How to login automatically to our TFS server from Windows7

Posted by on February 16, 2012 No comments

You can use the following steps to let your visual studio or other windows based tools you have in your PC to connect directly to the TFS without asking you to provide credentials, this solution is also applied to other services such as SharePoint and Project Server.

1- Open the control panel then click on “User Accounts and Family Safety”


2- Click on “Credentials Manager”

3- go to the left bottom of the window and click on “Add a Windows credentials” link from


4- Enter the TFS address and your credentials(Make sure to do the same steps again for the SharePoint url)

5- Now open your visual studio and open your project, the visual studio will login automatically to
the server.

How to create a new TFS project under your collection?

Posted by on February 16, 2012 No comments

Hello,

If you want to create a new project under one of your TFS collections please do the following steps

1- Open the Visual Studio and make sure you are connected to the TFS (For more information about how to connect to the TFS for the first time please check this post http://blogs.devindu.com/?p=1 )

2- From the team explorer tool window click on the root node “tfs1.devdom.devindu.com” using the left mouse button

3- Select “New Team Project” from the popup menu

 
4- Go through the wizard steps to create the new project and select one of the templates

5- Select the template you want for your project, if the “Scrum Template” is not installed you can upload it using visual studio

How to connect to our TFS server for the first time?

Posted by on February 8, 2012 No comments

Connect Your Visual Studio to TFS:
To connect to the TFS from Visual Studio please use the following information as shown in the below image:

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Server Url: tfs1.devdom.devindu.com
Port: 80 for http connection (change the default value from 8080 to 80)
Port: 443 for https connection

Once you connect successfully to the TFS from your visual studio, you can create your first TFS Team Project using the Team Explorer tool window and then add your solution/project files to the TSF.

The server will ask you about your credentials, so please provide the username and password in below format
Username: devdom\AccXXX_ABCDEFGH

We will send welcome email upon purchase, it contains all credentials you need to login to our servers and the control panel.

TFS Web Access:
To access the TFS from the web browser please use the URL we sent in our welcome email, the following URLs are similar to what you should use with the same username and password:
Secure Web Based TFS Url: https://tfsX.devdom.devindu.com/tfs
Normal Web Based TFS Url: http://tfsX.devdom.devindu.com/tfs

SharePoint:
To access your SharePoint website please use the following URL with the same username and password:
SharePoint Site Url is similar to this one and will be sent to you in your welcome email: http://wssX.devdom.devindu.com/AccXXX

The Control Panel:
This control panel shows information/services related to your account and it is the online tool to let you manage your account users(if you have more than 1 user) and also to change your current password.
Url: https://www.devindu.com/d_cp/plans/
(Note: to login to the control panel please use the username and password without the domain)

If you have any question please contact us by email or via our support system https://www.devindu.com/Support/Submit_Ticket.aspx