Is there a way to access another Admin's Team Alerts in TFS 2010?
I don't have much experience using TFS other than checking code in/out. I was recently put in charge of changing around some team alerts that were previously created by another Admin. Is there a way for me to access the alerts he set up?
There are over 100 alerts which will be a pain if I have to remake them on my account. If anyone knows of an easier way such as exporting the alerts or transferring them I would appreciate it.
I suggest you to use Tfs Web Access, click on Settings at the top right corner, select Team project\Alerts
Other solution :
You can use the BisSubscribe tool commandline located on your tfs server in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010\Tools
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We have several of our projects at my company in source control using Visual Studio Team Services (visualstudio.com). For the life of me I can't figure out how to get the workspace on my machine to flip to a Server workspace type. We don't want multiple checkouts and we want to get latest when we edit a file, and server workspaces (as I understand it) are the only way to accomplish this. Is it even possible to use server workspaces with the "cloud" version of TFS/Visual Studio Team Services?
Thanks!
Connect to your server with Visual Studio
Go to Team Explorer
Go to Settings
This part can be a little tricky so I attach a screen shot:
Under "Team Project Collection" go to Source Control
On the new dialog go to the second tab - Workspace Settings
So as you can see it is pretty obscure and I believe it is on purpose. By default the workspaces are of type "local" and these have their benefits. You may want to check out this article to make an informed decision: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb892960.aspx
Does anyone know if I put some source code on "Team Foundation Service Preview" (tfspreview.com: tfs on the cloud)
will all source code be lost once the program is outside of the preview stage?
Im intent on purchasing once its live, just seeing if its feasible to start using now.
We don't the 'commercial' path for the service yet. But if we are going to charge you for the service, we will make sure that there is a path to move your data from the cloud into you on premises TFS installation
Ewald Hofman (TFS Program Manager)
No, you won't lose anything, you will have two possibilities:
Pay for the service and keep things has they are.
Get a back to the Team Project Collection for you to restore it on a local (on premise) TFS Server.
I migrated a Team Project to a different collection using Microsoft Team Foundation Server Integration Tools.
Now I would like to take the original project offline (but not delete). Anyone knows of a way to do this?
Thanks
You should be able to accomplish this by removing all the users from the security groups of the original project.
We have a team that consists of a number of non-developers - for these non-developers to create and modify Work Items, would they need to have VS 2010 / Team Explorer installed on their machines? Or is it possible to create and modify Work Items through the project's SharePoint site or some other built-in means?
I've not yet installed a full test TFS 2010 instance, so I can't check it out myself.
You can also create or edit workitems using Team System Web Access portal which will be configured as part of TFS2010 Installation. You can access this portal using this URL: http://[TFSServer]:8080/tfs/web
You can also configure users to access the restricted version of this portal(Work Item Only View) which the users can connect without using CAL. In this version, the users can add or edit the workitems only created by them.
You can create and edit work items from the sharepoint site for a team project in TFS 2010. but the users will still need a Client Access Licence (CAL) to do more than very basic work item management. The url will be something like http://[tfsServer]/sites/[tfsCollection]/[tfsTeamproject]/Dashboards/ProjectDashboard_wss.aspx. If you right click on the Team Project in Team Explorer and select "show project portal" then it will open a browser in the correct location.
I think the licence basically says that users can create and modify their own work items without a CAL. If they need to view work items created by other users, or allocate work items to other users, then a CAL is required.
I'm looking for a way to add work items into tfs from the project portal that it creates. Basically we want our helpdesk to be to raise workitems inside of tfs, so we can then track the build etc that there fixed in.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Microsoft released the Visual Studio Team System Web Access 2008 Power Tool.
Base download
Service pack 1
Team System Web Access SP1 lets you do all the things you can do in Visual Studio in your browser. You can view, create, and edit work items, associate work items with each other and with changesetsand view source, diffs, changeset contents, and branches.
SP1 also includes what was once called TFS Work Item Web Access. Work Item Web Access lets users without TFS licenses submit and view work items through the browser.
With a little SharePoint magic you should be able to frame Team System Web Access within your existing team sites.