Anti-virus software can badly impact the performance of your Team Foundation Server. Therefore make sure the following folders are excluded from scanning for viruses: TFS Version Control Cache Folder Team System Web Access Cache Folder SQL database folders SQL backup folders Additionally Microsoft published virus scanning recommendations for: Windows Server SQL Server WSS/SharePoint Server (Thanks […]
Entries Tagged as 'TFS 2008 SP1'
Recommendations for Virus Scanning on TFS computers
August 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Team Foundation Server, TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Installation and Configuration, VSTS
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TSWA: Report view not showing all work items
June 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Installation and Configuration, VSTS
If you have more than 100 work items in a query and you use Tools » Report View to prepare the list for printing you might notice that not all work items are shown on the report. Here’s what Hakan Eskici, the father of Web Access, has to say about this: There’s a limit to […]
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Hotfix available: The Create Unit Test dialog opens up empty
March 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Downloads, TFS 2008 SP1, VS Database Tools, VS Development Tools
Did you ever experience one of the following behaviours: The Create Unit Test dialog opens up empty, and no interfaces are shown in the list Clicking on the Code Coverage Tab in the .testrunconfig file makes the dialog box disappear. A hotfix was made available by Microsoft. Read the KB article 962866.
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Discover users without Visual Studio SP1 installed
February 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Team Foundation Server, TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Administration, TFS Tips and Tricks
Far too often people install Visual Studio SP1 before Team Explorer 2008 and therefore TE remains unpatched in the RTM state. Luckily the ambitious TFS Admin can use the TFS Server Manager from the Power Tools package (TfsServerManager.exe in the Power Tools folder) to find those users without SP1: Check for VS 2008 SP1 from […]
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Hotfix for Team Build 2008 SP1: Reducing project-to-project references in build log (KB958845)
January 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Issues and Hotfixes, Team Foundation Build (TF Build), TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Administration, TFS Installation and Configuration
From Aaron Hallberg blog: […] change in TFS Build SP1 which reduced build log noise by cutting out the build steps for project-to-project references […] the fix in SP1 didn’t actually fix the problem, at least not completely. […] As such, if a project was referenced by 10 other projects the fix in SP1 would […]
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Security Update for TSWA 2008 SP1
January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Issues and Hotfixes, Team Foundation Server, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008 SP1, VSTS
From Hakan Eskici’s blog: A security issue has been identified with Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 and we have recently published an update that fixes it. Installation Notice Please note that this is a full release, so you will need to uninstall any existing versions of Web Access before installing this update. Update: Instructions […]
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How many users can Team System Web Access support?
January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Team Foundation Server, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Administration, Training and Learning
A: Microsoft posted a white paper on this. From the whitepaper: "Test results indicate that Web Access starts to hit the upper limits once the total number of work item objects in the memory is around 180. This translates to approximately 100 concurrent users with typical usage patterns." "Test results indicate that Web Access can […]
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How TFSDeleteProject Works
January 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Team Foundation Server, Team Foundation Version Control, TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Administration, TFS Installation and Configuration, VSTS
There are some areas where data may remain behind after you use TFSDeleteProject. The TFS Warehouse is untouched. In order to remove the data from the warehouse, it must be rebuilt. (It is important to notice that, when the warehouse is rebuilt all the historic build data that has been trimmed from the system will […]
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Changing TFS emails to link to Team System Web Access – Part 2
January 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Team Foundation Server, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Administration, TFS Installation and Configuration
If you click on a hyperlink in an TFS notification mail the following (read-only) web page comes up instead of a nice looking Team System Web Access dialog. Let’s change that! Objective Make sure all links in the notification mails sent by TFS point to Team System Web Access (TSWA) rather than the integrated read-only […]
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Q: How do I switch Team System Web Access back to English?
January 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Tips and Tricks
Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 comes equipped with 10 languages for its UI that will be displayed depending on your Internet browsers regional settings. You can set a language – independently what your browser settings by opening the Options dialog from the Settings menu. and choosing your preferred language on the “Regional settings” tab.
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