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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. From the Team Explorer window in Visual Studio : Right-click the file under...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How Do I: Customize TeamPlain? and How Do I: Create Custom Work Items in Team Foundation Server?
What do both topics have in common? Well, Microsoft started to publish How-Do-I-videos for various technologies and these two were the same topics covered on Visual Studio Team System. How Do I: Customize TeamPlain? In this video, Scott Golightly shows...
Communicating via Work Items or: "Description" vs. "History" fields
When working with Work Items often the questions comes up how to efficiently communicate between team members within TFS (not using e-mails) or what the difference between the Description field and the Comments field on the History tab is. Description...
Validation error when saving Work Items after a user is removed from Active Directory
Problem : If you remove a user from Active Directory or the local machine (depending where you store your user accounts for TFS), all work items that were assigned to that user cannot be modified anymore , at least if you use the default MSF process templates...
Download: Team Foundation Power Tool v1.2
The Power Tools are always a must-have download. Although they are 'officially unspported' they give you funcionality upfront that is probably going to be in the next version of Visual Studio. New and added features include: Team Foundation Server Power...
How to implement 'blocked' Work Items if you are waiting for someone else
A Work Item is blocked since you are waiting for someone else? Or maybe someone else is blocked and waiting for you to deliver something? These are always problematic situations which might result in issues not getting fixed because someone didn't know...
[MS Project Integration] Open work items right inside of MS Project
Working inside of MS Project and getting your data synchronized with TFS is a great thing. But there might be a reason why you want to access the work item details form and until now you needed to start Visual Studio 2005, invoke the Team Explorer, look...