Impact:

1. History displays all changes to Rev field through service account when iteration path nodes are modified
2. Changed date and Changed by field values are updated automatically

Reason:

This issue occur when we rename, move, or make any changes to the iteration path nodes in TFS web portal settings.

More Details

Exceptions:

Client exception: TF31002 : Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server

Server exception:  Could not load type 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server.WebAccess.Routing.SupportedRouteAreaAttribute' from assembly 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server.WebAccess, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.

Explanation:

Looks like there are compatibility issues with Urban Turtle 4.16 or earlier with TFS 2013 Update 2. You will see the above exceptions, as soon as you apply update 2 on TFS 2013 server with Urban Turtle 4.16 installed.

Solution:

You need to uninstall Urban Turtle 4.16 or earlier and install Urban Turtle 4.16.1. You will end up with the following error while uninstalling Urban Turtle 4.16 after applying Update 2. 

Urban Turtle 4.16 is not compatible with this version of Team Foundation Server 2013. Please make sure that you are running Team Foundation Server 2013 (RTM, build 21005.01) or download a compatible version from our website.

Workaround to uninstall Urban Turtle 4.16 or earlier: 

1. Use TFSServiceControl quiesce command to ensure that all necessary operations, services, and application pools are stopped for maintenance tasks

• TFSServiceControl quiesce

2.Launch the Registry Editor (c:\windows\regedit.exe)

2.Navigate to key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\TeamFoundationServer\12.0'

3.Double-click on the 'BuildNumber' entry

4.Change the value to 21005.01

5.Uninstall Urban Turtle 4.16

6.Restore the value of 'BuildNumber' back to '30324.00'

7. Use TFSServiceControl unquiesce command to start all necessary operations, services, and application pools for TFS

• TFSServiceControl unquiesce 

8.Install Urban Turtle 4.16.1

Reference

STEPS:

1. Log on to your TFS App tier

Note : Make sure you had backed up all databases related to TFS before installing the update

2. Use TFSServiceControl quiesce command to ensure that all necessary operations, services, and application pools are stopped for maintenance tasks

• TFSServiceControl quiesce

3. Install the update.

4. Run the TFS Admin console tool to configure the TFS App Tier for installed update.

5. Use TFSServiceControl unquiesce command to start all necessary operations, services, and application pools for TFS

• TFSServiceControl unquiesce 

If you have multiple app tier(s), proceed with step 1 to 3 on each app tier one by one first and then proceed with step 4 and 5 on each app tier one by one.

Explanation:

TFS user was not able to connect to TFS through Eclipse plugin from linux box. TFS connection hangs forever. When I tried to debug, I found the user was not able connect to intranet\internet within Eclipse IDE.

Solution:

Enabled the proxy settings in the Eclipse IDE. Following are the steps

1. Open Eclipse

2. Go to "Windows" --> " Preferences" menu

3. Expand "general"

4. Select  "Network Connections"

5. Select "Active Provider" as manual

6. Select " HTTP " --> click "Edit"  --> Enter Host as "Your proxy server" and port as "Your proxy server port (usually 80)" --> click "ok" --> click "ok" --> click "apply"

7. Restart "Eclipse"

8. Try connecting to TFS Server.

Solution:

• Open Excel
• Click on “File” --> “Option” menu
• Click on “Add-Ins”
• Search for “Team Foundation Add-in”
• If you see “Team Foundation Add-in” under “Disabled Application Add-in”
• Select “Disabled Items” and click “Go” button  
•  
• Select “Team Foundation Add-in” and click “Enable”
•  
• Close and reopen excel