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DTB
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Jul 10, 2024

(technical) Language Problems - Azure DevOps Server Migration onPrem to Azure DevOps Service

Hi everyone,

 

I plan (and tried to migrate once) my onPrem DevOps Server to the Azure DevOps Service with the following key facts:

 

- Running on Windows Server 2019 1809

- Azure DevOps Server 2022 (AzureDevOpsServer_20221122.1

- default Collection ~160gb, 2 minor ones with 400mb

- SQL Server installed locally on the devops server vm

- Authentication done via NTLM

 

The build server should and will stay on Prem

 

- synced EntraIDs and groups

- 2 concurrent pipelines

 

I've tried to use the Azure DevOps Migration tool and follow the instructions on the MS docs: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54274 and i also tried to use this guide: https://medium.com/@vinaysandela/tfs-to-ado-migration-db4b7925701d but i wasn't successful. The problem seems to be that the current installation is in German and in Azure DevOps Service there is only English possible because during the Migration it says that there are a lot of errors with not finding tables, references etc. because of the language.

 

I could also provide logs from the tool if anyone is interested in.

 

Does anyone have an idea how i could move forward with the migration and not have to rebuild everything from scratch?

 

Thanks,

Daniel

  • DTB 

     

    Seems related to language compatibility which difference between your current installation and Azure DevOps Services (which supports only English). The migration tool might struggle with table names, references, and other elements due to this language mismatch.

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