2017/VSTS One of my customer wanted to disable the Get Sources operation...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 09/25/2017

TFS 2018 RC1 is now available for download!

TFS 2018 RC1 is now available for download. For download links and more information, check out the...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 08/31/2017

Error while detaching the Collection database : TF246017: Team Foundation Server could not connect to the database.

Environment: TFS 2017 Last weekend while I was with a customer I observed the below error message,...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 08/30/2017

Connecting to TFS 2017 using VS 2008/MSSCCI Provider for 2013.

As many organizations are upgrading to TFS 2017, there is a growing concern for version controlling...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 07/25/2017

TFS 2017 Update 1, Nuget Restore task always fails trying to find packages even though they exist on the feed.

We have come across a couple of cases where the Nuget Restore task in TFS 2017 Update 1 would fail...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 04/18/2017

Use TFS API to add or update ACEs in the ACL for the provided token

I worked on an interesting issue recently, Issue: TFS Service account lost admin rights on a...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 04/14/2017

Testing - Test Case automation: Executing automated Test Cases in a remote environment.

The objective of this article is to help you with the steps to Automate a Test Case Work Item. To...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 03/10/2017

Setting up Test Controller - Agent to do Automation Testing

The objective of this article is to provide step by step guidance on how to setup lab environment to...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 03/10/2017

AD Group refresh times out in Release Management 2013/2015 WPF setups: “Unable to refresh AD groups at this time. This can happen if AD is temporarily unavailable. Please try again. If the problem persists contact your application administrator.”

We’ve come across some SQL timeout issues with RM 2013/2015 when it has to process a large amount of...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 03/03/2017

Visual Studio (VS) 2015.3 does not detect any files added under the folder named 'Release' on Team Projects with Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) on VSTS

We came across an interesting case where the user was having trouble adding new Visual Studio...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 02/23/2017

TF401256: You do not have Write permissions for query Shared Queries.

Recently, we worked with a customer on an issue, where a Contributor was not able to save to Shared...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 02/15/2017

The test agent being used does not support the feature to execute tests by selecting Test Suite(s)

Scenario: You are trying to execute tests using the “Run Functional Tests” task, in a vNext build....

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 01/20/2017

In-place upgrade to TFS 2017 RTW (Release To Web) with Reporting and SharePoint

We wanted to create a stand-alone, in-place upgrade documentation for TFS 2017 per many customer...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 12/19/2016

Error: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate

One of the most common issue with TFS/GIT users come across is the issue caused by self-signed...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 12/19/2016

TFS 2017 NuGet publisher task fails with 401 - Unauthorized exception

With TFS 2017, we have added the new Package Management feature, which lets you host your NuGet...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 12/06/2016

Upgrade to Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2017.

This article aims to expand on the Upgrade overview and give a step by step walk-through of the...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/30/2016

XAML build service fails with: “The type initializer for LibGit2Sharp.Core.NativeMethods' threw an exception”

I recently worked on a case where the TFS XAML build service was failing with the below exception:...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/16/2016

Test execution failing when a Data-Driven test methods is referring parameter values from a test case WorkItem

Recently we are getting cases, where users get the below error when a data-driven test method is...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/07/2016

Building a website with TFS build.

Normally, it is a best practice to not include the bin folder of your solution to source control, in...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 09/21/2016

Running Automated Test on agent machine using vNext Build

We have been getting lot of customer requests for asking the steps to execute automated test on...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 08/05/2016

vNext Build: Using a variable for Server Path for repository is not supported.

Until TFS 2015 update 1, it was possible to define and use a variable, for Server Path, to specify...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 08/01/2016

Code Review default queries not fetching data after upgrading to TFS 2015

We recently noticed that code review default queries are not fetching and displaying the data in...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 07/28/2016

How to add iterations in Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)?

Lately, we've had some customers with the question, "Where is the + sign to add Iterations in VSTS?"...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 07/20/2016

Readiness check fails on Application Tier with the error, “Cannot create a binding on port ‘XXX’ because the specified certificate could not be found. Select a different certificate and then re-run the readiness checks”

TFS 2015 Update 2 gives the option of editing the Site bindings on IIS as part of the configuration...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 06/07/2016

How to add a Web performance test plug-in to authenticate through different proxy in Visual Studio 2015?

There could be instances you may want your test to get authenticate using a different proxy with...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 05/31/2016

Release hub showing “Release Management is in trial and available to all basic users.”

Recently, we have seen clients concerned that the licensed TFS version displays the message “Release...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 05/27/2016

Accessing/Updating Azure Web App Settings from VSTS using Azure PowerShell.

There are a lot of features on VSTS and Azure that help seamless integration/working between them,...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 05/20/2016

Deploying and Schedule Azure WebJobs from VSTS to Azure Web App (With bonus CRON Scheduling)

WebAPI apps with WebJobs schedules are currently the intuitive way to work with Web Apps. In this...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 05/18/2016

TFS 2015.2 – Team project creation fails with TF51541: The Node ID is not recognized

TFS Versions: TFS 2015.2/TFS 2015.2.1 Recently, we have seen a few users experiencing the below...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 05/13/2016

TF51541: The Node ID is not recognized.

You may notice the following error in the Work Item warehouse Sync and subsequently your full...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 05/13/2016

TFS 2015.2 Configuration – Verification check fails with IIS_IUSRS group requiring ‘log on a batch’ permission.

Recently we have seen a few incidents, where the configuration of TFS 2015.2 fails at readiness...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 05/11/2016

Build association with work Items in vNext

When switching from XAML to vNext, I realized the newer build model doesn’t update Global List. Old...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 05/09/2016

Release Management/Team Foundation Server compatibility list (RM - TFS Supportability Matrix)

With different versions of TFS and RM around, we constantly get questions as to which version of RM...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 05/09/2016

TF218017 Error message while trying to create new Team Project.

I was recently working with a customer who was hitting the below error message while trying to...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 04/05/2016

Build and Deploy Azure Web Apps using Team Foundation Server/Services vNext Builds.

At Microsoft, we are constantly trying to improve the cloud services and integration to make it more...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 04/01/2016

vNext Build fails with error message ‘Cannot find solution’ because it does not exist.

Issue Recently we have seen some cases where a vNext build, when queued, would fail with a message...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 12/18/2015

Text field in a work item changes to valid user drop down after upgrade to TFS 2015

This article will discuss about a case where we have seen a change in a work item field, after...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 12/17/2015

Collecting code coverage data as part of automated test.

We were recently working on a case, which was related to collecting code coverage information for a...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 12/11/2015

TFS 2015 RTM, Update 1 : “TF14098: Access Denied: User needs Label permission(s) for .”

We’ve recently come across an issue with TFS 2015 RTM, where the CreateLabel() method would through...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 12/04/2015

Controlling build result with code coverage percentage (using build vNext)

<Edit, added script for VSO> I had written a blog about on this topic for XAML build...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/06/2015

Controlling build result based on code coverage percentage (For XAML Builds).

We can control the success of a build in our own customized way. And one of them would be based on...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/06/2015

Changing the TFS URL being used by a release definition from server name to DNS name in Release Management.

Scenario: I have two TFS connections added, for same TFS server, in Release Management. The first...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 11/04/2015

Building ClickOnce apps using build vNext

We had earlier posted a blog that explains how to build ClickOnce applications using XAML build...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 10/15/2015

Error “4 error(s) occurred while executing upd_WorkItemTrackingToDev14M63.sql script.” during upgrade of collection to TFS 2015

We have had a few users who hit the following error when upgrading from their source version to TFS...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 10/15/2015

Tokenization with Release Management

This article provides a demo of processing tokens as part of the build and release, using Release...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 10/15/2015

TF53001: The database operation was canceled by an administrator

During certain instances, if you do a commit/check in on a large chunk of source code, Undo a...

Author: TfsSetup - Moderator Date: 10/08/2015

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