title: How to CLONE/COPY a TFS 2012 Collection to another instance of TFS 2012
body: <p>Is there a way to copy/clone a TFS Collection in our TFS 2012 production environment to a fresh install of TFS 2012 in our test domain?</p>
  
  <p>I have tried using SQL Management Studio to do backup/restore which does not work.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried using TFS Backup and Restore Wizard which does not recognize the bak file either.</p>
  
  <p>It seems like the only kind of Collection you can attach or restore to TFS 2012 is a collection that came from that exact instance?</p>
  
  <p>This is rather silly. I was expecting to be able to simply use a SQL Management studio and this would be clean and simple.  Been here for a while now and ... not so much!</p>
  
  <p>I have tried with the TFS Backup and Restore Wizard as well... the tool only seems to recognize Collections from it's own instance.</p>
  
  <p>Quite frustrating.  I am starting to think Collections aren't as portable as one might think at first.</p>