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Team foundation server power tools is a set of tools that allow you to manipulate the TFS server from the command line, it also allows you access to many features that cannot be accessed from the gui.

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tfpt migrate for TFS doesn't do anything

I'm trying to use tfpt to migrate a shelveset from a source branch into a target branch, but it doesn't appear to do anything...not that I'd expect much more...but any chance anyone knows what's wrong? I'm following the instructions correctly I…
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Adding a new state via TFS Power Tools 2015?

I'm attempting to use Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 Power Tools to add a new state and transition to the Task Work Item Type. It's clear how to edit existing states and transitions but I haven't found a way to add either one.…
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TFS work item AssignedTo field being set to service account and not current user upon transition

For a particular Team Foundation Server Work Item when transitioning State from New to Active I would like to set the AssignedTo field to the current user. After looking at a few examples I came up with the below transition markup:
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How to link a TFS workitem to another using command line

How does one link an existing TFS work item to another using in command prompt. Is there a command line option for this in TFS. I know I can use tfpt.exe to create a workitem or modify it, but I cannot find an option to link a workitem to another.
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Check a file into TFS using Powershell

As part of my continuous integration build I am creating an SQL script. This SQL script has to be checked back in to TFS after it is generated. I'm using the TFS Powertools in Powershell. The code I used on my machine was: Add-TfsPendingChange…
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TFS 2010 PowerTools - Backup plan with SCVMM

I set up a TFS environnement with the following specs : 1st server - TFS App-tier + SSRS 2nd server - SCVMM 3rd server - SQL Server (TFS dbs + SSRS db + SCVMM db) The main issue is regarding SCVMM and Reporting backup. As I couldn't backup SSRS…
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How to associate work item with check in when using tf.exe

We have a rule in TFS that requires all checkins to be associated with a work item. We have an automated daily build process that uses tf.exe to check in the files. However, I did not find any way to associate files with a work item. I heard of…
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TFS Power tools Migrate doesn't actually migrate

I would like to migrate a shelveset from one branch to another. Here is my command: tfpt unshelve MigrateShelf /migrate /source:"$/Code/OldBranch/Source" /target:"$/Code/NewBranch/Source" When I execute it, I the window pops up, but it is still…
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Do I need to install TFS power tool if I use VS 2010

I'm looking at the list here Team Foundation Server Power Tools March 2011 and I wonder if it is helpful for my case - I'm using Visual Studio 2010 as a TFS client tool to connect to TFS servers; I don't have access to any TFS Servers. It's…
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TFS Powertools 2010 Shell Integration with Windows Explorer - Attempts to connect to server fails

We have Team Foundation Server 2010 installed on a domain server with Visual Studio 2010 installed on the client side connected to the domain. All works well. We then installed TFS Powertools 2010 so that we could use the TFS facilities integrated…
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What is the difference between tfpt scorch and tfpt treeclean

What is the difference between these two commands? tfpt scorch /deletes /recursive /noprompt tfpt treeclean /recursive /noprompt
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TFTP is not recognized as an internal or external command

I am trying to Move shelvset from one branch to other in TFS. I am doing this as per the procedure given in article http://benjii.me/2014/04/move-shelveset-to-different-branch-in-tfs/ When I gave the command TFTP, it's giving below error, "TFTP is…
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Trying to search changeset using the command tfpt searchcs in command utility gives me TF30012 error

When I try searching changeset using the command tfpt searchcs in command utility gives me the error Tf30012: unable to connect to this team foundation server possible reasons for failure include: The name, port number, or protocol for the TFS…
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Find in source control --> Status option in Visual studio 2010 not showing

I have both Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 connecting to TFS 2008. In Visual studio 2008 i can see the if some particular person has checked out any file by the option Find in source control > Status But when I am trying to see same thing via 2010 I…
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Database Backup Tools missing from TFS Power Tools?

I ran into a situation where i needed the powershell scripts for tfs to be installed on the tfs server (we have everything for tfs on one server). Trying to modifying the install didn't give me the option to install the powershell scripts so i…
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