Use this tag for version specific questions about Team Foundation Server 2010. Also, always tag the question with the "master" tag [tfs] as well. If this is not version-specific, use [tfs] for general questions and use [azure-devops] for Azure DevOps questions.
Questions tagged [tfs-2010]
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TFS 2010 Branch Visualisation
When I do Track Changeset in tfs 2010, then in branch visualisation, I only get to see that selected changeset. However in examples all over the web, I have seen multiple changesets being shown in the hierarchy and Timeline views. Any idea?
What I…

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Is it possible to run TFS 2008 and TFS 2010 on the same server?
We've got a server with TFS2008 that we do all our builds on. I need to get an install of TFS2010 running. Can I run it on the same server (windows 2003) or do I need it on a seperate one?

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Remove orphan identities in TFS 2010
I am in the process of moving a TFS 2010 installation from one machine to another.
I found that is possible remap identities using TFSConfig Identities /change command but I didn't find a way to remove orphan user identities that I don't need…

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TFS 2010 Build Service
Consider a TFS 2010 server with "Build Service", "Build Controller" and "Build Agent" running on the same system. Things work 'most of the time', however occasionally I have to restart the 'Build Service'. Few questions:
What is the Build…

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TFS 2010 custom build step
I am playing with TFS 2010, and am trying to setup a build process that will have some custom steps.
These include things like, stopping/starting IIS, search and replace files etc... across environments.
I have tried to look for examples online and…

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How do I add a user to TFS Licensed user group?
I can't seem to add a user to the licensed user group in TFS 2010. Everything online says to open up Visual Studio, connect to the server, then drop down team, click Team Foundation Server Settings, and then Groups.
I can get that far, but then it…

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How to reconnect known project to TFS 2010 with lost mapping
I recently migrated a .NET 3.5 project to .NET 4 and now want to add the converted project to a TFS 10 server while keeping the original intact on a TFS 08 server because we also need to maintain the current 3.5 project since some customers still…

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TFS2010 Custom Build Activity : to Merge branches
I'm working on customizing our build activity. I'd like to have your help for an issue.
Following is our version control hierarchy.
Main
|- Dev
|- QA
we are working on Dev branch and while taking the build we need to merge Dev branch to Main then…

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Get hours out of TFS 2010
We are using TFS for source control and to track tasks. How can I get the hours that we put against tasks out of TFS? Specifically, I'd like to be able to see when the hours were put on the task, but I'd settle to just see the hours per…

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Error while configuring TFS2010
I am doing some work with TFS2010 and I've been trying to install it on a Windows 7 machine. I had it installed and then uninstalled it so I could change the SQLExpress to a SQL 2008 db. I rebooted between these changes just to be safe. The install…

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Administering Team Foundation Server 2010 from Local PC
I have TFS Server 2010 installed on a remote server.
I have some Windows users on this server for different members of our team.
I connected to the TFS Server using Visual Studio 2010 (installed on my local PC) and am trying to set up security…

Mikhail Glukhov
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Team Foundation 2010, Build Server Cannot start
When I try to start Build Service from Administration Console I receive
TFSBuildServiceHost failed to start
correctly
and the event log reports
Service cannot be…

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Find checkin comment info in TFS2010 Warehouse
Does anybody knows if the TFS 2010 Warehouse database (the one supposed to be used for reporting) keeps any information about the checkin comments for a changeset?
I can see the information via the TFS Explorer, like this
But if I try to extract…

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Using TFS source control - how to remove files
I am a lone developer, and I am now using TFS 2010, having until recently used VSS.
I have not found it easy to get any books for beginners to help me use this.
So I have now got my project in source control. But when I check in I get references to…

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TF Merge Command
I use the following command to merge a single changeset from Source to target branch:
result = BatchCommand(@"tf merge /version:" + chgnumber + "~" + chgnumber + @" """ + Source + @""" """ + Target + @""" /recursive /login:" + UID + "," + PWD + "",…

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