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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.

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How to fix TF246017 The Team foundation server could not connect to database

I'm getting nothing but this error TF246017 I'm not able to access TFS as admin or domain user While accessing administration console, showing the error TF246017 Domain users getting TF31001 where the server returns TF246017 TFS was working fine…
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How to customize the taskboard in TFS 2012?

I've installed TFS 2012 RC, and managed to customize my work item types to add custom fields, and also an additional state. I would like to be able to see this additional state between the In progress column, and the Done columnd and didn't found a…
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How to convert MSF Agile to Scrum 2.0

I have just migrated from TFS 2010 to TFS 2012 RC. I also updated my team projects to MSF Agile 6 thanks to the built-in upgrade feature but I would like to use the SCRUM template instead of using MSF Agile. I haven't found a way to achieve this. Do…
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Is there a way to Link a parent to a group of work items

I'm using Excel to bulk edit a group of work items in TFS 2012. I can add a Link to a Parent work item on each record, but only if I do it line-by-line. Is there a way that I can link a Parent to a group of work items?
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How can I verify that Update 1 for TFS 2012 is installed or not?

I have TFS 2012 installed on a server and I want to verify that Update 1 has been installed or not. I am trying to install the TFS Power Tools for Update 1 but ran into an issue running the backup wizard in the admin console. I am suspicious that…
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How can I limit TFS Product Backlog Items from moving to done based on passed Test Cases?

In TFS2012, I am looking for a way to gate the movement of a Product Backlog Item from "Committed" to "Done" based on if there are any passed Test Cases attached to the PBI. I do not want it to go to done unless there is at least one passed test…
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tf14044 access denied adminconfiguration global permissions

I am using the online version of TFS 2012 for my project. I am also the administrator to this account and the only one that has this permission. I added a new person to my team and wanted to verify the Multi-CheckOut box was unchecked and to verify…
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TFS 2012 Lab Center Error - There was an error generating the XML document

I'm doing experiment on TFS 2012 Lab Environments to setup BDT workflow. When I setup standard environments and test BDT successfully on Lab Center, I try to setup a new environments with the existing VMs which has been used by existing…
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TFS 2012 Microsoft.WebApplication.targets

Environment: TFS 2012 build agent running on a Windows Server 2012 VM. .Net 4.0/.Net 4.5 installed. The Windows SDK (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms717422.aspx) has also been installed. Issue: The build agent cannot build .net 4.0 web…
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Using Team Foundation Server 2012 without Visual Studio

I'm overseeing a VSS to TFS 2012 migration at my shop and have hit a snag: the "report guy" uses Crystal Reports (don't know the version, sorry) and doesn't have Visual Studio. Under VSS that wasn't an issue because there is a stand-alone client…
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HTML Linking to a Work Item in TFS 2012

I'm creating a custom report with the TFS 2012 Warehouse displaying some information about work items. I'd like to put a link on the work item elements in the report which takes the user to the work item in the team portal. Is it possible to…
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how to add domainuser to TFS 2012 server?

I am currently trying to add a user to the 'Admininster your server' page in the security/users section for tfs 2012 server. The user that I would like to add is in the same domain the tfs server is in. How can I add this user because it does not…
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TFS 2012 Multiple Security Groups

If a user has access to multiple security groups, does TFS take the highest level group, or the lowest level group for access rights? For example, if user John, belongs to the Read Group (can only read the source control but not edit) and then is…
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Tfs 2012 on premises maven build process

I have configured tfs 2012 build server with the help of MSDN link. But I am missing a step on installing tfs build extension. Reason I am unable to find a link to download the tfs 2012 build extension. If anybody know where to download the tfs…
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TFS 2012 Orphan users

Over the past 18 months, we've had 85 TFS users leave the company. 8 persist to show as both [TEAM FOUNDATION]\Team Foundation Valid Users & [Collection]\Project Collection Valid Users although they have no other project group memberships. In our…
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