Remote Accessing of VSTS Source Code Control (SCC)

Hi,

We are having our TFS Server installed remotely(in US) and our machines (in India) were able to access the TFS Server. The problem is that we are not able to "Check in" or "Check out" the code from the source code control from Team Explorer as the "Get Latest Version" and "Check out for Edit" menu options were disabled or through the command line method.

So kindly let us know how to resolve this problem.

How can we enable the source code control accessible remotely. Please mention the steps which we have to implement on server and as well in client machines.

Thanks & Regards,
Venu Madhav Deevi.

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Remote Accessing of VSTS Source Code Control (SCC)

nancyboy
It sounds like you may need to add the client machine to the domain. I believe beta 2 won't work properly when you are using machines and accounts that are not on the domain with the server.

Buck
BMoores
Hi Buck,

We have checked our Visual Studio based on the information give by you to check the File -> Souce Control -> Manage Workspaces. It was set to correct project but even then we are not able to do the "Check In" and "Check out" our files. Apart from this issue we do have following problems also

1. when we refresh the team project we get an error message stating "You are not a valid account. Please contact the team system administrator".

2. Documents and reports show up OK but clicking on "All Build Types" we get an error message stating "Failed to retreive data from the server. Please verify that the Team Foundation Server is running & try again."

3. If we double click on "Version Control" we get the hour glass but no display.

4. No work items were shown in the team explorer.

5. If we double click Work Items we get the error:
"Error You are not a valid account. Please contact the team system administrator".

Please kindly do the needful in order to solve this issue.

Thanks
Venu Madhav.
Nofi
Thanks, Buck for your information provided I will try to check and get back to you if I face any problems in accessing the Source code remotely.

Thanks
Venu Madhav Deevi.
beroetz

The operation you describe, get and check out, require that you have a workspace that has mappings for the parts of the code you want to work with. You can change workspace mappings by going to File -> Source Control -> Manage Workspaces and editing your workspace.

The Team Foundation Source Control walkthroughs contain information on creating and dealing with workspaces.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ms181279(en-us,vs.80).aspx

Buck
rsteckhan
Hi Venu-

When Get Latest is greyed out, that usually means that you local workspace doesn't actually have any working folder mappings. From the File menu, go to Source Control-> Workspaces... and then choose a workspace. You need to add a mapping for a server folder to a local folder. Hopefully this will fix that!
Remote Accessing of VSTS Source Code Control (SCC)

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