We are using Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools - Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2012 for our SSIS Packages development. We would like to integrate this with Team Foundation Server Express edition since it is free.
Please let me know whether this integration possible at all? What will be other limitations?
Thanks!
SQL Server Data Tools is a feature in VS, while TFS is a server that provides features like source code management, reporting, ect. If Visual Studio 2012 is not installed, you need to install Team Explorer to work with TFS.
Regarding TFS Express limitation, you may check this case: Limitations & Features of TFS Express 2013
By the way, instead of TFS Express, you may consider using Visual Studio Team Service.
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Is there any way to export TFS/VS Online?
We need to import the data to our onpremise environment.
We are running Windows Server 2012 R2 with TFS
AFAIK there is no free tool that can help you with migration from VSO (Visual Studio Online) to TFS (Team Foundation Server)
OpsHub has a paid product that should allow you to do this though.
http://www.opshub.com/main/index.php/products/oim
They have a free version of their tool to migrate from TFS on prem into VSO. Which seems to have been sponsored by Microsoft. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2014/05/14/migrating-on-premises-tfs-to-vs-online.aspx
Microsoft enabled this for a short while, but it is no longer available. There is a chance they will enable this again in the future. See this blog by Brian Harry for more details on the Export feature (about halfway down the post): http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2014/02/21/vs-online-early-adopter-program-extended-to-may-7-2014.aspx
You can use the TFS Integration Tools to move your data from VSO to TFS. I have only done this once but it is possible. The TFS Integration Tools are however not hugely friendly and I would recommend contacting an expert 😊
http://nakedalm.com/migration-from-tf-service-to-tf-server-with-the-tfs-integration-platform/
I'd like to take advantage of Visual Studio Online but I have been using Team Foundation Server on-premises and would like to migrate my data (version control, work items, test cases, and test results) to get my team started with our history. How do I do that?
The Team Foundation Server Integration Platform is available as a free platform for migrating/synchronizing data between TFS servers and with Visual Studio Online.
The ALM Rangers have an article in MSDN Magazine with a walkthrough: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj130558.aspx
There are a couple of limitations from what I understand:
Takes some work to get up and going but the walkthrough helps out a lot
This tool does migrate test cases but you need to run the UpdateSharedSteps tool from the product team.
Not actively invested in as new features in Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online lights up
Another option is to build your own migration utility using the Team Foundation Server SDK. You can use the Client Object Model to read data from your TFS server and then write it to your Visual Studio Online account.
There is a free migration utility from migrating data from Team Foundation Server on-premises to Visual Studio Online available from OpsHub: http://aka.ms/OpsHubVSOMigrationUtility.
It allows you to migrate team project(s) from TFS 2010, TFS 2012, and TFS 2013 including the history of:
Version Control
Work Items
Test Cases
It handles the most common scenarios by making smart assumptions that are good for most scenarios. For those with more advanced scenarios, the OpsHub Integration Platform is commercially available and helps with synchronizations, custom business rules during migrations including customized process templates, and migration/integrating with other ALM platforms like IBM, Atlassian, HP, etc.
I'm running TFS client 2013 with Visual Studio 2013, TFS Server 2010.
I've installed TFS Power Tools 2013 but I am unable to locate Alerts Explorer
How do I open Alerts Explorer or is there some configuring I am missing?
Edit:
I know that in TFS 2012 and 2013 this is part of the product but I still need the functionality while using TFS 2010 with a more recent version of Visual Studio. Is there a way to have that functionality? The default Project Alerts functionality which is built-in is useless as it does not provide any control.
Hate to be a buzzkill but what you are trying to do simply will not work. There is no Alerts Explorer present in the Visual Studio 2013 client, even with the TFS 2013 Power Tools installed. Why? It appears they moved this functionality into the TFS 2013 web access so they didn't include it in the VS 2013 client. The VS 2013 client is not backwards compatible with TFS 2010 with respect to managing alerts.
The Alerts Explorer is a feature of TFS 2010 Power Tools. What you need to do is install the Visual Studio 2010 Team Explorer shell (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=329) and then install TFS 2010 Power Tools on top of that. It's going to be a pain to have to boot up the VS2010 shell just for alerts management but there's pretty much no other option. In case you are wondering the VS2010 shell looks just like VS2010 but it only contains the features for connecting to TFS. It's free... no licensing fees, etc.
Microsoft states this pretty plainly even though they use the word "might"...
Q: How do I manage alerts when I connect to TFS 2010?
A: The instructions in this topic require you to connect to TFS 2012 or TFS 2013. If you have upgraded to VS 2012 or VS 2013 and are connecting to TFS 2010, then you might have to install Team Explorer 2010 side-by-side to manage alerts stored on TFS 2010.
Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181334.aspx
You can also get to the alerts via Visual Studio using the menu. Team > Project Alert. This will navigate to your TFS web access (something like http://tfs:8080/tfs/TFS/PROJECT/_Alerts).
You don't need it anymore, that functionality is now part of Team Foundation Server 2012 and 2013.
In TFS Web Access click on your Name (top-right) and go to My Alerts -> Custom Alerts -> Other
We are using TFS 2008 for source code. The process template chosen was Agile 4.2.
I have installed VSTS 2010 to access TFS 2008 server.
Can someone please guide me on how to enable TFS 2008 with the ability to add Workitems - Test Case and Scenario into it.
You cannot use Microsoft Test Manager (also known as Visual Studio Test Professional 2010) with Team Foundation Server 2008. It requires implementation on the server which is not available in TFS 2008.
See Software Requirements for Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management Features on MSDN:
To use Visual Studio Test Professional 2010, you must also install
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010.
You can however create a Test Case and Scenario work item type in TFS 2008. This would just be a plain old work item form, no different to a Task or Bug like you already have.
Has anyone tried to integrate Tibco Designer especially for BusinessWorks with Team Foundation Server 2010?
At the moment, our Tibco designer is using VSS as its source safe control.
We are planning to migrate the VSS to TFS 2010 but I could not find a solution to integrate Tibco Designer with the TFS 2010.
I have no familiarity with the product directly, but since it is currently able to integrate with SourceSafe, perhaps the TFS 2010 MSSCCI provider might help?
You would install it on your client machine(s) so that application would be able to talk to TFS 2010 (and 2005/2008 with that version, it seems). I have used the provider for getting Visual Studio 2003 to TFS 2010, which does not have native TFS support.
Visual Studio Gallery Page for TFS 2010 MSSCCI Provider
Yes we have integrated Designer with TFS in a retail project, but it does not leverage full strengths of a source control system. There are no auto builds, trunking. Just basic check-in check-out. For Designer SVN is a recommended source control system.