TFS server and service account migration process

Applicable scenarios:

The TFS server is migrated from one domain to another. Here, the server is added to the new domain, and the Service Running Account is changed to the account in the new domain. The machine name remains unchanged. This article passes the test in the single-host Deployment scenario of TFS.

Migration steps:

1. Stop the TFS service on the server.

A) Stop the TFS app pool and Report Server pool on IIS.

B) stop the Reporting Service.

2. Add the server to a new domain.

3. Modify the service account.

A) check whether the root of the new account is sufficient.

B) set the new account to log on as a service.

C) modify the TFS service account

Tfsadminiutil changeaccount oldaccount newaccount Password

D) modify the TFS reports account

Tfsadminiutil changeaccount oldaccount newaccount Password

4. Modify the data connection configuration of Reporting Service and change the connection account to the account in the new domain.

5. Start the TFS app pool and Report Server pool on IIS and perform the test.

A) Check the working status of the service account in tfsadminiutil status

B) Use vs2005 for testing.