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Use 2 TF-servers at same client.

We have TFS running on a test server and a production server.
I want to be able to switch between the two without having to disconnect and reconnect, so I just started VS twice and connected to the test server in the first IDE and to the production server in the second IDE.
However this does seem to cause some problems, when working with work items, because the test server and production server have different work items and workflows.
Is this configuration supported ?

paso

I don't think you can connect to 2 different servers in one IDE at the same time.

But I'm interested in the problems you mentioned. What are the problems to use two IDEs?

Junyan

Jun Yan Lin

I have used two IDEs connecting to two different servers and didn't have any problems. So could you say any specific problems you were having with such configuration?

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Naren Datha - MSFT

It sometimes happen that I'm unable to save a work item because the TFS server reports "There may be a problem with the workitem type definition" or "Not supported field or not enough permissions" (these are not the exact messages). I have also seen that the list of allowedvalues was not according the work item definition loaded. Refreshing Team Project did not solve these issues. Only after closing all open IDE's and deleting the TeamFoundation cache I was able to save the workitems.

paso

Thanks for reporting it. We store per-server settings in client cache and am not sure how to repro this bug. It would be great if you can get any specific repro steps to try on our end.

Thanks.

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Naren Datha - MSFT

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