VSALM

Visual Studio Application LifeCycle Management... from Chev's point of view

How to fetch a user's profile from Azure Active Directory using PowerShell

On my recent journey helping customers migrate from TFS to VSTS; one of the most common obstacle is...

Date: 06/13/2018

Now you have migrated to VSTS, what's next?

It's a common question for many of my customers who I have helped to migrated their on premises Tfs...

Date: 06/12/2018

How to estimate the size of your Tfs database backup files

The most likely way to do this in my experience is to take a look at the most recent backup job....

Date: 05/29/2017

Fixed: Users lose access to Team Projects after Tfs Server loses access to Active Directory

Recently, I completed a Tfs 2008 (with SP1) upgrade to Tfs 2012.4. With no indications in the log...

Date: 06/20/2015

Tfs 2010... What version do I have and what version do I need?

Having the latest build of any Microsoft application is always recommended. For TFS 2010 RTM, this...

Date: 03/03/2014

What version of SQL am I currently running?

Here is a quick and simple SQL script to get the current SQL version installed....

Date: 03/03/2014

TFS Client Tools

Here are some tools I find very handy in my day to day use of TFS. TitleURLDescription Microsoft...

Date: 02/12/2014

How can I restore all my Tfs Databases from script

In this example, I have used the Tfs2008 databases as the list is fairly long. If you so desire to...

Date: 02/11/2014

What's the size of my TFS Databases?

How many times have you been caught trying to figure out what is the current size of your TFS...

Date: 02/10/2014

The migration service account TFSService is not in the Service Accounts Group...

It is a common issue for a lot of TFS Admins using the TFS Integration Tools to encounter an error...

Date: 12/20/2013

How to clear the TFS cache on client machines

Every now and again when users change the version of Tfs, the client cache will need to be rebuilt....

Date: 12/17/2013

How to disable SQL Server Enterprise Edition's data compression in preparation for migrating to a lower version of SQL

This has been probably one of the most common issues I have come across in the past as it relates to...

Date: 12/17/2013

Installing TFS 2010 to a drive other than the local C drive

Talk about a real trickster.... When installing TFS 2010 and you get to the options page, select the...

Date: 12/17/2013