Integrating TFS 2010 with SharePoint 2010 beta 2

It is definitely possible to use SharePoint 2010 beta 2 with TFS 2010 beta 2. You don't even need to do a lot of work to get them working together. A few things to consider:

  • SharePoint 2010 beta 2 must be preinstalled (either on the same or separate machines) since TFS configuration wizard will not install SharePoint 2010 for you (only can only install WSS3)
  • You need to manually enable TFS to log diagnostics information to SharePoint 2010 logs, because Microsoft changed the trace mechanism used in SharePoint 2010. To do that open SharePoint 2010 Management Console and type in
    Set-SPDiagnosticConfig –AllowLegacyTraceProviders
  • Since we are dealing with beta products, some things in the project dashboards might look a bit funny in IE8
  • And last, but not least, if you decide to go with SharePoint 2010, do not forget to allocate a LOT of memory to SharePoint server (physical or virtual) because SharePoint will need it to function properly.