microsoft / microsoft/azure-devops-extension-sdk
What server versions are supported? (The registered object DevOps.HostControl could not be found.)
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Description
I don't see any docs on this yet...
We are on TFS 2017 Update 3.
When I rebuild and try the samples, after I change the category in the manifest to something recognized (TFS complains about the Pipelines category when I try to upload the .vsix to my on-prem), and add missing .html content types, I get the following:

It's trying to invokeRemoteMethod with a parameter of "Devops.HostControl", which i guess is something that's supposed to be on the server already? So this means my TFS is not supported?
parentChannel.invokeRemoteMethod<IExtensionHandshakeResult>("initialHandshake", hostControlId, [initOptions]).then((handshakeData) => {
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The report centers on initialHandshake and invokeRemoteMethod, with TFS 2017 Update 3 and the manifest category changes as context. First verify the server-version support and HostControl requirement against the samples and extension documentation; done means the supported versions and any required server setup are clearly documented.
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- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- devops, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
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