I wonder that about this problem: tfs_configuration & my tfs_testcollection in TFS Admin Console and SQL MS.
What is recommended solution for backups and restore tfs_configuration in TFS Admin Console ? I ask because sometimes it happens that collection and configuration are out of sync ? Could you recomend best solution for preventing these problems? Any msdn site or books or blog with solutions ?
Thank you in advance.
Lucas.
It's because this out of sync, is recommended you do the backup by Admin console, using the tools Backup! This feature will syncronize all database of TFS, including Reports, Sharepoint, etc..
The only supported and documented method of creating a backup in TFS is to use marked transaction logs. In versions before 2010 this was a manual process documented on MSDN. In 2010 the TFS team added a tool to the Power Tool to make it easyer. That tool was a big set up but was still a little flakie around the edges. In 2012 update 2 this was finally consistent enough to make it into the tool and be available in the Admin Console.
I have a blog post and video on how to configure the manual and power tool option: http://nakedalm.com/creating-a-backup-in-team-foundation-server-2010-using-the-power-tools/
You can find full documentation on MSDN.
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In Plastic SCM documentation, I saw mentions of mergebot and other automation tools and I'd like to also add them to my project.
But I know nothing about DevOps stuff and I'm wondering how to do it. I found info that I need to use webadmin for this but I struggle to set up it.
Could anyone please provide some instruction steps or link to documentation? From what I tried to search there is different info about this and it's spread among a bunch of web pages (and none of them helped me).
And BTW, are automation tools available at all in CLoud Edition? And does it matter whether I work centralized or decentralized? (I use the former option)
So I contacted Plastic SCM support and it turns out mergebot isn't available in Cloud Edition, only in Enterprise
ON TFS2012 is it possible to request feedback from customers that are utilizing the web client without them having to install feedbackclient.exe on their machines
Usersnap allows customers to add feedback without installing anything locally. It integrates into Microsoft Team Foundation Service (this means, every feedback from your customers is automatically created as ticket inside your TFS workflow).
Your customers even don't need an account in TFS to provide feedback.
It's easy to integrate Usersnap with TFS, you can have a look at the docs here: https://usersnap.com/support/docs/apicfg#tfs
To work with the feedback request like it is explained here it is not possible to give feedback without installing the client tool.
I thought it would work also by logging in in the TFS web interface then open the feedback request and answer to it but apparently after testing it myself I did not found a solution directly. Though the feedback would be filled in completely manually while all the needed tools are available with the client tool.
I'm looking at the tools (Test Telerik WebUI Studio, Visual Studio 2010 Test Professional) to automate testing web applications written in NET. Do you use such tools? If so, what tools are you using and what experience do you have with this type of testing. Particularly I am interested in issues of maintenance of such tests (for example, if you change layouts.)
Disclaimer: I work for Telerik; I'm just sharing the relevant resources for the WebUI Test Studio
Regarding the WebUI Test studio, there's a free 30-day trial that you can try yourself. There's a weekly live demo, and you can even request a free personal demo. Any of these might give you further insight whether the product will be suitable for your environment and might answer relevant questions.
Regarding the test-case maintenance, there is a detailed feature overview on the product site.
I hope this helps!
Go for CodedUI.It comes along with VSTS 2010 Ultimate.
The search criteria will continue to work even if you chnage the layout
Any one try to develop proxy for TFS work items?
Current TFS Proxy supports only for Source control not for TFS WorkItems.
If I want to Implement TFS WorkItem what I have to do? All Ideas are welcome :)
-Murali
Team Companion supports offline editing of existing work items which might help you to some degree.
You sync with the server, go offline, do your stuff and at the end of the day go online and sync with the server again.
Apologies if the question is not worded appropriately.
I've created a dashboard using the dashboard designer and succesfully deployed it to our development server. Now I'd like to deploy it to our staging server - is there a way to do that?
I've tried pointing the designer at a different URL without success.
Thanks,
Phil
I ran into same issue and thanks to Umair for reminding me about the import option with the Dashboard Designer. You will open up designer in new location and then use the Import option and point to your ddwx file.
Here is the posting and references from the forum posting - Deploy PPS 2010 dashboard content to new server
I have an additional link in the forum post at the bottom that will send you to the link to the technet documentation as well.
If you only have SSAS reports and SSAS data sources then the PerformancePoint 2010 Content Deployment Tool might be of help.
I have used it to deploy dashboards and reports to another server without issues. It even lets you deploy remotely from dev to other servers if you have the needed permissions. Pretty neat tool, sadly it hasn't been updated recently and still lack a few key features (as the ones I described above).
PPS in SP2013 comes with this built in, but I haven't studied the details yet. Just picked it up from the PPS team in this blogpost
Never figured out a good way to deploy SP lists data connections and SSRS reports though.