Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 Connecting to TFS 2017 - Visible but no download?

Question

User-718146471 posted

Good morning folks. I have VS 2015 Update 3 installed and I'm trying to interact with a TFS 2017 repository. I can see the repository but I cannot download any of the code. Is this a limitation of being on a lower version of VS than the TFS Server? Is there a work around?

Answer 1

User-1838255255 posted

Hi bbcompent1,

You could connect TFS 2017 from VS 2015  There is no limitation about source control system.

Could you please provide a screenshot of this issue? Which version control system do you use? TFVC or Git？

For TFVC, please refer to this article:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/tfvc/set-up-team-foundation-version-control-your-dev-machine 

Best Regards,

Eric Du

Answer 2

User-718146471 posted
The problem is actually with the team Foundation server itself according to the server administrator so nothing on my end is wrong. Thank you.

Answer 3

User347430248 posted

Hi bbcompent1,

did you receive any error? or warning message?

did you set up TFS properly?

make sure there is no any pending commits and also make sure that something is not corrupted.

try to pull request or try to close project.

Reference:

Connect to team projects

Get Started with Git and VSTS

Set up Team Foundation Version Control on your dev machine

Clone an existing Git repo

Regards

Deepak

Answer 4

User-718146471 posted
That team is going to troubleshoot the problem with the server because it is beyond my sphere of influence.