Use this tag for version specific questions about Team Foundation Server 2015. 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.
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Feature list shows both Effort and Story Points. What's the difference?
I thought that story points showed the effort (relative number) to put into a user story, but TFS 2015 have both Effort and Story Points. What to use when? What's the difference?
Detail view of a Product Backlog Item (user story?) shows only an…

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Auto-exclude new changes in TFS?
After a long break from TFS I'm forced to use it again (and seriously considering going the git-tfs route). Is there any setting in Visual Studio that would make all the changes I'm making, either directly or indirectly, start as 'Excluded' in…

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TFS RM: How to turn off debug info
I'm using the Powershell on Target Machines task in a release definition.
This task is producing by default a lot of debug info in the logs:
2016-04-19T09:29:13.9259230Z Executing the powershell…

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trouble using TFS Git Rest api to retrieve tree
I'm having trouble using the TFS Rest API for Git to retrieve a tree.
The relevant code is
$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Accept", 'application/zip')
$DownloadTreeCmd =…

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TFS 2010 -> TFS 2015 cloned environment PrepareClone throws error
I'm preparing for an upgrade from TFS 2010 SP1 to TFS 2015. We've created new test servers and copied the db's to the new servers. I'm trying to run the PrepareClone command and get this error:
"Exception:Could not find stored procedure…

Alissa
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Update TFS 2013 to TFS2015 Test Managet Could not connect
Web update our TFS2013 to TFS2015, most features worked well, but Test Manager could not connect to TFS2015,when create connection, no project collection could be found on server, as shown below:
But On web we can open test plans and
We can open…

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Source files version for vNext build
In the XAML build definition I have the possibility to specify the version (latest, by label, by changeset, by date) of the source files that I want to be used by the definition.
How can I get the same behavior in the vNext builds?

ds19
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tfs2015: User Capacity Database Storage
I'm looking to create a more robust user capacity report, I love the one included in the Portal interface within TFS2015 U1, however I can't find a larger version that can be handed to management or stakeholders other than the column view on the…

Erich Becker
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TFS2015: Full File Path Stored in SQL Database
I'm looking to see if the SQL Database behind TFS2015 (or any version of TFS, in this case 2015 or 2010) stores the full file path for a file. There is information that we include in the Project folder (namely the version number) and while I realize…

Erich Becker
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How to get a list of all the check-ins and the work items related in visual studio
I am trying to get a list of all the check-ins and the work items that were related to it. I know you can get a history of all the commits and the change sets and once you click on a particular change set, you can view the work item. However, we are…

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TFS 2015 machine groups cannot be selected in build/deployment definition (vnext) after creation
We have a problem with a TFS 2015 installation, an upgrade from 2010. We ran into the following issue. This concerns a dry run, so we install everything on the same server, which is not a prefered method, we know.
• Installed new virtual server…

Robert Rotterdam
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TFS 2015 does not find UWP Unit Test
I have the following problem:
If I try to do continous integration in TFS with my UWP project. The UWP Unit Test solution is not recognize as Unit Test, therefore the unit test will not be tested. Do I have to write an additional runsetting file?
I…
user6173526
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TFS Build Definitions and release management best practice with mutliple branches and solutions
I'm currently using Team Foundation Server 2015 (Update 2) and wanting to use the new build definitions and release management and wondering what the best practice is around creating build definitions when using multiple branches.
We have multiple…

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How to insulate teammate's code with each other in Team Foundation Server?
We are going to start a project in c#, and need every man in our team can only view and edit his own part of code(boss's need). I am new to TFS, so I am wondering if and how TFS can do that.
Thanks.

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TFS Git commit user id is different for same user with TortoiseGit
We are using VS2015 to access Git Repos stored in TFS onprem 2015 update 1.
We have users using both Visual Studio and TortoiseGit for committing and pushing changes from their local repo to the central repository.
In both cases the user is…

Kevin Sedota
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