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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...
Setting Remaining Work to Zero when closing a work item in TFS
Question : How can I make sure that the "Remaining Work" field is set to 0 when the work item is closed (for example when associating a work item during checking-in)? Short Answer : You can achieve this using the <COPY> rule on the transition...
What are Test Name, Test Id, and Test Path used for?
If you create a work item out of a test result like this… … the three test fields get populated by Visual Studio: Read all details here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms194965.aspx
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...
Specified cast not valid when trying to create a new work item
Problem description When trying to create a new work item you receive the following error? Cause Thanks to this thread we now know that this message is caused by a DateTime Control in a WIT definition when its associated with a String field. Fix Only...
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...
Specifying a minimum size for controls on the work item form
If you try to set the minimum size for a control you now need to specify a SizeType like " (50,100) " instead of "50,100". Error message (from witimport.exe ): The ' MinimumSize ' attribute is invalid - The value '50,100'...
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...
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...
Creating a separate work item form layout for Web Access
Right now custom work item controls [1] are not supported by Team System Web Access [2]. Instead your custom control you will see this unpleasant message: “Unable to create workitem control ‘ControlName’”. While this is a sad thing for us users does that...
Getting started using Custom Work Item Controls
Since Service Pack 1 [1] we have the ability to create our own controls to display field value within a work item form which gives us great flexibility. However there are two caveats with custom work item controls right now that aren’t solved: They...
Undocumented attributes for controlling the Work Item form layout
Naren [1] revealed a few very interesting on hidden attributes his blog [2] which you definitely should take a look at since they let you solve some problems as the following ones: Control the height of two text boxes that were placed vertically on one...