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Linking TFS 2008 to an existing external WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007

Now that my TFS 2008 runs smooth, I like to move use the WSS 3.0 portal that I already have in place. Because after the upgrade process, TFS was still linked to the old WSS 2.0 on that machine (because TFS2005 could only link to a local WSS 2.0).

For me, the benefits of linking TFS 2008 to the WSS 3.0 on the other server are:

  • Better integration;
  • Only one WSS instance. Easier maintenance;
  • Better use of resources. Now I can uninstall WSS 2.0;

I changed 4 records in the TFSIntegration database, tbl_service_interface table:

Name URL
BaseServerUrl http://<wssserver>
BaseSiteUnc \\<wssserver>\Sites
BaseSiteUrl http://<wssserver>/sites
WssAdminservice http://<wssserver>:<adminpoort>/_vti_bin/admin.asmx

 

The next step is to move the TFS databases and OLAP to the same server as where my WSS runs. If I succeed in that, I can also uninstall an instance of SQL Server, Reporting Services and Analysis Services.

Print | posted on Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:00 AM |

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