I want to unlock files from my solution explorer, but on the Microsoft Docs, it says i need to use the Source Control Explorer. However, it doesnt appear in my Visual Studio 2022 Community.
Please help.
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Please note that the "Source control explorer" is only applied to TFVC repositories. So, we have to connect to an Azure DevOps server(TFS) TFVC repository first.
Please follow below steps to show the "Source control explorer" in VS 2022 Community:
View -> Team Explorer
Manage Connections -> Connect to a project
Add an Azure DevOps server (TFS) -> Select a TFVC project repo -> Connect
After that, go to View -> Other Windows to check the Source control explorer option.
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Source Control Explorer is what I have used in the past to manage my Team Foundation version control (TFVC).
In Visual Studio 2019 (and earlier verions), you could open Source Control Explorer by navigating to View | Other Windows | Source Control Explorer. However, this window can't be found here in VS2022.
Has this functionality been completely removed or is there still a way to access Source Control Explorer using Visual Studio 2022?
Follow below steps to add the TFS server:
Manage Connections -> Connect to a project option in the Team Explorer (use View -> Team Explorer if not available) and connect to the project.
Click Add Azure DevOps Server, input tfs server URL and choose Add.
Then the list of projects you have access will be listed below, select a project and connect.
Then the Source control menu option will be made available in the usual place View | Other Windows | Source Control Explorer.
These are the steps from Visual Studio Professional 2022
Use Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2022 only when Visual studio Developer not installed.
You're probably looking for the Team Explorer.
See also Compatibility:
Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2022 will connect to Azure DevOps Server 2019, Team Foundation Server 2017, Team Foundation Server 2015, Team Foundation Server 2013, Team Foundation Server 2012, and Team Foundation Server 2010 SP1.
Yes, Cloud Explorer which is in Visual studio 2019 as shown below, has been retired in Visual Studio 2022
Instead, we can use the following alternatives mentioned here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/azure/vs-azure-tools-resources-managing-with-cloud-explorer?view=vs-2022
Go to File > Clone Repository > Team Explorer > Manage connections.
Visual Studio Professional 2019 looks to be all set for use of Azure DevOps.
We are using Azure DevOps but also have a large code base still in TFS.
I was using Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise (with TFS) but it seemed this was a 90 day trial.
I have now been issued with Visual Studio Professional 2019.
I should be able to connect Visual Studio Professional 2019 to TFS also ?
How do I do this?
Richard suggested:
Team | Manage Connections then click on manage connections, from where you can connect to servers. "Connect to a Project" form/dialog ..
thanks for this comment !
i.e. in Visual Studio Pro 2019, the option is "Add Azure DevOps Server" even though wanting to add TFS server.
i.e.
In Visual Studio Pro 2017, it looks like this:
At first I have tried (successfully) File, Source Control menu options.
i.e. File | Source Control | Advanced | Open From Server ..
Question then was: "How do I switch Visual Studio Pro 2019 from TFS back to Azure DevOps?"
I have been using Git Gui and Git Bash for working with Azure DevOps so this wasn't so important.
I worked out how to switch between TFS and Azure DevOps projects also via use of this dialog form:
I'm using Git with WebStorm's version control already, but have to use TFS version control. After some research fond this plugin but there is no tutorial that aiming to configure that plugin.
Can anyone guide me?
You can opt for using git tfs, locally you can still use Git and all of the advantages you're used to. And then push from git to TFVC. You'll need to install Team Explorer or the Team Explorer Cross Platform Commandline Tools.
Or you can use the native plugin for, thelatest version of the TFS / Azure DevOps (Server) plugin can be found on the Jetbrains site. It requires TFS 2015 or newer. You can use the plugin you found for older versions of TFS.
A good explanation to get started can be found here. The part to configure TFVC is replicated below.
Visual Studio Team Services plugin and TFVC
Before starting with TFVC, we need an external tool. The tool in question is TF command line tool. It ships with the Microsoft Team Explorer Everywhere 2015 and you can download it here.
The file we are interested in is TEE-CLC-14.0.3.zip. Download it and unzip it in a folder of your choice. You should end up with something similar to this.
Now, open the command prompt, move into the folder where you have extracted the TF command line tool and run the following:
tf eula /accept
If command succeeded and you haven’t received any error, you are good to go.
Now back to IDEA. Open the settings panel.
and move to Version Control -> TFVC pane. In the select path to executable field, enter the exact path to the tf.cmd command file located in TF command line tool folder.
Once done, press the test button and you should see the following message
Confirm all of the open windows and get back to the IDEA welcome page. Now you are ready to choose Team Services TFVC (Preview) version control.
At this point, same as for Git, you will be prompted about the connection towards your TFS. The following dialog will be shown.
Move to the Team Foundation Server tab and specify the address of your TFS server, then click connect. You will now be prompted for the credentials and if everything is ok, you will be shown the list of available TFVC repositories.
You can now create a new workspace directly from IDEA and start working with your TFVC repositories.
How can I implement TFS in Powerbuilder 2017 ??
Do i need VisualStudio?
The goal is to use TFS for version control
Steps in brief
Setup the team explorer 2013 (use this link if you do not have visual studio subscription to download team explorer 2013 ) in the machine you are running PowerBuilder to get the TFS connectivity capability to your machine. You do not need to install Visual Studio.
Install MSSCCI provider in the machine to allow power builder to access TFS version control
Create a team project in team foundation server
Connect Power Builder workspace to TFS by going to Properties of workspace and source control. Set the TFS as source control and provide the credentials to connect.
For more details you can follow the instructions in https://community.appeon.com/groups/powerbuilder/using-powerbuilder-2017-tfs-source-control
I've installed the prerequisite (Team Explorer 2013) to the best of my knowledge, but when I try to set up a VCS root to connect to our TFS Version Control server, I continue to get this error message:
"No TFS assemblies were found on the system. Please make sure you have
Microsoft Team Explorer installed. Supported versions: 2015 2013 2012
2010 2008 2005"
The Team Explorer I downloaded from Microsoft just seemed to be a plugin for Visual Studio, which doesn't make much sense as a server-side component. Anyway, I configured a connection to our TFS box within Team Explorer/Visual Studio on my TeamCity server.
So I have two questions that seem to be undocumented by JetBrains:
What does it mean to set up and configure Team Explorer? How can I validate that I have set up and configured Team Explorer on my TeamCity server correctly?
How does TeamCity know how to find the Team Explorer assemblies? Is there some sort of configuration I am supposed to do? Where is this documented?
I guess I'm looking for a true step-by-step set of instructions that make no assumptions about my understanding of TFS or Team Explorer, or any assumptions about what I may have already installed on my TeamCity box.
I've read the two articles on the JetBrains site regarding how to set this up, and they don't cover actually installing and configuring the prerequisites or configuring TeamCity to discover the Team Explorer assemblies it needs.
Team Explorer is the client software that you use to access Visual Studio Team Foundation Server functionality from Visual Studio. You can simply launch Team Explorer on your TeamCity server to create a team project and check in a project, to validate whether it is installed correctly.
I couldn't find any documentation that mentioned how does TeamCity find Team Explorer assemblies. But, based on my understanding, there is no configuration needed to detect Team Explorer. Please make sure your TeamCity server is running under Windows.
If the issue that can't find Team Explorer persists, you can install VS Premium instead of Team Explorer.
Setting up Jetbrains TeamCity for CI with Team Foundation Server:
Install Jetbrains TeamCity
If you are planning on using IIS or TFS on the same server, configure Jetbrains TeamCity to run on a port other than 80 or 8080
Once TeamCity is up and running, you can begin configuring your TeamCity installation for CI Builds.
Log into TeamCity with your user name and password
Create a new TeamCity Project
Create a new build configuration
You will now see a series of build configuration settings that you will have to complete presented in a Wizard-style navigation view.
Enter General Settings
Enter VCS Settings
After entering VCS Settings, Create and attach new VCS Root
Enter the relevant information for your TFS instance
Create a Build Step using Visual Studio as your build runner. You can create as many build steps as you need and specify the order of the steps (similar to a TFS Build Workflow).
For setting up Continuous Integration builds, you will need to specify a Build Trigger. CI Builds will generally use a VCS Trigger that is triggered on each source control check-in.
If you need to pass any parameters to your build, you can configure these in your Build Parameters.
That is all! You can then either run your Builds manually by clicking on the Run button in TeamCity or simply verify that your builds are triggered by the next check-in into TFS.