When starting Visual Studio it automatically tries to connect to your TFS, which can be very annoying if you work offline. You will probably see: TF30331: Team Explorer could not connect to the Team Foundation server … You can turn this auto-connect behavior off by setting the following files in the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation "AutoLoadServer" = […]
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Disable auto-connect to TFS on VS startup
June 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Team Explorer, Team Foundation Server, TFS Tips and Tricks
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Q: How do I disable the Team Members feature of TFPT?
January 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Team Explorer, TFS Administration, TFS Clients, TFS Tips and Tricks
A: You can disable it from the options dialog, however this does not remove it entirely (as described here). To turn it off completely you need to additonally set the following value in the registry: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\PowerTools TeamTrackerHidden = True (Thanks to Bill Essary from Microsoft for this tip) You can download a ready to use […]
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Installing & Configuring Team Foundation Client (aka Team Explorer)
January 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Screen Galleries, Team Explorer, Team Foundation Server, TFS Administration, TFS Clients, TFS Installation and Configuration
Caution: Make sure to carefully read the Installation Guide before installing this software. What do I need it for? Access to TFSNote: A plain Visual Studio still needs Team Explorer to be able to talk to TFS. It installs: a tiny Visual Studio with only the “Team Explorer” in it if you don’t have Visual […]
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Skype Collaboration Provider for TFS
November 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Downloads, Team Explorer, Team Foundation Server, Tools and Utilities, VSTS
The Team Foundation Server Power Tools (October 2008) introduced a new “Team Members” node, which offers the ability to quickly identify which subteams and actual team members belong to a TFS team project. Additionally you can see their online status. Support for Office Live Communicator and Windows Live Messenger is already built-in. There is an […]
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Ways to access Team Foundation Server
October 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Project Management with TFS, Team Explorer, Team Foundation Server, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, TFS Clients, Third-Party Solutions, VSTS
Pick your favorite tool for your task/job: From Visual Studio: Visual Studio 2008: Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Explorer (+ SP1) Visual Studio 2005: Visual Studio Team System 2005 Team Explorer (+ SP1) older Visual Studio versions and VSS clients: via MSSCCI-Provider* (includes Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual C++, Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic, MS […]
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Workaround: Team Explorer window is empty
August 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Issues and Hotfixes, Team Explorer
If this is the case… Try… Make sure Visual Studio is closed (and devenv.exe not in memory anymore) Run: devenv /setup Check if it’s fixed already. If not, close down VS again. Run: devenv /resetuserdata The Team Explorer window should now look like expected again. (Thanks to Sven Hubert for the screenshot and workaround verification.)
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Listing version control changes with check-in comments using TFS
August 27th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Team Explorer, Team Foundation Server, Team Foundation Version Control, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2005, TFS Clients, TFS Tips and Tricks
You can easily query for changes on a team project or a specified version control folder underneath and display them in a list with the check-in comments. By using Team System Web Access (TSWA): Note: I’m showing this first because the dialog is very comfortable, e.g. you can filter by user or time range. In TSWA […]
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