I did this recently with the extra step of switching from MS Agile templates
to the Scrum templates.

I used the TFS Integration tool (
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/f854dd59-8eeb-4673-8d9a-ae012989bfa2
)
it was buggy. It crashed lots, and needed numerous passes each time creating
duplicates.
It lost data (or didnt migrate it across).
I would have been better to go the alternative route of backing up the SQL
database, restoring to the new server, configuring the new users (different
domain) and then sticking with the same templates.
Going forward we've had to cut and paste missing fields from the old system
when we notice they are not there, manually moving over attachments. etc.

Worse migration ever, but I had never done one before and was operating
blind. Documentation could have been a lot better. Changing templates was an
extra step that complicated things and was probably the biggest reason for
things not going smoothly (mismatched fields and missing fields on
destination template
Hope that helps you know what not to do. :)
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Oscar Bautista <[email protected]>wrote:

>  We have TFS 2010 in place with several team projects, workitems, and
> sharepoint sites, etc. We are restructuring the team projects and moving it
> over to new hardware (new server). What are recommended approaches to take
> and/or anything to be aware of?
>
> I believe I can import the DB on the new server and run configuration, etc.
> After new server is up and running, I need to clean up and rearrange team
> projects, etc. We cannot have our TFS down during this process, so users
> will need to continue working on old server. When we are ready, can we
> simply refresh the data with any changes made since the import? If yes, will
> there be any problems with the refresh since we will be renaming team
> projects, etc on the new TFS?
>
> Thanks for suggestions/recommendations given.
>
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