Use this tag for version specific questions about Team Foundation Server 2012. 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-2012]
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cannot delete builds in tfs 2012
I am trying to delete some build definitions for a specific range of time by using tfsbuild delete command. After waiting for about 3 hours I get the error message:
Unexpected end of file. Following elements are not closed: InformationField,…
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TFS Upgrade from 2008 to 2012 - Changes Checked Out but staff on leave
We are currently upgrading our team foundation server from 2008 to 2012 and have come across following issues:
There are staff on leave who have changes checked out to them. If we do, force undo checkout on their changes, what actually happens? Do…
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TFS custom bug entry page for non technical users?
To help my company better adopt using TFS i'd like to see if a custom web page could be made so the end user has no idea they're entering a bug into TFS. They find the TFS2012 web based GUI confusing. They are business users and able to write out…
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TFS 2010 vs TFS 2012 event handling
I was wondering if someone can tell me if there is any changes in how events are sent and received in tfs 2012. I searched the website and it looks like it's pretty much the same except another UI is added in 2012. Is there any other interior…
Some_random_coder
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TF400744: An error occurred while executing the following script: WorkItemTracking.sql
Currenlty, I have installed Team Foundation Server 2012. When I create Team Project Collection, I got following error.
TF400744: An error occurred while executing the following script: WorkItemTracking.sql. Failed batch starts on the line 17271.…
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Upgrading TFS2012.2 to TFS2012.3
I'm trying to upgrade from TFS2012.2 to TFS2012.3.
I downloaded the ISO, ran the tfs_server.exe, and after a few reboots, I'm prompted with the Upgrade Wizard.
On step two(2) "Specify a Team Foundation Server configuration database to upgrade", I…
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Documentation of the TFS 2012 Web Access URLs
I want to a URL that points to a workitem, or a workitem query result. In TFS 2010 the URLs were like this
http://:8080/tfs/web/UI/Pages/WorkItems/QueryResultNW.aspx?...
But TFS 2012 said that URL is from an earlier version of Web Access.…
Arve
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Areas and iterations, permissions required
What are the correct permissions/settings to allow an user to create/edit areas and iterations?
I have an user that is getting this message in the admin section of areas or iterations:
You do not have one or more permissions required to update the…
Juan Zamudio
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TFS Server 2012 and Promoting changes
I started using TFS Team explorer 2012 and happen to notice a new process called promoting. As I understand it, the Team Explorer detect any changes made to the files outside of the TFS explorer and count them for promotion? Am I right?
How do I…
wonderful world
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Visualize a Blocked Task in TFS 2012 Task Board
Has anyone found a way to visualize when a task is blocked on the TFS 2012 task board? It would be great if I could find a way to change the visualization (color, etc). I saw a couple of requests on the VS board which I voted for, but was hoping…
Aaron Corcoran
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Kanban board in TFS 2012 RTM
Is possible to add kanban board to TFS 2012 web access site like is on TFS Service ?
If yes how cvan i add it to web access site?
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How to determine folder vs branch with tf command?
I have this example where FolderA had sub FolderB and they were both folders, until I branched FolderB to FolderB-branch. Then both sub folder turned into branches.
How can I use tf command to determine what is folder and what is branch?
tf dir /r…
Mike Torrettinni
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TFS 2012 Discussion Users
Where can I find in the TFS database the user that entered a discussion item as shown here? I've found where the discussion items are on the WorkItemLongTexts table, and I see where the user data is on the Constants table, but I see no table or…
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Angular CLI 10 ng build --prod emits empty lines
When building angular app using CLI if we use ng build --prod it will emit 2 empty lines, and if I remove --prod , these empty lines are gone.
On my dev environment, it's very minor but when I am trying to build app via TFS these empty lines…
Posto
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Team Foundation Data Migration from TFS2010/SQL Server 2008R2 to TFS2012/SQL Server 2012 server
TFS2010/SQL Server 2008 R2 standalone hardware has crashed. I have the windows backups for the machine.
Can I migrate these databases directly to a new TFS2012/SQL Server 2012 setup?
This would save time but I would like some opinions from anyone…
Willem Gons
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