Azure DevOps Server (formerly Team Foundation Server or TFS) is the latest iteration of Microsoft's DevOps and ALM product suite which contains source control (Azure Repos), CI/CD (Azure Pipelines), agile work and portfolio management (Azure Boards) etc. The current version of Azure DevOps Server is 2020. Use this tag for questions on the 2019 on-prem version, as opposed to Azure DevOps Service, which is the cloud version.
Questions tagged [azure-devops-server-2019]
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Azure DevOps Server 2019.1 Problem with "WorkItem User Delivery" Job hanging
I manage two on-premesis Azure DevOps Servers both running version 2019.Update1.1 (17.153.29522.3).
One of these two servers stops sending "Work Item" notifications on a regular basis. When this issue occurs, the notifications do actually exist,…

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Best practice for supporting small/personal projects/repos on Azure DevOps (on premises)
I am setting up a on premises instance of Azure DevOps 2019 and have read over the guide for planning the organizational structure. In our situation, having a single organization and several projects and teams seems to be the most appropriate…

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Is it possible to customize Steps of Test Case work item?
I'm using Azure DevOps Server 2019 update 1.1 on premises.
I'd like to customize Steps of Test Case work item described here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/test/create-test-cases?view=azure-devops-2019#create-test-cases
For…

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Azure DevOps Server 2019: condition for task execution
In Azure DevOps Services I use parameters to make task execution optional, e.g:
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parameters:
- name: createObj
displayName: 'Create Object?'
type: boolean
default: true
...
jobs:
- job: build
pool:
name: Default
steps:
- ${{ if…

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Can an Azure hosted Logic App connect to an on-premise Azure DevOps Server (formerly known as Team Foundation Server)
I am trying to set up a webhook via Logic Apps to Azure DevOps Server (TFS). The idea is to automate a work item (bug) creation in our team backlog triggered by Azure Monitor Metric alerts.
I have a gut feeling that this might be a dead end as we…

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Since upgrade, on-prem AzureDevops Server 2019 is retaining 10x build data in dbo.tbl_content
My on-prem, Azure DevOps 2019's backups are showing an unsubstainable increase in size of the .mdf file
query1 shows that it's the "dbo.tbl_content" table
query2 shows that it's "FileContainer" at 112GB.
query3 shows that it's pipelines://b …

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Why Does Azure DevOps Server interleave output
Sorry in advance, I can't post actual code because of security restrictions at my job, but I'll try to make a contrived example.
I am working with python 3.6.1 and running a module in an Azure Pipeline (ADS 2019). In the module we have output done…

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[error]Unexpected token : in JSON at position 3
We have an in house TFS server. We are trying to configure the build and getting an unexpected token error.
We have installed the sdk on the server.
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/current
we are able to build the solution properly on…

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ADS 2019 - How to pass variables between build jobs
Using Azure DevOps Server 2019.1 i am starting to work with Multi jobs, to allow me to split up work onto multiple agents.
The flow itself works fine. I have it setup like this
Begin Job - this basically tests a few variables and Updated the…

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Where are the numerical release version numbers for Azure DevOps Server found (before install)?
I am looking to patch my current install of Azure DevOps Server and have been looking for the numerical release version of the different patches/installs for Azure DevOps Server so I can determine the new changes that are coming through (or if a…

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AzureDevOps - Creating generic team
In Azure DevOps, a default project team will be created when we create a new project in a given collection. We can then add/invite members to this team and assign their level of permission. So far it is clear to me.
However, in my case, I have…

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How to merge only selected files from a change-set in TFS
I need to merge a changeset to another branch in TFS. But unfortunately, due to an unwanted code checkin happened in this changeset, I cannot merge the full changeset to the new branch. Therefore I need to skip the unwanted files from the changeset…

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Azure DevOps 2019 On-Prem - Error on creating collection : "LeaseLostException on step Create Framework Security Namespaces"
I am facing an error when I try to create a collection on Azure DevOps On premises from the administration console.
It seems to happen when DevOps manages the CreateCollection.Service.Analytics part. I can't find any reference to this problem on…

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Force Azure DevOps Server 2019 to manually sync with ActiveDirectory
We have an on-premise Azure DevOps Server that works with a corporate ActiveDirectory. When adding new users, Azure DevOps Server pulls their information from ActiveDirectory. But the user's information was later updated in ActiveDirectory to fix…

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tfs 2019 Pipeline Builds Triggers only trigger if a new check-in has happened
In on prem TFS 2019, I have builds that we have triggers to happen on a schedule meaning they always build at specified times during the day. What I would like to do is to not start a build if a check-in hasn't happened since the last build ran. If…

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