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TFS Walkthrough Series: Part 3 - Opening the Source Control Explorer

Ron Buckton — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:43:00 GMT

Open Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Ensure you have an active connection to Team Foundation Server (see Walkthrough: Connecting to Team Foundation Server)
In the "Team Explorer" task pane, expand the Team Project
Double-click on the Source Control folder.

Figure 8 - Source Control Explorer

TFS Walkthrough Series: Part 2 - Viewing Work Items

Ron Buckton — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:42:00 GMT

Open Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Ensure you have an active connection to Team Foundation Server (see Walkthrough: Connecting to Team Foundation Server)
In the "Team Explorer" task pane, expand the Team Project (in this example: TeamProject) to the following folder: TeamProject \ Work Items \ Team Queries

Figure 6 - Work Item Queries
Double-click on a Team Query. This will open the list of work items that match the query.

Figure 7 - Example Work Item Query
Review or make any necessary changes and click Save (from the File menu or the disk icon, or press Ctrl+S) to update the server.

TFS Walkthrough Series: Part 1 - Connecting to Team Foundation Server

Ron Buckton — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:14:00 GMT

Open Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
In Visual Studio 2008, click the menu: Tools / Connect to Team Foundation Server
In the "Connect to Team Foundation Server" dialog, click the button: Servers…

Figure 3 - Connecting to a Team Foundation Server
In the "Add/Remove Team Foundation Server" dialog, click the button: Add…

Figure 4 - Managing the list of Team Foundation Servers
In the "Add Team Foundation Server" dialog, enter the server name and click the button: OK

Figure 5 - Adding a Team Foundation Server
In the "Add/Remove Team Foundation Server" dialog, click the button: Close
In the "Connect to Team Foundation Server" dialog, check each of the projects you wish to view and click: OK
The "Team Explorer" tool pane should open for you to browse the Team Project.

Team Foundation Server Walkthrough Series: Introduction

Ron Buckton — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:38:53 GMT

The following is a series of walkthroughs for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server. They range from simply making a TFS connection to setting up build configurations and branching scenarios.

Connecting to Team Foundation Server
Viewing Work Items
Opening the Source Control Explorer
Creating Workspaces
Checking in Pending Changes
Creating a DEVELOPMENT branch
Creating a PRODUCTION branch
Forward Integration from MAIN to DEVELOPMENT
Forward Integration from MAIN to PRODUCTION
Reverse Integration from DEVELOPMENT to MAIN
Creating a Build Definition
Queuing a Build
Managing Build Quality
Fixing issues in a PRODUCTION release
Performing a Baseless Merge
Sample Peer Code Review Process using Shelvesets

TFS Quick Tips: #1 Adding a screenshot to a work item

Ron Buckton — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:43:10 GMT

The Team Explorer in Visual Studio provides a quick (and not exactly obvious) method for attaching a screenshot or other content to a Work Item.

Screenshots

To quickly add a screenshot do the following:

1. Press PrtScrn or Alt+PrntScrn (Captures only the currently active window)

2. Open a Work Item (Bug, Task, etc) in team explorer

3. Click “File Attachments”

4. Press Ctrl+V (Paste)

A file called “Screenshot.png” is automatically attached to the work item.

Copied Text

To quickly add any copied text as an attachment to a work item do the following:

1. Select the text to copy (or press Ctrl+A to select all text in the active input area like a page or document)

2. Open a Work Item (Bug, Task, etc) in team explorer

3. Click “File Attachments”

4. Press Ctrl+V (Paste)

A file called “PastedText.txt” is automatically attached to the work item.

Copied Files

You can also quickly add a file from your desktop as an attachment using the same steps as above:

1. Select the files to copy

2. Open a Work Item (Bug, Task, etc) in team explorer

3. Click “File Attachments”

4. Press Ctrl+V (Paste)

Each of the files selected is now attached to the work item.

Bonus Tip – Copy and Paste Text from an Alert

If you get an alert in a page like so:

Simply press Ctrl+C (Copy) to copy the contents of the dialog into the clipboard. To paste the text you can just use Ctrl+V:

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Windows Internet Explorer

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You can copy this

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