When adding a new TFS application tier to the existing TFS environment, configure it using the “SQL server name” in the same format as it was done for the first application tier

Scenario: Adding a new TFS application tier to the existing TFS environment. Problem: When configuring the new AT you get an error: TF53010: Unhandled Exception Error: Index was outside the bounds of the array Reason: When configuring a TFS Application Tier, we provide the SQL Server name in many ways viz-a-viz SQL machine name, Fully Qualified Domain Name, SQL Alias etc. If the first Application tier of the TFS environment is created using a particular format (for Example: SQL Machine name), and...(read more)