TFS

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) is the collaboration platform at the core of Microsoft's application lifecycle management (ALM) solution.

For more information on using TFS, see the Microsoft documentation.

Select TFS from the Source Config Type drop-down list box and then configure the type-specific fields described here. For information about creating components, see Create components.

Prerequisites

Before you can use TFS source configuration type, ensure the following prerequisites are met.

• An executable named tftoolxxxx.exe (where xxxx is the version of TFS, and can be 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, or 2017) must be installed on the Deployment Automation server.

  The Deployment Automation server installer in Deployment Automation version 5.1.5 and later automatically installs the supported tftool executables. These are placed in the Deployment Automation server tools\tfs directory in folders that match each exe name. For example, the tftool2013.exe is installed here by default:

  C:\Program Files\Micro Focus\Deployment Automation Server \tools\tfs\tftool2013\tftool2013.exe

• The Deployment Automation server and the TFS software must be installed on the same machine, because there are certain TFS DLL files required by the tftool executable.

• The installation folder is specified in the tfsToolLocation property in the server installation's conf\server\installed.properties file, so there is no need to include this in the Path variable.

  If the tftool executable is not found in the in designated folder, an error message similar to the following will appear:

  "You must provide a valid TFS tool; C:\Program Files\Micro Focus\Deployment Automation Server \tools\tfs\tftool2013\tftool2013.exe was not found."

• If you upgraded or reinstalled and selected the Use Existing Settings option on the General Program Settings panel during installation, the tfsToolLocation property may not be set in the server installation's conf\server\installed.properties file. In that case, you'll need to add the property to the file manually and set it to the directory path where your tftool executables reside. For example:

  tfsToolLocation=C:\Program Files\Micro Focus\Deployment Automation Server \tools\tfs

TFS Fields Table

Field	Description
TFS URL	Specify the TFS server URL. For example: http://tfs2013:8080/tfs/mycollection
TFS Version	Select the version of the TFS libraries that you want to use. These are listed from those installed on the Deployment Automation server. See the Prerequisites for details. Note: Use 2015 or 2017 with the TFS source configuration type only if you are using XAML builds. Otherwise, see TFS vNext.
TFS Username	Specify a username if you need to use different credentials than the ones used for the Deployment Automation process.
TFS Password	Specify a password if you specified a username.
TFS Team Project	The name of the TFS team project where the build definition resides
Build Definition	The name of the build definition to monitor for new builds
Build Status	Limit builds to a given status.
Build Quality	Limit builds to a given build quality.
Directory Offset	Directory offset within the root of the build artifacts
File Includes	Specify a new-line-separated list of files to include. Leave blank or use **/* to include all.
File Excludes	Specify a new-line-separated list of files to exclude.