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Visual Source Safe --> TFS Migration

Around here we have been working with a bunch of Visual Source Safe repositories for about 10 years or so. Now I want to get rid of sourcesafe and move on to Team Foundation Server. Do you have any tips or tricks for me before I embark on this…
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VSS 2005 migration to TFS 2010 - History Not Migrated

I'm trying to convert a small project from VSS 2005 to TFS 2010 and all works well except all history is not converted. I'm following the walkthrough from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253060.aspx (Migrate from Visual SourceSafe - Visual…
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VSS to TFS ERROR: Retrieving the COM class factory error: 8007007e

I am trying to run an incremental migration using the VSS Upgrade tool. I'm migrating through the command prompt. I have in the past successfully migrated all our projects and history to TFS, I have also checked in incremental migrations. However,…
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VSS 6.0 to TFS Migration

Our team is migrating from VSS 6.0 to TFS 2008 to be used for source control purposes. I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this migration. In particular, we are interested in preserving the history of files in source control, as well as…
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TFS / VS 2012 RC - where is VSSConverter.exe?

I am setting up a VM with a brand new install of TFS 2012 using the RC just released. This is the first time we have tried to use TFS in my company and I need to upgrade some SourceSafe databases. I've also installed the RC for Visual Studio 2012…
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How do you specify the user name VSSConverter.exe should use?

I am using VSSConverter.exe to migrate from VSS to TFS (About time too). I am having an issue because the account I am running it under is not on the same domain as the TFS server. Is there any way to tell the VSSConverter.exe tool which server…
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VSS to TFS Migration - Persist User on check-in actions

I am using the VSSConveter.exe tool to import from VSS6 (using 2005 ide) to TFS2008. I have run analyze (no errors) and migrate WITH a user mapping file (containg the vss/domain user mappings) I would like to persist in tfs the check-in user of the…
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Migrate your data from VSS Server to Team Foundation Server

Yesterday, I asked a question Migrate to TFS and the answer mentioned some very good tools which can be very helpful. Thanks to jwanagel. But I forgot to mention there the VSS server and TFS server are two different machines. And when…
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SourceSafeQfeNotInstalledIssue error while migrating from VSS to TFS

As guide I use this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb668969.aspx After step 3 (Analyzing sourcesafe folder) I have file VSSAnalysisReport.xml which tell me in summary that I have 6350 warnings (project is really large) and 1 error.…
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Visual Source Safe is stuck on rdf file with error (Not Responding) during Backup Creation

I am making VSS backup and it is stuck on RDF File and show me (Not Responding) error. I just delete that RDF File and it will resume making backup and now it is stuck on another RDF File. Please suggest me how can I resolve this error permanently.…
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Does VSS to TFS migration with VSSConverter preserves permissions?

I have successfully converted from VSS to TFS 2008, using VSSConverter tool. However, now in TFS users don't have permissions to read/edit the files they used to (in VSS). I guessed that with a proper Users map.xml, the permissions would be…
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Migrating from TFS to VSS: Why does the wizard only pick one destination project?

I'm migrating from VSS to TFS. I ran through the Wizard and it seemed to move the data over successfully. But I'm wondering: The wizard only had me select one destination project. Now I migrating an entire VSS repo with tons of projects. I don't…
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VSSconverter Settings for Migration

I've been testing a VSS to TFS migration for my job. The test server that we have tfs installed on has the drives partitioned. The system stays on C drive and we don't touch that drive. We have the E drive for our applications. I wrote the…
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TF60024 Error attempting to migrate VSS to TFS

I keep getting the TF60024 error "Unable to create the intermediate database required by VSS Converter on Microsoft SQL Server .\SQLEXPRESS. CREATE DATABASE permission denied in database 'master'." When I run the VSSConverter with "Migrate" and my…
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TFS (high level) install process

Can someone explain the high level process, of installing TFS? I've had the Server set up by a "network guy". It's TFS 2010, and we're using VS 2010 and moving to VS 2012. Do I need to install something on my client machine, or does Visual Studio…
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