We have recently moved our TFS to be hosted # visualstudio.com.
Initially we selected Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 2.2
We want to change this to MSF for agile development 6.2
Is there an easy way to do this.
Please note this is using the hosted TFS solution from Microsoft.
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I am currently looking to migrate an existing TFS2008 server to a new VS2012 server.
A major part of the reason behind this is that we want to be able to use the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum template, however I am struggling to determine whether VS2008 is able to manipulate work items created using this template (according to all of the blogs and/or other information I can find, the templates can only be installed to a VS2010 or VS2012 server, but there is nothing clear about Visual Studio clients). I believe that both VS2010 and VS2012 can access an manipulate items based upon these templates.
Note: We HAVE to use VS2008 at the moment as some of the projects are for mobile devices (Windows/CE, Windows Mobile) and, as I am sure you will be aware, these projects are not supported by VS2010 or VS2012).
I am aware of the compatibility GDR's for both VS2008 and VS2010, but again they mention nothing specific about the scrum templates.
So, my question is simple...
Can I access and manipulate (add new work items, update existing items, create a sprint etc) a TFS project that is based upon one of the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum templates on Team Foundation Server 2012 from Team Explorer 2008/Visual Studio 2008.
Work Item process templates (e.g. VS Scrum) have nothing to do with the version of the client used to connect to TFS, which means that any version of Visual Studio (2008, 2010, or 2012) will work with TFS 2012, regardless of the process template (Scrum, Agile MSF or CMMI).
Furthermore, the forward compatibility GDR provides the team explorer extension (window) that will give VS 2008 the ability to use the new functionality of TFS 2012 (e.g. start and end dates for iterations, capacity planning, etc.).
The process template (i.e. Visual Studio Scrum 2.0) is nothing but a set of XML documents detailing which work item types you will have, what fields they contain, some reports, SharePoint settings, security settings, etc. None of these affect or are affected by the version of Visual Studio.
I have created a new team project using sfts v3.0 project template. Later I have realized that we need to customize scrum template (add some new status). How can I upgrade the scrum template once team project has been created. Can I modify the template and overwrite files to location where it is on TFS 2010 server?
The new project I have created is entirely blank and I am running migration tool to migrate source code from tfs 2008 to tfs 2010 and I don't want to interrupt that process.
Use the Process Editor of the TFS Power Tools.
Here's a guide how to use it.
We are using TFS 2008 for source code. The process template chosen was Agile 4.2.
I have installed VSTS 2010 to access TFS 2008 server.
Can someone please guide me on how to enable TFS 2008 with the ability to add Workitems - Test Case and Scenario into it.
You cannot use Microsoft Test Manager (also known as Visual Studio Test Professional 2010) with Team Foundation Server 2008. It requires implementation on the server which is not available in TFS 2008.
See Software Requirements for Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management Features on MSDN:
To use Visual Studio Test Professional 2010, you must also install
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010.
You can however create a Test Case and Scenario work item type in TFS 2008. This would just be a plain old work item form, no different to a Task or Bug like you already have.
Has anyone tried to integrate Tibco Designer especially for BusinessWorks with Team Foundation Server 2010?
At the moment, our Tibco designer is using VSS as its source safe control.
We are planning to migrate the VSS to TFS 2010 but I could not find a solution to integrate Tibco Designer with the TFS 2010.
I have no familiarity with the product directly, but since it is currently able to integrate with SourceSafe, perhaps the TFS 2010 MSSCCI provider might help?
You would install it on your client machine(s) so that application would be able to talk to TFS 2010 (and 2005/2008 with that version, it seems). I have used the provider for getting Visual Studio 2003 to TFS 2010, which does not have native TFS support.
Visual Studio Gallery Page for TFS 2010 MSSCCI Provider
Yes we have integrated Designer with TFS in a retail project, but it does not leverage full strengths of a source control system. There are no auto builds, trunking. Just basic check-in check-out. For Designer SVN is a recommended source control system.
I'm currently planning to upgrade our TFS 2008 server to TFS 2010 with the condition below:
1. upgrade everything except for the sharepoint
2. upgrade everything including sharepoint but sharepoint will be enabled only at later stage. will this stop us from using TFS for our development?
Thanks,
Chen
Sharepoint shouldn't be a requirement unless you have a strong need to have project portals. Everything else (workitems, source repository, etc. should work fine).