generic question about chow to manage files in Devops with TFS (for legacy reasons, import data from VSS).
I can download latest or historic versions via browser but cannot upload them. For uploading new changesets I was using a Visual Studio Express. I currently lost an option to do so - is there any other way than going licenced VS Pro to do so? Is there a free standalone app that can be used for uploading content to DevOps which is using TFS?
Thanks for any pointers
A colleague of mine pointed me towards this:
Visual Studio Team Explorer 2022
A free solution for non-developers to interact with Azure DevOps Server and Azure DevOps.
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Good day.
I want to write an app for the work with builds and bugs in Team Services, previously Visual Studio Online (VSO). I've found the REST API, and it works, but it's not too comfortable to work with JSON. Is there any SDK for Team Services, or is that possible to connect to Team Services using standard TFS libraries from Microsoft?
Yes, you can use the .NET client libraries for Visual Studio Team Services (and TFS) to connect to VSTS just like how you connect to on-premise TFS. But if you are working with vNext build, I would recommend you to use the "Microsoft.TeamFoundationServer.Client" in the webpage which still use Rest API to connect to TFS since the client libraries API only support some basic operation with vNext build.
I'd like to know if it's possible to migrate from a Visual Studio Team Services to a local Team Foundation Server. I've seen many questions about the reveser process but not this.
I know I can download source code from VSTS and upload it manually to TFS, but I'd like to keep as many work items and project structure as possible.
You can try with TFS Integration Platform, it may have some errors but can work. Refer to this link for details: Migrate VSO to on premises TFS.
Is there a way to use TFS Documents feature in VSTS (Visual Studio Team Services previously known as Visual Studio Online or Team Foundation Service)
If so, how?
That's only available in an on-premise TFS installation, because it has a requirement to link up with a Sharepoint server. You can't use VSTS with Sharepoint, and it's increasingly uncommon to find people using Sharepoint in conjunction with on-premise TFS, because the only real thing Sharepoint provides at this point is document management.
Can I combine tfs express server with google drive for windows to get my free repository in the cloud?
Anyone knows other alternative with this two things? It has to be free.
TFS Express uses SQL Express as repository. Don't see how you can use it with google drive, but you can try Team Foundation Service. It's free for now, because it's still in preview.
What will happen after preview I really don't. I just hope they will have some free package.
No, you can't use TFS Express with a cloud storage option to suddenly get a cloud version of TFS. But, in the past few years Microsoft hasn't sat still, so now you can get a cloud-hosted version of TFS by creating a Visual Studio Team Services account.
This service is also free for up to 5 users, plus you'll get a lot of things that didn't come with TFS Express.
I am installing VSTS. What components do i need to install for both .net & sql server. ?
How do we configure our projects?
There are two parts to a successful Team System environment: Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Team System.
For best results, install the former on a dedicated server. There are great resources to help you through installation right from Microsoft. There's even a video series of TFS-related content!
Once your Team Foundation Server (TFS) is installed, Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) is installed on your development workstation. VSTS looks just like any other VS install at startup. To configure it to work with your TFS instance, go into Tools > Options and Select Source Control: here you will see a pull down which should contain an entry entitled Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. I forget how to select your TFS server instance for VSTS to work with but I don't recall having trouble with it when I did it a few months ago.
Once you've configured all that, you interact with your TFS work items and source code from the Team Explorer and Source Control Explorer panes in VSTS: it should begin to feel rather like using VS without integrated source control from there forward.
The bigger issue is configuring your process in TFS to reflect your project's strategy, etc. That is an exercise in thought/reading more-so than how to configure it.
All this documentation is readily available via Microsoft's website. It does require some reading but devote some time to it: it'll pay off in the long run.
Team Foundation Server Requirements