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It is not yet possible to restore only one team project

We got a comment with this question:"is there a way by which i can restore only a specific team project related data or its associated files from a full backup?" Unfortunately, in Team Foundation Version 1.0, you cannot restore a single team project from a backup. However, the product team is considering this feature for the next ...

Answer to an e-mail comment concerning policies for work item types

We received the following e-mail from khurram:"I am using VSTS Workgroup Edition, and want to enforce certain policies to Work Items in Project eg- Project Administrator can update "any" work item- Only "Assigned" person can mark the work item "Resolved"- Unless "Planned Hours" or other certain field is populated work item cannot be marked "...

Answer to an e-mail comment on Move TFS from one Domain to another

We got an e-mail question from Graham: "I have installed TFS in Domain A, using a domain account for TFSSETUP. I then move the server to a new domain (using the My Computer properties page). Now Sql Server has a problems with ownership of the Team Server databases. Before the move the TFS databases were owned by <originalDomain>...

Creating a Visual Studio Setup Project in Team Foundation Build

Today's post is a walkthrough on configuring Team Foundation Build to create a Visual Studio setup project by using a custom task to envoke denvenv.exe. You can find the walkthrough here Walkthrough: Configuring Team Foundation Build to Build a Visual Studio Setup Project. As always, feedback and comments are welcome!SW...

Upgrading Team Foundation Server

Today we have three more draft documents for you, all about upgrading your Team Foundation Server. The documents are Team Foundation Server Upgrade Types, How to: Upgrade from Team Foundation Server Trial Edition, and How to: Upgrade from Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition. As always, feedback and comments are welcome!-=Susan...

Unit Test Sample is Now Downloadable

Last year, when we shipped the documentation for Team Edition for Testers, it included a sample called "Woodgrove Bank." This sample supports the walkthrough that teaches about unit tests: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182532(VS.80).aspx.If you install VSTS and the docs, and then access the sample locally, it works fine. But if ...