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How to make TFS Offline strictly solution-based

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For some users it may be a bit offputting that taking one solution offline causes all other solutions bound to that same server to go offline when they are opened (assuming no "Go Online" operations in the interim).  There is a registry key value that may be specified to tell VS to ignore the server-based Offline setting and to only utilize the per-solution Offline setting.

To turn off server-based offline support:

  1. Go to the registry (e.g. regedit)
  2. Add a string value named, IgnoreServerBasedOfflineFlags, under 
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl
  3. Set the value to "True".

NOTE: My original text for this blog entry had stated that you set the value to "False" in step 3.  Obviously, this was incorrect.  Sorry for the confusion.

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  • Anonymous
    December 12, 2007
    Ben Ryan , a developer on the version control team, has written a couple of posts about the offline feature
  • Anonymous
    December 12, 2007
    Ben Ryan , a developer on the version control team, has written a couple of posts about the offline feature
  • Anonymous
    December 17, 2007
    Benryan on How to make TFS Offline strictly solution-based. The SRLTeam Blog on Team System Web Access...
  • Anonymous
    March 10, 2008
    Buenas, cómo había comentado hace 2 días , el completo FAQ para la instalación y administración de TFS
  • Anonymous
    July 04, 2008
    Buenas, cómo había comentado hace 2 días , el completo FAQ para la instalación y administración de TFS
  • Anonymous
    July 04, 2008
    Buenas, cómo había comentado hace 2 días , el completo FAQ para la instalación y administración de TFS
  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    January 14, 2009
    こんにちは！ フォーラム オペレーターの服部清次です。 ここ最近、朝の冷え込みが厳しいので、毎朝布団から出るのが一苦労です。 今も、「早く春にならないかなぁ、、、」なんてことを考えながら、このスレッドを投稿していたりします。。。