Teams without areas using a team field in TFS
Did you know that you can use Teams without areas using a team field in Team Foundation Server 2012 or 2013? There are numerous reasons to do this but the decision should not be taken lightly.
Quality Centre to Team Foundation Server in one complex step
We have had a large number of customers over the years that desperately want to move from Quality Centre (now HP ALM) to… well… anything else to be honest. The current leader in the ALM space just happens to be my favourite tool, Team Foundation Server, and so I am continuously on the lookout for tools that can help us migrate from whatever the customer is using to Team Foundation Server.
TFS 2012 Update 1 – TF255430: the database was partially upgraded during a failed upgrade
You get an error while upgrading Team Foundation Server 2012 to Update 1 with a “TF254027: You must correct all errors before you continue”, “TF255375: the configuration database that you specified cannot be used” and a “TF255430: the database was partially upgraded during a failed upgrade”.
Upgrading to Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 1
As usual I am going to update my local Team Foundation Server environment to Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 1 first and with Windows 8 and Hyper-V that is easy. If you are creating a new Team Foundation Server 2012 instance you can just install directly from the Update 1 media. Its all there…
Continuous value delivery with modern business applications
I have talked before on the new normal for software development as part of the Visual Studio 2012 launch events and Microsoft in itself is not immune to this change.
Project Server 2013 Issue – TF294012: Cannot access the following enterprise project
When you try to map an individual Enterprise Project to a specific Team Project you get a TF294012: Cannot access the following enterprise project error that you can’t resolve.
Integrating Project Server 2013 with Team Foundation Server 2012
I have recently been playing a lot with the new Office 2013 release and part of that is Project Server 2013. With the new Project Server Extensions being an integral part of any enterprise Team Foundation Server deployment I thought that I should kick the tires.
Project Server 2013 Issue – TF294026: The following work item field does not exist
When you try to upload the default field mappings for Project Server 2013 integration with Team Foundation Server 2012 you can encounter a TF294026: The following work item field does not exist error.
Project Server 2013 Issue – TF294003: Cannot access the following PWA instance
When you try to call the binding command to map a Team Project Collection in Team Foundation Server 2012 to a Project Server 2013 Web Instance you can get a “TF294003” error.
Integrate SharePoint 2013 with Team Foundation Server 2012
Now that SharePoint 2013 is out I want to make sure that I can integrate SharePoint 2013 with Team Foundation Server 2012 without any trouble. I and some of my customers have been holding off on deploying SharePoint; waiting for this release.