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• J. Matt Hills how to control module level security in source control?

  I create a team project, this team project is named after one of our product, we divide it into several modules, is it okay how to control module level security in source control Thanks a lot . Assuming the modules are in separate folders, rightclick one of them -> Properties -> Security. ...Show All

• LTourist TF Beta 3 - Is it Single Server Enabled?

  Can both the App and Data tiers be installed on a single machine with Beta 3 The RC1 VS 2005 bits we got at the PDC came with a corresponding SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition.  Should we use only the Developer Edition of SQL with Beta 3 as with previous drops    Or will TF Beta 3 come with the appropriate SQL Server 2005 drop The SQL Server 2005 September CTP builds are availabl ...Show All

• Pebble_Stud Verifying an image on the page

  Hi, I need to verify that when the page is displayed there's a certain image present on it. It sounds like this should be easy, but I am having problems with it. I tried using a Required Attribute Value and Required Tag validation rules, but they were not working right for me. I searched this forum, but can't find information about it or previous posts dealing with the same issue (not sure if I'm just not searching for the right terms or ...Show All

• idbguy Failed instead of warnings. How to fix.

  When I run a team foundation build 2 warnings are generated because two database projects can't be build. However, it marks everything as failed (all of the tests). The tests all passed and the code coverage ran successfully. Is there a way to mark the build as having succeeded but with warnings instead of a failure The build really didn't fail and it seems like this might "panic" an end user monitoring the builds (or a PM for that matter). J ...Show All

• Manu30 Team System and Microsoft Project Resource Name Conflict

  Hi When i create a project and assign Valid users to it, the default way the team system writes the name is the windows way (Last Name, First Name MiddleInitial). But when i open to manage tasks for this project in Microsft Project, the resource name are now split because of the comma delimiter in the name. How do we fix this Is the fix publically available yet I talked to Microsoft last week and they said it would be published ...Show All

• Travis Baldree rsitemnotfound error

  When we access the team portal, we are getting rsitemnotfound errors for the bug rates, build, quality indicators and remaining work reports.  The exact error is for bug rates is : The item '/RylandCom/Bug Rates' cannot be found. (rsItemNotFound) I assume this is a SQL Reporting services issue, but am not sure how to configure this in TFS.  Has anyone else run into an issue like this Thanks in advance, I'm having similar ...Show All

• Brandon H. Is it a recommended practice using Source Control as Document Management?

  Hi, Would Microsoft recommend using Source Control as Document Management Is there any technical restrictions not to do so Thanks, Ertekin Thanks Mark for the reply, Is there any plan in future to provide a better integration between Sharepoint and TFS as currently it is impossible to associate WorkItems with checked in documents into WSS Thanks, Ertekin. ...Show All

• ladymuck Team Foundation Report Site Permissions

  I was unable to load the Team Foundation Report Site from my domain account (not TFSSETUP or TFSSERVICE), even though I was added to the 'Namespace Administrators' and 'Project Administrators' groups. I found that in order to access the reports, I needed to load the report site from an account in the 'BUILTIN\Administrators' group on the Team Server, select the 'Home' link, select the 'Properties' tab, click the 'New Role Assignment' button, ...Show All

• patriot2 Not authorized to view page

  I followed the installation for workgroup on a single server on a brand new server and get the error: "Not authorized to view page - HTTP Error 403" when attempting to browse http://server:8080 . I checked the forums without any useful insights. In WSS adminstration I see that the Team Foundation Site is not extended. I thought TFS extends the site - the reason for not provisioning WSS during install. NTLM authentication is on the serv ...Show All

• TequilaTR How to use actual Test (Unit, Web, Load) to profile my application?

  Hi, is there any way to use my existing VSTS Tests to profile my application (in order not to exercise the application manually) Thanks a lot. LucasC In addition to Tom's suggestion for unit tests, here is a simple way you can profile ASP.NET apps with the help of external web and load tests: http://blogs.msdn.com/ejarvi/archive/2005/04/21/410467.aspx I don't like to profile the Unit Test itself ( ...Show All

• TungstenSteel Error when attempting to open Source Control

  Hello again, I have a few teams doing development on TFS B3R. Recently another project started up. All of developers can see the project in team explorer, but one of them can't actually add a workspace entry for the project, because he can't see it on the Team Server. He is able to add the project to Team Explorer, but when he attempts to open the Source Code Repository tree for the project he recieves the following message box: "C ...Show All

• Karel Deman How can I restrict permissions to change state to Closed?

  How can I restrict permissions on work items so that only certain people have the right to close them   Better yet, how can I further filter this restriction to limit this right based upon the type of work item Here are two examples: I would like to add a restriction that only members of the QA group can change the state of a bug -type work item to closed. I would like to add a restriction that only members of the Product Manag ...Show All

• Sourcecode Error : Already configured for testing by another test run

  Hi All, I have this following test method, <TestMethod(), _ HostType( "ASP.NET" ), _ AspNetDevelopmentServerHost( "C:\Web\" , "/Web" ), _ UrlToTest( "http://localhost:35012/Web" )> _ Public Sub AddContextParmsToHashtableTest() Dim lContextParams As IDictionary = HttpContext.Current.Items 'TODO: Initialize to an appropriate value Dim lRequestDictionary As Hashtable = New Hashtable 'TODO: Initialize ...Show All

• Motzl Trying to run

  I'm trying to run the 'Work Items' report. But when I do I get asked for the Iteration. I'm using MSF Agile so have three iterations but none is listed in the drop down box on the report window. Is there anyway I can get to run the report (this is running Team Explorer on the same machine as TFS is installed running as TFSSetup). Thanks, I've been deleteing and re-adding projects all the time (this is a test environment) I did del ...Show All

• Dolphins FxCop Blogs

  Following is a list of blogs containing FxCop content and by FxCop team members. FxCop Team Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/fxcop Visual Studio Team System Blogs http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/community/blogs/default.aspx Nick Guerrera http://blogs.msdn.com/nicholg/ David M. Kean http://davidkean.net ...Show All