Use this tag for version specific questions about Team Foundation Server 2017. When using this tag also include the more generic [tfs] tag where possible.
Questions tagged [tfs-2017]
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TFS 2017 error adding member to Project Collection Service Accounts with tfssecurity
I'm using TFS 2017 and trying to add a member to Project Collection Service Accounts with the tfssecurity utility as follows:
tfssecurity /server:"" /m "[MyCollection]\Project Collection Service Accounts"…

user7619310
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How to update the Build Agent Manually in Azure DevOps 2020?
We have recently upgraded to Azure DevOps 2020 on our testing environment, previously we had TFS 2017 and then upgraded Azure DevOps 2019 and now to Azure DevOps 2020.
I am facing issue regarding the agents I had configured in the earlier version.…

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Error TF401444 when calling TFS Server REST API with a PAT (personal access token)
I have created a PAT token for my user account in TFS Server 2017 (on-premises, not VSTS). Using Postman I am attempting to call the following REST API with Basic Auth:
GET http://{server:port}/tfs/DefaultCollection/_apis/projects?api-version=1.0
In…

Adam
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How to checkout a file in TFS using PowerShell?
I have below PowerShell Script written to check-out the files in TFS by referring the path mentioned in the TFS Path.txt file.
#$TFSCheckoutExe="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\TF.exe"
$TFSFilePaths=Get-Content…

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Is a build agent required for each project in a collection?
I have a TFS 2018 on-premise server and a separate build server. The build server has an agent that appears "on-line" on the TFS server in the "Agents for pool Default" area of the collection. However, if I go to a project in that collection I do…

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TFS 2017 Deploy ASP .NET Core
We are on TFS 2017 initial release (on premise install). I am looking to see how I can build ASP .NET Core 2.0 apps using TFS 2017 Build / Release. Right now our standard builds uses Visual Studio builds and we have visual studio 2015 installed on…

Venky Venkataraman
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Collapse/minimize file in pull request view
TFS 2017: Is it possible to collapse a file in the pull request view? This was possible in TFS 2015.

Red
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TFS2017 build agents proxy settings
After upgrading our TFS2015 ecosystem to TFS2017 RTM I noticed that the build times had increased significantly. Closer inspection revealed that the get operation times were where the additional time was coming from (40 minutes longer)
Our site is…

daughey
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Globally Set Time Zone in Team Foundation Server 2017
I have many users in different locales so they have different time zones. I have a field in one of my work items that contain a date. Whenever it is set, it is supposed to default to 12:00:00 PM in the anytime zone, but instead, it gets set to the…

Randy Wong
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Programmatically retrieve list of source folders and create one if not present - C# + VSTS 2017
I am trying to automate some processes to make life a bit easier. We have multiple requests from the team to create a folder in TFS 2017 (they do not have permissions) and then set up the associated builds for that source control folder.
The build…

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Modify TFS Work Item Workflow to prevent state changes
We have a custom field on Bugs and User Stories of 'Traiged by', and the devs shouldn't start work on the ticket until it has been triaged by a product owner. What I'd like to do is prevent the state transition from New to Active when 'Triaged By'…

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TFS 2017 (Web Portal) - Modify Columns of Child grid on Links tab of a User Story
I'm trying to look for an option to modify the columns for child links of a user story. I want to add the "Assigned To" column to see who is/was working on this child task.
Here's the screenshot of the web screen I am asking about:

Jawwad Alam
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Force TFS to use CredSSP when accessing network resources
I am using TFS 2017 Update 2 Release processing. I have a functioning deploy process that works within a domain (it runs successfully against 10 different deployment environments)... and now I need to deploy into a different environment, which…

Scott Brown
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VS403144: The warehouse database is currently pointing to the same database that was being used on your production deployment
I am upgrading to TFS 2017 using Production restore backup in DR environment. I run the upgrade using Pre-Production upgrade.
I follow link below to restore database from production to…

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Change console output language
I have set my locale to English in the TFS 2017 web interface and all the texts now appear in English. However, the language used in the console output window (where the steps being executed are shown while the build runs) remains unchanged. What do…

David
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