Connecting to Team Foundation Server

Introduction

When trying to connect to Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) from IAR Embedded Workbench using an "MSSCCI PROVIDER":

• A few seconds passes by.
• A 'server busy' error is shown.

Discussion

Current solution -- Use Subversion (SVN) as API

TFS can communicate via a Subversion bridge, for example SvnBridge.

Deprecated Solution -- try to get SCC to work

Important note - The IAR Embedded Workbench shared components version 8 and later (introduced 2017) do not provide SCC integration.

Try to get a working connection by adding a new key to the Windows Registry.

• For Windows 64-bit the key is:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider\Settings\IAR Embedded Workbench IDE\IarIdePm.exe
• For Windows 32-bit the key is:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider\Settings\IAR Embedded Workbench IDE\IarIdePm.exe
• For this key, add a 32-bit value “issues” (without quotation marks):
  • issues=dword:00000001

Conclusion

Use Subversion (SVN) to connect to Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)

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