You can set up discussion boards on your SharePoint Project Portal site to share information and discuss topics with other people.

• Navigate to the Project Portal
• Click All Site Content at the bottom left of the page
• Click the Create link at the top of the page
  • If you do not see the Create link you need at least the Design permission
• From the Communication section select Discussion Board
• Enter a Name and Description and click Create button

Problem:

When I attempt to use the search feature of my TFS Project Portal I get the following error:

"Your search cannot be completed because this site is not assigned to an indexer. Contact your administrator for more information."

Solution:

Configure the "Microsoft SharePoint Foundation search server".

Explanation:

• Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration
• Click Manage content databases under the Application Management section
• Make sure the SharePoint site is selected for Web Application and not SharePoint Central Administration
• Click the WSS_Content database link
• Find the Search Server section and select a search server
  •  If your dropdown is disabled you must for configure a search server

If you would like to be able to search your TFS Project Portal you must enable a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Search Service.  This process is for SharePoint 2010 that is installed by TFS during the configuration.

• Open a command prompt and change to the following directory:
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN
• Run the following command:
  • psconfig.exe -cmd services –install
  • NOTE: This command will take down our TFS while it runs.
• Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration
• Click Manage services on server under the System Settings section
• Click the Start link next to SharePoint Foundation Search
• You will be sent to the Configure Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Search Service Settings on server [serverName]
• Simply scroll down and click the Start button

Problem:

I get a size limit error when I try to upload a document to SharePoint.

Solution:

By default the maximum size is set to 50 MB. We simply need to increase the acceptable file size.

Explanation:

1. In Central Administration, in Application Management, click Manage web applications.
2. Select the application (for example, SharePoint - 80).
3. On the Web Applications ribbon, click the down arrow on the General Settings button.
4. Click General Settings.
5. Scroll to Maximum Upload Size.
6. Set the property to the same number as the Maximum Workbook Size in Excel Services.
7. Click OK.

Problem:

I created a team project and did not select the option to create a share point site and now I want to add one.

Solution:

Create a dummy site and remove the link to sharepoint and wire it up to the original team project. Or two create a new site in SharePoint and wire it up.

Explantion:

There is a great write up here on how to do both options.

Problem:

You have to install TFS2010 on an existing Sharepoint2010 install.  How do I verify it is configured correctly?

Solution:

I have been handed many preinstalled SharePoint 2010 machines to use with TFS installs or upgrades. The problem is there are many options that must be just right for it to work with TFS and confirming those settings can be very difficult if you don’t use SharePoint very often.  For example the two I constantly have to verify are that the web application on port 80 has NTLM set for IIS Authentication and the Anonymous Access is disabled. 
Here are the steps to confirm this information. 
1. Open Central Administration
2. Click Manage web applications under the Application Management section
3. Select the desired Web Application
4. Click the Authentication Providers button
5. On the Authentication Providers Pop Up click the Default link
6. You can now edit the authentication settings and confirm that NTLM is selected and Anonymous Access is disabled.

Problem:

I have to perform a migration many teams over to TFS and assign permissions to TFS, Report Server and SharePoint for dozens of Team Projects.

Solution:

Use a batch file to set the permissions to all three locations at once.

Code:

TFS

TFSSecurity /g+ %1\Readers "[domain]\[user or group]" /collection:[tfs]\DefaultCollection

Report Server

rs -i security.rss -s http://localhost/reportserver -v userName="[domain]\[user or group]" -v roleName="Browser" -v itemPath="/TfsReports/DefaultCollection/%1" -v keepCurrentPolicy="True"

Sharepoint

stsadm -o adduser -url http://[tfs]/sites/DefaultCollection/%1/ -userlogin "[domain]\[user or group]" -role Contribute -username "Development Team" -useremail "developmentteam@[domain].com"

·         %1 is a parameter to a batch file. The value passed into the batch file is the Team Project you want administer security over.

·         All username or groups are in the domain\username format so replace [domain] with your domain and [user or group] with the username or group you wish to assign permissions too.

·         [tfs] is the name of your TFS AT Server

Explanation:

Be sure that rs.exe, stsadm.exe and TFSSecurity.exe are on the machine you execute these commands from and are in the path.  You must run the command prompt as Administer for the stsadm commands to succeed.  

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