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Cannot create a new project in TFS - reporting services problem
I tried to create a new TFS team project today and got an error that the TFS server could not access the SQL Reporting Services server. I then checked I could access http://myserver/reports and this also failed. On looking in the event log I saw a number...

Posted 16 August 2007 11:29 by But it works on my PC!

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TFS Webpart in MOSS2007
Introduction I said I would post again when I had something to show in my TFS WorkItem webparts project, well here it is. I have created a pair of web parts, one to list all the work items and the other to display the details of a given item. For testing...

Posted 13 July 2007 17:17 by But it works on my PC!

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Empty Reports with the eScrum Template
After I installed the eScrum template everything seemed fine bar the reports, only the work item report showed anything, in fact on the other reports their parameter combo boxes were empty. The key difference is the workitem report is drawn form the SQL...

Posted 12 July 2007 13:40 by But it works on my PC!

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Losing all files when moving a project in TFS Source Control
Problem Today I tried to move VS2005 solution in TFS source control from one Source Control location to another (on the same server) as I had put it in a stupid location to start with. So I unbound the source control (File -> Source Control -> Change...

Posted 12 July 2007 13:17 by But it works on my PC!

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First thoughts on using the TFS API inside Sharepoint 2007
I have been looking at writing some SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) web parts to show information about TFS workitems. This turned out to be a bit more complex than expected. I wrote a ASP.NET 2.0 webpart using the TFS WorkItem Tracking Web Project on Codeporject...

Posted 08 July 2007 22:46 by But it works on my PC!

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DDD5, thoughts the day after...........
After not really enough sleep it seems a good time reflect on DDD5. My session I felt my session went well, and the initial feedback was good. It is always good to be asked question all day about your session, proves it got people thinking; I certainly...

Posted 01 July 2007 20:30 by But it works on my PC!

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DDD5 Presentation - Team Foundation Server
I have just got back home from today's DDD5 conference. Time for some more considered posting later, it has been a long day, but I thought I would get my slide stack up as quick as I could. You can find the Power Point stack (with the speaker notes included...

Posted 30 June 2007 23:35 by But it works on my PC!

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eScrum 1.0
I have been looking at eScrum and first impressions are good. This is not the first Scrum process template for TFS, there is also the one from Conchango . My feeling over the Conchango one was that it seemed very like the standard MSF Agile template,...

Posted 23 June 2007 22:23 by But it works on my PC!

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Attrice Team Foundation Sidekicks and Teamplain on TFS Orcas release
If you want to install TFS add-ins, such as Attrice Team Foundation Sidekicks and Teamplain , on the TFS Orcas release you have to install the TFS V8 Client (the one which is shipped with Team Foundation Server 2005). If you don't have this version both...

Posted 15 June 2007 13:22 by But it works on my PC!

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Speaking at the .NET Developers Network
On Wednesday 19th of September I will be speaking at an evening event organised by Guy Smith-Ferrier of the .NET Developers Network in Bristol. The session will be on Microsoft Team Foundation Server. For full details have a look at http://www.dotnetdevnet...

Posted 07 May 2007 16:08 by But it works on my PC!

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Interesting TFS discussion
Ayende Rahien and Roy Osherove have been having an interesting ping-pong about the merits and problems of TFS. Well worth a read....

Posted 30 April 2007 19:29 by But it works on my PC!

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And another point on TeamPlain
I just realised that TeamPlain also makes external access easier for remote users outside your firewall. The problem with external access to TFS from VS Team Studio is that you have to open up the TFS server and the associated WSS 2.0 server ports in...

Posted 30 March 2007 21:26 by But it works on my PC!

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Wow... TeamPlain is easy to install
As I am sure you have seen Microsoft have purchased devBiz and made their TeamPlain product free to all TFS customers. I have just installed the new free release of TeamPlain on our TFS system and I must say what a pleasant experience it was; run the...

Posted 30 March 2007 11:03 by But it works on my PC!

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Changing TFS user account passwords
If you change the domain\tfsservice and/or the domain\tfsreports as you would expect your TFS server to stop, and it does. To get it back working you have to reset the passwords in: The various TFS AppPools on the frontend server need the new tfsservice...

Posted 16 March 2007 13:14 by But it works on my PC!

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More on TFS Access from the Internet
Time for a bit of a follow up on my server name issues with TFS . As expected there is correct way to alter the names of the various TFS servers, it involves editing the contents of one of the TFS database tables, not any config file. The best documentation...

Posted 29 January 2007 23:17 by But it works on my PC!

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