TFVC: Error TF30063 when attempting to connect to a "Server" workspace

[eogas]

It's not particularly clear from the documentation whether or not this is intentional, but it seems that there is currently only support for local TFVC workspaces. When attempting to connect to a "Server" workspace, I get the following debug output:

2017-04-13T19:29:26.584Z - info:   [11492] *** FOLDER: c:\devtools ***
2017-04-13T19:29:26.595Z - debug:  [11492] Looking for an External Context at c:\devtools
2017-04-13T19:29:26.596Z - debug:  [11492] No External Context at c:\devtools
2017-04-13T19:29:26.603Z - debug:  [11492] Looking for TFVC repository at c:\devtools
2017-04-13T19:29:26.604Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC Creating Tfvc object with localPath='undefined'
2017-04-13T19:29:26.605Z - debug:  [11492] Using TFS proxy: undefined
2017-04-13T19:29:26.606Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC Retrieved from settings; localPath='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\tf.exe'
2017-04-13T19:29:26.610Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC Repository created with repositoryRootFolder='c:\devtools'
2017-04-13T19:29:26.612Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC Repository.CheckVersion
2017-04-13T19:29:26.616Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC: tf add -noprompt -?
2017-04-13T19:29:26.628Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 9ms)
2017-04-13T19:29:26.645Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 15ms)
2017-04-13T19:29:27.184Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC: add exit code: 0 (duration: 566ms)
2017-04-13T19:29:27.192Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC Repository.FindWorkspace with localPath='c:\devtools'
2017-04-13T19:29:27.194Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC: tf workfold -noprompt ********
2017-04-13T19:29:27.203Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 8ms)
2017-04-13T19:29:28.172Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC: workfold exit code: 100 (duration: 978ms)
2017-04-13T19:29:28.176Z - debug:  [11492] TFVC errors: TF30063: You are not authorized to access mycooltfsserver\MyTeamProjectCollection.

Running team signin after receiving this failure results in the following error:

(team) No Team Services or Team Foundation Server repository configuration was found. Ensure you've opened a folder that contains a repository.

Sorry for the bad report if this is intentionally not supported at this time, but it wasn't clear from the readme.

[jeffyoung]

Hi @eogas. Yes, I'll take an item to make it more apparent in the README that the workspace needs to be local. We've got an item on the backlog to support Server workspaces at some point, but I don't have an ETA on that.

[ddavisringtown]

+1 supporting server workspaces (where can we upvote -- Connect?).

[eogas]

@jeffyoung cool, thanks for the info!

[jeffyoung]

Hi @ddavisringtown. This is a good a place as any to upvote 👍 (I prefer keeping everything related to this project within the GitHub, at least as much as possible).

[sudhin]

+1 supporting server workspaces

[AlexisColes]

+1 for supporting server workspaces

[Nehmiabm]

+1 for supporting server workspaces

[codynova]

+1 for supporting server workspaces please

[cosmanovich]

+1

[markusmauch]

+1 for server workspace support

[ghost]

^2

[alejandro5042]

+1

[schwarzie2478]

+1

[szilvaa]

+1

[eogas]

Please stop leaving +1's on this thread. Github added the thumbs up/down for a reason. Turns out that reason was that it's obnoxious to get an e-mail every few days with nothing but "+1" in it.

[voyager18]

+1

[mattdkerr]

Can you exclude Git-TFS folders, though? It detects the remote workspace, despite not being a proper TFS workspace that you'd want to use like that.

[ghost]

+1

[osterworks]

+1

[julius-spudvilas]

+1

[PleaseStopAsking]

+1

[makafsal]

+1

[MidRoh]

+1

[kschwarz1980]

+1

[CarlosSanches07]

+1

[svendebaets]

+1 for server workspaces

[nevzathayri]

+1

[jkim506]

@jeffyoung Any updates on this?

[pierodamafalda]

+1 for server workspaces

[carloreggiani]

Still no way to connect to TFS 2017?

[chrisbchicken]

@jeffyoung Any updates on server workspace support?

[amintabar]

So how can I connect to my local TFS server?!

[WalterEbbers]

@jeffyoung Are there updates on when to expect server workspace support?

[kaylangan]

We do not currently have any plans to support server workspaces.

[marcdill]

Since @kaylangan says there are no plans to support server workspaces, are there available work arounds that we can use without having to open our Visual Studio IDE's?

[cwuethrich]

@marcdill you can still use local workspaces. This extension works fine with local workspaces.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/repos/tfvc/decide-between-using-local-server-workspace?view=tfs-2018

[JarredMiles]

I'm not sure about anyone else, but at my workplace we have a very large solution with over 100k files, so local workspaces are not on option for us. It would be nice if this plugin did support them so that we don't have to rely on Visual studio for all our tfvc needs. Or at the very least someone at Microsoft can create a standalone tool for tfvc. I prefer to work with a lighter editor since Visual Studio can be very slow and bulky.

[cwuethrich]

@JarredMiles we do have more than 100k files as well. You don't have to sync the whole workspace.

[josersleal]

@marcdill you can still use local workspaces. This extension works fine with local workspaces.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/repos/tfvc/decide-between-using-local-server-workspace?view=tfs-2018

Sorry to bring bad, horrible news but it does not: #465

Basically the plugin is unusable for those with this issue

[bbouzan]

Still no way to connect to server workspaces?

[qJake]

2 years later and still no Server Workspace support? 😢

[MRGaraffa]

I recently started using VS Code. While setting up Azure Repos, I ran into an issue where the 'Teams (!)' notification stated that I was linking to a Server workspace, which was not supported.
After failing on several attempts to get this working, I finally found a solution:

1. Open up a VS command prompt;
2. Type 'tf workspaces /collection:';
3. Enter your Microsoft account name and password linked to the Server workspace;
4. Restart VS Code
5. Click on the 'Team (!)'
6. Enter your Private Account Token and hit enter
   My workspace is still set to Server and I am able to see changes, check out files (required separate extension), exclude, and undo.
   I hope this helps others resolve this problem!

[NickCook-StruMIS]

+1 for server workspaces.

Any further news on this being implemented. Thanks

[picolino]

Hello from 2020, any server workspaces will be released in this year, hm?

[qJake]

We just ended up migrating from TFVC to Git (DevOps) which VS Code has full support for.

Not a "solution" by any means, but TFVC is slowly losing popularity to Git, and I don't see this enhancement ever being completed if it's been 3 years already.