Find by Status is not working 13 February 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: "Find by Status" of the TFS Power Tools always returns zero results even though people have files checked out. Solution: Make sure the developers workspaces are Server and not Local. Explanation: Only Server workspace communicate the status of check outs back to the Ser... [More]
Running Microsoft Test Manager Suite with Release Management 25 January 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Goal I want to run a Microsoft Test Manager Suite after my bits are deployed by Microsoft Release Management (InRelease). Solution: There appears to be a bug in the current "MTM Automated Tests Manager" tool that will fail if your build definition name contains spaces. So I took this opportu... [More]
I can't run GetProcessingStatus 20 January 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: When I Invoke GetProcessingStatus of the WarehouseControlWebService I get a http 500 Internal Server Error. Solution: Type "true" or "false" into the includeOnlineHostOnly texbox. Explanation: includeOnlineHostOnly is required and you must provide it a value to avoi... [More]
The build template with Release Management does not work in TFS 2013 Build 16 January 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I get an error when I use the build template installed with Release Management with TFS 2013. Solution: If your release of TFS 2013 is using TfvcTemplate.12.xaml you will not be able to use the ReleaseDefaultTemplate.11.1.xaml template that ships with Release Management. You will have to... [More]
How to install SQL Server Compact 4.0 Prerequisites for my setup project 13 January 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I am missing SQL Server Compact 4.0 Prerequisites for my setup project. Solution: Use the Microsoft Web Platform Installer to install Visual Studio SP1 Tools for SQL Server Compact 4.0.
I want code lens to show me my code health. 13 January 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I want to see my code heath without having to run code analysis. Solution: Add code health to Code Lens with Microsoft CodeLens Code Health Indicator.
I need team rooms in my IDE 13 January 2014 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I want to use the new Team Foundation Server team rooms but I don't want to leave my IDE. Solution: Install Team Rooms for Visual Studio 2013.
How do I grant permissions to ApplicationPoolIdentity in SQL Server 26 December 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: My IIS Application Pool is using ApplicationPoolIdentity and does not have permissions to my SQL Server database. Solution: Open Sql Server Management Studio (SSMS) and create a new login for "IIS AppPool\{YourAppPoolNam}". On the User Mapping page give the user access to the datab... [More]
I can't build my Wix projects with Team Build 19 December 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I get the following error when I attempt to build a solution using TFS that contains a Windows Installer XML (WIX) project: "light.exe: Error executing ICE action 'ICE01'. The most common cause of this kind of ICE failure is an incorrectly registered scripting engine. See http://wix.sourc... [More]
SharePoint strikes again and takes down Release Management 09 December 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: My Release Management Application Pool (ReleaseManagementAppPool) is stopped and will not stay running. Solution: Open the ApplicationHost.config from “%systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\config” and add “preCondition="integratedMode,bitness64"” to the SPNative... [More]