Tag Archives: #tfs2015

Versioning your database packages (.dacpac) with the new Build Agent

October 30, 2016 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


If you’re interested in versioning your database packages with the new build agent here is an easy way to get started.  I started off with the following PowerShell example of a build script from the Visual Studio product groups’ build docs for versioning C# and VB projects and made a few tweaks to update the relevant XML […]

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SQL Server, Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio Team Services
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TFS15 RC2 Upgrade with SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn

October 29, 2016 by Wes MacDonald 1 Comment


Upgrading is very straight forward, improvements were done in .NET 4.6.1 related to the MultisubnetFailover and AlwaysOn.  Here is the section from the .NET team this blog post that is relevant for SQL AlwaysOn.  The connection string in TFS still sets MultisubnetFailover to true but it is no longer required any longer. Improve MultisubnetFailover connection […]

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SQL Server, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016, Team Foundation Server
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TFS Install with SQL Server 2016 AlwaysOn

October 24, 2016 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


If you’re curious about the steps to install TFS with SQL Server AlwaysOn I will be going through them and it’s really very easy.  This blog post assumes the availability group and listener is already up and running. Windows Server 2016 One new features I loved was I could now use a Cloud Witness as […]

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SQL Server, SQL Server 2016, Team Foundation Server, Windows Azure, Windows Server, Windows Server 2016
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