Use this tag for version specific questions about Team Foundation Server 2013. 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-2013]
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Independent work item on Task Board. How to put in Task Category?
Does anyone know how an impediment could appear on the task board? I use TFS 2013. The process template is for Scrum.
I tried to put this work item on Task Category but it doesn't work.

user3173491
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How to unblock a blocked task in TFS 2013
How do you change the Blocked status of a task from Yes to No? We don't see No as an option in the dropdown after we set the Blocked state to Yes.
I have searched Google and SO to no avail.

beaudetious
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Installing a TFS 2013 build agent on another machine in a seperate domain
We have two Windows domains that do not have trust in between. On the main domain, we have a simple TFS server 2013 setup and in the development domain, we'd like to set up an additional build agent. This build agent will be added to the existing…

Vincent
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TFS2013: A service host may only be active on one machine at a time
On my tfs server 2013 update 3 I have the follow error:
Exception Message: The build service host HOSTNAME is currently owned by HOSTNAME. A service host may only be active on one machine at a time. (type…

user3906771
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Removing User from TFS2013
A developer has left our team. Whilst working with us, he was a member of our TFS2013 instance. I've removed him from every group within the Team Project and Team Project Collection, and checked that he is not in any groups on the TFS server…

JMo
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Which incoming path required GetLocalPath activity
I have TFS 2013. I need convert path like ConvertWorkItem in tfs 2012. But Workspace doesn't exist in TFs2013 default definition. SO, I discovered, That instead this activity Microsoft created GetLocalPath activity. I try in incoming path set…

Maxim Petrov
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TFS pass MsBuild variables into build parameters
I have a build workflow in TFS 2013 that has a couple of custom parameters:
The problem is that the value print by TFS is the following:
How can I replace the MsBuild variable with its real value like I do for the Build version number?

Raffaeu
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Task Board does not show WorkItems that have the State "In Progress"
We have a problem with our TFS 2013.
We are trying to set up our Taskboard. Unfortunately, the taskboard is only showing workitems with the state New, Committed, and Done. But workitems with the state In Progress aren't showing up.
Does anybody know…

Jannik
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TFS Get all team specific iteration paths
Need help with retrieving all team-specific iteration paths under a specific project. I used this link to get some hint, but with GetTeamConfigurationsForUser, I get only such paths of the teams of which I belong to. Is there a way to get for all…

S.R
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How can I return derived fields by using TFS 2013 query
We have an Application on Reporting on TFS items. I am using Query against TFS and fetching the tfs items.
I am using below query
"Select [ID], [State], [Title], [Work Item Type], [Severity] " +
"From WorkItems " +
@"Where ([Area Path] Under…

Babu
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Get all TFS work items I have worked with in TFS2013
A work item is often ended in QA hand so its "Assigned To" field is normally a QA's name not the developer.
As a developer, how can I find all the work items I had worked on?
I tried "History Contains Word @me", it returns far less items I…

hshen
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How to show Initiative and Feature as column in TFS backlog
Is it possible to get the Initiatives and Features to show up in the columns for a given PBI? I have tried creating a field on the PBI WITD that I could copy the values into but I can't see where to get them from.
Using TFS 2013 Update 4 with…

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How to add the Tags column to a test suite query in TFS 2013
I know how to add a column to a query but in TFS 2013 Web -> Test -> Test Suite I don't see an option to add Tags as a column. It is available from the regular Work -> Queries section though.

devlife
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Customise Build Build Output for Specific Projects
I have a solution which contains a number of 2 windows console projects, 1 website project and 20 class libraries.
I want TFS 2013 to push to the drop folder only the windows console and website projects to the drop folder.
I am looking for a…

John
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Git (on-prem) - TFS2013 - How to create and commit new project from VS2019 to TFS2013 (with Git)
The internet is awash with how to create and commit a new project to GitHub, however, there are near-zero resources as to how to accomplish this with TFS2013/Git on-prem.
We have an old TFS2013 server currently being updated, but we are 'stuck' with…

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