Technorati Tags: TFS , Team Foundation Server , Visual Studio 2008 , Labels Grab a specific version Choose Label and make sure both checkboxes are set (this ensures that your current Source code gets overwritten by the code you’ll pull from TFS), then click the “…” button (marked by arrow) Choose your...

Is it possible? I was thinking the answer was no – but I poked around and ran across this forum entry which outlines how you do it – basically, the short version is TFS allows you to apply permission (or deny permissions) to a specific Node in the Area Path Tree. http://social.msdn.microsoft...

Hi All, a few of us were discussing some configuration details around TFS and went back to the TFS Patterns and Practices guide for some answers [1]. imason happens to have a hardcopy in the library, but the online version is usually a bit more helpful/accessible. It’s a good reminder – when...

I’ve had a few conversations with folks about this recently, so I thought I’d put a quick post together. When you want to add a new state + associated transitions to a work item, and you’re using the Process Editor (power tools extension), you see the Workflow tab and think great! I...

A lot of people get started in Team Explorer and quickly run into the issue that the “Find” function in Visual Studio doesn’t help with locating Work Items: It’s a little embarrassing to admit there’s no keyword search for work items built into VS Team Explorer. So as an...

Hi all, Below was the agenda for a 30-60 minute workshop that Peter Grigoriou and I ran for a new project team that integrated client team members as well as imason team members. Some of the team members were familiar with Team Explorer, but hadn’t had the chance to actively use it on a project...

Overview: Starting Point and Objective? There are two directions that you can come at this with: Starting with: Have a project plan filled out >> Objective: Want to import task assignments into Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) Starting with : Have VSTS Tasks created >> Objective : Want to...

Hi all, just wanted to briefly plug the power tools for VSTS 2008 (download link below [1]) – the IDE extensions for customizing Work Item definitions are a “must have” - instead of using command-line and directly editing XML files, you can use IDE menu options, and a visual editor...

When defining custom fields for Work Items in TFS, I kept running across this “reportable” attribute and was curious so I looked it up – kinda neat… Summary : Data from work item fields that have the “reportable” attribute will be exported to the data warehouse and...