How to Access Team Foundation Server (Tfs) from Linux

How to access Team Foundation Server (TFS) from Linux

Not free, but if you use Eclipse TeamPrise Microsoft has a plugin to connect to TFS, Team Explorer Everywhere, download at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30661. There is also a Java-based command line client that should work on Linux.

How to use a Ubuntu Server for TFS Builds

1. You need to create a service account to run the build. To configure the build agent, suggest you to use a local account. If you want to run the agent as service mode on Ubuntu server, after registered with the on premise TFS server, the build agent is still online, you need to manually stat the service.

For more details about install TFS2017 Build Agent on Ubuntu Linux server, suggest you go through this wonderful tutorial(page105~118) from Ben.

2. A workaround for this is directly publish Build Artifacts to Team Foundation Server. And then download the build artifacts to the on premise file system.

Check out a repository from TFS via the command line

The 8080 port is used for the on-premise TFS Server. If you are using Visual Studio Team Service, you need to remove it from the URL.

Try with following URL:

/collection:https://<YOURAccount>.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection

Access levels configuration tab not visible in TFS 2015

To see the Access levels tab, you need to add the user to Team Foundation Administrators group

If you don't see the Access levels tab, you aren't a TFS administrator
and don't have permission. Here's how to get permissions (Add
administrators to TFS).

You can quickly grant these permissions to administrators by adding them to the Team Foundation Administrators group from TFS administration console in Team Foundation Server (TFS).

Follow the steps mentioned in this link : Add administrators to TFS:

1. On the application-tier server, add the user to the local
   Administrators group.

2. In the TFS administration console and add the user to the set of
   users who can run the administration console.

   • Make sure you have selected the Add user to Team Foundation Administrators group item.

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