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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Azure DevOps VssConnection - How to tell if the server is hosted or on premises?

Using VssConnection (or something else) is there a way to tell if the server being connected to is on premises or an hosted by Microsoft (i.e. Azure DevOps Service)? My research so far says that if the ServerType GUID is…
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Azure DevOps server import pipeline functionality ignores Approvers definition

I have the following definition in my pipeline that I am running on Azure DevOps Server Version Dev17.M153.3 After saving the change I can see the following content has been added to pipeline definition "approvals": [ { …
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Consuming Package From Private Azure Artifacts In Azure DevOps Server

I am using Azure DevOps On-Prem (Version Dev17.M153.3) and I have 2 projects. Let's say the first one is 'A' and the second one is 'B' PS: I am using my own build agent. A project doesn't have any dependency. B project depends on A project. I made…
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With an Azure DevOps shared deployment group, web apps are being overwritten, how can one best debug this?

The Context I have an on-prem TFS (Azure DevOps) server (version 2018.2) with a single deployment agent installed. This agent is in a shared deployment group and is used to deploy multiple IIS web applications, each application residing in its own…
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Is it possible to author a custom Azure DevOps task in Powershell?

We use Azure DevOps Server 2019 (on-prem). I would like to author a custom Azure DevOps task in Powershell. The examples I have seen so far on the web are about authoring it in Typescript. I wonder - is it the only way? Can we use Powershell, for…
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Azure pipelines checking status of individual matrix jobs

How can I check the status of individual job in matrix strategy? jobs: - job: A strategy: matrix: nonprod: environment: test prod: environment: prod steps: - pwsh: Write-host something…
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TF30040: The database is not correctly configured. Contact your Team Foundation Server administrator. Advice Needed

I am carrying out a dry-run of an imminent TFS 2010 migration upgrade to TFS 2013.5 on a dedicated Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter host, following the steps in [this YouTube tutorial] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm-WOLc-GQQ) by Mohamed…
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Azure DevOps Server 2019 Analytics configure via Power BI query issue

I get the following error when trying to configure via Power BI query. DataSource.Error: Microsoft.Mashup.Engine1.Library.Resources.HttpResource: Request failed: OData Version: 3 and 4, Error: The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad…
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Azure DevOps Server (onprem) - container job - checkout not working

I'm trying to run my build inside a container with azure-pipelines in Azure DevOps Server(onprem). Following the official guide https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/container-phases?view=azure-devops-2019 I do have a…
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Continous deployment trigger by commiter

As we all know, we can make filters at releases i.e. to release only if a build succeeded with a commit in a specific branch. Is it somehow possible to start a release, only if a specific person has made the commit? Something like a continous…
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In Azure DevOps Server (TFS on Prem) is there a way to link a Changeset to a hyperlink directly?

I am looking to see if it is possible to link a TFS Changeset with a hyperlink directly. I can create a workitem and in the workitem create a Hyperlink link type to a site and then associate the changeset to the workitem. Doing this however the…
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Finding Azure Devops Server product key

I'm trying to activate my installed Azure Devops Server 2019 update 1 (i installed the trial version). I have access to my organization's VLSC, but when i'm trying to get the product key it says: "This product does not required a product key". where…
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Upgrading my Free trial Azure Devops version to LIcensed

I am trying to Upgrade my free trial Azure DevOps to a licensed version but i don't see any options to apply my licenses. Is there a way to apply our new licenses without having to re-install?
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Change color if visited links on Azure DevOps

We have a TFS server running, now re-branded as Azure DevOps Server. On some dashboards we use a Markdown widget to provide some information, including links. These links turn up blue before visiting them, but after visiting a link the link turns…
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Azure DevOps Field Values from list of builds

We are using Azure DevOps 2019 on-prem in our firm, and I would like to create an option box field in our Bug work item, and I want it to be a combo-box where the values are builds from all the build definitions under the project. From checking the…
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