We currently use TFS2008 for our source control, bug tracking, and tasks. The TFS2008 server is located in a remote data center. Locally, we have Visual Studio 2010 installed on the developer's machines. Is there a way to install TFS2010 so that we can run Test Manager but still tie into the work items and source code on the remote 2008...
Is it true that there's no way for Visual Studio 2008 to create a new project on Team Foundation Server 2010? I've managed to make VS2008 connect to my TFS2010 server (the team explorer + sp1 + forward compatibility thing), and yeap, I can see my TFS2010 collections from the VS2008 UI itself. Problem is, I can't seem to find a way to c...
Hi, I've created a custom workflow activity for TFS 2010 to customize the assembly versioning. I've created the activity and tested it using a Testworkflow and some unit testing code. It works fine. When I create a new build process template however, I cannot drop the custom activity onto the workflow designer. When I drag it to th...
Hi all. I have installed Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 on Windows 7 Professional edition. How can i manage (add) new users which can use the TFS 2010? example login: abraka password: dabra Maybe bad question. ...
A solution created with VS2010 with solution folder. When checking into this solution to TFS, the solution folders are missed on TFS. How to sync TFS and VS2010 with solution folder? ...
Hi, I have created a Team Project in TFS 2010, call it MyProject. Under that I have 2 folder Src & Tests. I created a Checkin Policy requiring ChangeSet comments (TFS Power Tools is installed on all concerned machines) and Code Analysis. I want Code Analysis to run on projects under Src, but I don't want to require Code Analysis on proj...
Is there a way to change the poll interval for the Build Notification tray application for TFS 2010? ...
I've just tried out TFS 2010 today, along with Project 2010 and VS 2010. Only Later realized that without Sharepoint, TFS is only configured as Basic. This reduces it's functionality as oppose to what I've seen during VS2010 product launch. Sadly I can't find any alternative but to get a trial copy of Sharepoint to see if it serve my pur...
Hi, TFS 2010 introduced the ability to convert basic folders into branches. The documentation also speaks of "reparenting a branch" (which does not appear in source control explorer context menu but is accessible only through File>Source Control> Branching & Merging ... hard to find ...) Let's say I have folders A and A2 under source co...
We're thinking of running our TFS 2010 application tier on a virtual machine using VMWare. We are a tiny shop (4 devs) and like the ability to upsize the power later. Data would probably reside on a real server. Hive mind: Please, tell me if this is a moronic idea. ...
When building a VS2008 solution using TFS TeamBuild 2010 the CompileWorkflowTask throws the error: Using "CompileWorkflowTask" task from assembly "System.Workflow.ComponentModel, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35". Task "CompileWorkflowTask" (TaskId:631) C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows ...
I'm working with a team and have to read to understand their codes. I want to know the author of a certain line of code but at the moment, I'm not sure how to do it quickly except I have to browse the history for that - which is very time-consuming. Do you have any addon/tips for me? Thank you. ...
i was able to install tfs 2010 on window server 2008 and through team explorer in visual studio 2010 the server came right up no problems. However when i installed it on vista ultimate - first the options were slightly different to install but the wizards worked fine but when i tried to access the url on team explore in visual studio 20...
Consider a new deployment of Team Foundation Server 2010, with the first use cases being Version Control. The teams using TFS for Version Control are: application development - web applications, SharePoint, db scripts, etc. primarily through Visual Studio integration - text files (XML and JavaScript) for an integration engine. data wa...
I downloaded and installed the new Team Foundation Server Scrum v1.0 beta work template from Microsoft. I would like to edit the drop down that displays in the Iteration field used when entering a new Sprint work item. If I enter in a release / sprint number that does not exists I get the following message. "New Sprint 1: TFS20017: ...
In TFS2010/TFSPowerTools2010/Process Explorer I am creating a custom process template. I define a new work item type (WIT) called "Enhancement" copied from the CMMI "Change Request" WIT. Then I want to rename the friendly field name of the work item type "System.Title" (called "Title") to "Summary". When I upload my custom process tem...
I want to perform some copy actions on the build machine (but not on the developer machines) after a build is performed and before the integration tests run. How do I do that? Perhaps, I should split the question up into sub-questions and give some examples. Question 1: What do I need to do so that the MSBuild script detects that ...
I have a solution say it Myproject in vs2010. I have create a solution folder on TFS say it $/Myproject and checked in all source code files. Now I have created another folder on TFS say it $/Myproject2 and I want to the solution Myproject in VS 2010 to connect to $/Myporject2. I guess I should disconnect from TFS and then connect to ...
In TFS2010 I am customizing the CMMI template. I want to have 2 value-lists for "Found in build" and "Resolved in build" custom fields. The suggested values must be taken from the builds that are populated by TFS in a globallist. How can this be done to get it work ? ...
When I go to the web project's properties, under Package/Publish tab, in Physical Path of web application on the destination server, I have set: C:\Projects\TimeSheet When I create a package and examine the package's zip file and look SetParameters.xml file, I see: <setParameter name="IisVirtualDirectoryPhysicalPath" value="C:\Buil...