Here's a quick summary of the new features in the CTP release for Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 : Single instance with multiple languages A single instance of TSWA now supports multiple languages. By default, the UI language is based on the user's browser...

WIWA is a Web UI that allows using some work item tracking features even if the user doesn’t have a Client Access License (CAL). It’s based on TSWA, but provided as a separate download. WIWA simply enables 3 core “file-a-bug” scenarios stated in the TFS...

As part of the series on “enabling new features in upgraded team projects”; Jamie Cool , our Lead Program Manager on Team Foundation Server team, talks about enabling branch visualization features in upgraded team projects: In Team Foundation Server 2010...

We have recently announced the availability for Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta1, which also includes Team System Web Access.   Here’s the direct link to Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta1 download: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147412 You...

Recently, one of our customers reported an issue with Web Access causing some users to get HTTP 400 Bad Request errors. HTTP 400 errors usually indicate that the request sent by the browser cannot be understood by the Web server. I’d recommend that you...

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...

Recently, I've been seeing questions about TSWA Work Item Only View (aka WIWA) and how it works with Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition. As a quick background, Work Item Only View is a feature of TSWA that enables accessing work items you've...

We've published the spec for the "Codename TFS bug submission portal" power tool on Rosario Specs website (1). Note (1): Although it appears on Rosario specs website, this is a power tool for TFS 2008 (Orcas). Here's some background: Team Foundation Server...

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 changes to these team projects if you want to enable the following features: Test Case...

We have just published updates to address the scalability issues in Team System Web Access 2008 power tool. The update consists of two parts that can be installed separately, but I strongly recommend installing both updates to get the most benefits...

UPDATE : Here’s the KB article that covers this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968549   Recently, one of our customers reported a strange issue that occurs with TSWA 2008. Although everything is configured correctly and running fine, it’s not possible...

  Important : The instructions in this post only apply to the Beta2 version of Team Foundation Server 2010. For Beta1, see this post . Introduction When you upgrade your existing Team Foundation Server to version 2010, upgraded team projects will...

As a follow up to my previous blog post that talks about the sample script to enable new features in upgraded team projects , I wanted to answer a couple of questions and go into a little bit more detail.   Frequently Asked Questions Do I need to...

[ Update: RTM version is released on 8/29/2008 - see http://blogs.msdn.com/hakane/archive/2008/08/29/team-system-web-access-tswa-2008-sp1-available.aspx ] We have just shipped the Community Technology Preview releases for Team System Web Access 2008...

A security issue has been identified with Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 and we have recently published an update that fixes it. Please note that this is a full release, so you will need to uninstall any existing versions of Web Access before installing...

Important : The instructions in this post only apply to the RC version of Team Foundation Server 2010. For TFS 2010 Beta2 , see this post . For TFS 2010 Beta1 , see this post . Introduction When you upgrade your existing Team Foundation Server to version...

Ed Hintz, Dev Lead for Team System Web Access, has recently announced the availability of TSWA 2008 SP1 power tool. See Ed's blog post for the list of new features in this release: http://blogs.msdn.com/edhintz/archive/2008/08/29/team-system-web...

If you are using the WIWA feature in the latest TSWA 2008 SP1, you may notice that it’s not possible to download attachment files from the work item window.   As a workaround, you can edit Wiwa\UI\Pages\WorkItems\DownloadAttachment.aspx and modify...

The current TSWA 2008 SP1 release contains a few missing files in the Work Item Custom Controls SDK and one of our developers Serkan has published a blog post to provide a workaround. For details, see: Missing Files in Custom Control Samples Project

Some of you might already know that I'm the Program Manager on the Web Access team in Team Foundation Server product group. In March 2007, Microsoft acquired the company I had founded with Ahmet Akkas back in 2001. Ahmet, Serkan (one of our senior developers...

We have just announced the availability of Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 2 along with the Ultimate, Premium and Professional editions of Visual Studio 2010 .   Download Links: Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 2 (ISO) Team Explorer 2010 Beta 2...

Few days ago, Brian Harry announced the availability of Team Foundation Server 2008 Service Pack 1 along with VS, VSTS and .NET 3.5 service packs. These service packs not only come with fixes and patches, but also with a lot of new features.   What...

As a response to a question asked by Ed Blankenship of Infragistics , Inc., we've been exploring the possibility of serving all languages of TSWA from a single server. The question was how to make the following possible: http:// tswa.example.local >...

Brian Randell has recently published a set of VSTS virtual machine images for Virtual PC, Virtual Server and Hyper-V. You can download either the TFS-only version, or the VSTS "all-up" images that contain the latest bits such as: Team Foundation...

One of the new features in TFS 2008 SP1 is the ability to point the links in notification emails to TSWA viewers. Currently, this only works with version control checkin notification emails.   See the following KB article for details: http://support...