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A very Basic Process Template to start with
If you want to start small with your team project you might consider the "Basic Process Template" instead of the built-in MSF Agile and MSF CMMI process templates. It can find on MSDN . From the description: The basic process template includes...
TFS Tip: Enabling Work Item meta data filtering
Beginning with TFS 2008 SP1 you can specify that only the necessary part of the Work Item meta data will be transferred to the client caches, e.g. not the meta data for project you have no permission on. This is not done by default. You can read all the...
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...
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...