How to Programming with Visual-studio-online

version-control,visual-studio-online

They must be administrator at Version Control level, no need to be Team nor Project Administrators. Let me explain what I did for a team of mine. I created a Git Admins TFS Group (YourProjectUrl/_admin/_security page i.e. Security tab) Then in the Version Control tab (i.e. the YourProjectUrl/_admin/_versioncontrol page) with...

Is there a non-REST version control API to Visual Studio Online?

The TFS 2010 API works just fine with VSO, so your app should just work. You can currently use the 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2015 TFS client API's for TFS against VSO. VSO is just TFS on the internet......

Error connecting to Azure VM with VS Online Build Server / Release Management

powershell,visual-studio-online,azure-virtual-machine,ms-release-management

You're going about this in the wrong way. When you execute a PowerShell script via a vNext Release Template, it executes on the target machine. You don't need to mess around with Enter-PSSession or worry about credentials -- you enter all of that information in the "Execute PS/DSC Script" action....

Azure Continuous Deployment - Setup Publishing with VSO

azure,tfs,visual-studio-online,continuous-deployment,azure-cloud-services

Turns out the Azure Portal/VSO error message needs updated to reflect new Azure Continuous Deployment updates for TFS 2013 (Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client). Proper Error Message Unable to find TfvcContinuousDeploymentTemplate.12.xaml in [TeamProject] see [Link] The fix is to upload the TFS 2013 Azure CD template and create a build definition to register the...

Get Latest Version using command-line from VSO?

git,visual-studio-2013,visual-studio-online

You're right, you need to enable alternate credentials. You were looking in the wrong place to set it up, though. It looks like you were trying to use a service hook. Just follows steps 1 and 2 in the VSO OAuth documentation: Click on your user name, go to your...

Synced a Git branch in Visual Studio; where did it go?

If you call "git remote show" from the command line you should see the remotes. If you do "git push" it will only push to the default remote even if you have multiple. You should change the origin, the default, to be VSO....

Azure WebJobs Deployment with Continuous Integration on Visual Studio Online

continuous-integration,visual-studio-online,azure-webjobs

The WTE team is aware of the TFS publishing issues. I've been personally working on developing a workaround with which I'm comfortable but haven't finalized it yet. My team is working on an improvement to the WebJobs publishing experience from VSO. This item is absolutely on our agenda to repair,...

Where i can find user login and password on visual studio online page?

git,visual-studio-online

go to your project https://projectname.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/Projectname/. Click on your name in right upper corner and select edit profile. A pop up will appear . In the pop up you can see GENERAL, LOCAL, ECREDENTIALS, CONNECTIONS 4 tabs . click under credentials . And select Enable alternate credentials and save . Hope...

Could not copy. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process

tfs,msbuild,tfs2012,visual-studio-online,tfs2013

I found the problem. Completely unrelated to the error above. I went into the msbuild log files and found this: Failed to produce diagnostics extension's config for MyRole\diagnostics.wadcfgx. Error : Could not find a part of the path 'd:\a\src...\MyRole\diagnostics.wadcfgx'. Done Building Project "d:\a\src...\MyCloudProject.Cloud.ccproj" (Publish target(s)) -- FAILED. I was missing...

How do I change the local path for VSO?

visual-studio,azure,tfs,visual-studio-online

You need to change the mapping for your workspace. I would shelve all of my changes, then move the workspace by remapping and then do a full get....

Visual Studio Online when someone leaves the company

To add or remove someone from the account, go to the Users hub on the home page for your account. If you remove a user from it, that user will no longer be able to access your account. When users connect to your account, they'll need to take some action...

How can I change the “connect to team server as” user in TFS 2013 server?

tfs,tfsbuild,visual-studio-online,tfs2013,team-build

If you are configuring a local build controller or agent to talk to VSO then this is the correct account. Every VSO account has a "service account" that can be used for unattended access. When you connect the build service it uses your MSA/AAD credentials to retrieve this account and...

Branching Refresh in Visual Studio in TFS Online using Git

git,visual-studio-2013,visual-studio-online,tfs2013

Make sure your fellow developper fetches commits from the team first. Then he/she can create a local branch tracking that new remote branch. See "Visual Studio 2013 git, only Master branch listed" ...

Remove intermediate commit in Visual Studio Online

git,visual-studio-online,git-rewrite-history,tfvc

CAUTION History rewriting can get your source control system in a pretty messed up state. Make sure you have a good backup of your sources in case anything goes wrong. Git Depending on your Team Project setup, the Readme.md is stored in a Git repository you can absolutely rewrite history...

Time tracking in Visual Studio Online

visual-studio-2013,visual-studio-online,time-tracking

When you are creating a Task linked to a Backlog item or a Bug, the field Remaining work is actually in hours. So you can set this to have kind of a time tracking. Unfortunately, there is no way to set the actual time the task took after it is...

Two-step verification for microsoft company account?

azure,office365,visual-studio-online,windows-live

What you need is Multi-Factor Authentication for Azure Active Directory. It is part of AAD Premium features. You can read how to enable and configure it here. And more info on it here. UPDATE As per documentation: Multi-Factor Authentication is now included with Premium and can help you to secure...

Migrate from German TFS to VSO

visual-studio-online,tfs2013,opshub

I'm not certain, but I believe you would still have to rename your Work Item types even if you changed your server to English. Do you need the history in VSO? Would it suffice to export TFS Work Items to Excel, map the fields and import to VSO? Obviously version...

Team Foundation Server script error in vs2012

visual-studio-2012,tfs,visual-studio-online

Visual Studio Online requires IE9 or later. You appear to be using an unsupported browser.

I can't do forecasting on Team Foundation Server

c#,tfs,tfs2012,visual-studio-online,alm

The forecasting module will only forecast selected sprints: ...

C# 6.0 TFS Builds

tfs,visual-studio-online,roslyn,visual-studio-2015,c#-6.0

For the compilation step, you have a couple of options: You can reference the Microsoft.Net.Compilers NuGet package on a per-project basis to use that version of the compilers. You can install the Microsoft Build Tools package that is part of the VS 2015 CTP package without installing all of VS....

Azure Continuous Deployment - Azure SDK Version Requirement

azure,tfs2012,visual-studio-online,continuous-deployment,azure-cloud-services

The build template activity DeployAzureCloudApp from Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Deployment.Worflow.dll references Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll 1.7.0.0. To work around this - we must copy the assembly to the TFS Build Controller folder on the server (where the TFSBuildServiceHost.exe resides). Another option would be to GAC the assembly. Source: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll Azure SDK Path: c:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure.NET SDK\v2.5\bin...

Visual Studio Online one project Team members can access other projects?

tfs,visual-studio-online,collaboration,team-management

It's not a bug based on the current design. The list of available identities that work items can be assigned to is populated with the list of available identities in your entire Visual Studio Online account. It's not limited to only the team members in that team project. It doesn't...

Protecting a git branch in Visual Studio Online

git,visual-studio-online

You can protect MASTER in VSO pretty easily as TFS provides Enterprise Git. In the administration pages under the Version Control tab you can change permission for each published branch. You need to maintain access at the repo level, however on MASTER you can change "Contributor" commit permission to "not...

Team Foundation Online: Source Control - Making Specified Changeset Active

visual-studio-online,visual-studio-2015

TFVC as with other server based source systems users a linear model. Each changeset is a new unique watermark on top of the last one. So 146 is on top of 145. There is no easy to check in on top of another changeset. When you rollback you are effectively...

Visual Studio Online: No Reports on Team Server possible?

excel,visual-studio-2013,tfs,visual-studio-online,tfs2013

Reporting on VSO works differently than on TFS. That button will Lilley never work for VSO. If you go to http://powerbi.com you can pull data from your VSO account and create retorted. It's just source code data for now, but more soon... http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2015/05/04/gain-understanding-and-insights-into-projects-in-visual-studio-online-with-power-bi.aspx...

Visual Studio Online TFS refuses to “source control” filenames starting with $

visual-studio-2012,tfs,visual-studio-online,visual-sourcesafe

The message in the exception is correct. Per Naming Syntax, Conventions, and Limitations: Most names in Team Foundation version control cannot begin or end with spaces or tabs. Any character can be used for names or labels, except ... A dollar sign ($) cannot be the first character in a...

Get sprint capacity through Visual Studio Online Rest API

tfs,visual-studio-online

This is not possible with the test API. You can get a little more either there client API but not much. You should request via http://visualstudio.uservoice.com...

Azure hosted On-prem build controller + VSO: Error TF400106: Failed to register the build service (Exception Message: Could not find service)

azure,tfs,visual-studio-online,tfs2013,build-controller

We have rolled out the fix for this issue. Sorry for the disruption!

Git Commit policy in TFS

git,tfs,visual-studio-online,git-commit

This is not currently supported out of the box. It is however on the product teams backlog and you should vote for it on http://visualstudio.uservoice.com...

Is there a way to easily share Workspace settings (folder mappings) for Visual Studio Online / Team Foundation Server?

tfs,tfs2012,visual-studio-online,checkin

I'll answer my own question: yes, there is an easy way. Install "Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 Power Tools": https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/f017b10c-02b4-4d6d-9845-58a06545627f After installing you will have a new option in Team Explorer: Team Members. Click it. Click "Team Utilities". Click "Add Template". Select the Workspace you want to create...

Avoid check-ins on a closed workitem in TFS

You can if you install the power tools. They add a query policy. You can create and chose any query...

Visual Studio Online, sharing work items, using both Git & TFVC

Currently you can't have both Git and TFVC repo's in the same Team Project. And there's not good support for managing (or replicating) work items across team projects. The best solution today would be to move your .Net code into a Git repo in the same Team Project as your...

Change Visual Studio Online team project source control from TFVC to Git

visual-studio-2013,tfs,tfsbuild,visual-studio-online

Currently No, but they are working on it, no release dates yet. See https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/3612921-support-converting-tfs-online-project-from-tfsvc-t

InstallShield broke TFS Build

InstallShield is not installed on the Hosted Build Services, so you'll have to disable the project for VSO. You don't have to remove it, it's enough to create a new build configuration and untick the "build" option. If you want to build your project including the installer, you'll need to...

How do VSOnline Automated Test Runs/Builds Differ From Local?

unit-testing,msbuild,visual-studio-online

When VSOnline performs a build, the source files are located at c:\a\src\Branch Name\, but when it builds, it builds to the c:\a\bin folder. I'm guessing this is done to help minimize any long path name errors. The build is performed on the same server but the output is different than...

TFS Online Git - CI build on specific folder checkin

git,msbuild,visual-studio-online

No, there is no way to do that. You should split each of your products into it's own Git repository. The only separation that exists inside of a Git repo is for branches. There are git commands to split folders off into their own repo with history....

How to increase Work In Progress (WIP) limit

tfs,visual-studio-online,tfs2013,scrum

On the board, click on Customize columns. The limit is just below the title. ...

Visual Studio Online: How to create a build definition with MVC Unit Testing that accesses a remote server?

sql-server,unit-testing,azure,visual-studio-online,tfs2013

Your unit tests should be able to run without access to an instance of your application. Otherwise It is not a unit test. If you want to fun integration tests then you should avoid doing so during a build. There are tools that are part of visual studio ALM (Microsoft...

Visual studio Online : how to Strcuture

The answer is Nuget. You should package you dal output as a nuget package and push it to a nuget server.a nuget server can be a network share our an application like ProGet. Preferably you have an automated build do there package and push. That makes it easy. Then each...

How to create Multiple Project Collection in Visual Studio Online?

msbuild,nuget,visual-studio-online,tfs2013,nuget-package-restore

The supported way to create multiple collections in VSO is to use multiple accounts. You can use your same MSDN subscription across all accounts and you can use the same AAD for single sign-on.

VisualStudioOnline NuGet Restore now built in?

This was a change in TFS 2013 Update 2 and is reflected in VS, TFS, and VSO...

What is the difference between Application Insights on VS Online or Azure?

azure,visual-studio-online,ms-application-insights,az-application-insights

I asked it on MSDN Forum and got the complete answer. Here it is. Application Insights for VSO is an older version of Application Insights. At this point all new Application Insights account are created in Azure portal and going forward Application Insights for VSO will not be supported. From...

How to Reassign Work Items in Visual Studio Online?

tfs,visual-studio-2013,visual-studio-online

The new identity control was deployed with the Sprint 74 release. You can simply start typing their name or part of their name & click Search. Over time, you'll have a Most Recently Used (MRU) list built-up with the people you commonly assign work items to. The new identity control...

VS Online Build - Publish to local NuGet feed

nuget,build-process,visual-studio-online

In order to get access to local resources you either need to make it available online or use a local build server. You can create private AAD integrated nugget servers with MyGet. ...

Getting git items for a particular branch/tag via TFS rest api

tfs,visual-studio-online,tfs2015

Yes you can. As or the link that you have above you can use the provided so to retrieve both branches and yes. In git they are really all the same thing, pointers. This use the "refs" api. https://www.visualstudio.com/integrate/api/git/refs...

Missing Mapping Pane for Agile Portfolio Management in Visual Studio Online

tfs,visual-studio-online

Update: The backlog hierarchy features in Visual Studio Online were moved down to the Basic level and every account includes five free basic licenses. This should now start showing up for everyone. Is your user account assigned a Visual Studio Online Advanced user plan or an eligible MSDN Subscription?...

Why choose VSO over IaaS TFS 2013/15

azure,visual-studio-online,azure-cloud-services

I wrote a post a fre months ago on that very subject but: http://nakedalm.com/benefits-visual-studio-online-enterprise/ Its more secure - MS, while a biger target, spend hundreds of millions on security Better support & SLA - SAAS provides you with support and uptime for the application, not just the hardware. The experts...

Deploy Azure Cloud Service from Visual Studio Online

We finally succeeded with "Azure PowerShell" generic build step and the custom PS script that uses Azure API to create/update Azure deployment (New-AzureDeployment, Set-AzureDeployment). The great article that contains the full script is here: http://www.kenneth-truyers.net/2014/02/06/deploying-cloud-services-to-azure-with-powershell/....

VSO: Single project with a tiered area structure?

tfs,tfs2010,tfs2012,visual-studio-online,tfs2013

There is no way to hide the Product layers, however you can do something about permissions and defaults. Permissions You can set permissions directly on Area Paths. This allows you to restrict visibility or write access into the contents of an area path. If you open the Area Path manager...

The item $//Drops may not be cloaked because it does not have a mapped parent. (type WorkingFolderException)

continuous-integration,tfsbuild,visual-studio-online

You are getting the error as you don't have $/[collection]\drops mapped and thus can't cloak it. It is also worth point out that you need to have a $[collection][teamProject] in the path as "drops" is not valid at that level unless you have a team project called drops. In addition...

Adding users to Visual Studio Online so they are on all projects

visual-studio-2013,tfs,visual-studio-online,tfs2013

This is not possible out of the box. The closest you can get would be to create a "Unber_Contributors" at the collection level and add that to "Contributers" after the team project has been created. You could also use the API to add permissions with PowerShell and have a script...

TF10175: The My Project team project does not exist

I tried everything. What eventually worked was deleting my workspace and recreating it. A very frustrating issue....

using both TFS online and Codeplex for repository

tfs,open-source,visual-studio-online,codeplex

There is not currently a way to share Any VSO content publically. However, if you use Git as your VCS in VSO you can easily add two Origins and push to both with "git push -all". If your codeplex repo is also git you can easily share....

Visual Studio online project does not recognize that it has local Git repository?

git,version-control,visual-studio-2013,visual-studio-online

This is strange - when I closed and reopened Visual Studio 2013, now Visual Studio recognizes that my Team project HAS already local repository This seems strange, because if I have Visual Studio with team project open and I do some changes from poweshell client - they ARE reflected in...

how to create sub task in Visual Studio Online API

visual-studio-2010,visual-studio-online,vso-rest-api

You use the same so that added the user story to add a task. Then you add a link from the team to its parent. https://www.visualstudio.com/integrate/api/wit/work-items#addalink The doc above does how to create a task with a link using the REST API....

TF30063: You are not authorized to access - Visual Studio Online

visual-studio-2013,tfs,build-process,visual-studio-online

The problem seems to be resolved after establishing the connection via Test Explorer. After establishing the connection in Team Explorer 2013. I was able to choose the VSO collection in the build/test service configuration without experiancing the issue. In conclusion before you configure the build/test tools install Test Explorer and...

How to add a work item tag within Visual Studio 2013 IDE?

tfs,visual-studio-2013,visual-studio-online,tfs-workitem

Adding and editing tags in Visual Studio 2013 has been enabled in Update 2. I'm currently running Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 and the functionality is available there. Make sure you download and install the latest version of Visual Studio 2013 to get access to the latest goods....

OpsHub: ERROR Object reference not set to an instance of an object

tfs,visual-studio-online,opshub

The Migration Utility expects "Project Collection Service Accounts" to be present in the VSO account Groups which is created by default when you create your VSO account, but due to some unknown issue some accounts created between the specific date this group was created as "Team Foundation Service Accounts" as...

Build Definition: Copying the build output to the server?

azure,tfs,tfs2012,visual-studio-online

The Copy build output to the server will put the output of the build as a zip file attached the build that can be downloaded later. In a situation where you don't care about the build output because you have it setup to continuously deploy to Azure (or some other...

TFS Online build server post build scripts not available

tfs,tfsbuild,visual-studio-online

Build process parameters are surfaced by the build process template. Build process templates in existing projects don't get upgraded because of the potential to break customizations, that's why you're not seeing the new parameters. To get the new build process template, you could create a new team project, create a...

Projects number limitation in free Visual Studio Online?

tfs,visual-studio-online,release-management

Every Visual Studio Online account is allowed an unlimited number of team projects, private repos, work items, test plans, etc. The only charges are if you have more than 5 users, if you need Advanced features for a user, or if you use any of the shared services like the...

Iterations with multiple releases in TFS

I've worked around this limitation by iteration splitting the branches into different child nodes of the iteration. After all, there isn't really the concept of "type" in the tree, so the nodes can be anything you want. Backlog Version 2.0 Backlog Iteration 1 Maintenance Release 1 Version 2.0 Roll-up Iteration...

VSO - 2 factor authentication

.net,visual-studio-online,release-management,azure-virtual-machine,ms-release-management

Each user needs to configure two factor themselves. Send them to http://account.live.com.

TFS / Visual Studio Online build definition backup

tfs,visual-studio-online

Thanks to jessehouwing, and some further web searches, the following works: tfpt builddefinition /dump "<projName>\<buildDefName>" /collection:https://<myOrg>.visualstudio.com/defaultcollection /filepath:<pathToBackup> If you get this error: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyTo ken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. You need to copy Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.dll...

Connect Deployment Agent to Visual Studio Online if not part of domain

With Visual Studio Online you neither need a Release Management server, nor a deployment agent. If you open up the Release Management Client and connect to https://youraccount.visualstudioonline.com you will be automatically configured for Release Management Online. You can then link the RM online server to your azure account and deploy...

Code reviews - The active team project could not be reached. Code Review cannot be requested

visual-studio-2013,code-review,visual-studio-online

All. This was a bug that was fixed by Microsoft...

Visual Studio Online Local Backup?

azure,visual-studio-online

Take a look over at the discussion on this StackOverflow question: Is There A Way To Backup Visual Studio Online Projects? Here is Richard's answer: There's no out of the box backup ability. Now, if you are only referring to source control, and not work items, pull requests, builds, test...

How to Deploy a Build in Visual Studio Online

The Deployed tab is if you are setting up the continuous deployment workflow to Azure as described here. Another method is trying the Release Management Service in Visual Studio Online and you can get started here. You will need Visual Studio Premium or Visual Studio Ultimate to get access to...

Visual Studio and Release Manager

visual-studio-online,release-management,ms-release-management

Okay, there are a few pieces of the puzzle here: The Release Management client has to be on Update 4 (or later, when RM 2015 comes out later this year). If you're using Visual Studio Online, on-prem Release Management cannot talk to it. It's a weird limitation, but there it...

Error during deployment to azure from visual studio online

azure,tfs,visual-studio-online

I was able to fix it by changing the Build Agent Folder to something that involves $(SourceDir).

How to disable visualstudio.com stored project's multiple check-out default effect all users?

checkout,visual-studio-online

If users have Server Workspaces you can configure this via Team Explorer. If you connect to a Team Project and click Settings, then Version Control you should see the options that you are looking for. This setting affects all users of that team project. You will need to set it...

Integrate Visual Studio online Git Repository to Android Studio 1.0.2

android,git,android-studio,visual-studio-online

First you need to create a Team Project in Visual Studio Online that is configured to use Git as it's Source Control Repository: So, log on to you VSO account (or create one if you don't have one yet): Create a new project from the dashboard: In the "New Project...

Visual Studio Azure build definition: what exactly is a 'Webspace'?

azure,visual-studio-online

A webspace is just a logical container of sites inside a scale unit (selected automatically based on available capacity) in a geographical region. The API version used in VSO limits only one webspace per region (enforced through naming convention: Region + "webspace"). However you can use the following API to...

VSO and multiple projects for a single product team

tfs,agile,visual-studio-online,tfs2013,scrum

You should have both teams in the same team project. You c Dan create multiple teams that all exist within the same team project and get their own backlogs. http://nakedalm.com/creating-nested-teams-visual-studio-alm/ Most of my customers have moved to a single team project and I have a simple rule: "If you have...

How do I install a SQL Server on the hosted build agent in Visual Studio Online?

sql-server,unit-testing,tfs,tfsbuild,visual-studio-online

Thanks for all your help. I contacted @tamasf who is one of the developers for the Effort Testing Tool for Entity Framework, and he told me that Effort Testing Tool only needs to know about he EDMX file in order mock Entity Framework ( which means Database won't need to...

OpsHub TFS To Visual Studio Online Migration Utility - TFS_Temp folder

tfs,visual-studio-online,opshub

The TFS_Temp is the folder which the utility maps to an additional drive for the system (usually O:\ by default, and additional ones if the path is too long for some files). This is where the utility creates a workspace of your VSO. And the migration utility utilizes this space...

Extra sprint backlog columns in Visual Studio Online

tfs,visual-studio-online,scrum

You probably have one team (or project) configured to have bugs on the backlog as requirements, and another team/project configured to have bugs on the backlog as tasks. Bugs have a different set of states, so if you treat bugs as tasks, the board will show two sets of states:...

Visualstudio.com: Identity not verified

security,ssl,encryption,cryptography,visual-studio-online

Because the SSL certificate used by Microsoft doesn't have the Audit records that verify that the certificate was really handed out to the organisation claiming to be VisualStudio.com or Microsoft. I don't know why Microsoft chose such a certificate, but it's not uncommon. I suspect it is because while the...

Move local VS project GIT to Team visual studio on-line project GIT

git,visual-studio-2013,visual-studio-online

You have to create the project in Visual Studio on-line in order to push your code there. Do that first. IT NEEDS TO HAVE THE SAME NAME After the project is created you will have this screen. The important parts are in red. Note from VS local you can open...

amend all comments of all commits of a repository

visual-studio-online,libgit2sharp

I think you might rather be after some git filter-branch like feature. LibGit2Sharp exposes this through the HistoryRewriter type. You can peek at the FilterBranchFixture test suite for inspiration....

Get GIT repo ID by commit ID with Visual Studio Online

In Git a commit hash is unique (it's cryptographically calculated) to the history graph. When you push a commit from one repository to another, the hash stays the same. You can push the same commit (with the same unique hash) to multiple remote repositories. This will result in the same...

'Sharing' class libraries in Visual Studio Online source control

azure,visual-studio-2013,continuous-integration,visual-studio-online

Thanks for the responses. We actually found a solution that works well for us. We branch our framework project into the implementation projects when we want access to the code base. If not we just use the DLLs If it is then altered and checked into the implementation project it...

Visual Studio Online Continuous Integration Build fails unexpectedly

I have recreated the publish profile to fix the error: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cloud-services-continuous-delivery-use-vso/ You could as well switch to TfvcContinuousDeploymentTemplate.12.xaml template manually, looks like the AzureContinuousDeployment.11.xaml template isn't compatible with latest updates....

Remove TFS process template customizatons

tfs,visual-studio-online,build-process-template

You need to do a few things... 1) identify your process template User Story = MSF for Agile Requirement = MSF for CMMI Product Backlog Item = Scrum 2) Connect to VSO and download the relevant process template. 3) Use "witadmin.exe" to upload the defaults for Work Item Types, Categories,...

AzureContinuousDeployment.11.xaml vs TfvcContinuousDeploymentTemplate.12.xaml

azure,msbuild,tfsbuild,azure-web-roles,visual-studio-online

So, these settings can actually be specified in the Windows Azure Deployment Environment field in the build definition. More information can be found in my Stackoverflow post here. I still don't know what the difference is between these two templates....

How to set up a symbol server for Visual Studio Online

visual-studio,visual-studio-2013,visual-studio-online

Visual Studio Online doesn't currently have Symbol Server support built-in to host the symbol server itself. You may be interested in this User Voice item so feel free to add votes to it. Essentially, if you have your own build servers connected to Visual Studio Online, you'll want to give...

Reestablishing branch relationships in TFS

visual-studio-2013,tfs,visual-studio-online

You need to reparent the branch. You can do this under the "Branching and Merging" menu on the context-sensitive menu when you right click on a folder in the Source Control Explorer.

How can I allow only certain people to commit in Visual Studio Online?