TFS 2010 collection detached and attached to TFS 11 lost all build information

Question

Hi,

I detached an existing Team Project Collection from a TFS 2010 SP1 server and attached it to a separate TFS 11 Beta 1 server. The attach process went smoothly except for some minor warnings about Lab Management and SharePoint. However, all the Team Projects in the collection that had Build Definitions in 2010 are no longer showing any Build Definitions in TFS 11.

Surely the upgrade process should have preserved this information?

Regards,

Jason

Answer 1

It looks like the build information was maintained during the upgrade but the 'view build' permissions were lost. Even the TFS admin user didn't have the required permission. Restoring the permissions has restored access to the builds.

Answer 2

Hi J,

Thanks for catching this issue. This issue is fixed in the next realease of team foundation server build.

Answer 3

We're having this issue as well.  Can you tell me where to set the View Build permission so we can see our builds again?

Thanks.

Answer 4

Hi JeffBanschbach,

If you open the builds hub in Team explorer, press Actions then "Security..." link. This will take you to the administration web page for build security for the team project you're currently connected to. On the left you can see all the user groups and on the left you can see the permissions currenlty set for this group. Select the group to which the user you want to be able to view builds belongs and make sure that "View Builds" permission is set to "Allow".

Please let me know if you need any help.

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Shady Youssef, Software Development Engineer in Test Team Foundation Server Microsoft