Getting an error while trying to connect to VSTS

[Nimith]

Hi All,

I am trying to intergrate TC with VSTS (MTM). I am using TC12.5 and get the error:

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An error occurred in the Team Foundation Version Control client. Reason: Unable to determine the workspace. You may be able to correct this by running 'tf workspaces /collection:TeamProjectCollectionUrl'.

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Following are the steps I perform:

1.  File -> SourceControl -> Add To Team Foundation Server

2.  Select "Project Suite(local path)

3. Click OK

4. Select the TFS server from the dropdown "Select a Team Foundation Server"

5. Click Connect

6. Browse to the project in the TFS server

7. Click Ok

Post this action I get the above mentioned error,

Can anyone let me know what could be the possible issue here?

Thanks,

Nimith

[tristaanogre]

IIRC, this has to do with redistrubutables.  I think you need to have the 2010 C++ Redistrubutables installed on your machine, especially if you're running a Visual Studio version 2015 or later... I don't think those get installed by default

[Nimith]

Hi Rob,

I am working on win 10 OS and looks like  2010 C++ Redistrubutables does not support this OS. 

Is there something else I can look at?

[tristaanogre]

Below is what I have installed on my Windows 10 machine.  See if you can find the installer for at least the 2013 ones.

[Nimith]

I Installed the V C++ 2013 redistributable and am still  getting the same error.

Is it something to do with the Workspace even though i have my local system as the workspace and nothing else to create ambiguity. 

[tristaanogre]

It seems that, for some reason, a workspace hasn't been created on the local drive of your machine or, if it's there, something is problematic in how it is mapped or created.

Check out the following and see if any of this helps.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/granth/2008/07/22/tf-exe-unable-to-determine-the-workspace/

[Nimith]

I tried the steps from the link and also deleted the cache from -- %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Team Foundation\.

Still No go. 

[tristaanogre]

Time to contact support directly, I guess.

[Nimith]

Solved! 

Figured out that I was running the Team Explorer from Visual Studio 2015. 

Downloaded the stand-alone Team Explorer 2017 version and that resolved the issue. 

Regards,

Nimith