How to set the “default” configuration for a project. 25 June 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Being a Process Consultant specializing in TFS I teach many companies how to use Team Build. When you create a new build definition you have the option to set “Configurations to Build”. However, if you leave that value blank the build will build the “default” configurat... [More]
I can't find the Kanban board in Update 2. 06 May 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I installed Update 2 for TFS but when I click board I don’t see the Kanban board I see the task board. Solution: Click the board link at the top of the Backlog Page under the "Product Backlog" heading next to "stories". Explanation: The board link at the top l... [More]
How to setup a discussion board on your TFS Project Portal 24 April 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) 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 li... [More]
I get an error when I attempt to search my TFS Project Portal 24 April 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) 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 searc... [More]
How to configure a search server for SharePoint 2010 24 April 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) 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:\Prog... [More]
Team Foundation Build Configuration - HTTP code 500 18 April 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: After adding host headers to my TFS Website in IIS my build server fails to connect with the following error: Solution: Add multipleSiteBindingsEnabled=true to the serviceHostingEnvironment element in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 11.0\Applicat... [More]
I get an error trying to run reports on TFS2012 install 19 March 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I get the following error when I attempt to view reports: An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)Cannot impersonate user for data source 'TfsReportDS'. (rsErrorImpersonatingUser)Log on failed. Ensure the user name and password are correct. (rsLogonFailed)For ... [More]
Cannot register assembly during Team Build (and I don't want too) 06 February 2013 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I have a solution that contains a project with the "Make assembly COM-Visible" checked and I get the following error when I attempt to run a team build: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets (3885): Cannot register assembly "C:\Builds\1\TeamProject\Libra... [More]
How to connect Visual Studio 2008 (including SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio) with TFS 2012 21 December 2012 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Too connect to TFS 2012 you will need to install the following components: TE 2008 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16338 SP 1 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10986 GDR http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29983
I have to create the same branches in every new team project 17 December 2012 Donovan-Brown Work (0) Problem: I have to create the same branching structure in several team projects. I would like a way to automate this process. Solution: Use the tf.exe and tfpt.exe command line tools in a batch file. Explanation: Using the tf.exe and tfpt.exe command line tools you can preform the same ta... [More]