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Today we released the release candidate for TFS 2015 Update 3. Update 3 is a modest release with only a few features and bug fixes for top reported issues.
TFS web install: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=626619
TFS ISO: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=626620
TFS Express web install http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=690653
TFS Express ISO http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=690654
TFS Office Integration web install http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=626605
TFS Office Integration ISO http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=629654
TFS Project Server Extensions EXE http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733507
TFS Project Server Extensions ISO http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=690661
Release notes
The features in TFS 2015 Update 3 include:
SSH Support in our Git server – 2,690 UserVoice votes. This will make authentication from Linux and Macs even easier than before.
Dashboard SDK – Now you can install customized dashboard widgets on your TFS server. The marketplace is your playground 
Azure, SCVMM and VMWare provisioning support – Now provision test environments in your CI/CD pipeline in any of Azure, SCVMM or VMWare.
We fixed a lot of bugs. About 140 in total. I spent about an hour curating the bug list and below are my results… I still have to go through the bugs in our Release Management and Test areas. If I don’t get to that soon, I’ll make sure we get them for our final Update 3 release.
Version control
VS: Cannot open a deleted file from commit history
‘go to child’ button should be disabled when root node is selected in branch history graph
Can no longer amend just the message in Git Changes when there are modified files present
“Git for Windows” V2 and V3 are both detected on the machine after V3 is installed on top of V2
Switching between branches via git.exe causes problems with VS
Glitches in history graph highlighting
Create _Branch shortcut collides with Build menu in VS
VSO defaults to deleted branch and spews lots of error messages…way too hard to get back to a good state
GIT Pull Request Alert not added properly
Team Explorer fails with “Object not found – no matching loose object (<sha1>)” when object exists.
Grammatical error in error message when attempting to open a cloaked solution
Cherry pick is disabled for the head commit in history
Can’t use Git LFS with TFS 2015 Update 2
Refreshing Folder Hierarchy will take so much time due to “TF400030″ exception from TFS Object Model.
Port the queryHistory performance fix to releases/Dev14.3
Git LFS does not work with VS 2015 update 2
Port changes made for versioned item linking user story to Update 3.
Upgrade from TFS 2010 results in TFVC Warehouse Adapter job failing
Creating PR from VS branches page context menu always uses current branch rather than selected branch
Spurious Git Pull Request errors in event log
Remove the 25 commit limit when linking workitems during PR creation
If there are multiple build definitions configured for the repository the status badge might show the wrong build def for the build
Agile
Warning when setting a PBI to done, when there is tasks, that are not done.
User Stories with a child relationship of work item type Bug disappear from the Story Board
Card styling error in french locale
Priority changes when user story changes state
Card styling (coloring) not working correctly in german TFS2015.2
“New Item” in Board view missing
Inline image reference is not stored in some cases
Area path with non-standard characters cause query to fail
label control/ Label Hyperlinks do not show on web browser
Areas with single quotes break the WI query system
TFS WebAccess Stories and Bugs are missing Title Bar
Web Page control referencing identity field as param throws when value is empty
Links not working for FieldControl labels
The identity value for field ‘Created By’ is an unknown identity.
TF30177 “Cannot insert duplicate key row in object ‘dbo.Constants”
Query Results widget stuck in loading state in preview mode during configuration
Hour box not big enough
Inaccessible parent items prevent backlog from loading
Navigating to WORK after changing projects with different iterations yields an error
Accessibility: Dashboard Manager icon has no visual cue on focus
Accessibility: Add Dashboard icon in Dashboard Manager has no clear visual cue on focus
Accessibility: Add and delete Dashboard buttons in Dashboard Manager do not work on pressing ENTER
Query Selector trapping input focus in Config for Query Tile, WIT Chart
Dashboard Migration does not work when customer upgrades from TFS 2013 Update 1 or prior directly to TFS 2015 Update 1 or higher
Can’t navigate between dashboards as a stakeholder
Markdown Widget: VC path resolution fix
Widget dialog does not respect profile language
Fix error experience when dashboard update fails
Adding widgets on a invalid dashboard state adds them as empty.
Error banner is not cleared in some cases where dashboard goes from invalid to valid state.
Conflicting widget positions error message is not descriptive
Avatars aren’t loading in the PR Widget on-prem in dashboards
Build Chart Widget: The build selector control shows duplicate builds
Error banner is hidden when in edit mode
Dashboard: Build failed, but the chart shows a green bar
Visual Studio Links widget: Open in Visual Studio image is plain purple box
Dirty state doesn’t prompt user on cancel
Config: Widget configuration can save, even when it fails to render
Remove widget zoom from config live-preview
User Friendly: Tabbing in Edit mode should go through the Configure/Delete buttons not the contents of the widget
Edit Mode: Close edit mode on ESC
Stakeholder Banner is missing. User isn’t aware that they’re logged in as a stakeholder
Error banner is not cleared in some cases where dashboard goes from invalid to valid state.
Adding widgets on a invalid dashboard state adds them as empty.
Build Charts Widget: Chart and last completed not in sync
WIT chart type selection is broken in FireFox
WIT Chart Widget: Chart Options aren’t displayed until a query is selected
Source typo: “an” should be “can”
Sprint Overview – Setting iteration dates doesn’t refresh the widget
Sprint Burndown graph gets focus when tabbed to but ENTER does not open the lightbox
Conditional Query Tile, the input field for number shows only 4 digits but allows 5 digits
Readme files are not always displayed on the Team Project Welcome Page
Build
Build vnext failed on chinese/jpn
Unable to filter builds by tags on Firefox
Error while setting permissions on a user of a build
Scheduled build fires on wrong day
TFS 2015 Build Agent doesn’t work if the service account has an underscore in its logoname
User Project Collection Build Service needs the AdminWorkspaces global permission(s)
getBuildBadge vso-node-api fails without ‘All Scopes’
TFS Build 2015: Command Line Task doesn’t find “copy” & “Del”
Incorrect binding redirect in TFS 2015 TFSBuildServiceHost.exe.config
Revision number not calculated correctly when build definiton contains squared brackets
Customer time formatting in profile preferences ignored
curl was not found in the path in builds
Build Script does not work on a Gated Build after an upgrade from TFS 2013 Update 3
Create New Build Definition page is broken in Chrome
Build service identities duplicated when cloning a server or when performing team project collection split scenarios
Failure to display build results with large number of warnings
Misleading error message when quing new build with shelveset
Many extensions with cross platform build tasks will not work on prem in Update 2 due to Node version mismatch
Image in Reason column on Build page is not properly clipped
subversion repository options not sticking
Build Failing with Invalid solution configuration and platform
build fails because of npm install
Invalid source label format when labeling sources on successful build.
Git Repository Label Format not allowing Variables
Admin
Password not accepted through Xamarin License build step
In-place upgrade from Dev12 Update5 to Dev14 Update2 does not unconfigure TFS services
Scheduled backup configuration wizard fails if TLOG backup interval is greater than 100 minutes
Correct ISO names for Dev14 Update3
Proxy server TFS 2015U2.1 shows blank URL
Improper fallback behavior for port/vdir when reading configuration db settings.
Collection splitting issue
admin console crash: stack overflow exception while loading collection list in admin console
Post upgrade – Database cleanup jobs not working
Team Project did not delete completely
TFS web doesn’t play well with terminated HTTPS
Can’t view Source Code on TFS Web behind Reverse Proxy
The identity picker dropdown in the right side reviewer section is cut off
Users with alternate credentials can not be deleted / is recreated on use
Java
Password not accepted through Xamarin License build step
In-place upgrade from Dev12 Update5 to Dev14 Update2 does not unconfigure TFS services
Scheduled backup configuration wizard fails if TLOG backup interval is greater than 100 minutes
Correct ISO names for Dev14 Update3
Proxy server TFS 2015U2.1 shows blank URL
Improper fallback behavior for port/vdir when reading configuration db settings.
Collection splitting issue
admin console crash: stack overflow exception while loading collection list in admin console
Post upgrade – Database cleanup jobs not working
Team Project did not delete completely
TFS web doesn’t play well with terminated HTTPS
Can’t view Source Code on TFS Web behind Reverse Proxy
The identity picker dropdown in the right side reviewer section is cut off
Users with alternate credentials cannot be deleted / is recreated on use
Extensibility
Jenkins service hook triggers builds for deleted branches
Month and Day value are switched when specifying part of time
Excessive “Global” fields available as options in Alert query fields including what looks to be Microsoft Internal Fields
Some alert emails not being sent/received for comments on Code Reviews
After Upgrade from TFS 2013 (Update 4) to TFS 2015 (Update 1) email alerts are not being sent
Can’t manage events in team rooms
TFS 2015 Update 2 – Alerts – An email notification is not working, if two or more alerts of the same alert (different “Send To”) are created
Notification subscription links broken for projects with a space in the title
TFVC code review emails not displaying names correctly
View All Alerts no longer available in TFS 2015 Update 2.
TFS services hook not “Slack” label on chinese version
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