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(This blog post is also posted on the Visual Studio ALM Blog ) Kanban customizable columns was made publicly available on the March 4 service update, and will be available in the RC version of VS Update 2. You can read the release notes for an overview...

I’ve had a few people ask: “What if I estimate my tasks in something other than hours, like ideal days or story points?” The truth of the matter is, the “Remaining Work” field on the Task work item is just a dumb integer. You can enter anything you like...

With this latest Team Foundation Service update , we have updated the process template versions for all the templates. Agile and CMMI are at 6.1. Scrum is at 2.1. This reflects a few minor improvements we've made: - For Agile, the User Story's state model...

  One backlog to rule them all… One common practice we’ve seen our customers use is to have a master backlog, which “feeds” several teams. The master backlog is prioritized and maintained, and when it comes time to plan for the next sprint, all the...

  (Many thanks to Hayder Casey, who provided this great write-up on work item tracking custom controls. He’s a developer who works on the TFS Work Item Tracking team with me. Thanks Hayder!) Custom Controls provide a mechanism to extend the work...

Full error message: “TF252031: A SharePoint site could not be created for the team project collection. The following error occurred: Server was unable to process request. ---> Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040E09” We have found that this error happens...

I have an opportunity to teach Software Project Management as a part of a University of Washington night class. I’ve done this for 6 years. Each year, the class seems to be getting younger and younger, but I know its just me getting older. I’m 45, and...

In 2005 and 2008 versions of TFS, the work item links control that displayed the links always showed all the links. For TFS 2010, we made a design decision based on the fact that whoever is designing a work item form, may want to display certain link...

(This is a re-post of information from the now deprecated blog: “ Teams WIT Tools ”) (3/2/2010: Updated post. Corrected picture for “Dependency” link type) With TFS 2010, you can define multiple work item link types. This allows for you to customize link...

In work item tracking, there are several system fields that always exist in every work item type. These fields have both a reference name and a friendly name. The friendly name for some core fields have changed. They are: Reference Name...

There is an issue where 2005/2008 clients connecting to a TFS 2010 RC server, with team projects created by RC versions of MSF Agile / CMMI process templates will encounter an error when resolving bugs. But there is a work around! First, the error . If...

Attached to this blog post is a guide that can be used to troubleshoot problems with SharePoint Integration.

In the Release Candidate, we have added the ability to do the following: · Create a SharePoint portal for a team project that was created without a portal · Create a reports site for a team project that was created without reports · Update reports for...