Important: The instructions in this post only apply to the RTM version of Team Foundation Server 2010. For older versions, see RC, Beta2, or Beta1.

Introduction

When you upgrade your existing Team Foundation Server to version 2010, upgraded team projects will work as before. However, you need to make some manual changes to these team projects if you want to enable the following features:

• Test Case Management
• Agile Planning Workbooks
• Lab Management
• Dashboards

The guidance documents that explain how to update your upgraded Team Projects is now available at MSDN:

In addition to the official guidance documents, a sample script is also available to help you automate some of these steps if you were using a non-modified Agile 4.2 process template before the server upgrade.

Summary of Required Changes

Refer to the table below for a summary of the required changes to enable the new features for upgraded team projects. Note that these changes are only necessary for the team projects that existed before the upgrade. If you are creating new team projects, all of these features are enabled by default.

(*): You can use the sample script attached to this article to make these changes marked with (*) in the table above.

You can use the sample script as is, if:

• You are using the RTM (English) version of Team Foundation Server 2010
• Your team project was created with the English language version of “MSF for Agile Software Development - v4.2” process template before you upgraded your Team Foundation Server
• No modifications have been made to the work item type definitions on your team project before or after the upgrade
• You are running the script on an English operating system that has Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010 RTM

You need to either modify the sample script, or create your own if:

• Your team project was created with a process template other than “MSF for Agile Software Development v4.2” (English)
• You have made modifications to the out of box work item type definitions on your team project
• Your team project already has an existing Test Case work item type
• You want to use the existing “Repro Steps” field on your Bug work item type
• You are using a non-English language version of Team Foundation Server

Sample Script

The attached ZIP file contains the script and updated MSF for Agile 4.2 work item type definitions. You must be a project collection administrator to run this script. The script requires the witadmin.exe utility which is installed by Team Explorer and Team Foundation Server.

To use the script, download and extract it to a local directory such as C:\Upgrade. Before you run the script, open “EnableFeatures.bat” in a text editor and complete the configuration by specifying values for the following:

• Team Foundation Server URL
• Name of the team project collection
• Name of the team project
• Path to witadmin.exe utility
• Set ConfigComplete = 1 to indicate that you’ve completed the configuration

Important: This script will only work against “unmodified” team projects created with “MSF for Agile Software Development – v4.2” process templates on the RTM version of Team Foundation Server 2010.

What does the script do?

The script is a simple batch file that uses the witadmin.exe utility to make the following changes:

• Saves a backup of your existing Bug, Task and Scenario work item types
• Adds new link types (Test Case / Shared Steps and Tests / Tested By)
• Adds new work item types (Test Case and Shared Step)
• Overwrites Bug, Task and Scenario work item types
• Adds work item categories

Questions?

Take a look at the following blog post for frequently asked questions:

• FAQ on the Sample Script to Enable New Features in Upgraded Team Projects

Download the Sample Script

For any other questions or comments, feel free to contact me.