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• Ray Dodson Branching is Broken - Severe SQL Error

  About two weeks ago I was able to successfully create a feature branch off of our Main\Src directory.  Last night I tried to help a co-worker create a different feature branch off of Main\Src.  We tried from the VS 2005 UI and via the command line with no luck.  Both ran for 15 minutes without completing.  Finally we left the command line branch going all night and when we got back in this morning the following error message ...Show All

• John Carroll Msscci provider 1.1 is out!

  We've just released version 1.1 of Team Foundation Msscci Provider. It's available here . The most important changes are following: Support for Enterprise Architect 6.1 and PowerBuilder 10.5 Fixed order of parameters passed into external diff tool (it's the same as in Whidbey now) Work items can be reviewed and edited from inside the Checkin Dialog Setup is working in x64 architecture Checkin locks are treated as exclusive ...Show All

• Jim.C Could VSTS proxy server be used offline?

    For example : I have a small team that have to work outside main site of the company and there is no stable connection between them. Could I establish a proxy server outside the company and let this small team connect to the proxy and make the proxy synchronize with the main server inside the company when the connection is available Thanks!   No, VSTS Proxy Server does not provide any functionality for offline workin ...Show All

• al123 tf get latest to a specific location

  is it possible to get latest version of file to any location I want with tf Not just to the workspace Thanks Avi Hello, unfortunatelly no - get is always performed to the mapped location. You can look at tf view command, it let you download copy of the file to the temporar location. Could you add to your code p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true ; and check if p.StandardE ...Show All

• r3dw1ng Couldn't find the user in BIS??

  http://juhfh-mgc28vzqc:8080/Currituck/SyncAclService.asmx    System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Couldn't find the user in BIS.    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Currituck.Server.DataServices.ExceptionManager.ThrowProperSoapException(Exception e)    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Currituck.Server.DataServices.SyncAclService.Run()    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Bis. ...Show All

• szevvy How to config TFS for notifying by email to outlook (Exchange Server) via SMTP server

  hi all! Before I used to familiar to track system,you know that we can config to any bug within track system be notify to the oultook. now i also want to do so with TFS, I had tryed config with sharepoint service, but i still have not get any email for notifying from others yet. please help me if you can solve it. thanks. Hi, again, If the Alerts for the checkins and builds are worked, there is no problem with the e-mail ...Show All

• Ray Myers Random server 400 errors

  Usually on startup of VS.Net I get 400 errors connecting to TFS. After 1-3 retries it works. The same things happens once in a while for checking out code. Usually after 1 or 2 retries it's successful. I looked on the server IIS logs and I don't see any 400 errors. I'm wondering if anyone else is getting this error All the directories have integration authentication enabled. It's just very annoying. Please pr ...Show All

• Zamma Error 3200 ... /ReportServer/ReportService.asmx returned a non-zero value of xy

  Good evening all, After browsing the forums a bit I've noticed that I'm certainly not alone here. I too am suffering from the 3200 'web service' error. However, I've spent about three days back-to-back trying each and every solution listed here but to no avail. To top it off, my server setup isn't exactly anything special: a standard Win2k3 box, latest updates etc. It also runs SQL 2000 and SQL 2005. Basically, I cannot install TFS releas ...Show All

• imidotnet cannot create a new team project

  Hello. I installed TFS successfully into single machine and could connect to TFS using TFSSETUP account. But once I tried to create a new team project, I got an error message. "Project creation failed with error: "Initialization failed for plugin(s): 'Microsoft.Pcw.wss'"" The TFSSETUP account is a member of Administrators group and Namespace Administrator(ADAM). My environment is below. - Windows Server 2003 with SP1 - IIS 6.0 - SQL Server ...Show All

• Wojciech Krzy?ak MS Project/TFS work items won't move when linked

  Hi, I am using project 2003 linked to a TFServer to create a project schedule. For some reason, newly added tasks will not link with a Finish-to-start date. That is, new tasks, which have no constraints will not have their start date moved. It is notable that this is the first project I've setup using TFS/Project2k3. I've used Project 2000 for about 5 years, but I'm stumped. Is this a TFS bug Thanks, Jon ...Show All

• Karthikeyan.B I have 2 Q

  1. I have a problem creating a New Team Project "Unable to connect to the Windows SharePoint Services at SQL2005DEV " why See the log below.   2. if I want to backup the project and restore it on another server with a different name is it a problem , I saw the I need to back up the DB and the share print server and and and .... is there a single simple on command line way or a batch file that can do it in a more simple w ...Show All

• rsdu Adding new Test Types

  Hi, Can anyone tell me where I can get information on how to add my own test types to Team Test.   An example would be really helpful. TIA Let me try to help. For that I need more information. Could you answer a few questions for me 1. Do you see your files unzipped under VSINSTALLDIR\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates Cache \CSharp\1033 2. Does your .vstemplate file contain the following xml tag   <TemplateGroupID>T ...Show All

• KenJr 503 Service Unavailable

  Guys, I'm having some problems with our TFS install. It was working fine until a couple of days ago when the SQL DB started getting transaction log is full errors on workitemtracking db. Most things were still working but yesterday when I tried creating a new Team Project I got the same error and it also said TFS could not rollback. So the project did get created since I checked in the DB tables. Well the problem was found to be that SQL serv ...Show All

• -bc- Load Test Display

  Is it possible to display where each user is during a load test My goal is to have code webtest that is similar to the following: display (User Login) <http requests> display (User Logged in As UserABC) <http requests> Then while running the load test I have created for the webtest. I would be able to see where each user was in the code with the display statements in a list. For example, User1 User Login User2 User Logged in As Us ...Show All

• Amry Customization of MSF Agile?

  Has anyone been able to successfully customize the Process Guidance templates, incorporating attributes of your own software development lifecycle into MSF Agile This is become a critical problem for us, as we are trying to initiate a project using TFS, and would like to have the Process Guidance portal reflect how we really do things. I am looking for help from someone that has been able to either 1) modify the individual XML files (e.g. ...Show All