Work Item Link Types in Visual Studio TFS 2010
What's the difference between the following work items link types in Visual Studio TFS 2010? Test Case Shared Steps Tests Tested By Thanks, ...
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Convert Effort hours in VS2010 to Duration in MS Project 2010?
Hi all, I have some work items created in VS 2010, with some effort (hours) estimation added. Now when I view this my query in MS Project 2010, how do I relate the Duration field to my estimated efforts for each work items? I'm new to using these features in TFS and trying to learn. Thanks, Ben ...
How to check in assemblies in TFS source control
When using custom assemblies in a visual studio project. How does one check in those assemblies in source control with the project so that anyone can download the project and build right away. ...
What is the difference between a bug and a defect work item in TFS?
Hi, I have just been asked to generate reports for TFS, and I noticed that there are both bug and defect reports. Can anyone explain what the difference between the two is? Thanks, MagicAndi. ...
Error TF31004 when connecting to TFS2008
I'm trying to connect to a TFS2008 server through Visual Studio 2008 (Tools\Connect to Team Foundation Server) and get this error when trying to add our server: TF31004: Team Foundation encountered an unexpected error while connecting to Team Foundation Server . Wait a few minutes and try again. If the problem persists, contact your ...
Do I need Team foundation server in order to use CodedUI?
Hi, I'd like to write some basic tests for our web and Winforms applications. I already own Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. Do I also need TFS in order to use the new CodedUI tests? Thanks, Adrian ...
Which tool to receive customer requirements
Hi, In my company we want to use Scrum lifecycle, we are using Team System 2010. Team System is great to manage projects developpment and Scrum lifecycle. However we are looking for a solution in order to take care of customers requirements. A tool which give the ability to customer to send us their requests so we can plan it for next ...
Continuous Integration - with what to start: CruiseControl.NET vs TeamCity vs Visual Studio Team System
I'm new to Continuous Integration. I want an advice with what tool should I start deal with. I see that this is the biggest tools right now: CruiseControl.NET, TeamCity and Visual Studio Team System. I'm using this tools: Visual Studio 2010, Mercurial, NAnt, NUnit. ...
Team development environment
Hello Stackoverflow I have been given the task to team mange a total refactoring of a webpage, build in PHP. I'm only the student worker :( so my experience in a team development environment is limited. Well my question here is how do we best manage the development of the website? At the moment do we use a SVN for version control, wher...
TFS Security and Documents Folder
I'm getting an issue with TFS where the documents folder is marked with a red cross. As far as I can tell, this seems to be a security issue, however, I am set-up as project admin on the relevant projects. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s a security issue from running the TFS Project Admin tool (available here). When I run this, ...
Forbidden Patterns Check-In Policy in TFS 2010
I've been trying to use the Forbidden Patterns part of the TFS 2010 Power Tools and I'm just not understanding something - I simply cannot get anything to change as I try to use this! I'm using the version that was released recently (I believe April 23, 2010), so it's not an old version. First off, yes, I know it's regex based, so let's...
TFS: Choose which Team Project to add a solution too.
I have a solution which I developed in VS2008 and which I am trying to add to Source Control (TFS 2010, though the issue happened in TFS 2008 as well). I have several TFS workspaces on my computer and I have access to several Team Projects. When I right click the solution in my Solution Explorer and choose the "Add Solution to Source C...
Team System web access rights
We're using team system to control our developement (product backlog items, sprint backlog items etc). It's a pretty nice tool but we wanted to allow other users to be able add bugs and new feature suggestions WITHOUT letting them mess with the actual development bits. I can set these guys up so they add the work items they need but ...
TFS and shared projects in multiple solutions
Our .NET team works on projects for our company that fall into distinct categories. Some are internal web apps, some are external (publicly facing) web apps, we also have internal Windows applications for our corporate office users, and Windows Forms apps for our retail locations (stores). Of course, because we hate code reuse, we have...
Visual studio 2008 ignoring ajax calls in load test results
In visual studio 2008 load tests can I collect averages only for other than ajax calls (ones that don't have x-microsoftajax: Delta=true header)? ...
How can I make a word document based on the attachments in a TFS 2010 work item?
Hi all, I've got a requirement from a client - They need to generate a document based on a work item's attachments (also word documents). Is such a thing possible? I assume that it will require the use of TeamSpec, or another TFS-to-Word exporter. If this is possible, I'd like to know if I can make the resulting document based on a ...
Where can I find a good article or book about Visual Studio 2010 team foundation?
I need some sources like articles and books about visual studio 2010 team foundation features. something which describes: What are the new features of 2010 team foundation How to use team foundation server best practices thank you in advance. ...
Passing parameter to SOAP Web Service Requests Using Visual Studio Team System 2008
How can I pass in the current datetime parameter to a SOAP request? I know you can pass in parameters by adding a datasource to the web test project and reference it like this {{DataSource.TableName.FieldName}}. But I want to pass in current datetime parameter as a dynamic value (something like DateTime.Now). How do I go about doing thi...
I'm having trouble pushing my source code from my local drive to CodePlex using Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate.
Codeplex gave me the relevant information for proper connection, and I connected to my repository using the Team > Connect to Team Foundation Sever in VS 2010 Ultimate. Here is what I see: How can I push the code I have made on my machine, to the repository on CodePlex? ...
Move from TFS 2008 to TFS 2010
We have succesfully built our TFS 2010 infrastructure and the first VM using Visual Studio 2010. Now I have a very simple question. How I can move a solution from our existing TFS 2008 to the new one 2010? Is there any tool included in TFS? ...