I have TFS installed in the server.I need to access the administration client localy not to every time login to server to use the admin console.Is there client version available that I can install in my machine (admin cosole) so that I can connect to server and use it.
No, you will need to logon the server and use the Tfs Management Console.
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We have had an automatic Active Directory/Windows password change thrust upon us, and consequently our TFS2008 build server has broken. I have changed the password for the TFSERVICE account it runs under, and updated the Visual Studio Team Foundation Task Scheduler Service to use the correct password, and checked that the underlying Sql Server is running okay. However attempts to connect to TFS are now met with the message '..HTO Status 503: Service unavailable'.
What else needs to be started to get this up and running again?
You need to always change the password using the tools in the box. You can use the TFS Administration Console that you can launch from the start menu. Or you can use the tfsconfig.exe located in the TFS install folder.
This applies to all versions of TFS from 2010 on.
If you have TFS 2008/2005 you will need to use the tfsadminutil command: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb552178(v=vs.90).aspx
Note: You need to upgrade your TFS server as soon as possible. Both the OS, SQL, and TFS pre-2010 is not well supported.
BEFORE: I had a TFS 2010 on a temporary test environment set up with a project and I had web users and everything worked great.
NOW: I've installed it on a permanent environment (same O/S, domain, everything) but any permissions I set no longer seem to have any effect.
It seems only the service account can access any features.
Authentication is NTLM.
Any network users I give access to are either being asked for their credentials to connect to the server and being rejected regardless (they can connect to the default IIS fine) or they get:
500 - Internal server error.
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Ridiculous, but the problem is that the new install was on the E: not the C: so the local NETWORK SERVICE account (that I use as a service account for TFS) did not have access to the files/folders under \Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010\
After DCpromoing and then demoting the server that TFS runs on, we cannot use WSS ("Cannot connect to the configuration database") to manage team projects. I believe that if I could find the default permissions that are set up when TFS is first installed on a server that is joined to a domain - in terms of any service accounts that are created and which accounts various services should run as - I would be able to get it back up and running again. Does anybody know the default NT accounts and permissions for Team Foundation Server?
That error sounds like a SharePoint error. This technet article outlines the permissions (server, SQL, registry) that are required for a default WSS install.
I am using VSSConverter.exe to migrate from VSS to TFS (About time too). I am having an issue because the account I am running it under is not on the same domain as the TFS server. Is there any way to tell the VSSConverter.exe tool which server account to use?
For example when I use the tf command line I add the /login:myname,mypassword switch like this:
C:> tf dir $\ /login:myname,mypassword etc...
Is there some way I can do the same with the VSSConverter.exe?
The error I am getting by is this:
TF60071: Your user account does not have permission to connect to the Team
Found ation Server 'https://www.example.com/tfs/DefaultCollection'.
Please contact your Team Foundation Server administrator and request that
the appropriate permission be added to your account.
VSSConverter.exe will try and connect to TFS with the account that it is currently running as. Sometimes that account cannot be added to TFS, or used with TFS - e.g. There is no domain trust between the two domains.
To specify alternate credentials, you can use the windows credential manager to store them. VSSConverter will then try and use these to connect to the server.
In Windows 7, you can do this:
Control Panel > User Accounts > Manage Windows Credentials > Add a Windows credential
Network address: www.example.com
User name: DOMAIN\user
Password: Password
You can also get to it by going to:
Start > Run
Type: **rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr**
I'm new to Microsoft TFS and it seems like the default of TFS is connect via a Local Area Network (LAN).
Another team member lives in a different part of the world. How can I allow him to connect to my TFS Server, which is installed on a Vista Machine so we can share the same project?
You can either open up port 8080, or install SSL for TFS. You can find more information how to access TFS remotely at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb668967.aspx. It is an article for TFS 2005, but it still applies.
Simplest is to set up a VPN, let the user log onto your network and then access the TFS server as you would locally. This is the way I do it; saves the hassle and security headaches of trying to expose TFS over the internet.