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Changing TFS email notifications to link to Team System Web Access

Published 31 August 7 4:44 PM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Project Managers, TFS Server Administration, TFS Work Item Tracking, Tips and Tricks, Team Foundation Version Control, Version 2005, Project Management with TFS, TFS Administration, Project Portal and Team Communication, Team System Web Access (TSWA), TFS Customization, Notification and Alerts

Tool for creating links to pages on Team System Web Access

Published 31 August 7 4:34 PM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Project Managers, Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Work Item Tracking, Tools and Utilities, Tips and Tricks, Team Foundation Version Control, Project Management with TFS, Team System Web Access (TSWA), TFS Customization

Creating a separate work item form layout for Web Access

Published 29 August 7 6:32 PM | neno

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...

Filed under: Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Work Item Tracking, Tips and Tricks, Version 2005, TFS Administration, Team System Web Access (TSWA), TFS Customization, Work Item Customization

Copy area and interation structure using the Area Import/Export Tool

Published 7 July 7 9:21 PM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Project Managers, Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Extensibility, TFS Server Administration, TFS Work Item Tracking, Downloads, Tools and Utilities, Tips and Tricks, Version 2005, Version 2008, Work Item Customization

Getting started using Custom Work Item Controls

Published 7 July 7 5:26 PM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Project Managers, Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Extensibility, TFS Work Item Tracking, Tips and Tricks, Version 2005, TFS Customization, Work Item Customization

Undocumented attributes for controlling the Work Item form layout

Published 7 July 7 4:42 PM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Project Managers, Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Work Item Tracking, Tips and Tricks, Version 2005, TFS Customization, Work Item Customization

Use SnagIt to capure your screen and create a new Work Item quickly

Published 7 July 7 1:6 AM | neno

Capturing screenshots and new bugs quickly is a everyday task for software developers and testers. The default Work Item form does not handle this scenario very efficiently, i.e. you have to click too many times until the new bug is created. One nice...

Filed under: For Software Testers, For Software Developers, Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Work Item Tracking, Tools and Utilities, Tips and Tricks, Screen Galleries, Project Management with TFS

How Do I: Customize TeamPlain? and How Do I: Create Custom Work Items in Team Foundation Server?

Published 24 June 7 10:48 PM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Project Managers, TFS Extensibility, TFS Work Item Tracking, Training and Learning, Tips and Tricks, Version 2005

Communicating via Work Items or: "Description" vs. "History" fields

Published 18 June 7 11:55 PM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Project Managers, Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Work Item Tracking, Tips and Tricks, Version 2005

Validation error when saving Work Items after a user is removed from Active Directory

Published 16 June 7 11:56 AM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Project Managers, Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Extensibility, TFS Work Item Tracking, Tips and Tricks, Project Management with TFS

Download: Team Foundation Power Tool v1.2

Published 21 February 7 10:56 AM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Software Developers, For Project Managers, Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Work Item Tracking, Downloads, Tools and Utilities, Team Foundation Version Control, Version 2005

How to implement 'blocked' Work Items if you are waiting for someone else

Published 31 January 7 3:24 PM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Project Managers, TFS Work Item Tracking, Tips and Tricks

[MS Project Integration] Open work items right inside of MS Project

Published 31 January 7 3:6 PM | neno

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...

Filed under: For Project Managers, TFS Work Item Tracking, Downloads, Tools and Utilities, Tips and Tricks

Team Development & Collaboration with Team System

Published 2 July 5 10:0 PM | neno

Articles Enterprise Source Control with Visual Studio Team System Enterprise-Class Source Control and Work Item Tracking Interview: TheServerSide.NET with Eric Lee on Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Videos & Webcasts DEV 463: Maximizing Collaboration...

Filed under: Team Foundation Server (TFS), TFS Change Management, TFS Work Item Tracking