This post is to report a known issue with configuration in Team Foundation Server 2013 RTM.  The issue is specific to configuring TFS Basic, Express, or Upgrade on a machine with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1 or SP2 installed.  There is a workaround, which is outlined below.   Description If you try to configure TFS 2013 R...

 Now that the Preview has been out for a couple of weeks, we've started to get lots of questions about acquisition and upgrade.  This page provides useful information about the upgrade process for the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview.  If you're unfamiliar with the new features available in Visual Studio 2013, see th...

UPDATE - This issue has been fixed in TFS 2012 Update 3 RC2, which is available here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2835600 This post is to report a known issue with alerts in Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 3 RC1.  There is a partial workaround, which should be applied to the configuration database BEFORE upgrade to RC1 if possible....

UPDATE: Beginning with TFS 2012 Update 3, we will preserve your settings in the AT-Only wizard too.  Build settings will also be preserved when upgrading Build servers.  This functionality is built into a pop-up on the first page of the Build wizard that asks if you would like to restore your previous settings (click yes).  Beginning with TFS 2013,...

We would like to convey some information about a known upgrade issue with the February 29th Team Foundation Server 2012 Beta release.Recently, one of our customers reported hitting a block when trying to upgrade TFS 2012 Beta to the recent TFS Update 1 release.TF255438: The configuration database that you specified cannot be upgraded. The foll...

The new Team Foundation Server Express product is designed to work with the Express version of SQL Server.  It conveniently installs SQL Server Express automatically during configuration on machines where it is not detected.  However, SQL Server and SQL Server Express impose additional restrictions on a system's language settings tha...

This post instructs you on how to run an unattended installation of Team Foundation Server, a new feature to TFS 2012.  There is another copy of this post located here, on the TFS Setup, Administration, and Operations blog. **Note: **As nothing in this area has changed for TFS 2013, the title of this document has been amended to encompass the 2013...