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VSTS Whitepapers by Microsoft

Planning Visual Studio Team System 2008 Licensing White Paper (pdf/xps/docx) Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide (pdf/ book ) Team System Web Access 2008 Scalability Limits White Paper (pdf/xps/docx) Installation, Configuration & Administration Team Foundation Installation...

Posted to TFS & Visual Studio ALM - by Neno Loje by neno on Mon, Jan 26 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Training and Learning, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, VSTS
Q: How Do I link work items with SharePoint documents?

A : Two possible ways: Step 1 : Get the URL of the document saved in a SharePoint document library From the project portal : Right-click the file and select Copy Shortcut . Done. From the Team Explorer window in Visual Studio : Right-click the file under the Documents folder and select Properties . The...

Posted to TFS & Visual Studio ALM - by Neno Loje by neno on Tue, Oct 7 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Work Item Tracking, TFS Tips and Tricks, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, VSTS
Ways to access Team Foundation Server

Pick your favorite tool for your task/job: From Visual Studio : Visual Studio 2008: Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Explorer (+ SP1 ) Visual Studio 2005: Visual Studio Team System 2005 Team Explorer (+ SP1 ) older Visual Studio versions and VSS clients: via MSSCCI -Provider* (includes Visual Studio...

Posted to TFS & Visual Studio ALM - by Neno Loje by neno on Sat, Oct 4 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Team Foundation Server (TFS), Third-Party Solutions, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, Project Management with TFS, TFS Clients, Team Explorer, VSTS
Version Control Tip: Excluding specific files from multiple checkout

Question : Can I define a file name, not only a file type (extension), if multiple checkout is allowed for the whole Team Foundation Server? Answer : Yes, that is possible, although the UI shows "file extensions" and displays it in a way that you might think that it's not supported. As...

Posted to TFS & Visual Studio ALM - by Neno Loje by neno on Wed, Aug 6 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Administration, TFS Tips and Tricks, Team Foundation Version Control, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, VSTS
Documentation: Team Foundation Server SDK (online version)

From the contents: Team Foundation Server Extensibility Team Foundation Server SDK Architecture How to: Run Team Foundation Server SDK Samples Team Foundation Core Services Work Item Tracking Extensibility Source Control Extensibility Data Warehouse Extensibility Reference for Team Foundation Server...

Posted to TFS & Visual Studio ALM - by Neno Loje by neno on Sat, Feb 23 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Team Foundation Server (TFS), Third-Party Solutions, TFS Extensibility, TFS Administration, Training and Learning, Team Foundation Version Control, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, Team Foundation Build (TFS Build), TFS Process Customization
How code churn is calculated in TFS 2005/2008

Code churn [1] in TFS 2005 and TFS 2008 is calculated using a very simple algorithm: inserted + changed + deleted lines [2]. This is done independently of the contents of the line, which means that everything - incl. comments, blank lines, etc. - is counted. -- [1] http://blogs.msdn.com/mohamedg/archive...

Posted to TFS & Visual Studio ALM - by Neno Loje by neno on Sat, Feb 23 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS 2005, TFS 2008, VS Development Tools, Software Quality, Team Foundation Build (TFS Build), TFS Reporting
Known Work Item History Limitations for Links & Attachments

They are two major problems when looking into the history with regard to links. 1. No clue what has changed : If you remove an attachment and add a completely different one the history will indicate that there was a change (revision gets in incremented by 1), but it won't tell you what has changed...

Posted to TFS & Visual Studio ALM - by Neno Loje by neno on Tue, Feb 19 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Tips and Tricks, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, Project Management with TFS, Troubleshooting TFS, Issues and Hotfixes
Changing TFS email notifications to link to Team System Web Access

Thanks to this MSDN Forums post I was able to change the link included in every TFS notification e-mail to point to TSWA instead of the project portal. Here’s the full story: When using project alerts to get notified about work item changes you get an email containing a link to the project portal: If...

Posted to TFS & Visual Studio ALM - by Neno Loje by neno on Fri, Aug 31 2007
Filed under: Filed under: TFS Administration, TFS Work Item Tracking, TFS Tips and Tricks, Team Foundation Version Control, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, Project Management with TFS, TFS Project Portal and Team Communication, Team System Web Access (TSWA), TFS Process Customization
Free Add-On: Team System Web Access (TSWA) Power Tool by Microsoft

Microsoft now offers version 2.0 of the Team System Web Access (formerly known as TeamPlain Web Access from DevBiz , which was acquired by Microsoft ) free of charge as a Power Tool with official Microsoft Customer Service support! Download it from here . Get a detailed list of all improvements here...

Posted to TFS & Visual Studio ALM - by Neno Loje by neno on Mon, Aug 27 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Team Foundation Server (TFS), Third-Party Solutions, Downloads, Tools and Utilities, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, TFS Clients, Team System Web Access (TSWA)
Copy area and interation structure using the Area Import/Export Tool

If you look for a way to export and import your area and/or iteration structure the Team Foundation Object Model (TFOM) is your friend. However it’s only your friend if you know where to look for. While the export works perfectly using the WorkItemStore, the import is only possible through the ICommonStructureService...

Posted to TFS & Visual Studio ALM - by Neno Loje by neno on Sat, Jul 7 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Extensibility, TFS Administration, TFS Work Item Tracking, Downloads, Tools and Utilities, TFS Tips and Tricks, TFS 2005, TFS 2008, Work Item Customization

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