tired about TFS ctp december 2005 and sharepoint services 2.0 with SP2

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tired about TFS ctp december 2005 and sharepoint services 2.0 with SP2

I'm tired from installing and reinstalling and reimaging and retrying of different setup scenarios. Fact is: I've tried over 3 full days and I did not suceed :-(((

My configuration corresponds to the given checklists. I have installed a virgin machine with all required software packages including sharepoint services 2.0 SP2. The only maybe special thing is that I do not want to use Active directory because this is a test and evaluation machine only.

First I got the Error 32000: from  "...Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server\Tools\createds.exe" because I have forgotten to install Report Server while installing SQL Server 2005. I then added Report Server to my machine. I could solve the createds.exe problem using the "Reporting Services Configuration".
--> Now I could complete TFS Setup successfully and I could also connect to the Team Foundation Server from Visual Studio.
--> But unfortunately the creation of a new Team Project failed with the error "unable to connect to sharepoint site".

Then i fighted against the different Port numbers of SharePoint Services because I installed SharePoint Services 2.0 with SP1 and then run Microsoft Update which installed SharePoint Services 2.0 SP2. Finally I changed the Port number for the SharePoint Central Administration Website in IIS to 17012 and then I could advance a little bit further. The next Error was the following:

"The Project Creation Wizard encountered an error while uploading documents to the Windows SharePoint Services server on TRMVSTS1"

I did a few other tests and recognized the following fact:
After re-imaging my machine I was able to create a new site in SharePoint Central Administration. After installing TFS Single Server Setup I could no longer access the Default Website (Error: The virtual server that is referenced here is not in the config database).

SharePoint Central Administration shows the following Sites:
Name                              URL                            Version  
Default Web Site              http://trmvsts1/             6.0.2.6568  
Team Foundation Server   http://trmvsts1:8080/     Not Installed      Extend

--> I'm really wondering what the hell the tfs setup is doing...

Thus I decided to fully re-install my machine with installing Report Server while installing SQL Server 2005 and with installing SharePoint Services 2.0 with SP2 (vsts2.exe). Now I'm even no more able to complete tfs setup. I again get the Error 32000: from  "...Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server\Tools\createds.exe" but Report Server is configured correctly (it at least seems to when I have a look in "Reporting Services Configuration")

It is too bad to leave this wonderful year 2005 without having successfully installed a Team Foundation Server... But I will now wait for the next setup try from microsoft (unless somebody has a really good idea!)
 

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tired about TFS ctp december 2005 and sharepoint services 2.0 with SP2

  • PBR

    I have gone through much of the pains you had, but fortunately could finish it in a day.

    You have to forget about security. I gave all the three required accounts (TFSSETUP,TFSSERVICE,TFSREPORTS)  and ASPNET account, administrative privileges in the TFS. Also I made sure that all these accounts have access to .NET temp folder (ofcourse eventualy being administrators they will have,but I ensured!)

    Another step I did for the config issue, is to give NETWORK SERVICES account full access to web.config files.

    My only aim was to make it work. Now it is time to restrict few privileges, but that won't happen so soon since I want this to work this way for a while.

  • gordonhogenson

    We are encouraging you guys to move to the Release Candidate where we have made substantial improvements to setup related to Sharepoint configuration to address a large number of issues seen by customers in the previous releases.

    Thanks,

    Elyasse



  • kaneboy

    We are aware of the different issues you are seeing in WSS, and have made a huge design change in setup to make the experience more friendly. 

    In the meantime for the WSS SP2 issue, you will need to make sure that you run the force upgrade on WSS http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=150809&SiteID=1&mode=1



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