Installing Team Foundation Server beta 3
I got the opportunity at my work to start an experiment with Team Foundation Server. It took me all day yesterday to install beta 3.
While installing beta 3 I kept getting the error 28100 because the Event Web Service could not find the Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common component.
Luckely with every installation step, I made a Ghost image so I could restore the machine to a clean state after every attempt. That turned out to be a basic necessary because the Foundation Server installation rollback removes more then its installed components.. (It also damages SharePoint services.)
I noticed in the detailed setup log that an error concerning a user id occured at a earlier point in the installation. Apparantly it is not considered critical and the installation ignores it.
I had followed the installation guide (TFSInstall-v50920.chm) to the letter. As the installation guide stated as an option I used different account names than the examples TFSSETUP, TFSSERVICE and TFSREPORTS. That is were it went wrong. When I added the example names and ran the installation with these accounts it all worked like a charm. I guess there are 'hardcoded' references in the installation.
Next step is to test it and then get it on the internet and use it in some R&D projects.