TF42006 — invalid permissions for build account

After upgrading TFS2008 to TFS2010 it happened a few times that builds were failing on the build server(s) due to error TF42006.

TF42006: The build service could not get the project file for build definition X. Ensure the…

Required permission for TFS 2010 Backup Plan

While setting up a TFS Backup Plan (part of the TFS 2010 Power Tools) on a new Team Foundation Server, I ran into a security issue.

TFS 2010 Team Project Security Management

Setting up security for all Team Projects on all involved TFS Components (TFS, SharePoint and SQL Reporting Services) for all individual users might be quite frustrating and error-prone from time to time.

The importance of Continuous Building/Integration

Automatically triggering a build after each check-in (continuous integration option in TFS Build Definitions) in a development branch is a good practice that nowadays needs less explanation than a few years ago. Many development teams seem to…

TFS 2010: Virus Scan file/folder exclusions

At several customers I have seen that some Virus Scan Systems (no names) have a serious negative impact on the performance of Team Foundation Server. Especially the Build Server may be an easy target for the Virus Scanning actions.

Going beyond nice and easy installation scenarios of TFS 2010

The TFS product team has done a great job in facilitating the installation/configuration of Team Foundation Server 2010, but don’t get too excited about all this. Some scenarios are still a real challenge to complete…