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Comment: Info about upgrade from <5.2 to 6.0.2

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  • View collection-level information for the selected collection. Lack of this permission usually manifests as error message when running TFS / VSTS connection test, although sometimes it's not the case (the test passes, but TFS quietly returns no results). How to set the permission:

    • Visual Studio 2010/2012: Team -> Team Project Collection Settings -> Security

  • Read permission for the selected folder. How to set the permission:
    • Visual Studio 2010: View -> Other Windows -> Source Control Explorer -> Right click on the folder -> Properties ->  Security
    • Visual Studio 2012: View -> Other Windows -> Source Control Explorer -> Right click on the folder -> Advanced -> Security

Also, please verify that your TFS4JIRA plugin version is 1.7.5 or newer as previous versions contained a critical bug.

TFS4JIRA Synchronizer installation

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You need to run following command in console:  %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd unlock config -section:system.webServer/modules

TFS4JIRA Synchronizer installer finished without any complaints but I get "HTTP 500" error on static files (*.js, *.css) when I navigate to the application site.

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There check if StartMode is set to "AlwaysRunning" and Idle Time-out is set to 0

TFS4JIRA Synchronizer upgrade

Upgrade finished without any complaints but the only working page is Log, and I see "(0x80004005): The foreign key constraint does not exist. [ PK___MigrationHistory ]" error in the log

Direct upgrade from version 5.1.x or older to version 6.0.2 or newer is not possible. You have to upgrade Synchronizer in two steps. First uninstall your current version and install Synchronizer version 6.0.0 (Web installer, Offline installer), make sure it works and then upgrade to newest version.

TFS-JIRA issues synchronization (TFS4JIRA Synchronizer)

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Not all of the values from TFS / VSTS are visible on the mappings screen (for example only subset of State fields can be chosen).

Remove folder  <synchronizer_path>\App_Data\TFSClientCache  and check again if all of the TFS / VSTS values are on the list now.

I want to synchronize only JIRA Issues and TFS / VSTS Work Items of some types and ignore other items.

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