Questions tagged [tfs-2018]

Use this tag for version specific questions about Team Foundation Server 2018. When using this tag also include the more generic [tfs] tag where possible.

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PowerShell: The client cannot connect to the destination specified in the request

My goal is to execute the PowerShell file on remote server through TFS tasks 'PowerShell on Target Machines' for that Steps I have taken so far are: Both Build and remote server already enabled Enable-PSRemoting -Force also added the trusthost…
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File search across all Git projects

I am trying to search for a specific file extensions across all Git remote projects for the master branch. Is there any command for it? Cloning all projects locally will take lot of time.
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TFS 2018: The field 'Assigned To' contains the value '' that is not in the list of supported values

I have a weird situation where we have some users that we cannot assign as the owner of a task in TFS 2018. When you try to assign the user to the task, it says: The field 'Assigned To' contains the value '' that is not in the list of…
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TFS 2018 (on-prem) unable to load static content

Using Chrome or MS EDGE we notice some resources are not being loaded when various pages on TFS are requested by browser such as seen below: Impact of this: We notice missing icons on the UI most often like this: Our version of TFS We have seen…
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Authenticate with TFS 2018 via legacy API (TfsTeamProjectCollection) not possible

I try to authenticate using the legacy API, because I need some of the methods from there, which are not available in the new Rest API. While authentication via access token in the rest API works fine, all attempts to authenticate with the legacy…
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TFS 2018 Unauthorized when downloading current build artifact

I'm trying to work with TFS 2018 Artifacts. I created a very simple build (definition)- it has one agent phase that uploading artifact, and then another agent that should download the artifact. The Download Build Artifact failed with…
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How can an Azure pipeline get code from intranet TFS 2018

I saw several pages on Internet but none that explains how to do this. I have Azure Pipelines, a Windows self-hosted agent and an intranet TFS 2018 Server. I tried to create a “New Azure Repos/Team Foundation Server” service connection with a full…
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TFS 2018.2 upgrade

I went to do an upgrade of TFS2015 to TFS2018.2. In past tests and experiences, these upgrades take some time against the collections if they are on the larger side. I first started a POC with TFS2015 to TFS2017.3 and that took 24 hours total to do…
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Custom environment template for a TFS release

How do I create a custom environment template for a TFS release? Here is the document to delete…
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Team Foundation Server 2018 Data is Null

I am trying to configure Team Foundation Server 2018 with SQL Server but I am getting an error at readiness check validation TF255407: An error occurred while attempting to validate the configuration database. Error message: Data is Null. This…
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TFS2018 VSTS builds creating new numbered folders in _builds

We are in the progress of upgrading from TFS2013 to TFS2018. I have decided to re-create our XAML build definitions in VSTS (on-premise). All is going well and I am able to replicate all the existing steps as required. Our Agent is installed to…
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TFS prevent developers unlinking a work item that contributed to code changes from PR

We have a git commit-msg hook in place for developers to mention a valid tfs work item when checking in code changes. So that all contributed work-items are automatically linked to a pull request when raised. The problem is that developers can still…
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How do I customize the work items states - customize the list and colors?

I installed TFS 2018 on the premises and I migrated 2 project collections from a TFS 2012 server. I have a hard time finding the page/dialog where I can assign different colors to the work items states. For the previous versions, MS provided visual…
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TFS 2018 Upgrade Build Agent

I am testing a TFS 2015 to TFS 2018 upgrade. My environment includes one database server, one TFS app server, and one TFS build server. I was able to upgrade the app tier without any issues. It's been awhile since I've done this, but I assume I…
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Application tier after clone deployment shows two tiers

After deploying a clone of our productive TFS 2018 Update 3.2 on a new machine the application tier layer shows two machine names, the production machine and the clone machine. I followed the steps of this Microsoft Developer Support blog post. In…
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