TFS & Visual Studio ALM – by Neno Loje

(formerly Team System, VSTS)

Entries from May 11th, 2008

Screen Gallery: Creating a Team Project in TFS 2008

May 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Screen Galleries, Team Foundation Server, TFS 2008, TFS Administration

Screenshots from a successful team project creation.        

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Screen Gallery: Upgrading WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Screen Galleries, Team Foundation Server, TFS 2008, TFS Administration, TFS Project Portal and Team Communication

You updated to TFS 2008, but since the upgrade process doesn’t touch your already installed WSS you are responsible for upgrading it yourself. Official Guidance: Upgrading SharePoint Products and Technologies for Team Foundation Server   Step 1: Run Prescan.EXE Resulting log file: Resulting XML file: Step 2: Install WSS 3.0     Step 3a: Upgrade (invoked […]

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Screen Gallery: Installing TFS Power Tools 2008

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Downloads, Screen Galleries, Team Foundation Server, TFS 2008, TFS Administration

Screenshots from a successful Power Tools installation Step 1: Installing Windows PowerShell Step 2: Installing TFS Power Tools

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Screen Gallery: Installing Team System Web Access (TSWA) 2008

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Screen Galleries, Team Foundation Server, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS Administration

Screenshots of a successful Team System Web Access (TSWA) installation. Requires: Team Explorer 2008 to be installed.    Open TSWA to verify it’s working:

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Screen Gallery: Installing Team Build 2008

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Screen Galleries, Team Foundation Build (TF Build), TFS Administration

Screenshots from a successful Team Build installation        

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Screen Gallery: Installing TFS 2008 (single-tier)

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Screen Galleries, TFS Administration

Screenshots of a successful TFS 2008 singe-tier installation. Step 1: Installing IIS Step 2: Installing SQL Server 2005   And verify it’s working: Apply SQL Server 2005 SP2: Step 3: Installing TFS 2008

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TF220064 when trying to upgrade to TFS 2008

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I you received: TF220064: An error occurred while the Setup program was querying the settings from the server that is running SQL Server Reporting Services. This error is most likely caused by your account not having the required administrative permissions on the server that is running Reporting Services. Click Next to try again. For more […]

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Uninstalling TFS 2005 (services) on the app tier removes reporting services virtual directories

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Issues and Hotfixes, Team Foundation Server, TFS 2005, TFS Administration, TFS Reporting

After uninstalling TFS 2005 (services) from a standby TFS application tier the SQL Server Reporting Services were not available, i.e. browsing http://server/reports and http://server/reportserver/ resulted in a 404 error. Workaround: Run the Reporting Services Configuration Tool and recreate both virtual directories and re-configure the identities.   (Thanks to Daniel Hackel who administers this environment.)

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Problem when upgrading to TFS 2008: Setup has detected that the specified database server is already in use by another Team Foundation Server (services) computer…

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

When trying to upgrade to TFS 2008 you receive the following error message on your primary AT shortly after starting the setup program “Setup has detected that the specified database server is already in use by another Team Foundation Server (services) computer. Click OK to configure this computer as a stand-by Team Foundation Server (services) […]

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