This post discusses what to do when upgrading an existing team project that was created with MSF CMMI V4.2 to the new MSF CMMI V5 template while wanting to use Microsoft Test Manager. First we update the team project with the new V5 items. The following post has a sample script to update existing Agile team projects. By inspecting the downloadable batch file, you can extr... [More]

When verifying the selection of lab host group for a team project collection (screen shot below), I was getting a warning: Permission verification failed for: [host group:All Hosts\XXX, host:XXX.XXX.XXXl] TF259194: Team Foundation Server could not reach host XXX.XXX.XXX. Ensure that the host is available and try again..   We followed one of the recommendation in t... [More]

Hi, A quick post to indicate that a new version of the TFS installation guide has been released. It can be downloaded at the following location

Hi, Here is a list of additional tools or add-ins that I use on a regular basis when working with team foundation server or some of the visual studio components. Please note that this by no means an exhaustive list. All Tools work for Visual Studio/TFS RTM and they are all free. I will update this post when there are updates or new ones become available. N... [More]

This post is to spot light  new behavior in team explorer 2010 that many existing source control/TFS administrators will appreciate. In TFS, when you want to change the permissions for a source control path (for instance a branch), you choose to remove the inherit security settings check box. Previously (in TFS 2005/2008), this blanked out all the permissions for ALL... [More]

The following post describe some minor issues encountered when trying to set the SQL tracing within a load test of visual studio 2008. For a little back round, it is possible to set you load test run settings to read a SQL trace file that includes all the database request request that took longer than a set amount of time. This will show up in you load test results (as a ... [More]

The following post describes a problem that can occur when installing or upgrading TFS 2008. We have encountered this error a few times and maybe these tips can save someone a little time. If you are upgrading or installing TFS 2008 and near the end of the install the following pop-up occurs Do not cancel just yet, not all is lost. The installation is try to valida... [More]

The following post describes a problem we had with a TFS instance where queries run against the description field where not returning any values. Specifically, the "Contains" operation on system.description or on the user entered contents of the history fields was not working. (on a side note, the following codeplex utility really helps doing queries much faste... [More]

We encountered an issue when we set up a TFS warm by stand by tier on a window server 2008 machine at a client site. The set up of TFS application tier “warm stand by” went well. The steps to set it up are in the section “How to: Configure a Standby Server for the Application Tier in the TFS installation guide” of the Team Foundation Server 2008 installation guide. We ch... [More]

When installing TFS 2008 on a windows server 2008, it is important to select the proper rules in IIS 7 prior to installing TFS 2008. This is important because the TFS installation will no do this check for you. We had the following happened that made me wonder of my sanity. TFS application was completely installed without issue but the "Visual Studio Team Foundation... [More]