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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.

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From the Team Explorer window in Visual Studio:

Right-click the file under the Documents folder and select Properties.

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The quickest way is to double-click on "Url", then right-click the blue-marked URL on the right side and select Copy (or press Ctrl+C respectively).

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Step 2: Add the link to the work item

Select Add on the work item's Links tab:

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Select the a link type of "Hyperlink":

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Paste the URL and enter a comment optionally:

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Confirm with "OK".

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Done.

Comments

Steve said:

What is the second possible way?  Or did you mean 2 steps?

# October 8, 2008 6:56 PM

neno said:

Step 1 includes two possible ways to get the URL. :-)

Neno

# October 8, 2008 7:02 PM

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# October 16, 2008 9:32 AM

Ravi said:

here it is given linking of sharepoint documents.. Can you help me out in liking of TFS with sharepoint server.

# October 21, 2008 7:41 AM

neno said:

Ravi, what are you trying to achieve? Are you talking about how to integrate TFS with a separate SharePoint server?

# October 21, 2008 12:35 PM