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When you create a new project in Team Foundation Server, new project-level groups are created for that project, by default, and are assigned permissions to access resources appropriate to that group. To customize projects to better suit your business needs, you must understand what permissions are assigned to which users and groups by default, and ...

Authorization for user actions, such as workspace administration and project creation, are determined by permissions. When you create a project in Team Foundation Server, four default groups are created for that project regardless of your choice of process template. By default, each of these groups has a set of permissions defined for them that gov...

In response to a request for information from Earl dated 12/22/05 asking: "Do you have any documentations regarding migration of the VSS6 to Team System...?  We have two thorough walkthroughs on this two step process; preparation and then migration. Thanks for the request Earl.-Lisa

The Team Foundation Visual SourceSafe converter tool transfers files, folders, version history, and user information from a Visual SourceSafe database to a Team Foundation source control server. Before you move your files and historical information to Team Foundation, you should analyze and make a backup copy of the database, check in as many files...

The Team Foundation source control proxy is designed to boost network performance by caching copies of source control files in a remote location, local to the developer needing the files but away from the main source control location. By storing copies in the remote location, typically connected to the source location through a slower link than you...

In response to a post from Tony dated 12/16/05 (sorry for the delay, I was on a skiing vaca) asking: "do you have anything on team foundation server source control for geographically dispersed development?"... Team Foundation Server provides support for distributed teams to use source control through the Team Foundation Server proxy. The proxy mana...

Team Foundation source control can be configured to provide enhanced performance for distributed teams by using proxy servers. The proxy server caches copies of source control files in the location of the distributed team, therefore significantly reducing the bandwidth-intensive operation of downloading files into a user’s workspace.Note ...

The Team Foundation Server Proxy has a separate XML configuration file that maintains information required for the proxy configuration. This topic describes the nodes found in this file and their effect on the Team Foundation Server Proxy configuration.Team Foundation Server Proxy Config NodesThe following XML nodes are found in the Team Foundation...

Hi, I'm Chris.  I'm the new documentation manager for Team Foundation.  This post is dedicated to helping you get more familiar with merging and branching Team Foundation Server projects. Let us know what more we can post for you.-Chris

Branching is a feature that allows a collection of files to evolve in two or more divergent paths. Branching is frequently used when teams have to maintain two or more similar code bases, as can occur when a product is released and work must begin on the next version.Branching in Team Foundation source control is analogous to a file system copy ope...