Questions tagged [azure-devops-server]

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. Use this tag for questions on the on-prem version, as opposed to Azure DevOps Service, which is the cloud version.

Azure DevOps Server (previously known as TFS - Team Foundation Server) is the home for your project data in the cloud and provided by Microsoft.

Questions about Azure DevOps Server may be more appropriate at one of the other Stack Exchange sites, such as

Azure DevOps includes:

  • Azure pipelines CI/CD that works with any language, platform, and cloud. Connect to GitHub, Azure Repos or any Git repository and deploy continuously.
  • Azure boards Powerful work tracking with Kanban boards, backlogs, team dashboards, and custom reporting.
  • Azure artifacts Maven, npm, and NuGet package feeds from public and private sources.
  • Azure repos Git repos for your project. Collaborative pull requests, advanced file management, and more.
  • Azure test plans All in one planned and exploratory testing solution.

Updates

The current cadence of Azure DevOps Server releases is annual, with versions named by the year they were released (Azure DevOps Server 2019, Azure DevOps Server 2020 etc.). Feature timeline for both on-prem and cloud version can be found here

Tag usage

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Where does azuredevops server 2019 repositories are stored physically in server

Curious to know where does azuredevops server 2019 store repositories physically in server.
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How to map board column to customized state in Azure Devops Server

We are using Azure Devops Server and I have added a custom state called Tested to User Stories and bugs using the Witadmin tool. I have also added transitions to all other possible states. As you can see belo, my customized state is displayed…
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Connect Visual Studio solution to different Azure Devops projects

We are using Azure Devops server to host our GIT projects. We also use Azure Devops Server for our development process. For historical reasons we have our repositories in one teams project and work with our tasks in another. It has never been any…
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Why is the outcome of a manual test executed via MS test runner being put in 'In Progress' state?

I am using TFS 2018 to run manual test cases (on chrome browser). When I run a manual test, the Microsoft Test runner opens in a popup window. I mark the result of each test step, mark the test case result, and then save and close it. The…
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Where do I find Visual Studio Team explorer error details?

When I open the Pending Changes tab in Visual Studio Team Explorer, it says that "One or more errors occurred." Where can I find details on what kind(s) of error have occurred? Some background: We have recently upgraded our source code repository…
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Azure Devops Process Template XML custom Control tag

I am designing html button inside WebpageControl tag for tfs workitems, which is inside control tag. When it renders in Azure Devops page the default size of the box is bigger than that of the button control, unable to resize the control box. Is…
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Azure DevOps CI -Xcpretty encoding via ssh

I'm using Azure-DevOps Server pipeline to compile an IOS application with an IOS agent (macOS Big Sur) while using Xcpretty for tests and code coverage reports. The Xcpretty not…
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Azure DevOps Server Pie chart slice not filtering

I have a Pie chart as follows: It has slices representing count of Work Items by State. When I click a slice, I'm taken tot he query result showing all work items instead of filtered to clicked state: Here is the query: What do I have to change…
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TFS API dll's of different versions(16,15,14) do not work in single project

I have one project in a solution in which I am using TeamFoundation dll's of version 15 and in another project I am using TeamFoundation dll's of version 16. in my third project I want to use these two projects which are having two different…
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I wanted to know how we can capture termination of a pipeline task in ADO in shellscript

I have a requirement to invoke a CURL command when a pipeline in ADO is cancelled. Can someone please let me know how i can capture cancelled status of an ADO pipeline and use that in a shellscript to invoke a CURL command.
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Azure DevOps 2020 - GraphClient

I can't find an easy way to communicate to Microsoft AzureDevops team. I'm working on some tools that are working with Azure 2019 and there's also Azure 2020 RC right now. Microsoft deprecated SOAP API for 2019. And 2020 also, for REST Client. Thou…
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Why tbl_Content is so huge from the beginning?

I've installed Azure DevOps Server on a machine and it's a very fresh installation. I created a Team Project Collection in it, and in that I created a simple Team Project. And I connected to it, got the latest version, created a simple .NET project…
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Azure DevOps build from dynamic repo name

Anybody know if it is possible to pass in a repo name / base the build on a dynamic repo name? This would allow us to share the same build definition across different branches, cutting down on definitions when creating a feature branch, etc. When…
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Azure DevOps Scrum project sprint work process not being updated

I have a Scrum project in my Azure DevOps Server. I assigned an effort to each PBI and set the capacity for each user. I see in the right panel Work details the hours for each activity. How do I mark a Task or PBI that its "Testing" or…
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Exception setting "ForegroundColor" when invoking a PowerShell script with cls remote through AzureDevopsServer

cls (Clear-Host) failes in AzureDevopsServer with version 2 of the task "PowerShell on Target Machines" with: Exception setting "ForegroundColor": "Cannot convert null to type "System.ConsoleColor" due to enumeration values that are not valid.…