Build Controller and Build Agents for TFS 2012 stop immediately after they are started

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Scenario:

The build controller and the build agents stop within few seconds, after started.

Reason:

The “Visual Studio Team Foundation Build Service Host 2012” service depends upon the “Remote Access Connection Manager” service and the “Telephony” service.

Resolution:

The dependencies of the “Remote Access Connection Manager” service and the “Telephony” service are not shown in the “properties” of the “Visual Studio Team Foundation Build Service Host 2012” service.

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Start the above mentioned two dependency services (whichever is not started), then the build controller and build agents do not stop abruptly.

Note: The “Remote Access Connection Manager” is dependent on “Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol Service” . Also, the “Telephony” service is dependent on “Plug and Play” service and “Remote Procedure Call” service. It will be a good practice to check if these extra services are started as well.

Content Created By: Abhilash Owk

Content Reviewed By: Romit Gulati