If you have installed Team Foundation Server 2008 Workgroup edition than you may or may not know that you are eligible to only 5 licensed users. To unlock full potential of TFS for > 6 users you need to convert your product to Standard Edition.
Of course you need to have Standar Edition license, or if you have MSDN subscription, you can get it from there. Technet user, don't bother to look on technet since TFS is not available via technet. Microsoft Partners (Regular or Gold) will have to browse their DVD's or MSDN.
If you have key keep reading.
Go to add/remove programs, find TFS and select Change/Remove button:
Maintenance mode Options page will appear and you'll find that PID field is been prepopulated with some key. Don't be happy, because this is workgroup edition key!!! Silly, isn't it.
Problem is that setup.sdb file is been prepopulated with this key, and you need to delete PID section from this file. File can be found at:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server - ENU\Setup.stb
Open it with Notepad, find and delete section Product key (both rows), and save changes.
Restart maintenance mode via "change/remove" and the fields are enabled. Type new product key, and press Next.
To verify version of TFS open registry (regedit.exe) and browse to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > VisualStudio > 9.0 > TeamFoundation > Registration
You'll find a value named, "Edition_CT", Here's the table of available values to determine which edition you have:
- "Full" = Team Foundation Server ("Standard Edition")
- "Trial" = Team Foundation Server 180-day Trial Edition
- "Workgroup" = Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition