nerdstuff

German windows 7 + German TFS 2012 Express setup = German Errormessage (Error TF254027: TFS Install and Language Restrictions in SQL Server (Express)) English Windows 7 + English TFS 2012 Express setup = Success German Windows 7 + English TFS 2012 Express setup = Success WTF ? read: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.msdn.microsoft.com%2FForums%2Fes-ES%2Fvcses%2Fthread%2F6659406c-3fc5-4ddf-9904-ecbff723fc5b%2F or read: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/10/23/tfs-install-and-language-restrictions-in-sql-server-express.aspx i did not read and burned some time by setting up from cratch :|

Check some domain at no-ip.org (dyndns.com is anyoing complicate to get some free dyndns service) Create a self signed certificate and set the commonname to the reserved hostname from no-ip.org  e.g with the visual studio consol tool makecert: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC>makecert -r -n "CN=whatever.no-ip.org" -pe -ss my Export it from your certificatestore (command mmc -> add snip-in -> certificates -> personal certificates -> all tasks -> export... -> you will get a pfx-file Import it at your webserver import it at your client (start IE as admin -> browse to site with unsigned certificate -> ignore warning -> install certifcate -> choose location -> trusted root certificates) Works great in combinatio...