Can I change the email template used by this TFS 2017 feature?
There's a folder under the TFS installation that hosts the templates for the eventing services alerts. You need to modify the xsl file corresponding to your event (in this case WorkItemChangedEvent.xsl) to change the formatting.
You can find this templates under Drive:\%programfiles%\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 15.0\Application Tier\TFSJobAgent\Transforms\1033 and after you modify it, you need to restart the application pool or the website because the templates are cached when the site starts.
P.S. Be sure to backup the original template and the changed one, because in future service packs or hotfixes Microsoft can replace this template and you'll loose your changes.
More info you can find here.
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Hi I'm am trying to follow Microsoft's guidance to download the TFSFieldMapping file in order that I can make changes (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/reference/xml/upload-or-download-the-microsoft-project-mapping-file?view=tfs-2018)
Unfortunately I keep getting the error "Access is denied" when I try to connect to my collection and project
CD C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Team Foundation Server\16.0>TFSFieldMapping.exe download /collection:https://dev.azure.com/(My Company) /teamproject:(My Project)/mappingfile:"C:\Users\danie\Downloads\Test1234.xml"
"Access is denied"
That documentation appears to be for TFS (on-premise). Based on the URL, it looks like you are utilizing Azure DevOps Services. It seems to be a deprecated function, probably because of the way the field templates have been overhauled for work item forms.
Agree with Matt. TFSFieldMapping is only supports TFS 2018 and previous versions. Because their process is Hosted XML Process. Starting from Azure Devops Server 2019 and azure devops service, they use the inherited process. So they doesn't support the TFSFieldMapping.
From the URL in the TFSFieldMapping command, it seems that you are using the Azure Devops Service.
To change the Project field, you can create an inherited process and let the project use it. Then you can perform custom operations (e.g. Custom field) on the inherited process.
You could custom the field in Organization Settings -> Process.
Here is a doc about the detailed steps.
You could also use Rest API to Get and Update the field.
Get Work item field:
GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/fields?api-version=5.1
Update Work item field:
PATCH https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/fields/{fieldNameOrRefName}?api-version=4.1
Note: Corresponding to the inheritance process, you need to inherit first and then customize
I Create online account and create customized process Template and currently in install TFS in Local Server i need to copy my Process Template to the new server
i did not found download process Template any where
There currently is none. You can use the REST api to extract the process template, but there is no way to "port" these to the "old-style" xml process templates for TFS.
My server running TFS express crashed. I managed to mount the disk and extract mdf/ldf file for my TFS collection. Here is what I did next:
Built a new machine (with the same name/IP address) and installed SQL Express/TFS server express.
From SQL Server Management Studio, attached the mdf/ldf files. I can now see TFS_MyCollection as a new database.
From TFS Administrative console, clicked on "Attach Collection."
However, the new database is not being listed.
I went through a bunch of links on the Internet. https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d949edf3-1795-448a-a1cc-39555ce87b50/tfs-2010-installation-error had a similar situation. Based on the suggestion, I had attached the database. I also looked at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404869(VS.80).aspx. However, this one talks about using backup/restore, which is not my case.
I must be missing some configuration step. Please advice. Regards.
You cant just attach a collection that was never detached.
You need to unconfigure your TFS instance (tfconfig.exe setup /uninstall:all) and then restore all of the databases.
You will need to restore each collection and the configuration DB. They are currently a set. Once you have all of the databses attached/restored you need to run the setup and "configure application tier only".
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404869.aspx
You need to follow the documentation for moving hardware. Make sure that you follow each step.
Note: You should take backups!
I've installed opshub on my pc that is on domain ABC. I have succesfully migrated projects from a TFS server on domain ABC to visual studio online. Now I've added a TFS server that is in domain DEF and it doesn't ask me for credentials for that server. I just get a blank collection list, I think its trying to use my current credentials from domain ABC. How can I get it to ask me for the credentials to domain DEF when trying to access that server?
User level authentication details are stored inside Team Foundation cache directory under following locations. If you have already authenticated for the TFS server then details for that server is stored inside cache directory. This won't ask you credentials again while you are doing next migration.
If you want to authenticate with the new credentials for different domain you need to clear data from the following directories.
C:\Users{User}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation\4.0\Cache
C:\Users{User}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation\5.0\Cache
Make sure original folders remains there (Cache). Just remove contents of those directories. Also make sure you close all the applications which uses TFS cache like visual studio, opshub migration utility.
See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/08/29/clearing-the-credentials-for-connecting-to-a-team-foundation-server.aspx for correct answer. It worked for me.
this may sound like a silly question but our IT department wants us to use their approved backup tool instead of using the standard back solution that comes packaged within TFS2010. My question is, is there a config file holding all settings found within the TFS Admin Console or are all these values saved within the TFS_Configuration table.
Please note that we are using TFS2010
Thanks
The settings are indeed stored in the config database.