Missing files in MSDeploy package

Problem If you create an MSDeploy package for a SharePoint or O365 AddIn (a.k.a App) in a team build the package does not include all files (like i.e. language resources). Reason This seems to be a bug in MSDeploy. If you build the app only with /p:Ispackaging=True everything works fine. You get a web package inside the app.publish folder that contains all files. If you work with multiple Publishing Profiles and specify an explicit profile strange things happen. /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:PublishProfile=NameOfPackageProfile You still get the package but if you look inside the package the folders are missing. Solution If you can … Continue reading Missing files in MSDeploy package

Release management trial license has expired

The license of the Release Management Server at one of my client expired multiple times. This time I was really sure that I had installed the correct version from MSDN. When I looked around I found the answer on msdn. As it turned out the problem is not, that the license had expired. The user under which the application pool is running has to load a user profile to read the license. This can be configured in iis. Continue reading Release management trial license has expired

Bugs not on the backlog after Update

If you Update yout TFS on premise from 2013 to 2015 or from 2015 to 2015 Update 1 you might experience that your bugs are no longer displayed in your backlog. This is can now be configured for individual teams. Open the settings for your project. Click on the team that you want to configure. Got to settings and configure how the bugs are handled in the backlog of the team. The bugs then appear again on your backlog. What you shouldn’t do is modify the workitem categories like some posts suggest. If you do this you will lose the capability … Continue reading Bugs not on the backlog after Update