{"id":5873,"date":"2011-12-07T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/2011\/12\/07\/team-foundation-service-preview-upload-source-to-your-hosted-account\/"},"modified":"2022-07-27T02:48:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T10:48:34","slug":"team-foundation-service-preview-upload-source-to-your-hosted-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/team-foundation-service-preview-upload-source-to-your-hosted-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Foundation Service Preview \u2013 Upload Source to Your Hosted Account"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE June 11, 2012 – This blog post series has been updated by our new beginner’s guide hosted<\/span> here<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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This blog post is part of the Beginner\u2019s Guide series<\/a> with the goal to get you productive fast.<\/em><\/p>\n

This post walks you step-by-step to get your source code stored in your Team Foundation Services Preview account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n Open Visual Studio 2010, connect to your TFS Preview account<\/a>, and open
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\n Click Not mapped<\/b>.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n Map files on the server to your workstation.\n <\/h5>\n

\n When you click Not mapped<\/b>, the Map<\/b> dialog box is launched.\n <\/p>\n

\n You\u2019re going to select a folder on your local drive that will mirror the folders in source control. This is called your workspace. Choose a folder where you want to store your source-controlled files, for example: C:Users<\/i>YourName<\/i>src<\/i>.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n There is more information available about setting up workspaces on MSDN. See Create and Work with Workspaces<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n Add files\/folders to Source Control.\n <\/h5>\n

\n You can simply drag and drop files from Windows Explorer.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n Select specific files to upload.\n <\/h5>\n

\n When you have the correct files ready, click Finish<\/b>.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n There is more information available about adding files to source control on MSDN. See Add Files to Version Control<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n Verify that files have been added.\n <\/h5>\n

\n It will have a yellow +<\/b> sign next to it.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n Check in Pending Changes.\n <\/h5>\n

\n Your folder and files are not actually checked in and available for other team members to work on until you right-click the folder and click Check In Pending Changes<\/b>.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n Finalize Check in Pending Changes.\n <\/h5>\n

\n This will upload all of your files, and add them to your source repository in the cloud. Click Check In<\/b> and you\u2019re done.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Congratulations! Your source is now in the cloud, yet still accessible via the Visual Studio interface.<\/p>\n

If you are new to Version Control and Source Control Explorer, or simply want to dig deeper,
\nyou\u2019ll find extensive coverage on the MSDN website: Using Version Control<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next? Now you can:<\/h4>\n