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Automated Builds using the Team Foundation Server, executed on TFS build agents.

Questions related to TFS build agents, how to configure them, how to select them for builds.

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Copy drop files from build to remote machine

I need to create release definition in VSTS. I had been created build definition that build solution from master and drops all files needed on the drop folder when a commit in master is done. I want to create release definition that deploys a given…
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Agents not picking new build requests in TFS 2017

I have 10 build agents configured in two servers under one agent pool. Whenever the first four agents are used, the build requested is in the queue on the first four agents, but there are another six agents which are available and the builds are not…
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TFS Build Agent Use Multiple Configurations

I'm trying to use the TFS Build Agent to replace my old Build.bat file that builds all of my projects. I have C# and C++ projects that need to be compiled. All of the C# projects have the configuration Release|Any CPU and all of the C++ projects…
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TFS 2017 server required firewall settings for Build agent

I have TFS 2017 on Windows Server 2016 Standard. I am now setting up Build agent on Windows 10 pro using PAT token authentication. (having "Agent Pools (read, manage)", "Agent Pools (read)", "Build (read"), "Code (read)", "Build (read and execute)",…
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VSO - Source Code isn't downloading to Build Agent although no build failure

I have a build agent installed on a server running as 'VSTSBuildAgent' account. I am currently using this build agent to run scheduled releases in VS GIT every day with no issue. However now I am trying to build code that's in my team foundation…
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Why is latest Xamarin needed on local TFS server for CI?

The requirements on the following page state that you need to install Visual Studio with Xamarin on your local TFS server to setup Xamarin CI builds: https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/ci/intro_to_ci/ topography of the CI This is a…
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.NET Standard and TFS 2015 -> Build failures

My infrastructure now has TFS 2015, but we started a new project in .NET Standard. Our build server now has VS2017, and the project builds when loaded within VS2017 in that server. When we set a new build definition to run the build through the…
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TFS release management build agent is not available

Recently I was able to configure a build agent on my laptop and queue a successful build on TFS. Then I tried to switch to a build server VM. I created a service account with the same rights as my account I was using from the laptop and configured a…
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Team Services - Create issue in Github on failed build

I am using Github as my repo as well as my Kanban/Scrum board. We use Visual Studio Team Services for our automated builds. We really like the way VSTS works and it works well with Github as the repo. However, I want to be able to create a new…
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Incremental build and release with multiple build agents

I am setting up automated build and release definitions for my solution in Visual Studio Team Services. We use a hosted agent pool, and there are multiple agents within the pool. Because the solution is going to grow very large, I would like to make…
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Data Protection Error when Running Build on Client System

-Using TFS 2015 Update 3 On Premise Server -Build Agent is installed on a user's Windows 7 PC After creation of the Build Agent, builds run successfully for 12-24 hours. After that, receives the following error: "The data protection operation was…
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Error when scheduled build in Agent queue tries to sync repository

I am using an TFS agent to schedule some Build using triggers. My issue is that when the build starts it wants to get latest version (sync repository). But I get an unusual error: I have literally no ideea where to begin, it's like it could reach…
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Agent Pool Windows Service

I have already created the TFS Build Agent pool windows service that is running periodically and tries to connect to TFS, It seems it tries to run with its own credentials and the windows service is installed on a Server that is not in the same…
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How to limit disk space of local TFS/VSTS build agent?

Currently my team is using local build agents for our on-premise TFS 2015 installation. We've installed these build agents on our own development machines. However we are having issues limiting the space required for the continuous integration…
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TFS -Location of build agent

I am working on a project with two other people. We are using TFS 2015 for source control and would also like to use TFS to build our project. I am pretty new to TFS but I think I’m starting to understand the roles that build agents and build…
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