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re: New permissions on work item types?

Tim Larson — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:19:16 GMT

I found this post when looking for the ability to limit permissions in TFS based on work item type.

In my particular case, I want product managers to be able to view and Edit Tasks, but not bugs.

This appears to be very similar to the second item in your list. I recognize that this posting is fairly old (from 2008), so I am curious to learn if there has been any work on item number 2 or any suggested work arounds that would make it possible for me to determine permissions based on work item type.

re: Time Tracking in TFS – Part 2

Egor Yavorsky — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:59:56 GMT

I think time-tracking is necessary at least for offshore development companies. Billing and controlling estimates is a clients's demand often.

Time-tracking can be a huge help for startups, too. I'm working at http://TeamExpand.com who's product Chrono is the time-tracking tool for TFS and i can say for sure that often time-tracking helps, and sometimes it's a must. It will annoy a programmer in one case only: when his work need not to be estimated at earlier stages. But there will be next stages when a coding process can be reported easily. Should it be reported? It depends, but in most cases yes.

re: Restarting the TFS Add-Inn (Excel 2007)

Arun — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:20:41 GMT

Thanks Sachin... You made my day :)

re: Work Item Rules Workarounds: Validating Area Path

Webb Deneys — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:13:14 GMT

That works if you have very few areas and they are not volatile - any way short of coding something to work around that (in my case I need to enforce certain rules when an area is 'under' a particular root which is looking much harder than I was anticipating).

re: Restarting the TFS Add-Inn (Excel 2007)

sachin Chakote — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:39:16 GMT

you will find another option called "

Excel Options -> Add-Ins -> Manage Disabled Items ..

enable it from there and it wil load the Team tab for you ..

re: SharePoint Integration in TFS 2010 Beta1

Rohidas — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:20:18 GMT

Hi,

We are integarting TFS 2010 with SharePoint Server 2010. But we dont dont TFS account to be Farm admin in sharePoint Server 2010.

I followed the msdn.microsoft.com/.../ee462864.aspx and enabled the Self-Service site creation but still it is giving error

"2011-10-21 09:54:34Z][Error] TF252031: A SharePoint site could not be created for the team project collection. The following error occurred: TF250001: The validation check failed for the following account: JVSERVICES-CORE\TFSServiceAccount. The account must be a member of the Farm Administrators group for the following SharePoint Web application: "

how to overcome it please

re: Do you find the work item tracking Query Builder easy to use?

Jesse Houwing — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:22:40 GMT

One thing I;m really missing is the ability to have one query be a refinement of another query. E.g. you define one query that shows all items, then 'inherit' from that query and apply additional filters, such as iteration and area.

The biggest feature I'd like here is the ability to then update the parent query and have the changes reflected in all inheriting queries.

re: LINQ to WIQL

ptcmariano — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:26:47 GMT

Have others post about this?

Link is broken.

re: FAQ #3: How do I find the location of the OLAP cube?

mconn86 — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:29:05 GMT

Any chance of reposting this video?

re: How Microsoft/DevDiv uses TFS - Chapter 6 (Tracking multiple projects)

Christophe Pereira — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:53:21 GMT

Hi, that reported you generated, that was from TFS was it?