In this post, I just want you to show how extremely easy it is to upgrade an existing TFS 2012 Update 1 machine to the Update 2 CTP that was released earlier this week. There are some awesome new features in this update (without even taking the GIT support in account, which is not yet available for the on-prem version)
Looking at the upgrade process, it’s quite straight forward. First, download the CTP (link) and click on the “tfs_server.exe” file. The first message you will get is some information about the fact that you’re testing a CTP and you may not use it on a production server (which is obvious!).
Next step is to wait until the installation process completes. Note that on my machine (Windows 2008R2), an instant reboot was required!
Starting from there, it’s just a matter of clicking the ‘Next’ button. Nothing fancy! Here you go:
The last step is to validate upgrade process. Everything was looking good, except one thing:
This was related to the following:
TF252039: The following process template cannot be uploaded: 'MSF for Agile Software Development 6.1'. A process template already exists on the server with that name. TF252039: The following process template cannot be uploaded: 'MSF for CMMI Process Improvement 6.1'. A process template already exists on the server with that name. TF252039: The following process template cannot be uploaded: 'Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 2.1'. A process template already exists on the server with that name.
No problem, just saying that the process templates do exist already. So process template changes related to the Update 2 CTP. The last step to complete is re-enable the build controller and agent:
That’s it! Now it’s time to enjoy this new update!