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• Robert Burke Why Cant I enter start date and finish date on tasks work items?

  Those fields are disabled by default, and I would like to make some reports if I finish for example a task after the finish time. You can use the witexport and witimport tools found in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE to make changes to individual work items. Type in the tool name at a command prompt and you would see their usage. Hope this helps. Rahul (wannabe MSFT) By d ...Show All

• Brad Syputa - MS Permission denied when creating new team build

  Things seem to be working great with TFS, except that when I try to create a new Team Build, I get this: --------------------------- Team Build --------------------------- Permission denied. You need 'Administer Build' privileges to create a new build type --------------------------- OK   --------------------------- My user is set as a namespace administrator (and I've rebooted like that). I even had myself manually added and had ...Show All

• mlissaw Application Pool

  I attempted at first to install TFS using the local credentials - and it complained regarding later not being able to authenticate the ActiveDirectory users. So I uninstalled TFS - and when I try to install it again the following error comes up: The application pool identity required by Team Foundation Server (TFSWSS) for the content virtual server is not using the Team Foundation Server service account. To proceed, you must exit setup ...Show All

• Jdubya Tasks do not show up in Window SharePoint site

     I have created projects in Team Explorer and have tasks in the project, but when I open the SharePoint site for the project and look at tasks, none show up. Aren't the tasks supposed to be shown in the SharePoint site no, these are WSS tasks, not linked to Work Items within TFS.  We will have a web client for TFS shortly which you will be able to link into a webpart for this thanks Micha ...Show All

• Andrey Kolobov ImplementIDisposableCorrectly

  The rule “ImplementIDisposableCorrectly” should not be displayed in sealed classes as the Dispose(bool) method cannot be declared as protected or virtual. Also, the help page for this rule has no text for this rule and when clicking the feedback button, it generates an e-mail with the subject of InterfaceNamesHaveIPrefix Cheers, Steve  Thanks for posting this pattern. I think the cor ...Show All

• Ashis Kumar Dutta TFSDeleteProject.exe is friggen useless....

  After trying to create a project unsucessfully (see this: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=128046&SiteID=1 ), I decided to clean a little house and try again. The utility returns: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies>TFSDele teProject.exe /force /TeamFoundationServer:vsts-host Test001 Warning: Deleting a team project cannot be undone.  Are you sure you want to del ete the ...Show All

• Arshvinder Bhatia proxy bypassed?????

  I have configured TFS to connect thru the proxy(a different machine ). But the setup works even when i disconnect theTFS proxy server and connects directly to the TFS server.It also doesnt give me any sort of error message. How do I ensure that the connection is being routed thru the proxy Now that is i am getting a error say "HTTP Code 503 Service Unavialable" when i try to checkout from the client ...Show All

• datasetshelp Exclude folder form source control

  I have a folder in web project that holds uploaded by user image files. I really would prefer that source control would ingnore that folder. Is it possible to do that Thank you The "Web Site" project type does not support the Exclude From SCC feature, unfortunately. This isn't specific to TFS if that matters at all. If you use Web Application Projects instead of the built-in Web Site template, ...Show All

• Yogesh Ranade Load Test requests/sec drop to zero

  I'm seeing a recurring problem in a load test where requests/sec drop to zero during the test, and then resume normal levels 1 minute and 15 seconds later. The load test has 25 users, starting at 1 and ramping by 3 every 8 seconds - it consists of 2 webtests. I reach a constant user load and everything cranks along pretty well until about 30 minutes into the test. Then reque ...Show All

• tbcarver Source Control Explorer

  I find the new way of dealing with Source Control in the Source Control Explorer very frustrating.  It seems like another case of the tool dictating how I work, rather then letting me work the way I need to. I want organize and include other files in Source Control in a "Non-Solution" way.  I have Word Documents, Images, Text Documents, Help Files, etc.. that do not belong to a VS Solution, but I want to keep them under version control ...Show All

• CmoreButts Maximum Number of Files in Repository?

  An earlier thread hereabouts ( http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=2316 ) implies that version 1 of Team Foundation might struggle with a huge number of concurrent users/and or files, and that version 2 will "include all the scale work to run servers as big as we need them". I've seen a limit for number of users in version 1 suggested as 500 ( http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=8764 ). Any limit on the numb ...Show All

• AlexanderG How to move workspace data?

  Hi, I am currently migrating my works to new laptop. The hard drive data is exactly duplicated using Ghost to the new laptop's hard drive. After everything is installed, TFS no longer recognizes the pending changes and my existing workspaces which existed in the old computer. How can I easily tell TFS that I want to use the existing workspace, and all its mappings, and bring back all my pending changes Of course I can easily shelve t ...Show All

• Pramod_SN VStudio 2005 and SQL Server 2000?

  Is it possible for me to use Visual Studio 2005 for Software Developers and connect to SQL Server 2000 or do I have to use SQL Server 2005 TIA See Marcel's response in the following thread. http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=12871 Buck If it doesn't work, I would personally consider that a backwards compatibility bug.  Have you tried against SQL Server 2000 and failed   If ...Show All

• KingCobra VSTS integration with QTP

  Hi, We are currently using Mercury QTP 8.2. And our application is a .NET based application. So I wanted to know if you guys have any plans of integrating QTP with VSTS so that we don't have to switch the scripts from QTP to VSTS. Thanks, Amit. I believe that is what the generic test type is for. It allows you to call external programs to execute a test for you. MArk B. I can confi ...Show All

• forstf Project Standard versus Project Pro

  My IS Support team removed Project Pro and installed Project Standard on my VS Team client workstation which interfaces to TFS. I have a Universal MSDN contract which includes Project Pro. The statement from IS is as follows: "After a lot of research with Microsoft, I have learned that the only benefit of using MS Project 2003 Pro is to interact with MS Project Server. Microsoft confirms that there is no benefit of using Project 2003 P ...Show All