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Team Foundation Server (TFS)

TFS Tools and Utilities – Part II : Email Subscription

TFS has a feature for sending email on various events to the subscribers. Users can subscribe for an limited events from the Team Explorer (The default events are quite frequently needed and should satisfy need for most of them). Following is how you can use email alert in TFS Open Team Explorer (Crtl+\, Ctrl+M) Right-click […]

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Team Foundation Server (TFS)

TFS Tools and Utilities – Part I : User Permissions

TFS though a good product lack a lot of administration UI. Typically this is not a characteristic of a Microsoft product. When I first installed and started using TFS I went around searching for any administration console on the server which is more common for a Microsoft product but could not find one. Then I […]

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CMMi Team Foundation Server (TFS)

TFS 2005 Customize Work Item Template and Process Template – Part III

Most businesses have some established ways of getting work completed, from loosely-organized tasks to highly formalized systems. These methods for getting work completed are called processes, and the collection of processes is called process. Processes develop over time to meet business needs. Many companies and organizations have formalized process and process guidance to help companies […]

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Team Foundation Server (TFS)

TFS 2005 Customize Work Item Template and Process Template – Part II

Welcome to second post in series “TFS 2005 Customize Work Item Template and Process Template” I hope you have found my first post to be useful and by now you would have figured out the way to do various customization for TFS using the Power Tools. But for those who are yet to try it […]

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Team Foundation Server (TFS)

TFS 2005 Customize Work Item Template and Process Template – Part I

Recently I’ve been customizing work item templates in team foundation server – we have been using the CMMi process out-of-the-box but inevitably after some continued use the process now needs some changes and some work item adjusted. I realize that some companies customize straight away – their processes are clearly defined and TFS needs to […]