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TFS 2005 Wiki Template?

Is there a Wiki plugin for TFS 2005, ie. SharePoint Services 2.0? ...

VS 2008 Team System crash on opening solution

VS 2008 crashes whilst opening a solution file when it reaches the stage of "Loading project files 'Solution Items'". Is there any way of either stopping the virtual folder of solution items from opening or a workaround for this? The solution is coming from TFS 2005 and source control. Thanks ...

tfs database size - version control

I have TFS installed on a single server and am running out of space on the disk. (We've been using the instance for about 2 years now.) Looking at the tables in SQL Server what seems to be culprit is the tbl_content table, it is at 70 GB. If I do a get on the entire source tree for all projects it is only about 8 GB of data. Is this...

How To limit file size in TFS

Is there a way to set a maximum size for files that can be check in into source control under Team Foundation Server 2005 or 2008? In the past, when we worked with SourceSafe there were several cases were developers decided to checkin a 500mb data file to source control. I don't know what such a thing will do to TFS - and actually, I ...

Should .NET AnyCPU projects bind to Framework or Framework64 DLLs

I have a csproj that has a reference to the Framework64 version of System.Data. When I try to build using MSBUILD/TFS on another machine it fails as the 64-bit DLL doesn't exist. Should I bind to the Framework version, or will this limit me when running on 64-bit machines? Does .NET redirect the binding to use 64-bit when possible? ...

After modifying WIT I get error TF26000 when querying Work Items

After I added/deleted fields for a WIT. Afterwards querying by new fields results in error "TF26000: Could not connect to the Team Foundation Server. Check that you have a network connection and that your Team Foundation server is available." (Both from TSWA un VS) Removing the new fields from the query results in fine working query. ...

What could go wrong if I convert ANSI encoded files to UTF-8?

I have an existing ASP.NET 2.0 website, stored in Team Foundation Server 2005. Some of the pages/controls are encoded as ANSI (according to Notepad++) and the Content-Type header is set to: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"/> I would like to change all pages to UTF-8, and therefore the Content-T...

How should I get rid of TFS Branches properly?

I am wondering how I should properly get rid of branches that no longer have any purpose. Right now even if i delete them and commit they are still listed as branches in the properties windows for a particular branching root (directory). If I select merge I don't get an option to merge to the deleted branch which obviously is as expected...

Does any tool exist to help Sync a directory with TFS?

When using TFS with a tool outside of Visual Studio (Specifially ORMS), modifications to the project file to include a new file will not cause the file to be added to source control. Does anything exist that could potentially say "Warning: You are about to check in change to a project file which include a file which is not versioned" ...

How to build only a handful of projects contained in a solution using MSBuild?

I am trying to setup a TFS Team Build and am new to MSBuild. I have a solution that contains a few projects (MyProject1, MyProject2, ..). I find that setting up the team build I could only select which solution should be built and when performing the build the build target for all the projects becomes the same and the output for all proj...

Has anyone been able to take TFS Team Web Access and successfully expose it to clients?

We have recently switched from the Rational stack (ClearQuest/ClearCase etc..) over to TFS 2008 for our .NET group and one of the challenges that we are seeing are some of the limitations of the Team System Web Access as far as what work items a client can view. Has anyone been able to take TSWA and successfully expose it to clients whi...

How to limit TFS 2008 CI Build to a particular path in the project

If you follow some of MS's recommended branching strategies you can easily end up with a project structure such as: $PROJECT\ DEV\ MyProject STAGE\ MyProject PROD\ MyProject Now let's say I have three different build definitions. One each for DEV, STAGE, and PROD. This should be common considering that the...

TFS shell integration TortoiseTFS?

I love TortoiseSVN, as I'm sure many do. we've fairly recently moved to TFS at work, and I find myself wanting Tortoise for TFS. I tried the TFS Power Toys ( I'm running under Windows Server 2003) but no icons turned up). Is it a vista only thing? Is there a way to get TFS to expose SVN urls like codeplex does? ... i've tried svnbrid...

Create a new TFS Team Project and use existing source control folder

I currently have a source control folder in TFS with all of my source code. Is it possible to create a new team project and use the existing source control folder? I have the option to create a new source control folder, create a new branch or not to create one at all. But is there a way of using an existing folder? [Edit] To clarify: ...

Error Installing TFS 2008 SP1, CREATE TABLE permission denied in database 'master'

Hi, just now the dba let me connect to the database using Sql Server Management Studio, this is how i noticed that the default database for the tfs setup and service users is master, is this ok?, is this why I'm having this error?, Let me post part of the log and the properties of the Setup user to confirm that the users are configured ...

TFS Migration from 2005 to 2008?

Does anybody know if it is possible to migrate separate projects from a TFS 2005 server to a TFS 2008 Server? ...

TFS 08 - Can't find AgentService.asmx

We have a notification service running on our TFS server which automatically modifies certain work items when they are created so they are assigned to the right people and so on. Over the weekend a patch was applied to our TFS server and since then the notification service appears to be broken. When ever it runs we get an error in the ...

VSS 6.0 to TFS Migration

Our team is migrating from VSS 6.0 to TFS 2008 to be used for source control purposes. I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this migration. In particular, we are interested in preserving the history of files in source control, as well as any other potential gotchas. Thanks! ...

How can I completely remove TFS Bindings

I have a solution that contains a good deal of projects, I would like to remove the source control bindings completely, how can I do this? Update: What I really want to do is move one solution and its projects from TFS 2005 -> 2008. Thats why I am removing the bindings, is there a better way to do this? ...

How do I change my user account domain in Team Foundation Server

We are migrating from one domain to another, and I'd like to be able to keep my same workspace, user settings, history, etc. Is there any way to change just my domain or log in name within Team Foundation Server? ...