Upgrading to TFS 2010 from TFS 2008 and Server 2008 from Server 2003

Question

I need to upgrade both my server from Server 2003 to Server 2008 and TFS software from 2008 to 2010.  What is the best approach for this?  Seems like I will have to upgrade the O/S and then do a fresh install of TFS 2010 to be compatible with 64 bit.  Is that correct?

Answer 1

Hi messner,

Thank you for your poat.

According to your description of the issue, I suppose you want to upgrade TFS 2008 to TFS 2010. In order to upgrade successfully, i suggest you download the TFS 2010 installation guide and follow Scenario: Upgrading Team Foundation Server. The requirements for OS, SQL, SharePoint product are all list in there.

In general, there are In-place Upgrade, Upgrade by more than one server.

• In-place upgrade is upgrade TFS under existing installation of Team Foundation Server where all prerequisites are on the same server.
• Upgrade by more than one server is upgrade TFS under existing installation of Team Foundation Server for either of the following tasks:
  a migration upgrade (use different hardware).
  an in-place upgrade with more than one server (use the same or different hardware).

Here is an article for you to refer:
How to: Upgrade Team Foundation Server Using the Team Foundation Server Configuration Tool

I hope this information will help resolve this issue.
 
If anything is unclear, please free feel to let me know.

Best Regards,

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Lily Wu [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 2

Hi messner,

 

How about the issue now?

 

If anything is unclear, please free feel to let me know.

 

Best Regards,

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Lily Wu [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us