Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Installation Tips
In the process of writing my book, I had to install Beta 3. I was impressed by how much easier the installation process went, in great part thanks to Rob Caron's excellent installation guide. The complete install took about 4.5 hours (on VPC). These tips apply specifically to the Workgroup single server install installation:
a) Don't leave your TFSSERVICE and TFSREPORTS account passwords blank. In my case, i got an "Error 28100. Error loading Event web service." Adding in passwords fixed the problem immediately.
b) When you are finished installing TFS B3, proceed to install the Team Foundation Client and Team Foundation Server (build) on your server (even if it is optional). Otherwise, the build functionality will be disabled and you won't be able to configure a user account and connect to your server! (please refer to the next tip for details)
c) As soon as the Team Foundation Client is installed - launch it, connect to your local Team Foundation Server instance (usually the machine name), right click on the server in the Team Explorer view, select Team Project Settings > Group Membership, and add an account under Contributors for your Visual Studio 2005 RC client (if it's on a different machine). Otherwise, you won't be able to connect Visual Studio to Team Foundation Server (you'll get authentication problems)
d) Don't forget to install Team Foundation Client on your machine hosting Team Suite. Otherwise, you won't get the "Connect to Team Foundation Server" option under Tools!
One of the really cool things I was able to pull off is run Team Foundation Server using VirtualPC and connect to it using a remote machine (this was made possible using a DHCP server on my LAN).