How to subscribe to Tfs alerts for new workitems only
If you want to get notified for all new workitems, regardless of who they get assigned to, you will want a custom subscription. Here is an example of how to create one with the BisSubscribe tool that is on the server. There is a ChangeType with each WorkItemChangedEvent, set to either "Change" or "New". In the filter expression below, only new changes will generate emails.
BisSubscribe.exe /userId <domain\username> /eventType WorkItemChangedEvent /deliveryType EmailHtml /domain <server name> /address <email address> /filter "PortfolioProject = '<project>' AND ChangeType = 'New' "
<domain\username> - user getting the notification
<server name> - your server
<email address> - full email address to receive the notification
<project> - project title of interest
Note, if you are using a build later that Beta3, the syntax should be modified slightly to the following:
BisSubscribe.exe /eventType WorkItemChangedEvent /deliveryType EmailHtml /server <server name> /address <email address> /filter "PortfolioProject = '<project>' AND ChangeType = 'New' "
Where there is no "/userId" and "/server" replaces "/domain"
