TFS: Installation using DNS aliases – Part 3 : Team Foundation Server

TFS: Installation using DNS aliases – Part 3 : Team Foundation Server

This post is part of a series on how to install and configure Team Foundation Server using DNS aliases for it’s components:


In this post we’ll see how to configure Team Foundation Server to use the DNS aliases for the database and SharePoint. Here’s the aliases i’ll be using for this tutorial:

  • SQL Server : sql01.demo.local
  • Analysis Services : analysis01.demo.local
  • Reporting Services : reporting01.demo.local
  • SharePoint : sharepoint01.demo.local
  • Team Foundation Server (AT) : tfs01.demo.local

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TFS: Installation using DNS aliases – Part 2 : SharePoint

TFS: Installation using DNS aliases – Part 2 : SharePoint

This post is part of a series on how to install and configure Team Foundation Server using DNS aliases for it’s components:


In this post we’ll see how to configure SharePoint to use the DNS aliases for the database and SharePoint. Here’s the aliases i’ll be using for this tutorial:

  • SQL Server : sql01.demo.local
  • SharePoint : sharepoint01.demo.local

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TFS: Installation using DNS aliases – Part 1 : Data Tiers

TFS: Installation using DNS aliases - Part 1 : Data Tiers

In my last series of post I’ve looked at how you can rename server which runs TFS components and reconfigure them so that the platform can be operational again. In this new series i’ll explain how to realize an installation using DNS aliases so that future server changes will be simplified by simply changing the alias :)

Even you start with a single server installation, using DNS aliases for all components will simplify your task if you need to make some evolution later. Here’s the list of components on which we will have an alias:

  • SQL Server
  • Analysis Services
  • Reporting Services
  • SharePoint
  • Team Foundation Server (Application Tiers)

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TFS 2010: How to activate/deactivate email notification using TfsConfig

TFS 2010: How to activate/deactivate email notification using TfsConfig

If you want to activate or deactivate the email notification of TFS 2010 you can do it using the admin console :

If you want to do it by command line, you can do it using an undocumented argument of TfsConfig:

TfsConfig ConfigureMail /Enabled:<true|false>

Carpe Diem.