Solution:

• Login to your Team Foundation Server web portal (https://<server Name>:8080/tfs/).
• Navigate to home page -> profile -> security menu
• Click on personal access token menu
• Click on Add button
• Enter the Description, Expires In (lifespan) and Accounts details for your token
• Click on Create button

Exception:

An error occurred during download: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find the specified file

Explanation:

This exception may occur while the release trying to download the build artifacts which has long path.

Workaround:

Reduce the length of the path and try again

Explanation:

• Install Release Management Utility tasks extension
• Write a PS script to capture the tasks execution result in a XML file

Note: Sample script to get the tasks execution result is available at Release Management Utility tasks extension site.

• Add “Deploy: PowerShell for rollback” task and configure the task to execute the above mentioned PS script.
  Add "Deploy: Windows Machine File Copy" task and configure the task to copy the generated XML file to deployment\target server(s)
• Write a PowerShell script to parse the generated XML file and perform the rollback activates based on the tasks execution result.
• Add "Deploy: PowerShell on Target Machines" task and configure the task to execute the above mentioned PS script on deployment\target server(s)

Note: Make sure you enable “Run Always” control option for the mentioned tasks.

Exception:

PS D:\> Start-ScheduledTask -TaskName SynchronizeTime

Start-ScheduledTask : The system cannot find the file specified.
At line:1 char:1
+ Start-ScheduledTask Update-MyHelp -Starttings $s
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (PS_ScheduledTask:Root/Microsoft/…S_ScheduledTask) [Start-ScheduledTask]
   , CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070002,Start-ScheduledTask

Explanation:

I got the above exception while working with Scheduled Task Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell.

Solution:

Adding TaskPath parameter resolved the issue.

PS D:\> $path = (Get-ScheduledTask SynchronizeTime).TaskPath
PS D:\> Start-ScheduledTask -TaskName SynchronizeTime -TaskPath $path 

Solution:

1. Open PowerShell console window

2. Execute test-wsman -ComputerName <Remote Computer Name>