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2017 6

  1. Message in Test section of VSTS Team Project: "You can’t create test cases without a test plan. Click here to create a test plan."
  2. Troubleshooting connections from Eclipse + Team Explorer Everywhere to Visual Studio Team Services
  3. Limit access to just Visual Studio Team Services using Azure Active Directory Premium
  4. How To Checkin Files To 2 TFVC Projects At The Same Time
  5. Set Service Hooks permissions on existing projects” is failing with “ExtensionNotFound”
  6. GIT clone SSH CI build issue in TFS 2015.3

2016 19

  1. Test Management Warehouse Adapter – General issues and their resolutions
  2. VSTS Test runs reporting inconsistent count of tests run with each build
  3. TFS Reporting database backup fails with TFS Backup tool
  4. Fatal problem when pushing huge repository to TFS GIT
  5. V-next builds with a git tag can fail as it does not fetch new tags(annotated)
  6. Retrieving corrupted Git Repository in TFS 2015
  7. "Cannot create build definition as no hosted build controller could be found." message in Azure Portal
  8. Error connecting VS\Office apps to AAD-backed VSTS: "An error occurred. Contact your administrator for more information" ... "Relying party: Microsoft Office 365 Identity Platform"
  9. tfignore usage in Team Foundation Server
  10. Running parallel builds in msbuild using Team Foundation Server 2015 V-next Builds
  11. Team Foundation Server 2015 Update1 issue with default agent pool in V-next builds
  12. Team Foundation Server 2015 V-next build hangs and does not start
  13. Issues in opening customized work item from team system web access in team foundation server
  14. How to troubleshoot slow performance issue in team foundation server using SQL Profiler
  15. Client add-in Capture Trace
  16. How to capture traffic (when applicable) from TFS Add-in, PSI extension, and TFSADMIN.EXE
  17. Mapping/Unmapping Command for Team Foundation Server and Project Server Integration
  18. Creating reports against the relational database is now officially supported in Team Foundation Server
  19. General Guidelines of troubleshooting performance issues in Team Foundation Server

2015 12

  1. "No identities found" adding users from Azure Active Directory to Azure DevOps
  2. Transactional Log full Error while upgrading
  3. Recovery Model error while upgrading TF400744: An error occurred while executing the following script: RestoreOriginalRecoveryModel.sql
  4. Bad Request 400 error while changing group memberships
  5. TFS 2015 build drop folder explorer link not opening
  6. TFS 2015 Bug[Churn report data in excel is not displaying the Work Item relationship]
  7. Access to the path is denied" when using Publish Artifact build step when Contents has additional items in new TFS 2015 vNext build
  8. Git Clone Fails with inflate: data stream error (incorrect header check)
  9. Can't delete Azure Active Directory (AAD) with Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) Enterprise Applications entries
  10. quick search of work items in TFS does not render any results
  11. version control data corruption in tfs which is actually tfs server cache corruption
  12. GIT Clone operation for Visual Studio Online(VSO) and Team Foundation Server(TFS) On Premise

2014 27

  1. Can't connect to Visual Studio Online from any version of in VS: "The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send."
  2. Issues in saving the build definition post upgrade to Team Foundation Server(TFS) 2012
  3. Issues with build failure in Team Foundation Server 2012
  4. Build completion alerts does not show static analysis warnings in TFS 2012
  5. How to resolve file deployment issues to agents from Release Management
  6. Issues with user logging in to TFS 2013 Server after installation and restart on Windows 2012 R2
  7. Unable to configure/verify a Team Foundation Server Connection in Release Management Client
  8. Configuration Issues with Release Management 2013(up to update 2) on Turkey regional settings based machines
  9. tfsconfig cloudimport fails importing data exported from Visual Studio Online
  10. Timeouts uploading bits to drop folder from on-prem build controller connected to VSO
  11. How to find Team Foundation Server(TFS) 2012 GUID Info
  12. Team build definition UI doesn't respect Test parameters entered directly into Property Grid
  13. Release Management: How configure Team Build definition to automatically trigger a Release - walkthrough
  14. Release Management: How to run Automated Tests as part of a Release - walkthrough
  15. Release Management: How to deploy web application as part of a Release - walkthrough
  16. Release Management: How to trigger Release from Team Build - walkthrough
  17. Issues with Basic Authentication in Visual Studio Online since March 18, 2014 update
  18. How to move tasks around sprints ensuring consistency in velocity diagram
  19. After upgrade to TFS 2013 or after restoring a site collection, some web parts on the TFS Dashboard pages display an error
  20. Issues with build in Team foundation server 2013
  21. Not able to see users with their full display name in Team Foundation Server 2012
  22. Work item getting freezed while being saved on team system web access 2012
  23. Issues in opening work items in web access in Team foundation Server 2012 cumulative update 3
  24. Error "...needs the following permission(s) to perform this action: Edit collection-level information" changing owner of VSO account
  25. Can't link Azure to Visual Studio Online account whose name starts with a number
  26. VS2013 TFS "Key not valid for use in specified state" error
  27. Visual Studio Online Load Test Troubleshooting Guide

2013 13

  1. VC++ build failure after migration from TFS 2010 to 2012 if you have enabled code analysis
  2. TFS Workitem Customization Lync Conference - December 20, 2013 4PM - 5:30PM IST
  3. TFS Version Control Lync Conference- December 16th, 2013 4PM - 5:30PM IST
  4. Visual Studio Surveys on the Visual Studio BLOG
  5. "Pending Changes” and “Source Control Explorer” missing from Team Explorer in Visual Studio 2013
  6. Talk on TFS Integration tool kit, Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 09:30:00 UTC
  7. Cannot add new build templates or create team projects on TFS 2010 because of error ‘The File Exists’
  8. Not able to open a history version of an Excel workbook directly from TFS-connected SharePoint portal
  9. Determining Process Template of an existing Team Project in TFS 2012
  10. In TFS 2012 some administrator features moved to web-based only
  11. After upgrading from TFS2010 to TFS2012 Update3, standard users not able to access user stories.
  12. Problems configuring TFS 2012 build server with a local account when the TFS machine is domain-joined
  13. You may face problem with TFS connectivity over HTTPS after installing KB 2750149

2012 11

  1. Using TFS 2012 Team Build to control build order of multiple solutions
  2. Error "TF254027: You must correct all errors before you continue.” upgrading TFS 2010 to TFS 2012
  3. Team Build Check-In Policy Error: "Internal error in the Policy. The calling thread must be STA, because many UI components require this."
  4. Test Attachment Cleaner for VS2010 - everything you need to know
  5. Support Postmortem: Suddenly a build controller (that was previously functioning) has stopped
  6. "Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component" using TFS201 Team Web Access
  7. What to do if you delete files or folders outside Team Explorer/Visual Studio 2010 from your local folder
  8. Direction on changing SQL Service Start-up Accounts
  9. Troubleshooting tips with Team Build 2010 for the projects migrated from 2005 or 2008
  10. Issue while building SharePoint workflow project with Team Build 2010 with duplicate call to Workflow.targets
  11. Junk characters in the Team Build 2010 log

2011 4

  1. A cumulative update is available for Team Foundation Server 2010 Service Pack 1…
  2. Publishing TFS services to Visual Studio using UAG and SSL-VPN
  3. Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 SP1 is Available
  4. Upgrade Visual SourceSafe Today!

2010 17

  1. Now Available: Microsoft Code Sample Request Service
  2. Visual Studio improves Help Viewer for Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
  3. Need your feedback on revised MSDN Library topic: "Extending Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management"
  4. New Team Explorer Everywhere Released
  5. TFS 2010 Re-released
  6. Upgrading to TFS 2010? You need this HOTFIX.
  7. Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 TFS Process Template has released
  8. Administrative Report Pack & Monitoring the TFS Data Warehouse - FAQ
  9. Error during upgrade to TFS 2010: System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlNullValueException: Data is Null. This method or property cannot be called on Null values.
  10. Build, WIT, and SCC failure after configuring TFS 2008 for SSL
  11. Some users may intermittently lose Source Control access after upgrading to TFS 2010
  12. Error setting up TFS 2010 Version Control Proxy: The source control proxy 'tfs10' is not responding, so the request will be sent to the main server. Please verify your settings. Additional information: The element 'Server' has invalid child element 'Uri
  13. TFS 2008: Can you restrict users from selecting certain iteration paths?
  14. Visual Studio 2010 Professional Upgrade Pre-Order
  15. Collecting the contents of the TfsIntegration!tbl_subscription table for review
  16. Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010 codename "Eaglestone" Beta
  17. TFS 2010 Team Lab Quick Start

2009 56

  1. Microsoft update KB973917 disables TFS… well, *ALL* IIS app pools, really
  2. Important events: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 end of life and Team Explorer 2008 Forward Compatibility Update (GDR) released
  3. “Exception message: Error in the application..” application event log error from TFS Service
  4. CSS TFS HOTFIX Report: September 2009
  5. ACL and Group Membership change logging in TFS – what are your options?
  6. A Five Part Series: Troubleshooting TFS and SQL Reporting Analysis Services
  7. Getting TFS support faster from Microsoft: CSS structure revealed
  8. CSS TFS HOTFIX Report: Jan – Aug 2009
  9. Interesting support case – Visual Studio solution prompts for entire SCC check-out on open
  10. TfsDeleteProject.exe thwarted by Windows SharePoint Services permissions
  11. Hyper-V Remote Administration from Windows 7?
  12. Troubleshooting Team Foundation Server connection problems with Fiddler
  13. Determining the number of Team System Web Access Users
  14. SSL on TFS 2008 + Windows Server 2008 + IIS 7
  15. Windows 7: Be first. Save half.
  16. Mounting .VHDs in Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 with a simple mouse-click
  17. Adding external build data to TFS
  18. The TFS Performance Report Pack and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
  19. Problems configuring TFS 2010 when resource has underscore (_) in name
  20. A few notes on PROXY and Team Foundation Server
  21. TFS 2005 to 2008 Upgrade Best Practices… and some for VSTSWA 2008 as well
  22. “Synchronization Engine has Crashed” error when migrating work items using the TFS to TFS Migration Tool
  23. TFS 2008 Reports Fix (for issues when using SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services) Released Publically
  24. BLOGS! BLOOOOGS! Get your BLOGS here!!
  25. Users of MOSS 2007 – Watch out for SP2 “trial version reset” issue
  26. TFS Performance. Episode 1 - The Phantom Baseline
  27. Re-Using Same TFS Application Tier Name breaks Network Service account access to SQL.
  28. TFS 2010 Information from the source(s).
  29. Installing TFS 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 RC
  30. Renaming SharePoint Databases – A Cautionary Tale
  31. “The database schema is too old…” error restoring SharePoint database
  32. Use of “SetupWarehouse.exe –rebuild…” can cause data loss in Team Foundation Server 2008
  33. Getting remote errors from SQL Server Reporting Services 2008
  34. Partial Merges in TFS – A Guide
  35. Team Foundation Server Administration Tool 1.4 Released
  36. Troubleshooting Team Foundation Server – an MSDN Resource
  37. Why can’t I save edited documents back to TFS via Team System Web Access like I can with Team Explorer?
  38. A note on merging and the use of TF MERGES & TF MERGE
  39. What prompts a full cache download in Team Foundation Server?
  40. How to move TFS content from Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007
  41. Testing Email flow from your Team Foundation Server
  42. Installing TFS 2008 SP1 – Prerequisites, Caveats & Best Practices
  43. Before calling TFS support… ideas and information to collect
  44. Issues with TFS 2008 built-in reports using SQL Server Reporting Services 2008
  45. “The Big One”
  46. “Red-X” on Work Items folder in Team Explorer
  47. .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 & TFS issues: Windows SharePoint Services v2.0 and FQDN problems
  48. TFS Performance Tips & Tricks - Part Two
  49. TFS Performance Tips & Tricks - Part One
  50. My Favorite TFS Tweak
  51. Update to our Team Foundation Server 2008 for HTTPS / SSL Document
  52. Error “The CREATE UNIQUE INDEX statement terminated because a duplicate key was found…” during GET LATEST in 2008
  53. Hey, Where Did My Changes in IIS Manager Go?
  54. Troubleshooting Windows SharePoint Services issues with TFS Project Creation
  55. Scripting Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Setup for Team Foundation Server
  56. Source Controlled Project Displays As Folder In Solution Explorer - “ResetUserData” to the Rescue!

2008 15

  1. How to allow access to a child folder without allowing access to the parent folder in TFS Source Control
  2. Workitem is slow when doing a Save or Update in TFS2008
  3. CSS TFS Monthly HOTFIX / Content Report - October 2008
  4. Identify your TF server version and machine info with BGInfo
  5. My Experience Setting Up TFSWindows SeverSQL Server 2008
  6. Sticky Mouse in Windows Server 2008 & Vista Hyper-V VPCs!
  7. SharePoint Services and Team Foundation Server 2008 Warm Standby
  8. Setting up Team Foundation Server 2008 for HTTPS / SSL
  9. TfsAdminUtil.exe From TFS 2008 SP1 'ConfigureConnections' Fails
  10. Suddenly TFS Reports Throwing "An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details. (rsInternalError)"
  11. Project Creation with Scrum Fails After TFS Upgrade (2005 -> 2008)
  12. Installing 64-bit WSS Extensions for TFS 2008 on MOSS 2007
  13. Fun with the TFSServerScheduler service
  14. Team Foundation Server Service Account Password Changer Utility
  15. Welcome to the Developer Support Team Foundation Server (TFS) BLOG!