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TFS Integration Tools - Issue: TF205022: The following path contains more than the allowed 259 characters

TFS Integration Tools - Issue: TF205022: The following path contains more than the allowed 259 characters

You get error “TF205022: The following path contains more than the allowed 259 characters” when trying to migrate over some folders.  

TFS Integration Tools - Issue: TF14009: Cannot merge source into target because the target is underneath source

TFS Integration Tools - Issue: TF14009: Cannot merge source into target because the target is underneath source

If you are moving source from one team project to another (I am doing a migration of Source Code from “TeamProjectA” to “TeamProjectBTeamProjectA” in the same collection) you can get a TF14009 if there is a bad check-in in TFS from a previous version. In this case a folder was branched from itself into a sub folder.

TFS 2012 - Issue: TF250052: Grant access rights already exists after reconfigure of SharePoint

TFS 2012 - Issue: TF250052: Grant access rights already exists after reconfigure of SharePoint

If for some reason you need to re-install SharePoint 2010 as part of your TFS deployment you may get a “TF250052: Grant access rights already exists for the following Team Foundation Server URL: http://tfs01:8080/tfs  . You should modify the existing access” but you don’t see anything in the existing list!

TFS Preview - Issue: TF400898 The underlying connection was closed

TFS Preview - Issue: TF400898 The underlying connection was closed

When you try to do a “Get” from TFS Preview you receive a “underlying connection was closed” and often a TF400898.  

TFS 2012 - Issue: Manage Group Membership missing from admin after TFS 2008 to TFS 2012 Upgrade

TFS 2012 - Issue: Manage Group Membership missing from admin after TFS 2008 to TFS 2012 Upgrade

After an upgrade from TFS 2008 you are unable to edit permissions even though you are part of the appropriate groups. In this case it is an upgrade from TFS 2008 to TFS 2012 that did not have any errors on the way through. Everything looked like it worked, but…

Visual Studio 2012 RTM available & installed

Visual Studio 2012 RTM available & installed

With the availability of Visual Studio 2012 RTM today on MSDN  I wanted to let you know that Northwest Cadence just completed its first Production RTM installation for a customer.

TFS Integration Tools - Issue: TFS WIT bypass-rule submission is enabled

TFS Integration Tools - Issue: TFS WIT bypass-rule submission is enabled

When you run the TFS Integration Platform for the first time with TFS WIT bypass-rule submission enabled you will likely get the following error:  

TFS 2012 Issue: Some features of Team Web Access are not visible to you

TFS 2012 Issue: Some features of Team Web Access are not visible to you

The first time you log into TFS 2012 you may see the message “Some features of Team Web Access are not visible to you” and once you check out the details you see that “In order to use all the features of Team Web Access, you must have the correct license and configuration. For more information”.

TFS 2012 Issue: TF255507: The security identifier (SID) for the following SQL Server login conflicts

TFS 2012 Issue: TF255507: The security identifier (SID) for the following SQL Server login conflicts

Issue When running the installer for TFS 2012 you get an TF255507 error with the following error message.  

Issue SharePoint 2013: The username is invalid. The account must be a valid domain account

Issue SharePoint 2013: The username is invalid. The account must be a valid domain account

When configuring SharePoint 2013 in “Complete” mode you get a “The username is invalid. The account mist be a valid domain account” when using a local account to configure the farm…

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