Skip to Content
Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook
book

Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook

by Tarun Arora
January 2016
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
7h 53m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook

Cleaning up unused workspaces and shelvesets in TFS – in progress

It is common for TFVC users to create workspaces to temporarily download files or simply forget to delete unused shelvesets. As a Team Foundation Server Administrator, you will benefit from reducing this clutter. The tf.exe command-line utility has commands for administrating workspaces and shelvesets. In this recipe, you'll learn how to use the tf.exe utility to delete unused workspaces and shelvesets.

Getting ready

To modify or delete an existing workspace or shelveset, you must have the global administer workspaces permission set to Allow.

How to do it…

  1. Launch the developer command prompt in the elevated mode.
  2. The following command will delete the Win2k12R2_John workspace, which belongs ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Introducing Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2017

Introducing Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2017

Paul Hacker
Professional Team Foundation Server 2012

Professional Team Foundation Server 2012

Ed Blankenship, Martin Woodward, Grant Holliday, Brian Keller
Professional Team Foundation Server 2013

Professional Team Foundation Server 2013

Steven St. Jean, Damian Brady, Ed Blankenship, Martin Woodward, Grant Holliday

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781784391058