TFS 2010 on server 2003, Sharepoint 2010 on server 2008?

Question

I have TFS 2010 installed on server 2003, I then installed sharepoint 2010 (on a seperate server 2008 VM) in standalone mode, but I'm having trouble connecting them. I installed the TFS extensions on the Sharepoint machine, do I also need to install them on the TFS machine? because it wont let me, I assume because its server 2003. I'm getting the TF255329 error when trying to add the sharepoint site to TFS.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello zbend,

In my opinion, it is possible for you to have TFS2010 installed on Windows Sever 2003 machine while have SharePoint2010 installed on the Windows Server 2008 machine.

And in order to help you resolve your issue, I need some more information:

1). Does the Server 2003 and Server 2008 machines in the same domain? If not, I am afraid you need to put them in one same domain or at least the domains they are in trust each other.

2). On servers that are running SharePoint Products on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, you must also enable the Desktop Feature Experience feature before Microsoft Office applications will interoperate correctly with Team Foundation Server. See:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772567.aspx

3). Does the user account you are using have the appropriate permissions on the SharePoint server? If not, please add them in the SharePoint 2010 Site Collection Administrators and Farm Administrators group.

Thanks.

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Vicky Song [MSFT]
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Answer 2

Thanks for the reply Vicky,

1. yes they are both members of the same domain, but at least sharepoint's service account and farm admin account is a local account.

2. yes the Desktop Feature Experience is installed on the Sharepoint server.

3. Which user? When I'm logged into the TFS machine trying to add the sharepoint server to it, in the console under SharePoint Web Applications, I am logged in as a local admin, is that what you mean? or the service account of TFS or?

Thanks again.

zbend

Answer 3

Hello zbend,

For the third point, I mean that the user account you are using to configure TFS integrates with the SharePoint server in the TFS Administration Console should in the SharePoint 2010 Site Collection Administrators and Farm Administrators group.

And for your scenario, the local admin should be in the two groups I mentioned above.

Thanks.

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Vicky Song [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 4

I would recommend making the SharePoint service account and farm admin account domain level accounts.

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Enrique Lima | Principal Consultant/Owner ThinkALM | http://geekswithblogs.com/enriquelima