Team Foundation Server - Setup Forum

Cannot install team foundation server workgroup

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:24 Z

Hi

I am trying to install team foundation server workgroup on my network but I can progress past the screen requiring the service account. I have SBS server 2003 as the domain controller and I have setup a new machine with 2003 enterprise.

I have installed sql server 2005 developer edition - I would use standard or enterprise but the broadband prices are ridiculous and developer is the only version I had handy

I don't know how to adminster networks as I have only ever been employed as a programmer 5 days I have been at this and it is driving my nuts, the documentation makes no sense to me.

I have done everything in the following way

installed window server and applied service packs etc.
installed sql server 2005 workgroup (didn't realise standard edition was better than workgroup)
upgraded to develoepr edition but obviously didn't do it properly.
uninstalled sql server
re-installed sql server developer edition
got nowhere installing tfs
I have created a user in AD called tfs but I can't use this as the tfsservice account the installer tells me password is incorrect but it isn't, it says the same thing with my domain account that the password is incorrect and I can't use the admin account because I am installing using it. Though I suspect that I would get the same error as all the accounts I have tried are domain admins.

What am I missing and what do i need to do, rebuilding the server isn't an option as bandwidth is too much and I can't afford to pay for the cost of downloading the service packs.

I have trawled through so much info but nothing seems to apply.

Please tell me what to do in the most basic language as AD has been driving me nuts trying to add the GPO to the accounts like log on locally etc.

I really would like to use it as it comes with my MSDN subscription and it be a waste if I can't get it to work.

TIA

team foundation server

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:54:07 Z

dio u guys have any installation video of TFS 2008..dont send me that .vhm help file..
thanks

Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:37:21 Z

I have setup TFS 2008 SP1 on a Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition running on SQL 2008. I have the old TFS 2008 Server with SQL 2005 that is on a different domain from the new TFS 2008, I want to migrate the workitems from the old TFS 2008 to the new one but the database are different.

I can export workitems in the old TFS 2008 to excel and import them to the new TFS Server but some columns that were on the old TFS work items are not been used anymore in TFS 2008 SP1 and the other issue with importing workitems to the new TFS 2008 SP1 will create new column ID's and the testing team needs these ID's as they track bugs with them that were logged for the developers.

Is there a way i can migrate the TFS 2008 running under SQL 2005 to TFS 2008 SP1 running under SQL 2008 and what impact would it have on bugs, tasks because they are referencing the user that was assign to and they are on a different AD domain, will it be possible to update those the new AD domain including all the references?

PROBLEM INSTALLING TFS 2008 SP1 + SQL 2008 SP1 + WINDOWS 2008. CAN ANYONE HELP?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:38:38 Z

My purpose is to setup a test TFS 2008 environment on a single server.
here are the steps i followed for installation.
1)setup winserver 2008 std edn as part of a domain.
2)installed IIS as mentioned in TFS installation guide
3)installed the SQL server 2008 dev edn.
4)applied SQl 2008 sp1.
5)installed Integrated Team Foundation Server and Service Pack 1 setup.

here is the problem:
WSS got installed successfully.
But installtion failed when TFS setup reached almost 95% with the error.

Error 28925.TFServerStatusValidator: The tool could not call the Team Foundation Server ServerStatus Web service

when checked for web service extensions its enabled.
and so when i tried to access service using following

http://<original-server-name>:8080/services/v1.0/ServerStatus.asmx

it showed that

TF10216: Team Foundation services are currently unavailable. Try again later. If the problem persists, contact your Team Foundation Server administrator.

Best Regards Abraham Dominic

Areas and Iterations with Sub Nodes

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:57:32 Z

I'm trying to define sub nodes for Iterations in a Process Template. I can't seem to get it to work.

In the Classification.xml I am modifying the Project Structure section:

<Node StructureType="ProjectLifecycle" Name="Iteration" xmlns="">
<Children>
    <Node StructureType="ProjectLifecycle" Name="Backlog"></Node>
    <Node StructureType="ProjectLifecycle" Name="Iteration 1"></Node>
    <Node StructureType="ProjectLifecycle" Name="Iteration 2"></Node>
    <Node StructureType="ProjectLifecycle" Name="Iteration 1"></Node>
</Children>
</Node>

This will make the structure look like this:
Iteration
> Backlog
> Iteration 1
> Iteration 2
> Iteration 3

I would like the structure to look like this:
Iteration
> Backlog
> Team 1
>> Iteration 1
>> Iteration 2
> Team 2
>> Iteration 1
>> Iteration 2

I've tried creating new Nodes with Subnodes and I've tried just setting the Name="Team 1\Iteration 1". Both did not work. Any idea how I can update the Process Template to allow additional sub nodes in the Iterations and Areas?

TFS 2010 Beta Error - Error in Website (Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Extensions')

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:36:48 Z

Hi together,

I installed the TFS2010 Beta2 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 in Basic Configuration.
When I try to open up the TSF Website <servernam>:8080/tfs/web the error message shown below is shown:

Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (c:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010\Application Tier\Web Access\Web\web.config line 123)

Source Error:


Line 121:
Line 122:    <httpModules>
Line 123:      <add name="ScriptModule" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
Line 124:      <add name="TSWAAuthentication" type="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WebAccess.TSWAAuthenticationModule"/>
Line 125:    </httpModules>

Source File: c:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010\Application Tier\Web Access\Web\web.config Line: 123

Any ideas?

best regards
daniel

Installation of TFS 2008 query

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:14:07 Z

Hi,

We've got a domain controller - windows 2003 server, which has SQL server 2005 on it.

As far as I've found, you can't install TFS on a domain controller. So, we're building another windows 2003 server to install TFS.

The problem is that we want to use the SQL server on the domain controller.

So, I'm wondering if we can either:

use the 2 server architecture and install the 'data tier' onto the domain controller, and TFS on the other server

Install TFS on the other server, and then somehow link or use the SQL server on the domain controller?

Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Josh

ps. We're a very small team, and money is not growing off trees, or hard to come by.

Error 32000 in TFS 2008

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:43:50 Z

Received the following error msg

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server - ENU -- Error 32000.The command line '"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server\Tools\TFRSConfig.exe" /setup /install /s "<MACHINENAME>\<INSTANCE>" /u "NT Authority\NetworkService" /buildInIdentity /l "1033" /verify /ignoreExistingIISArtifacts /instancename "<INSTANCE>" /appPoolName "UnusedSinceThisisSql2008whichDoesnotUseIIS"/reportServerUri "http://<MACHINENAME>/ReportServer_<INSTANCE>" /reportManagerUri "http://<MACHINENAME>/Reports_<INSTANCE>" /h "<MACHINENAME>"' returned non-zero value: -2147023181.

We are doing dual server installtion.

Steps done till now::

Data tier:

SQL Server 2008 Installed successfully

App tier :

Configured IIS

Installed Team Explorer

VSTS SP1

SQL Server 2008

While installing TFS 2008 with SP1 we received error 32000

Kindly revert ASAP

Regards

Mohan

Restore TFS 2008 with SQL Ent 2005 and Windows server 2003 ENT. to TFS 2008 with SQL 2005 Std and Win server 2003 Std R2

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:55:51 Z

Hi,
I am in big trouble. We have a Team Foundation Server 2008 with SQL 2005 Ent. and OS is Windows server 2003 Ent. I have full backup this system. Because of some issues on same machine(Hardware is not changed) we have to install TFS 2008 with SQL server 2005 Std on Windows server 2003 Std R2. We have all data backup of old system. We tried to restore backup on TFS 2008 with SQL server 2005 Std on Windows server 2003 Std R2. I followed this url http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404869(VS.80).aspx and searched on internet. But no luck. Databases restored without any error. When i run warehouse.exe with parameters supplied in above link. I am getting following error.
TF30059: Fatal error while initializing web service"
Please help.
Thanks
AB

Cannot install TFS - file not found

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:20:43 Z

I'm trying to install TFS on a new server. The server doesn't have a DVD drive so I am using a DVD drive on a remote host.

I get most of the way through the install and it reports that it cannot find a file:
D:\English\VisualStudio2008\TeamSystem\TeamFoundationServer\WorkgroupEdition\AT\ProgramFiles\Miscrosoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server\Web Services\Services\bin\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.dll

The file is there on the DVD and available but the install says it is not.

I tried to copy the DVD to the local hard drive but that failed because one of the filenames (probably this one) is too long.

How can I install TFS?

Thanks.

Unable to connect to Team Foundation Server

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:54:23 Z

Hi everyone,

I installed TFS for VS 2008 in a machine of the network. In the other machine when trying to add the TFS Server on the VS 2008 i see the following message:

TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server: servername.

Team Foundation Server URL: http://servername:8080.

Possible reasons for failure include:
The Team Foundation Server Name, portnumber protocol is incorrect.
The Team Foundation Server is offline
Password is expired is incorrect

For further information, contact the Team Foundation Server Administrator

If i try to open this url: http://servername:8080 i get this message

Directory Listing Denied

This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.

In other hand:

http://servername:8080/services/v1.0/registration.asmx

This page for example is working well (have read that it is important to know if TFS is well installed), so what could be the problem? Am i missing any step before can add the server on VS in other machine to create the Team Project and so on?

Thanks a lot!

Regards,
Joel

UPDATE:

I Installed Team Explorer on Server Machine and the server is displayed, so i guess it is a network issue? Or anti-virus?

TF31003: Your user account does not have permission

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:34:21 Z

I have installed Team Foundation Server 2008 on Application tier (Windows server 203) and SQL Server 2005 on data tier. After the installation is finished I am able to connect to TFS using TFSSETUP account only (by logging to TFS server).

Other users are not able to connect to TFS from client machine(Team Explorer). I have given permission to users in TFS (server and project level), WSS site and Report server.

Following error message is coming while connecting to TFS from client machine:

TF31003: Your user account does not have permission to connect to team foundation server........

Following information is coming in Windows Event Viewer: (Source ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0)

Event code: 4008

Event message: File authorization failed for the request.

Event time: 3/24/2009 8:24:41 AM

Event time (UTC): 3/24/2009 1:24:41 PM

Event ID: aa56a9d9c7d242a3ae83f5e07a75f281

Event sequence: 85

Event occurrence: 3

Event detail code: 0

Application information:

Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/606638242/Root/Services-2-128823699660607574

Trust level: Full

Application Virtual Path: /Services

Application Path: D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server\Web Services\Services\

Machine name: XXXXXXXX (replaced actual name)

Process information:

Process ID: 3728

Process name: w3wp.exe

Account name: US\TFSSERVICE

Request information:

Request URL: http://ServerName:8080/Services/v1.0/ServerStatus.asmx

Request path: /Services/v1.0/ServerStatus.asmx

User host address: 100.00.100.00

User: US\UserID

Is authenticated: True

Authentication Type: NTLM

Thread account name: US\TFSSERVICE

Custom event details:

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Resolution:

If I provide permission to a particular user on Web Services folder (D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server\Web Services), user is able to connect to TFS.

Query:

Why I need to add user id manually to Web Services folder? This exercise/step is not mentioned anywhere in TFS installation guide.

TFS SP1 installation also did not fix the issue.

Please help
Thanks

TF30177: Team Project Creation Failed

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:10:47 Z

Setup :

Installed Team Foundation System 2008 on Windows Server 2008 with SQL Server 2008 using the SP1 Patch.

Connection to Team Foundation Server works fine but when I click finish on the 'Add New Team Project' Dialog it thinks for a bit before returning the error.

Error :

Unable to connect to the specified SQL Server Reporting Services at {My Server's IP Address}.

Explanation

The Project Creation Wizard was not able to connect to the SQL Server Reporting Services at {My Server's IP Address}. The reason for the failed connection cannot be determined at this time. Because the connection failed, the wizard was not able to complete creating the SQL Server Reporting Services site.

User Action

Contact the administrator for the SQL Server Reporting Services at {My Server's IP Address} to confirm that the server is available on the network and you have sufficient privileges to create a project. Also, you might find additional helpful information in the project creation log. The log shows each action taken by the wizard at the time of the failure and may include additional details about the error.

the log file give the error number : TF30207

which exlpains : Unable to connect to the specified SQL Server Reporting Services at {my server's IP address}

when I navigate to the reporting instance on the server I can access the report manager and report service (the asmx file) using Administrator but when I attempt to access the report service using TFSReports (the account TFS uses to access reports) it tells me I have insufficient privlages.

I think that the issue is because of permissions. I believe that TFSReports requires access to ReportService but I'm really not sure how to grant it access. I've already given the account Admin access on the box and set it as an admin account in Report manager.

Thanks in advance.

Geoff

How to Create Installation Package using Team Foundation Server.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:35:48 Z

Hello All,

1)we are using Team Foundation Server to build the solution.
2)But we are disconnecting the solution from tfs and using that solution to create installation package using installsheild project

My problem is : 1)Can we Create Installation package directly from Team Foundation Server?
2)If Possible Is there any help file or Documnetation to Start from beginning.

Any Suggestions and help it will be appreciated and helpful....

Thanks,
Madhu.

Madhu Sandeep

Team Foundation Server (Work Group Edition) Installation Failed

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:07:05 Z

Dear All,

I have encountered the following problem while installing Team Foundation Server (Work Group Edition) with SQL Server 2005. I have followed the steps from the Installation guide “TFSInstall-v071210.chm” . I have not used any domain account to setup these TFS environment. I have only create the three account as per mentioned in the installation guide (but those three account are local administrator) and proceed the further steps.

Error in Log File:

MSI (s) (34:8C) [17:25:10:656]: Note: 1: 1708

MSI (s) (34:8C) [17:25:10:656]: Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - ENU -- Installation failed.

MSI (s) (34:8C) [17:25:10:671]: Cleaning up uninstalled install packages, if any exist

Event Viewer:

Failure Audit: Login failed for user 'PTPL-2K3VSTS\TFSSETUP'. [CLIENT: <local machine>]

Information: Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - ENU -- Installation failed.

I have installed the following software in system,

Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Information Services (IIS) with ASP.NET enabled
SQL Server 2005 with SP1 (Instead of Hot Fix)
.Net Frame Work 2.0 Hot Fix
Windows Share Point Services 2.0 with SP2

I have searched a lot over the internet, but unfortunately I could not find any solution for this issue. I have also saw most related post on Microsoft forum link has mentioned below, but it does not have any solution.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsgeneral/thread/db8b28b6-c57d-4b64-ac43-0ce2fc8747f4?lc=1033

Please, anyone help me to figure out this issue sooner, because I have spent a lot of time on this issue.

Thanks in Advance

Jaffar Rabeek

Unable to Access and Finally Install Team Foundation Server

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:15:26 Z

Hi Folks,

I have been struggling now for three days trying to install TFS 2010 Beta 2 on Vista Ultimate 64bit. I thought this would be an easy 20 minute job, how wrong one can be!

I am trying to install on my local development machine. Nothing fancy.

I am able to successfully install TFS and all stages of the installation indicate success. I have tried the Basic configuration where the installer creates the databases and TFS website but this gave me problems. I narrowed it down by using the tracing facility in IIS to the fact that under the basic install the installer seems to configure my machine for a 32bit application and eventually throws a 500.19 error. This is despite the fact that in Advanced settings in the application pool in IIS the application pool is set to disable 32bit applications for the application pool which serves the TFS server. (I hope you are with me!)

Anyway I gave up on the basic installer and decided to go with the Advanced Installer and specify a website and port I set up manually via IIS. This advanced me past he 32bit 64 bit issues and I now seem to have everything running except for the fact that I am unable to log in and set up projects. I am unable to log in from both VS2010 and the Team Foundation Administration Console. (Let me be clear I have never had any installation failure messages, It always gives me the nice green ticks and passes all checks at every stage).

The error message I get when trying to log in via Visual Studio or the Team Foundation Admin Console is TF31003:Your user account does not have permission to connect to the Team Foundation Server at http://tfs:8080/tfs. Ask your server administrator to add the appropriate permissions to your account.

Some more facts.

The windows user account (called TFS) that I am trying to log in with has been set up to have full access/permissions to all web accessible directories from TFS. i.e "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010\Application Tier\Web Services" etc.

The windows user account I am trying to log in with (TFS) has been granted specific ASP.net impersonation Authentication rights from within IIS. Windows authentication is also enabled in IIS and the windows user account (TFS) had been set up with Administrator and IIS_IUSR roles as a Windows account.

TFSADMINROLE has been granted full permissions from within SQL Server Management Studio for the Tfs_Configuration database which the installer sets up. The user account I am trying to log in with has also been given full rights and permissions for this database.

If I browse to http://tfs:8080/tfs/ I get a credentials prompt I enter TFS as the username and the passsword and then I get a blank white screen with no errors. Same goes for http://tfs:8080/tfs/web

Lastly I dug around in the Tfs_configuration database and the tbl_security_identity_cache table. I noticed the account name I am trying to log in with (TFS) was there I tried to give it a special_type of 1 which I believe should include it in the Team Foundation Server Administrators group. Still no luck and the same error as stated above!

I am probably missing something really basic. How difficult can it be? Surely this should be a breeze to set up!! I hope someone may be able to suggest a bright idea that will get me up and running, otherwise I think I will be destined to head back to my subversion repository and trac system which has very rarely caused me any problems! Although I will probably try the RTM version anyway and put this installation nightmare down to the fact that this is Beta Software! Life on the bleeding edge.

Best regards and thanks for reading.

Austin

Is there a way to copy an existing installation key for TFS 2005?

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:14:14 Z

I had to install TFS 2005 on a new box, but lost the old MS Partner DVD with the TFS Key on it. As we didn't renew I can't access my partner account and benefits any more but would like to "take over" the old installation from the box to the new box...

Is there any way I could copy something from the registry, some web.config or anything else before the old machine gets shreddered so that my new box can use the installation (at least the license) from the old?

Kind regards
Michael

How can I install TFS 2008 with SQL Server 2008 on Windows 2008 RC0?

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:44:30 Z

I've installed Windows 2008 RC0 and SQL 2008. Then I tried to install TFS 2008 and it told me that I didn't istall Full Text Search service for SQL Sever. But Full Text Search service is integrated into SQL Server 2008 and it is not installed as separate service! How can I avoid this problem?

TFS with Client Certificates

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:16:00 Z

Hi everyone

I am following this guide to enable client certs on my TFS setup.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd407788.aspx#setupclientcerts

I am stuck on Step Six, which is the client machine configuration.

When I run the tpft tweakui on my client I get the following screen: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_or8FHJ7KlcM/Su_Iy8TFx9I/AAAAAAAABDg/QnYu20kRVJU/s1600-h/2009-11-02_092755.png

As you can see, it does not allow me to click the checkbox for client certificates.

My setup is as follows:
TFS 2008, where App Tier and Data Tier reside on machine #1, running on Windows Server 2008 Std, SQL2008 database and SSRS2008.

An Active Directory (AD) and Certificate Authority (CA) reside on machine #2, running on Windows Server 2008 Ent.

Client developer machine running Windows7, VS.NET2008 Pro, with Oct2008 Team Foundation Power tools.

To enable SSL on the TFS box, I used a cert created from the "Web Server" template from my CA.

To install the client cert on my TFS box, I used a cert created from the "Workstation" template from my CA.

To install the client cert on my client developer box, I used a cert created from the "Workstation" template from my CA. You can see my cert example here: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_or8FHJ7KlcM/Su_KRkbHkbI/AAAAAAAABDo/MLSodeIvKns/s1600-h/certificate_1.png

Any ideas why tfpt tweakui is not allowing me to click the checkbox for client certificate?

Many thanks

Solution to Error 28936 TFServerStatusValidator 404

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:27:38 Z

So, I ran across the following error installing TFS on a client's server, and finally managed to create a workaround, so I though I'd share.

For staters, we had to use a non-default port (8888) becuase they already have an application running on 8080, which couldn't be changed. So, I dutifully changed the MsiProperty.ini file to specify the new port. And about 90% of the way through the installation, I encountered this error:

Error 28936.TFServerStatusValidator: the Team Foundation Server ServerStatus Web service failed with 404 HTTP NotFound status. Verify that Internet Information Services, Windows SharePoint Services, and ASP.NET are configured correctly and that ASP. NET v2.0 Web Service Extensions are allowed . For more information on troubleshooting this error, see the Microsoft Help and Support Center.

After digging around in the error log for the Server Status Validator, I found that there is an application extracted to the temp folder (under localsettings) called TFServerStatusValidator.exe. This is the app that reports the above failure. So, I tinkered around with it, and tried specifying the port that I had configured in the INI file (8888), and it worked fine. So, I tried specifying port 8080, and got my 404 error above. Bingo! It turns out that setup doesn't seem to respect the port setting in every case. (In this case, it was using the default.)

So, the workaround: I temporarily disabled the application using port 8080, and then changed the port for Team Foundation Server in IIS Manager to port 8080 (temporarily). Stopped and started the site, and then hit 'Retry' on the setup. Worked like a charm until it encountered a 28100 error about the webservice being unreachable. So, I went back and set the Team Foundation Server port back to 8888, hit 'Retry', and it finished a couple of minutes later. Woohoo!

Then, after restarting the service I had disabled earlier (on port 8080), I was back on my way again. Presumably, MS will fix the installer at some point, but this should work until then...

So, hope this helps somebody... I spent many sad hours banging my head against it before it worked. Hope this saves you a couple.

- Justin

TFS project portal not found

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:28:09 Z

Hi

This issue has been addressed in several discussions, but none of the previous solutions that I've found have resolved my issue:

We've had TFS 2008 installed for nearly a year (single server), with no real problems. Today, however, I noticed that I can no longer navigate to any project portal. I went into Sharepoint admin, to view the site collection, and all the sites are listed & everything looks normal. I ran the best practices analyzer & it only reported that disk space was low on C: (TFS/sharepoint installed on D:).

The links are valid in Team Explorer, but navigating to http://{internalServer}/sites/{projectName} gives everyone a 404 error.
HOWEVER, navigating to http://{interalServer}/sites/{projectName}/Project%20Management/Forms/AllItems.aspx and other specific site pages (that I've tested) works somewhat, but the pages are displayed with weird formatting, and not all page elements work correctly.

I also tried creating a new project - it created fine, and showed up both in Team Explorer and in the Sharepoint Site Collection List, but we can't navigate to it, either.

I'm guessing that something has happened in Sharepoint, but I'm at a loss to know where to even start troubleshooting it. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Other info - the IIS 6.0 server on this machine also has an internal host-header access-controlled web site, which has never caused in issues before. Also (and I think this may be the reason for the screw up) - This machine, until recently, had Trend Micro AntiVirus OfficeScan server installed on it - so it also used an IIS web site to administer it. This was added in June, and removed last week & I suspect somewhere it there it mucked up Sharepoint's delicate balance....

TF30059: Fatal error while initializing web service after upgrading from sharepoint 2.0 to 3.0

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:11:50 Z

We upgraded Sharepoint 2.0 to 3.0 and now recieving this error on only 2 of our many Team Projects. THe upgrade was successful. TF30059: Fatal error while initializing web service

we are also getting 'Unable to get global configuration data'. Is this maybe an issue due to the rights that the person that did the upgrade. Also some users are unable to access some projects. Any help would be great.

Thanks,

TFS Build Engineer

Access denied after upgraded Sharepoint 2.0 to 3.0.

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:36 Z

We finally upgraded our sharepoint from 2.0 to 3,0 after upgrading TFS 2005 to 2008 (last year). Now certain users are getting access denied on the projects. How are the permissions changed with just an upgrade?

TFS Build Engineer

TFS setup for a new test-automation framework....

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:42:32 Z

Hi guys,

I'm a QA test-automation developer and I need some help setting up TFS to work with my test-automation framework.

The system under test is a standard SOA application (ASP.NET front end using C# class libraries for the BLL, some web services and ADO.NET driving the DB realm) in which I will be using the specified methodology to test the business logic layer components using automated acceptance tests. I'll briefly describe my test-framework first:

I plan to have a "sister solution" in the source tree which is actually a test solution that is referencing the business logic layer's .dll's from the system under test and hammering out different data-driven tests through the test methods using the VS unit-testing framework.

What I would like to do is this:
i) Integrate the test solution into the build system where every time an Integration build is fired, all the specified tests in the test solution are run and
     can be seen in the build report:

        QUESTIONS:
        - I would like to know the msbuild.exe (and perhaps the mstest.exe) command line arguments that I will need to have this integrated into the build
          script and where in the build script can I integrate this?

ii) If any test method generates an error, the build should fail and the error from that specific failed test method (or methods if there are multiple
       failures) should be emailed in a report to the developer e-mail group.

          QUESTIONS:
          - Does TFS provide this reporting mechanism using 'Alerts' and if so how would I go about setting this rule up?
          - Can I go a step further using the given exception data from my test method (plus any other data I might need to append with), can I
             programmatically log a bug in TFS and assign to the developers....if so, how?
          - Is the build report in XML format for me to use say LinqtoXML and parse through manually if TFS doesn't provide this functionality automatically
            and if so, how?

Sorry about the complexity of this request but I'm fairly new to TFS's customizable abilities and I would really appreciate all the help I can get in implementing this to get a well-oiled machine to run.

Thanks and God bless you guys.

Ben.

Ben

An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:07:24 Z

Hello,
I created a team project (TFS beta 3 refresh) and all reports where correctly created. When I try to run them I get the following error message:

An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)
- Cannot impersonate user for data source 'TfsOlapReportDS'. (rsErrorImpersonatingUser)
  - Logon failed. (rsLogonFailed)
    - For more information about this error navigate to the report server on the local server machine, or enable remote errors

From datasource setting I am using domain\TFSREPORTS credentials which seems correctly defined into the DB.

What can I do ?

Thanks,
Pierre

TFS Team Project Behaviour on Security Implementation

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:44:47 Z

Dear All
I am getting some problem in TFS 2005. The senario are given Below.

1- I have three team projects in TFS 2005. I am working with TFSSETUP user login. TFSSETUP has a admin rights. Well now I am applying the security impletementation for users. I had add one user on Admin group on TFS Server and also add on contributor group against each Team Projects. I had also add this user on Srouce control security portion and give just read , check in and check out rights. I also uncheck the inherit security settings option on source control. When I click on OK button, I have observe that all source control folders are hidden from project. Even Team project is also hidden from server explorer. But I have observe that on user machine when he opened the team explorer he is able to see such folder data but not possible for TFSSETUP user. What is the main problem. Why dont I see whole team projects. I restore the DB backup in SQL server 2005 which I am taking dailly basis but I didnt find such hidden projects after restoring. While I tried to create new team projects with the same name TFS2005 give me error that this name is already present but I am unable to see them after restoring too. Please help me out to resolve this issue and also tell me the basic steps ok security implementation on TFS 2005 on server side and client side.

Thanks

Muhammad Waseem Alvi

Sr. Software Configuration Management Engineer

Pakistan.

Software Configuration Management Engineer

Unable to install TFS 2008

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:45:25 Z

Hi,

I am trying to install TFS 2008 on my wndows server 2008 but I am getting error message when I am putting the WSS SharePoint Administration Control URL and Defaultsite URL. As per the TFS install guide I created a site using SharePoint Administration Control and also created site collections which is working file when I am browsing the site in internet explorer but when I am putting to access the same ste in TFS it is validating the site and getting error message "TF220034: The default URL for Windows SharePoint Services could not be found at the following location".

Kindly help me to install TFS.

Thanks in advance

Thanks & Regards
gps123

Migration and Updating TFS 2010

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:52:42 Z

I need to migrate my "Team Foundation Server 2008" to a new server is in another domain and has TFS 2010, it is possible to do this?

TFS TF31001 and TF30059 error after failed SP1 Install.

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:40:36 Z

I recently installed TFS 2008 SP1 and got an error about IIS failing to start. The SP1 installer appeared to roll back the install changes, but after the roll back I was unable to access my TFS server. The errors given were TF31001 and TF30059- having not made a backup of my team server I was very afraid at this point.

The solution is to open up SQL Server, right click on each TF* database (TfsIntegration for exampe) and select Properties. From here click on the Permissions option and select the TFSADMINROLE and uncheck the Deny checkbox next to the Connect permission. Do the same for the TFSEXECROLE.

It seems that the way the SP1 installer works is that it deny's the Connect permission to the TFSADMINROLE and TFSEXECROLE roles, stops IIS (to force off any connections), and then restarts IIS to continue the install. When the installer failed to restart IIS it rolled back all of the installer changes except the Deny-Connect permission.

Install TFS 2008 that uses only http port 80

Fri, 29 May 2009 13:29:24 Z

Hi

I'm trying to install tfs2008 in a dmz for internet access. The only open Port is http 80. I allready tried to install tfs on port 80 and sharepoint on 8080 which didnt work because team explorer seams to make use of sharepoint too. (remember port 8080 is blocked)

Now my idea was to use hostheaders which allows to run tfs and sharepoint on port 80.
Trying to setup tfs/sharepoint like that for nearly a week now...

Also changed the msiproperty.ini to use same port but different addresses. But didnt work.

Any help out there? A guide, someone who allready accomplished a such scenario? I allready read the Official installation guide up and down...

Im using Windows 2003 R2 SP1 and SQL Server 2005 SP1

Request for comments on non-standard stand-by configuration

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:32:48 Z

Instead of standard stand-by config (primary and secondary app tiers with shared data tier), what my client has is two identical TFS servers which each have the app tier and data tier on them. They have database mirroring enabled to keep the secondary server's data tier updated.

Any issues with this architecture? Specifically around TfsWarehouse and TfsIntegration?

I have the high-level failover steps as being:
1) manually swap the roles of principal and mirroring databases
2) setupwarehouse.exe on the secondary server
3) verify connectivity and basic functionality of the secondary server
4) direct users to connect to the secondary server

Does anyone see issues with this configuration?

team foundation server help

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:05:58 Z

im having trouble actually using foundation server/suite. i can start a new team project at all. im pretty sure that i need teh TFS or something but it even say team foundation server on the start page.

Files renamed automatically in TFS.. Get latest version problem. (We are having the same problem and has it been resolved?)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:37:30 Z

My development team is having the same issue as in this MSDN Forum topic, "Files renamed automatically in TFS.. Get latest version problem" located at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsversioncontrol/thread/56bd2074-2c1a-4c45-955b-e8744e58063d. What I need to know is if this issue has been resolved and how do I fix it. I noticed it was answered by another person over a year ago and not by a MSFT Moderator. Where can I find where MS has stated this to be a known issue and suggests a possible resolution. We just migrated our version controled files from TFS2005 to TFS2008 as mandated by corporate, but our department is still forced to use all MS 2005 technology (because of business intelligence SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS) until we can get our SQL Servers upgraded to SQL Server 2008, which will probably not happen until sometime next year.

VS2008 Professional with Team Explorer not able to build or deploy database projects?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:03:03 Z

I have VS 2008 professional with Team Explorer and I am connected to TFS 2008 using a CAL, I am able to check in and check out but I am not able to build or deploy any of my database projects, I thought once you have access to TFS 2008 you should have access to the build and deploy also? Am I understanding it wrong or is there any setup that I have missed so that I can enable build and deploy for this setup.

My company will not be able to upgrade my VS professional to any of the Team Suite editions, so I need to manage with the same setup.

Please advise. Thanks in advance.

TFS Dual Server Installation

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:05:34 Z

Group,

I've modified the msiproperty.ini and was wondering... about the RS and AS website. Where does it get installed? App or Data Tier server?

Do i need to modify anything else with the below information?

AS
VSTF_AS_INSTANCE=DataTierServer
VSTF_AS_ACCOUNT=
VSTF_AS_DATABASE=

RS
VSTF_RS_SERVER=DataTierServer
VSTF_RS_REPORTS_URI=
VSTF_RS_REPORTSERVER_URI=
VSTF_RS_USERID=
VSTF_RS_PASSWORD=
VSTF_RS_DOMAIN=
VSTF_REPORTINGUSER=[VSTF_RS_DOMAIN]\[VSTF_RS_USERID]

Please advice.

Thanks in advance.

TFS 2008 pre-check error when installing to a distributed AS environment

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:51:46 Z

We are currently installing TFS to a virtual lab environment to prove out a distributed deployment of TFS 2008 (before deploying into the live environment).

We have a remote SQL Server, Analysis Server and Reporting Server.

When we run the TFS setup (after making the required changes of the MSIProperty.ini file, the reports an error that the Analysis Services dll could not be found.

Exact Message:

The System Health Check has detected a problem that will cause Setup to fail.

Description

The SQL Server Analysis Services assemblies are not installed on the application tier.

Workaround / Remedy

The SQL Server Analysis Services assemblies are not installed on the Team Foundation Server applicaiton tier. You must install them for Team Foundation Server to properly function. You can install SQL Server Tools on the Team Foundation Server to get the assemblies installed. Please install the version that matches your Analysis Services SQL Server version, or later.

The question is: Is there really a dependancy on these assemblies for a AT that has a remote AS server. If there is, what assemblies do we need in have on the AT, as we don't want to install files that might not be nessecary on the AT server?

TFS 2010" and SharePoint server.......

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:59:14 Z

Is possible install "TFS 2010" on a SharePoint server and another server?

TFS 2010 on "Windows Web Server 2008"..............

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:55:28 Z

Is possible install TFS 2010 on "Windows Web Server 2008"?

help need with upgrade from standalone tfs2008 to tfs2010

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:46:28 Z

Hi,

I try to update my standalone tfs 2008 installation (so one single server with al needed software) to a new hardware with tfs2010.

the 2008 envoirement is now TFS 2008 SP 1 with SQL 2005 and Sharepoint 2007 (installed over WSS3.0). It is windows 2008

On the new server i installed already sql 2008 with sharepoint 2007. It is windows 2008 R2. (no addons yet)

I already give it a try but sharepoint didn't what to startup anymore. Does somebody have a good manual? with the tfsinstall i getting stuck.

thnx Dave

VS Team Install on server 2003 R2

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:41:18 Z

I have literally pulled all of my hair out trying to install this beast!
I have endured install errors with Report Services, with SQL 2005 Server and SHarepoint. I have all of the prerequsites installed and tested and still I'm getting this ambiguous TF220059 error. The log is reading "getcurrenttfsproperties.exe: *** ERROR: Failed to find any SQLRS instances through WMI!".

Can anyone out there tell me why the install is throwing this error?

Thanks
Chuck

chuck