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Cumulative Update 1 for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 1

Introduction

This article describes the issues that are fixed in Cumulative Update 1 for Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 Update 1 and the latest Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update package.

Notes
  • This update is only targeted for the Team Foundation Server Application Tier, it does not have to be run on stand-alone build servers, remote SharePoint servers, or proxy servers.
  • If you have already installed the latest Visual Studio 2012 Update package, you do not have to install this cumulative update.

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Issues that are fixed in this cumulative update

Issue 1: Collections that are attached to a server that is running TFS 2012 Update 1 may lose permissions
  • Contributors cannot see team projects in a collection from either Web Access or Microsoft Visual Studio. For example, consider the following scenario:
    • A user who uses Web Access can move to the collection. However, there are no projects listed.

      No collections listed

    • When a user clicks Browse in Web Access, he or she cannot see any team projects listed.
    • A user cannot see any projects listed in the Connect to TFS dialog box in Visual Studio.
    • A user may be able to browse to the URL of the team project directly in his or her browser and be able to use the project, because the problem is with the Catalog permissions.

  • A user who goes to the team project directly and then goes to the Administration page may receive the following error message:
    TF400898: An Internal Error Occurred.
    Note This issue may occur for a user who is a member of the Team Project Administrators group.
  • An administrator cannot remove people from the Contributors group and may receive the following error message:

    TF50632: An error occurred removing the group member.

Update information

Microsoft Download Center

Download and install one of the following packages:

Note Both of the packages can resolve your problem.
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download Download the latest release of Visual Studio 2012 Update package now.
Download Download the Cumulative Update 1 package now.
For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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Prerequisites

To apply this update, you must have Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 1 installed.

Restart requirement

You have to restart the computer after you apply this update if the affected files are being used or are locked during installation. We recommend that you exit all related applications before you install this update.

Installation information

Before you install the update:
  • Close any instances of Event Viewer that are running (EventVwr.exe).
  • Close any instances of Server Manager that are running (ServerManager.exe).
  • Close the Team Foundation Administration Console (tfsmgmt.exe).
If you have multiple load-balanced application tiers (ATs):
  1. Shut down all the ATs except for the one on which you will install the update. Make sure that you close the Admin Console on all these ATs.
  2. Remove the AT from the load balancer.
  3. Install the update (as discussed earlier).
  4. After you install the update to the first AT, install the update on the other ATs one at a time.
  5. Add the ATs back to the load balancer.
If you are using SQL Mirroring or SQL AlwaysOn features for your databases:

This update requires your SQL Databases to be set to simple recovery mode. To make sure that the update can set simple recovery mode for your databases, do the following before you apply the update:
  • If your databases are in a SQL AlwaysOn Availability group, you must remove them from the availability group before you apply the update.
  • If the databases are part of a SQL Server database mirroring, you must remove (break) the mirror before you apply the update.
As soon as the update process is complete, you may return the databases to the AlwaysOn group or re-enable database mirroring.
File information
The English (United States) version of this update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

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Article Info
Article ID : 2803625
Revision : 2
Created on : 4/9/2020
Published on : 4/9/2020
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