Brian Keller

             Feb 29, 2012 Update: This post and accompanying downloads have been updated based on the Visual Studio 11 Beta which was released today.

I’m very pleased to announce the availability of the Visual Studio 11 Beta ALM Virtual Machine along with 6 hands-on-labs / demo scripts. This marks an exciting milestone in our journey towards RTM. You can now roll up your sleeves and start learning about the many capabilities we announced at TechEd North America last year and have been talking about in greater detail since then. You can download and install the beta of Visual Studio 11 (and Team Foundation Server 11, .NET Framework 4.5, etc.) and even use it in production with our “go live” support. But if you would like a fast way to understand what is new for application lifecycle management in this release, this virtual machine is pre-configured with all of the necessary software and sample data for you.

Before I get into what’s included, there are a few quick limitations to disclose:

• This is a Hyper-V virtual machine and works with Windows Server 2008 x64 (Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 is recommended). If you try to load this with Virtual PC it will blue screen since Virtual PC does not support 64-bit operating systems. I have not yet had a chance to try hosting this VM with the Windows 8 consumer preview, but I was successful using the Windows 8 developer preview to host an earlier version of my virtual machine so it should work. I will update this post later once I have a chance to test that.
• Windows is configured to set the system clock to February 15, 2012 every time you start this virtual machine. This is to support the project management hands-on-lab. If you want to work with this virtual machine beyond the specific hands-on-labs scenarios, you will need to disable the Set Date and Time task (Task Scheduler -> Task Scheduler Library -> Set Date and Time -> Right-Click -> Disable).
• Please take a few minutes to read the attached “Working with…” document for some important instructions on properly importing and working with this virtual machine.

With the limitations out of the way, onto the fun stuff…

This virtual machine is configured with:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Beta
• Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Team Foundation Server Beta
• Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010
• Microsoft Project 2010
• Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Sample users and data required to support hands-on-lab scripts which accompany this download and exercise some of the new Visual Studio 11 application lifecycle management capabilities introduced in this release.

Downloading the virtual machine and labs:
I suggest using a download manager for these files since they are very large. My download manager of choice is Free Download Manager. You can use your own favorite download manager, but you may need to adapt the instructions below as appropriate.

1. Download and install Free Download Manager. This utility provides:
- Auto-resume support for interrupted downloads.
- Multiple simultaneous download streams for (usually) a much faster download experience.
- As the name implies, it’s completely free.
2. Select the URL’s below and copy (CTRL+C) them to your clipboard.
###Start – Do Not Include This Line###
http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/Agile Project Management in Team Foundation Server 11.docx
http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/Building the Right Software – Generating Storyboards and Collecting Stakeholder Feedback with Visual Studio 11.docx
http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/Diagnosing Issues in Production with IntelliTrace and Visual Studio 11.docx
http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/Exploratory Testing and Other Enhancements in Microsoft Test Manager 11.docx
http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/Making Developers More Productive with Team Foundation Server 11.docx
http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/Unit Testing with Visual Studio 11 – MSTest, NUnit, xUnit.net, and Code Clone.docx

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part01.exe

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part02.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part03.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part04.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part05.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part06.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part07.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part08.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part09.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part10.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part11.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part12.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part13.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part14.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/VisualStudio11ALMBeta.part15.rar

http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/2/A9253B14-5F23-4BC8-9C7E-F5199DB5F831/Working with the Visual Studio 11 ALM Beta Virtual Machine.docx
###End – Do Not Include This Row In Your Selection###
3. Launch the user interface for Free Download Manager (either from the Start Menu or via the system tray icon if FDM is already running).
4. Click File -> Import -> Import List of URLs from Clipboard.
5. When prompted for a download group, accept the default and click OK.
6. You are now free to minimize Free Download Manager while the files download. By default, they will be saved to c:\downloads.
7. Expand the files and self-extracting RAR set and see the “Working with…” document for more instructions.

To remove an existing Work Item Type (WIT) you must modify the Category template to exclude the WIT in order to avoid receiving an error when attempting to delete.

Error

Unable to destroy work item type Test Case

TF237055: You cannot destroy a work item type that is being used.

Verify that the work item type is not being used in any categories.

Operation failed.

Remove the WIT from the Categories XML file.

1. Open the Visual Studio Command Prompt (2010) by browsing to the location below or set the environment via the command prompt by executing the Batch file (VS2010) :
• “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat” or Locating the VS Prompt on your Programs Menu
2. Export the categories using the [witadmin] command:
• witadmin exportcategories /collection:http://AdventureWorksServer:8080/tfs/defaultcollection /p:AdventureWorks /f:c:\mycategories.xml
3. Open the exported categories XML from the location listed for /f: from above using notepad, remove the unwanted work item type by deleting the CATEGORY tag and it’s contents. Then save your changes.

• <CATEGORY refname=”Microsoft.TestCaseCategory” name=”Test Case Category”><DEFAULTWORKITEMTYPE name=”Test Case” /></CATEGORY>

4. Import the modified category file using the import witadmin importimportcategories command.

• witadmin importcategories /collection:http://AdventureWorksServer:8080/tfs/defaultcollection /p:AdventureWorks /f:c:\mycategories.xml

Deleting the unwanted work item type.

1. Executed the witadmin destroywitd command to PERMANENTLY delete the work item type and ALL work items of that type. This command is NOT reversible once executed.
• witadmin destroywitd /collection:http://AdventureWorksServer:8080/tfs/defaultcollection /p:AdventureWorks /n:Test Case
2. Verify in Team Explorer that the work item type is no longer available.

For more information on managing Work Item types visit the MSDN Site. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd312129.aspx

This issue occurs when using Visual Studio 2005 or VS 2008 without the compatibility update installed.  If you already installed the compatibility update then its possible that the URL used is incorrect. Verify that the URL for TFS meets the following format http://YOURTFS:8080/tfs  . If you have not installed the update you will need to do so in the specific order below.

ERROR: TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server: tfs2010.

Visual Studio 2005 to TFS 2010

 The process must be completed in the exact order to work.  

1. Visual Studio 2005
2. Install TFS Team Explorer 2005
3. Install Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite SP1
4. Install Visual Studio Team System 2005 Service Pack 1 Forward Compatibility Update for Team Foundation Server 2010 (Installer)

Visual Studio 2005
On the Visual Studio Toolbar go to Tools and select Connect to Team Foundation Server

Select Servers

Select Add and enter the server details  http://tfs2010:8080/tfs

*The Connection Details on the screen should gray out after entereing the URL. If this is not the case, then the “Forward Compatibility Service Paack” has not been installed or the order it was intalled is incorrect. *

Connection Completed

Connecting to TFS 2010 from Visual Studio 2008

Visual Studio 2008 (The Same process as above with the following software below)

1. Visual Studio 2008
2. TFS Team Explorer 2008
3. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (installer only) (ISO – Full download)
4. Visual Studio Team System 2008 Service Pack 1 Forward Compatibility Update for Team Foundation Server 2010

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Effectively manage and deliver software projects with TFS
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Professional Team Foundation Server 2010:

• Walks you through planning and installing a TFS deployment
• Features a comprehensive overview of version control
• Discusses migrating from legacy version control systems,including Visual SourceSafe
• Reviews how to automate and customize the build process
• Discusses project management and testing tools
• Reviews administering a TFS environment, including creating a backup plan, handling disaster recovery, and monitoring server health and performance
• Prepares you for taking the TFS 2010 Microsoft Certification Exam (70-512)
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Exam 70-512:

TS: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, Administration

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Exam.aspx?ID=70-512&Locale=en-us#tab1

About this Exam

This exam is designed to test the candidate’s knowledge and skills on installing, configuring and maintaining Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server.

Audience Profile

This exam is intended for candidates who install, configure, and manage a Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 implementation. Candidates typically work in an enterprise development organization that provides process automation services by using TFS.

The qualified candidate has:

• a solid understanding of the TFS architecture and components.
• experience installing and configuring a TFS in both single-server and multi-server configurations.
• experience managing security for TFS components.
• experience configuring and using Team Build.
• experience adapting process templates to an organization.
• experience managing project artifacts with TFS version control.
• experience configuring and using work item tracking.

Skills Being Measured

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.

Installing and Configuring TFS (27%)

• Install TFS.This objective may include but is not limited to: SQL Server version support, installing TFS in a multi-tier or multi-machine environment, installing TFS in a load-balanced environment, setting up version control proxy
• Configure application tierThis objective may include but is not limited to: validating an installation, configuring SMTP for TFS, changing the URL (friendly name), changing the default SharePoint Web application, setting up reporting (SQL Server Analysis Services)
• Migrate and upgrade TFS.This objective may include but is not limited to: upgrading TFS 2005 or TFS 2008 to TFS 2010, importing a source base from Microsoft Visual Source Safe (VSS), a third-party revision control system, or a sub-version
• Install and configure team lab.This objective may include but is not limited to: set up environment templates, installing and configuring test agents, installing and configuring Virtual Machine Manager (basic Virtual Machine Manager installation), creating library shares or resource pools
• Install and configure multiple build agents and controllers.This objective may include but is not limited to: tagging, binding a controller to a project collection, adding as build agent

Managing TFS (27%)

• Manage Team Project Collections.This objective may include but is not limited to: moving project collections, managing team collections and projects, creating and configuring team project collections, moving team projects from one collection to another, creating a team project with SharePoint and SQL Server Reporting Services, cloning (splitting team project collections, partitioning)
• Configure for backup and recovery.This objective may include but is not limited to: backup and recovery of TFS and related components, recover a failed application tier, recover a failed database tier, implement a disaster recovery plan
• Monitor server health and performance.This objective may include but is not limited to: application tier logs, monitoring the server for performance issues (monitoring activity logging database and TFS server manager), monitoring job infrastructure for failed jobs (monitoring warehouse adapters and warehouse jobs), cleanup of stale workspaces and shelvesets, cleanup builds (applying retention policies), setting up team build to use a version control proxy server
• Administer TFS application tier.This objective may include but is not limited to: retiring or archiving projects and purging the system, rebuilding a warehouse, configuring user permissions by using Active Directory Domain Services  and TFS groups, moving a TFS instance to a new server or a new domain, configuring security for TFS Work Item Only View
• Manage reporting for TFS.This objective may include but is not limited to: basic reporting using Microsoft Office Excel Services, adding a custom report to a SharePoint project portal, uploading a new SQL Server Reporting Services TFS report, configuring to enable a report to appear in a SharePoint project portal
• Set up automated functional and UI tests.This objective may include but is not limited to: setting up a build definition, configuring the build definition to use the proper lab environment, setting up tests to work on an installed agent, setting up a service as interactive, setting up data collectors

Customizing TFS for Team Use (24%)

• Configure a team build definition.This objective may include but is not limited to: setting up for a Symbol Server and Source Server, setting up for test impact analysis, setting up for custom build numbers, configuring build log verbosity, setting up for code analysis, setting up for automated unit testing, setting up for architecture validation
• Configure and execute a build.This objective may include but is not limited to: queuing a build with parameters, reconciling workspaces as part of a gated check-in workflow, setting up build triggers (gated check-in, continuous integration, scheduled build)
• Modify a process template.This objective may include but is not limited to: customizing a process template by changing the workflow for a work item, adding a new work item type as a child of an existing work item (WI), uploading and downloading process templates
• Configure a team project.This objective may include but is not limited to: areas and iterations, default security groups, portal settings (team project portal site URL, process guidance URL)
• Apply work item customizations.This objective may include but is not limited to: link types, Global list, creating a new WI category and adding existing WI types to the new category, adding or removing fields, transitions, queries, customizing a workflow, creating or editing a work item type, importing and exporting work item types, renaming work item types
• Create Work Item Query Language (WIQL) queries.This objective may include but is not limited to: query folders and permissions, query types (tree, flat, directed), defining WIQL keywords, adding fields to a query, creating a WIQL query by using Team Explorer, identify built-in macros
• Configure client connectivity to TFS.This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring Visual Studio, Team Explorer, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, and other tools to connect to TFS, configuring clients for proxy server

Administering Version Control (23%)

• Create and manage workspaces.This objective may include but is not limited to: cloaking, undo delete, modifying a workspace, deleting a workspace, specifying the workspace visibility, restoring deleted items, unlocking other users’ checkouts, pending changes, and code
• Configure shelvesets.This objective may include but is not limited to: private builds, creating a shelveset, deleting a shelveset, opening another user’s shelveset
• Branch and merge source artifacts.This objective may include but is not limited to: track change visualizations, converting a folder into a proper branch and creating a new branch, merging and resolving file conflicts, viewing branch hierarchy, creating a branch, deleting a branch
• Configure version control proxy.This objective may include but is not limited to: cache hit ratio, setting up the cache size, setting up for multiple TFS servers
• Configure team project version control settings.This objective may include but is not limited to: enable multiple checkout, enable get latest on checkout, configuring check-in policies for a team project (work items, builds, code analysis, testing policies)

The Development outline while working with TFS 2010 is as follows.

1. User Stories are entered in TFS with Estimates.
2. Tasks are created and linked to the User Stories.
3. Test Cases are created in TFS and linked to User Stories.
4. Bugs are filed and linked to the User Story.
5. Once all Tasks,Test Cases, and Bugs are completed the User Stories are mark as resolved.
6. Reports are created to ensure all items are resolved and the Project is complete before release.

Work Items and Workflow (Agile)

• Defining User Stories, Tasks, and Other Work Items
• Creating a User Story, a Task, or Another Type of Work Item
• Creating Many User Stories, Tasks, or Other Work Items at One Time
• Creating a Work Item that Automatically Links to Another Work Item
• Creating Test Cases and Test Plans By Using Test and Lab Manager
• Opening and Tracking Bugs By Using Test Runner and Test and Lab Manager
• Viewing Work Items Assigned to You
• Customizing Work Item Types and Related Tasks

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd997897(v=VS.100).aspx#CreatingManyWorkItems

Working with User Stories

• Defining a User Story
• Adding and Linking Tasks to a User Story
• Adding and Linking Test Cases to a User Story
• Adding a Bug to a User Story
• Adding an Issue to a User Story
• Adding Details, Attachments, or Hyperlinks to a User Stories
• Resolving and Closing a User Story

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380634(VS.100).aspx#LinkBug

Working with Tasks

• Defining a Task
• Linking a Task to a User Story
• Linking a Task to a Bug
• Adding Details, Attachments, or Hyperlinks to a Task
• Closing Completed Tasks

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380700(v=VS.100).aspx

Complete Process with Details on All Reports

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd997796(v=VS.100).aspx#TrackTheProject

Product Planning Workbook (Reports)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380682(v=VS.100).aspx

MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd380647(VS.100).aspx

The recommended step for installation is to uninstall the RC version and install RTM on the Application Tier.  I found a great post to follow by Martin Hinshelwoods. http://blog.hinshelwood.com/upgrading-from-tfs-2010-rc-to-tfs-2010-rtm-done/

The first step was to make sure I had all of the settings from the initial installation on hand such as the Data Tier and Service Users. I also made a list of urls for the Report Server and existing SharePoint installation. After uninstalling TFS RC and made an attempt to install RTM I was asked to Uninstall Team Explorer 2010 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell separately from the TFS Uninstall.  Just a minor difference from Martin Hinshelwood’s post. Once the installation was completed I started the RTM install wizard and chose the upgrade option. The process went as planned with no interruptions using the existing settings when prompted for credentials.  I have to admit I am falling in love with the new TFS 2010.

A brief search pointed to the resolution which is to Process the Analysis Database.

There are 2 ways to complete this task.

Using the TFS webservice

1. Logon to the Application Tier for TFS.

2. Browse to http://localhost:8080/tfs/TeamFoundation/Administration/v3.0/WarehouseControlService.asmx or Use IIS Manager to navigate to this URL.

3. Select Process Analysis Database  and Invoke a Full processing Type.

Using  SQL Management Studio

1. Login to SQL Management Studio

2. Select your TFS Analysis Server under Databases.

3. Right Mouse Click on the Database and select Process.

4. Select Ok.

One of my major issues with information on the web is broken/missing links, and when I find something that I consider to be valuable I will post it to ensure the information is available at a later date. The troubleshooting guide posted on the Microsoft TFS Forums is one of them.

UPDATED GUIDE: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd266793.aspx

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfssetup/thread/3a12e39a-53c5-4a8c-bdaa-a3152371f76a

If you’ve had problems installing TFS or Team Explorer (TFC) 2008, or upgrading to TFS 2008 from TFS 2005, you’ve come to the right place for help. There’s also some help for trouble with TFS 2008 SP1.

Known issues with solutions/workarounds:

General

1. Problem: You receive an error message “TF220059: An error occurred querying the current settings from your existing Team Foundation Server database”
   Solution: There are several common causes for this error:
   1. The DT has the firewall enabled and no exceptions are set for SQL server.
   2. You specified the data tier server name but not the instance name, and you’re using a non-default SQL instance. Specify this as serverinstance, e.g. “MyDBServerTfsInstance”.
   3. SQL Reporting Services or SQL Analysis Services is not installed or not running. These components may be on the AT, DT, or separate machines (RS is typically on the AT, and AS typically on the DT). Ensure these services are installed, running, and set to automatic.

2. Problem: Error in the logs during repair:

   ERROR: Unhandled exception causing exit: No mapping between account names and security IDs was done.

   Solution:

   Re-create the app pool, set the identity to the same user, re-run repair.

3. Problem: At the end of the installation/repair/uninstall, the wizard does not display any buttons (e.g. Finish)
   Solution: Move the mouse over the bottom section of the wizard (where you’d expect to find the button) and the button should draw in.

4. Problem: When upgrading from TFS 2008 Workgroup Edition to TFS Standard Edition via Add/Remove Programs, you will find that the product key field is greyed out and thus you are blocked from upgrading – this is not “by design”.
   Solution: Run setup from the media (rather than Add/Remove Programs) and the ID field will not be read-only.  Alternatively, you can uninstall Workgroup Edition and then install Standard Edition.

5. Problem: TFS install fails, MSI log contains message: “ConfigureUsers:  Error 0×80070005: Failed to check existence of domain: <machine or domain name>, user: <setup or service account>”
   Solution: There are several possible causes, based partly on the details in the error message:
   1. If your domain is shown as the first parameter, your TFS server may have trouble contact or receiving a response from your domain controller.
   2. If the name in the first parameter is not your domain, but rather one of your domain controllers, there are two known possible causes:
   2a. There is a dns/routing problem between the TFS server and the listed DC. In this case, check network settings including DNS suffixes; you can try adding a hosts entry for the DC’s IP address as a test/workaround.
   2b. There is a domain trust issue dealing with either the setup or service account and the domains they belong to. Installing as a Domain Admin is known to work around this issue but may not be a viable solution. Check with a domain admin and confirm there is full trust between the domains to which the setup and service accounts belong.

Longhorn Server (Windows Server 2008)

1. Problem: Error 32000.The Commandline ‘”D:UsersVSEQA1AppDataLocalTempConfigIIS.exe” -action:createvdir -nameervices “-site:Team Foundation Server” “-pool:Microsoft Team Foundation Server Application Pool” “-path rogram FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation ServerWeb ServicesServices”‘ returned non-zero value: 100
   Solution (Note: This will probably be fixed in the RTM version of LHS.):
   1. Launch elevated command prompt
   2. Run notepad %windir%System32inetsrvconfigapplicationHost.config
   3. Remove the following section:
      <location path=”Team Foundation Server/Services”>
      </location>
      <location path=”Team Foundation Server/Warehouse”>
      </location>
      <location path=”Team Foundation Server/Build”>
      </location>
      <location path=”Team Foundation Server/WorkItemTracking”>
      </location>
      <location path=”Team Foundation Server/VersionControl”>
      </location>
   4. Save the file
   5. Execute iisreset
   6. Click retry on the TFS error message
2. Problem: Unable to install SQL 2005 RS on a LHS (Windows Server 2008) machine; SQL installer reports that IIS is not installed even though it is. May also surface as TF22059 issue above if you finished the SQL 2005 install and didn’t realize RS was not installed.
   Solution: SQL 2005′s installer is not IIS7-aware. If the optional IIS7 components that RS requires are not installed, SQL setup will report IIS is not installed, and if you complete the SQL installation, RS will not be included. The required features of IIS7 include (but may not be limited to): HTTP Redirection, Windows Authentication, and all of the IIS6 Management Compatibility features.
3. Problem: Unable to install SharePoint 3.0 on LHS.
   Solution: You need WSS3 with sp1. You can download the version with sp1 included here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=106433

Also note that if you run SQL 2005 on LHS, you need to apply sp2 (or later) to SQL Server.

SQL Reporting Services

1. Problem: Errors relating to Reporting Services during TFS install/upgrade; Browsing http://<server>/Reports gives an error about a login failure (e.g. for NT AuthorityAnonymous Login).
   Solution:
   1. In the SQL Reporting Services Configuration tool, verify what identity RS is currently configured to access the database with – typically, Network Service.
   2. In the ReportServer and ReportServerTempDB databases, view roles and verify that the account above is a member of the RSExecRole. In a single-server setup, this should show up as “NT AuthorityNetwork Service”. In a dual-server setup (or any configuration where RS and the databases are not on the same machine), it should show up as “DomainRS_Machine$”. For example, if your domain name is Contoso and your RS installation is on TFSAT, verify that ContosoTFSAT$ is in the RSExecRole.

We’ll add to these over time based on feedback, bug reports, other forum threads, etc.

Where are the log files?

1. Look in both %temp% and %temp%.. (the parent dir of %temp%).  It’s a long story why that’s the case, but it’s still that way in Orcas (TFS 2008) as well.
2. Sort based on Date Modified descending so the files written to most recently are at the top
3. dd_install_vstf*.txt and vsmsi*.txt are the ones that will be most helpful in the 95% case, with dd_depcheck*.txt useful on those other occasions where we’re having version number issues (this tends to affect us more internally than it does external customers)
4. TFS is dd_install_vstf_at*.txt; Team Explorer (TFC) is dd_install_vstf_tfc*.txt.
5. Note: If you have trouble applying TFS 2008 SP1, there are additional details in the SP1 log, which can be found in the same folders as above, but the filename will be something like “Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 2008…MSI0.txt”

What am I looking for in the log files?

The log files can be cryptic and misleading at times. Here are some tips on how to find the most relevant parts:

1. The dd_*.txt files are cumulative – so you probably want to start at or near the end if you’ve run setup more than once.
2. In dd_*.txt, searching for “ERRORLOG EVENT” is a good place to start – however, note that you’ll usually see several of these, and they aren’t all serious problems.
3. VSMSI*.txt – there is one of these for each time setup reaches the progress bar page (roughly). Look for the newest VSMSI*.txt file to find the log for the most recent attempt.
4. Within that VSMSI file, generally start at the end (especially if you haven’t canceled setup yet – otherwise, you’ll still have to scroll up a bit).
5. Remember that if you fail and/or cancel before you reach the progress bar page, you won’t get a VSMSI*.txt file.

Can someone from Microsoft look at my log files?

Sure! If you are hitting problems, first, please search the forums for similar errors/failures (you may want to use a general search engine scoped to forums.microsoft.com in addition to the forum’s built-in search feature – e.g. “Search Terms site:forums.microsoft.com” on both Live and Google search).

If you find a matching thread, see if any information in that thread unblocks you.  If you don’t find a matching thread, follow these steps:

1. Start a thread describing the problem you are seeing.  This is the only way to get a response.  Include in the thread as much relevant information as possible.  Include the text of any error messages you are seeing.
2. Send an email to tfsb2sup@microsoft.com. with the following required information:
   • Attached log files (as described above)
   • A link to the new forum thread you created in step 1.
   • Your forum username
   • A subject line such as “log files for thread XYZ”  to help us respond more quickly.
3. Your email address and any personally-identifiable information in the logs are protected by the Microsoft Data Collection Policy (http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx). If you feel this is inadequate, be sure to scrub any machine names, user names, etc. from the log files before you send them.

Bear in mind that this is part of the forum’s “best effort” level of support. If you have an emergency or need turnaround in a predictable timeframe, please engage official Microsoft Product Support Services (http://support.microsoft.com/ph/9488).

In addition to helping you get unblocked, your experience and feedback will help us improve the setup experience for TFS in this and future releases.

Error:

Event Type:        Error

Event Source:    TFS Services

Event Category:                None

Event ID:              3071

Date:                     12/20/2009

Time:                    12:24:32 AM

User:                     N/A

Computer:          ApplicationTier

Description:

TF53010: The following error has occurred in a Team Foundation component or extension:

Date (UTC): 12/20/2009 5:24:32 AM

Machine: ApplicationTier

Application Domain:  #######

Assembly: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1234555; v2.0.50727

Process Details:

Process Name: w3wp

Process Id: 1234

Thread Id: 1224

Account name: SERVICE ACCOUNT

Detailed Message: TF200035: One or more errors occurred when Team Foundation Server attempted to synchronize with the following Active Directory identity: TFSGuy. Number of errors that occurred: 1.

An error occurred when trying to read the following Active Directory distinguished name: CN=A-###-##-#######-###,CN=%@%@%@%@%,DC=dad,DC=###,DC=###. This identity was not added to the Active Directory identity listed above, or if it had already been added, it has been removed. Exception message: No mapping between account names and security IDs was done.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

FIX:

Execute the TFSSecurity command to identify the Groups the user (TFSGuy)belongs to in TFS and remove them or have the user added to the Active Directory.

tfssecurity /server:ApplicationTier /imx n:TFSGuy

Other Links:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252504(VS.80).aspx (TFSSecurity)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253088(VS.80).aspx (Command Line Tools)