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• I need Where'd Build/Compile go?

  Hi! I lost my Build/Compile function either when I added the button to a tool bar (where it was permanently dimmed) or when I upgraded VS. Anyone know how to get my beloved Compile button and keybaord short cut back Maybe some option I set disabled it Thx, Jess Try Tools > Customize > Commands, you should find Build there ... ...Show All

• Matthew Hoover MSProject Fields Mapping Problem

  Hi, Based on the information we found from the list of Project fields at the following url: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181691.aspx and also how to: change how fields are mapped to Microsoft Project from the following url: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181686(VS.80).aspx We are trying to map the "Description" field in VSTS workitems with the "pjTaskNotes" field in MS Project but when w ...Show All

• Marcelo Diniz Backup you data with Team Foundation Server Beta 3

  Since the documentation looks to be outdated: What are the steps to take to backup all the data within TFS3. It should be a backup of all tables (including SharePoint Services and Reporting Serves data) from SQL Server and a backup of Windows SharePoint Services. Is that it Are the attachements now stored within the database Thanks, Neno Hi! I discovered that there is a "Data" folder on my C: drive, with a lot of folders, and lot of files ...Show All

• snowjoe Initialization for plugin "Microsoft.Pcw.wss" failed

  I have a fresh install of VS Team Suite + TFS on 3 machines (DT, AT, Client), all 2K3 SP1 clean installs.  Trying to create my first Team project, I'm confronted with: 04/21/2005 08:11:45.645 | Module: WSS | Thread: 5 | Entering Initialize in WssSiteCreator ---begin Exception entry--- Time: 04/21/2005 08:11:49.707 Module: Initializer Event Description: Initialization for plugin "Microsoft.Pcw.wss" failed with error: "The request failed wit ...Show All

• itmatters pending change that is not compatible

  I'm trying to do a migration and this is one of the errors that I get: Cannot change item $/ECAT/fred/MigrationTest/migration.txt because it already has a pending change that is not compatible. What does this mean As far as the folder not empty message, I think it's because you have a pending add of the MigrationTest folder still. If nothing else, try pointing it a new folder... I actually had to create the folder structure in VSTF ...Show All

• Kenshin1591 User name in a workitem

  When we have fields related to users in a workitem (ex.: assigned to) it shows his Login Name at team explorer. Here, we use ID numbers as Login Names (things like 10001, 140345...). This is obivious hard to track, so we use the Full Name attribute instead of Login Name in our day by day. Sadly, I couldn't find a way to configure this in team explorer. It shows only the Login Name of the users. What can I do Change Login Name of our users is not ...Show All

• timkur Problems when change the default port of "8080". how to config ?

  Hi. in my ex-post : http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=254699&SiteID=1&mode=1 I learn how to config with TFSReg. but now, when I really need to open my TFS to internet. I have some new issues. I now need to open the TFS Server with a non standard port (non 8080). I would like it to be "9000" for example. so I go to the IIS and change the web to use 9000 port instand of 8080. later I ...Show All

• g_atreyu Automated vs manual

  In this web test, we need to know all the requests made by the application, we need to know all the post parameters, all the tags names, and their attributes, and values in order to be able to extract or validate a simple field I must dig into the html code and see how the code is written in order to be able to evaluate certain things, I think this even more time consuming. If I wasn't mistaking and if the case that there is really no such thin ...Show All

• bradman Programmatic Project Creation via TFS API in Beta 3

  I noted that Beta 2 did not support programmatic project creation via the TFS API.  When reviewing the Beta 3 SDK, I could not determine if these was now possible, although this feature did not appear to be present.  Could someone clarify if programmatic project creation is available now in Beta 3 I'm afraid it is not.  We will not be supporting programmatic project creation in version 1 of TFS. ...Show All

• Bhavtosh Extensibility, this unknown...

  Hello everybody, don't you think that when a poor developer knows about five base Web Services in TFS, his/her first though is about extensibility Is there any walkthrough about I would recommend you, also, download latest Visual Studio 2005 SDK, and keep an eye on its updates There are lots of MSDN articles, blog posts, and even some webcasts. TFS extensibility is a pretty broad topic; what are you tryi ...Show All

• MarksmanWaugh Team System Beta 2 VPC Expiration in 19 days

  Hi all, I downloaded the Team System Beta 2 VPC image (as a MSDN Universal customer). The Windows Server 2003 installation prompted me to activate, and so I did, over the phone. After activation, upon logging on, I am informed that I have only 19 days left in my evaluation of Windows. Specifically, the message dialog states: "The evaluation period for this copy of Windows will expire in 19 days. For more information, see Help and Support ...Show All

• Mattbance Can/Will beta 2 SCC/WI data be preserved in the GA release

  OK, we're interested in starting to use beta 2 for our next big project, however I need to know if the data we create using beta 2 can be preserved (or at least migrated) in the GA release Does the "go live" license apply to TFS too Dave The "go live" license does not apply to TFS.  I do not believe there are any commitments whatsoever regarding migrating beta 2 data to the production release. Buck I'll add a few comments and h ...Show All

• Tomasz007 A Source control question for the product group

  Please correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me that TFS source control is designed for developers only. In a enterprise setting, there are also a lot of non-developers that need to save their work such as word docs, excel work sheets, etc in a source control. The may not be part a "team" and they really don't care about work items, process guidance, etc. How would these folks use the source control or the TFS source control is a wrong choice ...Show All

• Vasanthsr Problems after moving TFS to new server

  Thanks to Buck, I can now connect to my new TFS server after moving the databases using the posted procedure. Just a couple problems remain: The Reports folder in Team Explorer displays a red X.  I can manually browse to the report server and see/run reports without a problem. Choosing "Show project portal" from the context menu for a team project results in "The system cannot find the file specified".  I can manually brows ...Show All

• Surajkb Process templates

  Hi, I'm writing a little app to add process template using the IProcessTemplates interface from Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server library of TFS beta 3 refresh. I need to pass 5 parameters and I don't know what are the next three parameters : 1 templateData (byte[]) 2 metadata (string) 3 state (string) Could you help me on this Thank you Hi, 1- You need to get an instance of your Team Foundation ...Show All