I have recently migrated a number of apps created in Visual Studio versions 2005, 2008, and 2010 to VS2013. When I tried to check them into our TFS install, I was greeted with a message telling me that I needed to use a newer version (of TFS).
I contacted our server admin and got a share set up on a new version of tfs.
How the heck do I go about adding to the new TFS share? It is showing on the server (with the plus signs), but when I try to check-in the code, it complains at me telling me to first create a Team Project.
Do I need to create a blank Team project then copy all of my files in, or is there a shorter way?
Thanks in advance.
If you have an existing TFS server then you should upgrade it rate than copy stuff to a new server. It sounds like your existing server is TFS 2008 so you would need to upgrade to 2012 and then to 2013. No big deal, just a little more rigmarole.
If you are set on just pushing your code to a new server I would instead recommend that you create an account with Visual Studio Online (http://tfs.visualstudio.com) and use that.
If you are just going to shove it in the new TFS 2013 server that your infrastructure guy knocked together then you will need to create a Team Project first.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181477.aspx
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I am trying to add new projects to the Team Foundation Server and every way I have tried to add them has failed. We are running TFS 2012 Version: 11.0.50727.1 (RTM) and I am running Visual Studio 2015. I am a member of the Administrators Group.
I have tried at least 3 ways that MS support says how to do it on the website and none of them have worked:
I have tried to add it through Visual Studio
I have tried to add it through the Team Foundation Server Administration Console on the Server.
I have tried to add it through the TFS Web Management Portal.
When I try to add it through Visual Studio, I get an error when trying to check it in. It shows on the Source Control Explorer with a pending change of 'Add'. Here is a screenshot of the team explorer and output:
Since the message tells me to add it to the server, I opened the TFS Server Admin Console and When I go into the Team Projects Tab under Team Project Collections, it lists the existing projects, however, there is no way to add a new project. Here is a screenshot of the Admin Console:
There is only a help icon with a link on How to add a Team Project, although like with most MS help articles, it is useless. It provides information about how to do it on the web. So I tried it. I accessed the web portal for our TFS server and there isn't any option to add a project there either. When I go in to the "View the collection administration page" It tells me "Not all Collection level administration is exposed in the web experience. For all administration operations at the collection level please use the Administration Console on your Team Foundation Server.". Here is a screenshot of the online portal:
Can someone please help me with this issue? How can I add the projects to the Team Foundation Server?
I figured out how to Add the projects to the Team Foundation Server using Visual Studio 2015. It is very simple and can be done right from the File Menu in Visual Studio.
First open Visual Studio 2015. (I am not sure if it works the same in other versions.)
Go to File -> New -> Team Project...
The New Team Project Wizard will popup where you can then enter the project name and project description.
Then you can choose the template type and whether you will be using TFS Version Control or Git Distributed Version Control.
Once you click Finish, the Project will be added to TFS.
You can then add the files to the workspace folder on your dev machine.
Then you can check the files into TFS using the Team Explorer. *Note: First, you may need to add the files to the project by going to the Solution Control Explorer and right clicking on the newly created project and selecting Add Items to Folder. From there you can add the files then check them in using the Team Explorer.
Please clarify you want to create a code project/solution and add it to a TeamProject, or you want to create a TeamProject. TeamProject and code project/solution are different.
If you want to create a new TeamProject, according to Client compatibility, TFS 2012 supports VS 2015 RTM or latest update. Check your VS 2015 edition and re-try to create a TeamProject.
If you want to add a code project/solution to a TeamProject, you'll have to connect a TeamProject first and create a workspace, then perform a check-in: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/tfvc/set-up-team-foundation-version-control-your-dev-machine
Last, try to clean the Cache folder on your dev computer. The folder path is: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation\4.0\Cache.
If none of above works, try on another dev machine to see whether you can reproduce this issue.
I am trying to migrate projects from TFS 2010 to TFS 2012. I am following the steps given below:
Detach Team Project Collection
Back up the collection database and restore it in target machine.
Some of the projects are in DefaultCollection project. When I try to attach the collection in Team Foundation server, I do not get the option to restore DefaultCollection. I am not able to connect to this collection from visual studio.
I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. Have I missed any step during the migration? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Have you configured the Application Tier on the target server using Team Foundation Server Administration Console?
If that install/configuration left you with an empty DefaultCollection already there, you need to either delete that or rename your original collection to avoid naming collision.
I have a team of 3 developers and I want that we should be able to work on the project from our own homes, at any time (or at the same time) and make changes to the project. Till now, we have to mail each other all the updates versions to keep in sync. We are developing the project in Visual Studio 2010 currently and use SQL Express 2008. I searched internet and got some idea about Team Foundation Server but it requires Windows Server. I don't want to get into this mess and I have a Win7 Pc. Please suggest me some easy solutions.
There are any number of low-cost (often free to open source projects) hosted source control providers out there.
Personally I use Subversion along with the AnkhSVN plugin for Visual Studio.
Mercurial and Git are also quite popular and supported within Visual Studio via plugins.
Any of those options can be setup in a few minutes (if you use a hosted solution) and will all work for a small team.
Version Control is what your looking for,and your right there are some complicated solutions out there. TortoiseSVN isn't too complicated but works well.
Can I have some basic project management in Visual Studion without TFS or is TFS what I need?
Basically I like to get a list with my projects, last edited dates, and if possible project tags (customer for example), and when selecting one VS should load it. From the right repository (Mercurial/Git/Svn). I can move my project to some repo host if they have this solution (Addon).
At the moment I handle the projecs manually with Windows standard folders + SVN/Hg in folder context menu, and thats a headache.
Thank you
As far as I know Visual Studio doesn't support that functionality natively.
TFS isn't my forte but I know it comes with MSDN subscriptions and the retail version is around $500 if that is the path you are interested in. If you do go the TFS route you have an option to use TFS Basic during install which is a greatly simplified install of TFS that can even use SQL Express.
You can check out pricing and download the trial from here if you want more info:
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/team-foundation-server
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 instance/database?
Yes, and No.
First the No - You cant connect work items from two instances of TFS. You cant even connect between two team collections on the same sharepoint server. If you do not realy need this or you can upgrade your TFS 2008 to 2010 then stop reading.
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The Yes - If you install a local TFS 2010 instance you can setup a sync between the work items and source control of the TFS 2008 box. Note that this will be hard as the TFS 2008 probably uses the MSF Agile 4.2 template and you would have the MSF Agive 5.0 template on your local TFS 2010. You will need to set up mappings between the Work Item types and a zero mapping for the Work item types that do not exist on the 2008 box (Test Case being one)
To do this you use the TFS Integration Platform which comes with a TFStoTFS Migration tool out of the box, but you will need to setup the mappings. If you had two identical TFS boxes this is not required, but you need to be able to sync both Work Items and Source Control to keep the Attachments and Links in place.
You then check in and associate with work items to your local TFS 2010 which will then sync that change to the remote TFS 2008 box.
Only use this if there are no checkins to the remote box! You will have to resolve conflicts on the server you use to sync if you do just as if you were checking in.