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Is there a way to deactivate a project in TFS? (not delete, just deactivate so nobody can checkout or checkin)
This is more of a precaution rather than a hard enforcement. We have a project that was branched but was recently merged to a trunk. This project is no longer in use and I don’t want anyone to accidentally use it by checking in/out any of its content. It will eventually be deleted when we have tested the merge completely
If you still want the project to be available, somebody could just put a lock on the project to prevent check-ins and check-outs. It will remained locked by the user who locks it until either the user unlocks it or their workspace is deleted. An admin can also unlock it using tf.exe.
You can lock a project, branch, folder, or file by right clicking on it and selecting the Lock option from the context menu (note: what you are locking has to exist physically on your drive). This page describes the various types of locks you can place on an item.
For work, I wrote a plug-in to automatically place a check-out lock on production branches once certain criteria are met. The lock is held by the account running the TFS services (in our case, Network Service). Nobody can check-out or check-in files in these branches until somebody uses tf.exe to unlock the branch.