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.
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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.
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 just started with Team Foundation server and read different tutorials then tried it on default cloud server. As there is mentioned that we can only use team foundation server FREE up to 5 members. That is why I want to setup TFS on my server.
Please suggest me should I go for it ?
Is there any advantages of using TFS on cloud instead using it on my own local server?
Also is there any GOOD tutorial to setup TFS on my machine and enable it for my other team members remotely ? ( I am following this ) .
Zauk
TF Service is a nice way to get up and running quickly, without worrying about infrastructure, backups, etc. What you lose is some customization, lab management, and SSRS reporting, more info:
So which one to use is depending on your situation.
For tutorial on Install TFS
Just take a look on my 2 Guides about installing TFS 2012 and 2010, you will find step-by-step tutorial that explain to you exactly what you should do and how to verify every steps before moving to the next one, they have videos and documents with every detail steps needed.
I recommended to have a look on the whole sections because sometimes service accounts used for configuring different TFS components are very important.
TFS 2012 Guide
TFS 2010 Guide
Does anyone know if there is a Visual Studio Team Services (http://visualstudio.com/) API? Please note I am referencing the "Service" and not the "Server".
I've been looking but I have been unable to find one.
See: Team Foundation Server OData API
Have a read, then follow the instructions from "Team Foundation Service authentication:" to set up your account/profile to access the Api.
You can then access the resources via the web Api.
There are also some sample applications near the top of that page that make use of this Api/OData.
As Edward and Christopher pointed out, the Client Object Model for the Cloud version of TFS and the on-premise version are identical, but not all API's will work with both systems. You can download the Client Object Model installer from the following location:
2012
2010 SP1 and Forward Compatibility GDR
Which API's work on which system is constantly changing, since new features are added to the cloud version all the time, while certain features are currently only available on the on-premise version (sharepoint integration and reporting for example).
Apart from that there is an OData API for TFS 2010 on-premise and that API is expected to be released for TFSvc and TFS on-premise in the near future. Probably coming to the TFSvc first.
Microsoft does provide REST ful as well as Client Object Model (DLL) based APIs which works both for on-premise Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Team Services. But, REST ful API is still not complete, for example, there is still no end-point for getting drop-down field values. It is therefore recommended to use COM DLL APIs.
Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server now also has REST APIs, service hooks, and an extensions framework:
https://www.visualstudio.com/docs/integrate/overview
A follow developer friend is trying to learn the TFS 2010 API.
We have established the following trial Virtual machine together:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=509c3ba1-4efc-42b5-b6d8-0232b2cbb26e&displaylang=en#QuickDetails
In our first test, we would like to read the set of bugs from a TFS project using C#.
Does TFS 2010 depend upon sharepoint being correctly configured on the server?
If so, is there an easy process for setting up sharePoint and relating it to TFS?
Any helpful direction you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Wish you the best!
Just install sharepoint services 3 on the same server as TFS. It all works fine on a virtual server, I had it running with SQL and IIS on a VMWARE install with no hassles.