Today is the first time I am restoring TFS 2010.

I have restored plenty of TFS 2005 and TFS 2008 and I am exiting, can’t wait to start the process.

First thing I am doing is finding good instructions for the process.

I have restored the Databases from the Backup machine to a folder on the TFS machine.

I am about to restore the data to a machine with the same name, very simple installation all in a single machine.

The process I am following is:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252458.aspx

I am logged in to the server with tfssetup that is a local administrator and with it I have installed both machines (the old and the new servers)

I have taken it step by step and I must say that I had a very nice and easy experience with this restore.

I have only one comment regarding the steps in the document: the command that stops the TFS services doesn’t stop all the services and you need to go to the IIS and stop the sites and the other pools yourself.

Other than this one comment all went very well.

Have Fun!!!