SharePoint 3.0 TFS Sub-Site creation error.

As you will know from my previous post I have been trying to get TFS to create sub sites in SharePoint 3.0.

I now have the hotfix specified by Brian Keller for my Team Explorer client that allows me to communicate with WSS3.0, but I am still having a problem with my sub site attempts!

Hey Brian, you said “try it and see”, so I did, but it only half works .

AT the moment I am getting the error:

Another site already exists at http://[server]:8888. Delete this site before attempting to create a new site with the same URL, choose a new URL, or create a new inclusion at the path you originally specified.

My registration entries for TFS are:

<RegistrationEntry>
  <Type>Wss</Type>
  <ServiceInterfaces>
    <ServiceInterface>
      <Name>BaseServerUrl</Name>
      <Url>http://[server]:8888</Url>
    </ServiceInterface>
    <ServiceInterface>
      <Name>BaseSiteUnc</Name>
      <Url>[server]:Projects</Url>
    </ServiceInterface>
    <ServiceInterface>
      <Name>BaseSiteUrl</Name>
      <Url>http://[server]::8888/Projects</Url>
    </ServiceInterface>
    <ServiceInterface>
      <Name>WssAdminService</Name>
      <Url>http://[server]::32831/_vti_adm/admin.asmx</Url>
    </ServiceInterface>
  </ServiceInterfaces>
  <Databases />
  <EventTypes />
  <ArtifactTypes />
  <RegistrationExtendedAttributes />
  <ChangeType>NoChange</ChangeType>
</RegistrationEntry>

What I am essentially trying to achieve is that all sites are created as sub-sites of the SharePoint 3.0 site http://[server]::8888/Projects.

Now, I am not sure if the problem is the creation of the site, or if it created the site, but can’t upload documents. Here is the full Module message:

Module: Engine
Event Description: TF30162: Task “SharePointPortal” from Group “Portal” failed
Exception Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.PcwException
Exception Message: The Project Creation Wizard encountered an error while uploading documents to the Windows SharePoint Services server on team.worldnet-dev.ml.com.
Exception Details: The Project Creation Wizard encountered a problem while uploading
documents to the Windows SharePoint Services server on team.worldnet-dev.ml.com.
The reason for the failure cannot be determined at this time.
Because the operation failed, the wizard was not able to finish
creating the Windows SharePoint Services site.
Stack Trace:
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.WssSiteCreator.Execute(ProjectCreationContext context, XmlNode taskXml)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.ProjectCreationEngine.TaskExecutor.PerformTask(IProjectComponentCreator componentCreator, ProjectCreationContext context, XmlNode taskXml)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.ProjectCreationEngine.RunTask(Object taskObj)
—   Inner Exception   —
Exception Type: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException
Exception Message: Exception of type ‘Microsoft.SharePoint.SoapServer.SoapServerException’ was thrown.
SoapException Details: <detail><errorstring xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/”>Another site already exists at http://[server]:8888. Delete this site before attempting to create a new site with the same URL, choose a new URL, or create a new inclusion at the path you originally specified.</errorstring></detail>
Stack Trace:
   at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
   at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)
   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Proxy.Portal.Admin.CreateSite(String Url, String Title, String Description, Int32 Lcid, String WebTemplate, String OwnerLogin, String OwnerName, String OwnerEmail, String PortalUrl, String PortalName)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.WssSiteCreator.CreateSite(WssSiteData siteCreationData, ProjectCreationContext context)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.WssSiteCreator.Execute(ProjectCreationContext context, XmlNode taskXml)
— end Inner Exception —
— end Exception entry —

I have 3 question that you may be able to help me with:

• Has anyone tried to do this?
• And if so, how did you get round this problem?
• Or, even, what is the problem?