TFS & Visual Studio ALM – by Neno Loje

The Problem

You are trying to create a new Team Project in TFS and receive the following error:

Module: Engine
Event Description: TF30162: Task “TestVariable” from Group “TestManagement” failed
Exception Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.PcwException
Exception Message: System.MissingFieldException: Field not found: ‘Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Common.WitCategoryRefName.SharedDataSet’.
   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Client.TestManagementTeamProject.get_SharedParameterDataSetWorkItemTypeName()

The Solution

Run the following on the TFS 2013 application tier (in command prompt as admin):

1. ngen uninstall Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Client
2. ngen uninstall Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestManagement.Common
3. Restart your VS, MTM or Team Explorer

(Special thanks to Sadagopan Rajaram from Microsoft for tracking this down.)