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How to integrate Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) into your TFS process template
Downloads: The Microsoft SDL Process Template for Visual Studio Team System Whitepaper: Manually Integrating the SDL Process Template Additional information: The Microsoft SDL Process Template and the Future Seven steps for manually integrating SDL into...
Using TFS to develop custom SharePoint applications (revised)
The first article is created during a real world customer engagement and answers dozens of frequently asked questions and how-tos in a real world context vs. theoretical discussions. The 2 nd package addresses very common questions around setting up and...
Setup up an e-mail notification on other user's check-ins
Open Alerts Editor (required TFS Power Tools to be installed locally). Create new alert. Choose “Check-In of a specific file happens”:     Enter a name for the alert subscription, the destination e-mail address , desired team project name (...
Tool for creating direct links to TSWA
Buck Hodges from Microsoft blogged about all the possible links you can construct to point to TSWA pages. For example the following URL opens the Work Item Editor: Open the existing work item with ID 1234: http://mytfs:8090/ wi .aspx? id = 1234 To make...
Specifying a user upfront or: How is the developer supposed to know who will be the responsible tester?
In a small team this sounds like oversize, but in mid-sized large teams it's common that you do not know who is going to be the tester. Looking at the Bug workflow from MSF Agile: while " Active " the project lead decided if and when the...
Using TFS for non-development projects
Team Foundation Server is easily customizable and equipped with a general purpose workflow or state machine. So you might ask yourself: why not put a non-development or rather related process in TFS instead of using separate software. Showcase #1: Lead...
Using rich HTML descriptions instead of plain text
Objective Allow rich HTML formatting in description fields of the MSF Agile process template. Note : The MSF CMMI process does support HTML formatting by default. In order to use it you have to enable the formatting toolbar (see Step 6 below). Work Item...
Workflows of MSF Agile and CMMI Process Templates for TFS
When trying to decide which of the two MSF Process Templates - Agile vs. CMMI Process Improvement - for TFS is the right starting point for your company, it helps to compare the work item types and its workflows. You can download the full guidance from...
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...
Using TFS to develop custom SharePoint applications
Using Team Foundation Server to Develop Custom SharePoint Products and Technologies Applications Summary: Use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server to support SharePoint application development, and provide an integrated development environment...
How Microsoft uses Team Foundation Server internally
A good read: Applying Value Up at Microsoft by Sam Guckenheimer (also available as 60-minute-webcast ) (see also: attached image about Scenarios, Value Props, Experiences, Features ) Managing work for Team System by Jeff Beehler Internal TFS Usage: Tracking...
Using images in description fields
Requires : The use of HTML description fields in stead of the default description field. Team System Web Access (TSWA) to insert the pictures. Steps : Use a HTML fields for your descriptions instead of plan text fields (might need to copy the old descriptions...
Users can see all team projects after upgrading from TFS 2005 to 2008
Make sure all team project members are added to the appropriate groups ( Project Administrators , Contributors and Readers ). For every team project remove the "[Server]\Team Foundation Valid Users " group from the team project settings ( Team...
Screen Gallery: Creating a Team Project in TFS 2008
Screenshots from a successful team project creation.
What's the difference between Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007?
The answer lies in a very detailed Excel sheet: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA101978031033.aspx?pid=CL100636421033 (Thanks to Richard for pointing me to it)
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...
Updated Area Import/Export Tool for TFS 2008
You can download a new version of the Area Import/Export Tool , compiled against Team Explorer 2008, here .
V-Modell XT Generator creates TFS Process Templates
Microsoft Germany [1], The Center of Software Concepts at the Technical University of Munich [2] and Zühlke [3] released the V-Modell XT Generator [4] that creates process templates for working with the V-Modell, which is a process modell widely asked...
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...
Tool for creating links to pages on Team System Web Access
Would you like to send links to work items, team projects or source files on  Team System Web Access ? For work items … you can find the answer in the offical TSWA FAQ : Q: What’s the URL to use if I want to send the link of a specific work item...
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