Team Foundation Server "Build Controller"

Question

We are in the process of trying to automate our build process. We use Visual Studio 2010 and the source control server - Team Foundation Server 2008 - is on a different machine.

When I right-click on a Team Project's Builds item and select New Build Definition, I get a message:

TF225001: Creating a build definition requires a build controller be defined for this team project collection. There may not be any controllers configured or you may not have permissions to view them. Contact your Team Foundation Server administrator.

Where is this build controller and how can I create one for my Team Project?

Answer 1

Just in case anyone is still reading this, the problem is Visual Studio 2010. Whilst all of the versions of TFS and VS are broadly compatible (Source Control, work items etc) the one thing that has changed significantly between the 3 versions of TFS is Team Build.

If you need to manage builds with TFS 2008, you really need to use Team Explorer 2008.