​Step 1: Download the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 4 from your MSDN subscription or Microsoft downloads

Step 2: Start the installer:

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Step 3: Let the installation be. It will copy the needed components for the update

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Step 4: Follow the Team Foundation Server Upgrade starting with clicking “Next”
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Step 5: Before doing any upgrade (as happens for example in the TFS2010 to TFS2013 migration), you should do a DataBase backup of the main databases. So click where you read “Click here to launch the Database Backup Tool”.
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Step 6: Once finished. Go back to the previous screen and check “By checking this box, I confirm that I have a current backup”.

Step 7: Provide the settings for the application Tier. This means, which system account you want to use for the Application Tier services. By default it will use the Network Service and NTLM authentication.

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Step 8: Here is your moment to set up the Reporting Services. Even if you don’t have reporting services set up previously, you can do it now. If they are already in place just populate properly the fields. Example below:
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In the next step, the database will show up automatically in the databases list. Just make sure you Test the connection to it.

Step 9: Proceed on the same way with the Analysis Services. In case the Analysis Services is stopped, make sure it’s running.

Step 10: Report Reader Account. In this step we should provide a user account as System or Network Services accounts cannot be used here.
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So that’s it! We have skipped the SharePoint configuration as for this instance we don’t have such services set up. Just go to review and click on Configure.

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Now you are ready to enjoy the new features on TFS 2013 Update 4. I recommend you to see what’s new on TFS2013.4.

But just a sneak peak, check the new access levels from the configuration console in the Team Web Access:

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Happy upgrade!

Eduardo Ortega