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IntroductionThis topic describes how you can increase the capacity of your Team Foundation Server data-tier by moving the SQL Server Analysis Services database to a separate server. After you complete this procedure, the data-tier will be composed of two computers: the relational data-tier server, and the analysis services data-tier server.Before y...

The instructions for moving the TFS cube database to another server are available at http://blogs.msdn.com/vstsue/articles/774113.aspx.

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Recently we noticed a trend as we’ve been reviewing all of the feedback sent in about various help topics. Occasionally an individual will be following a How to procedure, or walkthrough, and get stuck. We receive feedback explaining that a menu option was grayed out, or something was missing. Often the answer is that the individual did not h...

We received this question from Gary: I am a bit new to Team Server world. I was asked the question on how would I retrieve all the files that are currently checked out and by whom. This lead to my wandering around VS and the internet for a while and not being able to see an easy solution. So that is where this email comes in. How would I search the...

You've probably noticed the ratings at the bottom of the help topics on MSDN. You may have rated and commented on articles and wondered what happens with that feedback. I can tell you what I do as a writer for Team Foundation. It's pretty consistent with how other writers use this feedback. (The developer division pulls all of this data into a dat...

Over the last few months I’ve been investigating how our team can improve our understanding of our documentation process, and how we might be able to make improvements using principles from Theory of Constraints. I’ve also been reading David Anderson’s book, “Agile Management for Software Engineering.” His book has great diagrams that model a syste...

Visual Studio Team System 2005 includes two process templates: MSF for Agile Software Development and MSF for CMMI Process Improvement. Each of these processes may be customized and used to develop software in projects. As process templates are customized, the corresponding process guidance should be updated to address any changes that were made.Fo...

We got a comment with this question:"is there a way by which i can restore only a specific team project related data or its associated files from a full backup?" Unfortunately, in Team Foundation Version 1.0, you cannot restore a single team project from a backup. However, the product team is considering this feature for the next version....

We received the following e-mail from khurram:"I am using VSTS Workgroup Edition, and want to enforce certain policies to Work Items in Project eg- Project Administrator can update "any" work item- Only "Assigned" person can mark the work item "Resolved"- Unless "Planned Hours" or other certain field is populated work item cannot be marked "Resolve...