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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...
Links from the Team System interactive sesssion at Basta
Documentation Team Foundation Installation Guide https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E54BF6FF-026B-43A4-ADE4-A690388F310E Team Foundation Administrators Guide https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2AED0ECC-1552...
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...
Free Add-On: Team System Web Access (TSWA) Power Tool by Microsoft
Microsoft now offers version 2.0 of the Team System Web Access (formerly known as TeamPlain Web Access from DevBiz , which was acquired by Microsoft ) free of charge as a Power Tool with official Microsoft Customer Service support! Download it from here...
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...
Use SnagIt to capure your screen and create a new Work Item quickly
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...
Get the free unlimited TeamPlain Web Access license
Wow, now where TeamPlain Web Access is free for all TFS customers [1] you need to 'upgrade' your license to the unlimited license. The creators - DevBiz - describe the process (which is as easy as downloading a ZIP file and placing it to a specific directory...
stpBA: A Storyboarding solution for Team System
stpsoft ltd., "The Software Requirements Company", created an interesting Visio add-on that let's you storyboard your scenarios withint Visio and post them back into Team Foundation Server. That's what the producers say: "Capture, elaborate and validate...
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...
[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...
Managing Test Lists with Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developers using Ekobit Test Manager
As you probably know the Test Manager within, which is needed to create test lists for your build process and/or check-in policies, is only available in the Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers . Ognjen Bajic has the solution: Earlier today...
Available Check-In-Policies for Team Foundation Server
Included in Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Work Items Code Analysis : Check-in policy can be used to control and improve the quality of code that is checked into the code base. Testing Policy As part of the Visual Studio SDK September 2006 (can be downloaded...
PowerToys for the Class Designer and Distributed System Designers now finally work with non-English versions of Visual Studio 2005
There were a lot of requests in the past months since the PowerToys for the Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer and Distributed System Designers were released, because there were issues with localized, non-US versions of Visual Studio 2005 that these add...
Better together: Connector application brings Project Server 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server together
From the announcement "ANNOUNCING THE VISUAL STUDIO TEAM SYSTEM - PROJECT SERVER CONNECTOR ": "The Connector synchronizes Project, Resource and Task data between the two systems. Project Managers, Resource Managers continue to work in the EPM environment...
Visual Studio SDK v3 (September 2006) is now available
Included in this release: DSL Tools V1 RTM IronPython web site and web project samples Updated contents and samples for TFS extensibility and Team Test extensibility Managed parser & lexer generator tools Many more IDE integration samples 5 new cool...
Team Foundation Power Toys (v1.1 - September 2006)
Team Foundation Power Toys is a collection of productivity tools for Team Foundation Server. Borne from practical experience using Team Foundation Server, they are a mix of command-line and Visual Studio integrated tools for users of version control and...