Visual Studio Error: (407: Proxy Authentication Required)

Question

I am behind a corporate proxy server which requires credentials. I have been trying to connect to a TFS server (on tfspreview.com) with MS Visual Studio Pro 2012

Answer 1

Download and install Fiddler

Open Fiddler and go to Rule menu to tick Automatically authenticate

Now open visual studio and click on sign-in button.

Enter your email and password.

Hopefully it will work

Answer 2

After three days of searching, the solution fell into my lap.

Now, what happened was VS tried to do an automatic update but was stopped by the proxy. I was prompted for credentials and the check took place.

I was inspired to check the TFS server connection just for kicks in case that prompt would possibly establish a connection for the TFS server to tunnel through... lo and behold! It worked!

WORKAROUND:

1. Open TOOLS>Extensions & Updates
2. Click on Updates... in the left-hand menu
3. There will be a failure notice on screen and a link to enter your credentials. Click it and enter them.
4. Close the Extension manager.
5. Click TEAM>Connect to TFS server...
6. Enter the address and it will work!

Note: Some have suggested trying to use the proxy credential prompt by opening the integrated browser but this has not worked. I am not an expert but I think they are connecting through different channels within windows itself.

There is no editing of devenv.exe.config required for this to work.

It will be a pain to have to check for updates manually every time you need to connect to the server, but this is the best solution I have come up with until Microsoft fixes this issue permanently with an update or future release.

Answer 3

I faced the same error with my Visual Studio Team Services account (formerly Visual Studio Online, Team Foundation Service).

I simply entered the credentials using the VS 2013 "Connect to Team Foundation Server" Window, and then connected it to the Visual Studio Team Services Team Project. It worked this way.

Answer 4

While running Visual Studio 2012 behind a proxy, I received the following error message when checking for extension updates in the Visual Studio Gallery:

The remote server returned an unexpected response: (417) Expectation failed

A look around Google finally revealed a solution here:

Visual Studio 2012 Proxy Settings

http://www.jlpaonline.com/?p=176

Basically, he's saying the fix is to edit your devenv.exe.config file and change this:

<settings>      
   <ipv6 enabled="true"/> 
</settings>

to this:

 <settings>
   <ipv6 enabled="true"/>      
   <servicePointManager expect100Continue="false"/> 
 </settings> 

Answer 5

Using IDE configuration:

1. Open Visual Studio 2012, click on Tools from the file menu bar and then click Options,

2. From the Options window, expand the Source Control option, click on Plug-in Selection and make sure that the Current source control plug-in is set to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.

3. Next, click on the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server option under Source Control and perform the following steps: Check Use proxy server for file downloads. Enter the host name of your preferred Team Foundation Server 2010 Proxy server. Set the port to 443. Check Use SSL encryption (https) to connect.

4. Click the OK button.

Using exe.config:

Modify the devenv.exe.config where IDE executable is like this:

<system.net> 
  <defaultProxy>  
   <proxy proxyaddress=”http://proxy:3128”
     bypassonlocal=”True” autoDetect=”True” /> 
   <bypasslist> 
   <add address=”http://URL”/>  
  </bypasslist> 
 </defaultProxy> 

Declare your proxy at proxyaddress and remember bypasslist urls and ip addresses will be excluded from proxy traffic.

Then restart visual studio to update changes.

Answer 6

My case is when using two factor auth, outlook account and VS12.

I found out I have to

• open IE (my corporate default browser)
• log in to visual studio online account (including two factor auth)
• connect again in VS12 (do the auth again for some reason)