Start TFS Server Job Agent Service

TeamFoundationServer2012.StartTFSJobAgent (Task)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This task starts the following TFS Windows NT Service:Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Task Scheduler, whose service name is “TFSServerScheduler”

Element properties:

Target	TeamFoundationServer2012.TFSApplicationTier
Accessibility	Public
Category	Custom
Enabled	True
Remotable	False
Timeout	300

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
StartTFSJobAgentService	WriteAction	Microsoft.Windows.ServiceControlManager.StartService	Default

Source Code:

<Task ID="TeamFoundationServer2012.StartTFSJobAgent" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="TeamFoundationServer2012.TFSApplicationTier" Timeout="300" Remotable="true">

  <Category>Custom</Category>

  <WriteAction ID="StartTFSJobAgentService" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.ServiceControlManager.StartService">

    <ComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="TeamFoundationServer2012.TFSApplicationTier"]/TFSATComputerName$</ComputerName>

    <ServiceName>TFSJobAgent</ServiceName>

  </WriteAction>

</Task>