How to work offline with TFS

Question

Our TFS server has some temporary connectivity issues right now  and as such VS has gone unresponsive  leaving 50  developers unable to work   Is it possible to switch TFS into an offline mode in the event of such an issue

User · Answer

Depending on which tool windows you have open, VS may or may not try to hit the team server automatically when it starts up.

For best results try this:

Close all instances of visual studio
Open an empty visual studio (no project/solution)
See which windows are opened by default, if source control explorer or team explorer or any other windows that use team are opened (and activated) by default, close them or switch them to a background tab.
Close visual studio

You should notice now that you can start visual studio without it trying to hit the TFS server.

I know its just an aside to your problem, but I hope you find this helpful!

User · Answer

Simply  change the root folder name for your solution in your local machine  it will disconnect automatically

User · Answer

I just wanted to include a link to a resolution to an issue I was having with VS2008 and TFS08   I accidently opened my solution without being connected to my network and was not able to get it  back the way it was  and had to rebind every time I openned   I found the solution here  http   www fkollmann de v2 post Visual-Studio-2008-refuses-to-bind-to-TFS-or-to-open-solution-source-controlled aspx  Basically  you need to open the  Connect to Team Foundation Server  and then  Servers     once there  Delete Remove your server and re-add it  This fixed my issue

User · Answer

If the code has already been checked out by the user that if offline and they have the latest version on their local hd  then they just need to browse to the solution location and open the solution by double clicking sln file  The solution will open in disconnected mode

User · Answer

See this reference for information on how to bind unbind your solution or project from source control   NOTE  this doesn t apply if you are using GIT and may not apply to versions later than VS2008   Quoting from the reference      To disconnect a solution or project   from source control         In Visual Studio  open Solution   Explorer and select the item s  to   disconnect    On the File menu  click Source   Control  then Change Source Control    In the Change Source Control dialog   box  click Disconnect    Click OK

User · Answer

The  Go Offline  extension adds a button to the Source Control menu   https   visualstudiogallery msdn microsoft com 6e54271c-2c4e-4911-a1b4-a65a588ae138

User · Answer

If you have a solution open  and TFS is down  you might have trouble going into offline mode  If you close and reopen your solution  a nice little dialog will appear asking you if you want to Go Offline   Alternatively if you don t want to close reopen the solution   as suggested by Bernie  you can install the TFS Go-Offline plugin  then click   TEAM - gt  Go Offline

User · Answer

There are couple of little visual studio extensions for this purpose    For VS2010  amp  TFS 2010  try this For VS2012  amp  TFS 2010  use this   In case of TFS 2012  looks like there is no need for  Go offline  extensions  I read something about a new feature called local workspace for the similar purpose   Alternatively I had good success with Git-TF  All the goodness of git and when you are ready  you can push it to TFS

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plundberg  The  disconnect  button is only available for the TFS provider starting in VS 2008     Even then  I m not sure if it s officially supported   The recommended way to use the Go Offline feature is to  re open the solution   Martin Pritchard  if you get stuck mid-operation  you can force VS to timeout by pulling the network plug  literally  or running ipconfig  release   Once you re marked offline  here s a step by step guide to working in that mode  http   teamfoundation blogspot com 2007 12 offline-and-back-again-in-vs2008 html  More detailed info on tweaking the behind-the-scenes behavior  http   blogs msdn com benryan archive 2007 12 12 when-and-how-does-my-solution-go-offline aspx http   blogs msdn com benryan archive 2007 12 12 how-to-make-tfs-offline-strictly-solution-based aspx

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