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Team Foundation Server 2010 supports integration with both Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Beta. For those of you who wish to integrate with 2007, this MSDN topic gives instructions for configuring SharePoint...(read more)

In 2005 and 2008 versions of TFS, the work item links control that displayed the links always showed all the links. For TFS 2010, we made a design decision based on the fact that whoever is designing a work item form, may want to display certain link...(read more)

  I posted this topic outlining the cube schema changes we made in Beta 2. We had made it a point not to make any breaking schema changes in our cube schema once Beta 2 shipped and we stuck to that goal for RC. We put in a significant effort in the...(read more)

  In my last post in this series, I covered the new SQL RS reports we have in TFS 2010. Let’s look at a cool new feature for generating a report in Microsoft Excel based on a work item query. Walkthroughs for out-of-the-box experience including customizations...(read more)

You may have already noticed in the Beta 2 version of Team Foundation Server that the Agile guidance looks quite a bit different. The RC content is up and I wanted to call it out because it’s a lot different than anything you’ll have seen before. I’d...(read more)

With TFS 2010, you can define multiple work item link types. This allows for you to customize link types to match your processes. This blog post is a primer in how to do that. Read the rest of Gregg Boer's article… >...(read more)

  I started this series with a set of topics and broke the first one down into sub topics to cover the out-of-the-box experience in detail. With my last post , I covered the dashboards portion of the experience. Let’s look at the new SQL Reporting...(read more)

  In my last post , I covered the topic on creating a team dashboard. Let’s look at the dashboard experience on Windows SharePoint Services / SharePoint Foundation: SharePoint Dashboards SharePoint Server dashboard Out-of-the-box experience Customizing...(read more)

  In my last post , I covered customizing the SharePoint Server dashboard. The next topic is creating a team dashboard: SharePoint Dashboards SharePoint Server dashboard Out-of-the-box experience Customizing the dashboard Creating a team dashboard...(read more)

In work item tracking, there are several system fields that always exist in every work item type. These fields have both a reference name and a friendly name. The friendly name for some core fields have changed. Read the rest of Gregg Boer's article…...(read more)

There is an issue where 2005/2008 clients connecting to a TFS 2010 RC server, with team projects created by RC versions of MSF Agile / CMMI process templates will encounter an error when resolving bugs. But there is a work around! Read the rest of Gregg...(read more)

If you are having issues integration Team Foundation Server with SharePoint, then this troubleshooting guide might help. Read the rest of Gregg Boer's article… >...(read more)

In the Release Candidate, we have added the ability to do the following: Create a SharePoint portal for a team project that was created without a portal Create a reports site for a team project that was created without reports Update reports for a team...(read more)

The compatibility experience has continued to improve between TFS 2010 Beta 2 and RC. Good progress has been made on the Visual Studio Team System 2005 Service Pack 1 Forward Compatibility Update for Team Foundation Server 2010. It will be available around...(read more)

TFS 2010 includes a new configuration experience for build services. In this short (5:54) video, I walk through the process of configuring a build controller and agent on a Windows 7 machine. The build service is included in the same installer as Team...(read more)

New in the TFS 2010 release is the ability to install and configure version control, work item tracking and build automation services on client operating systems like Windows 7. In this short (8:28) video, I walk through the process of configuring TFS...(read more)

In this month’s newsletter, the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program announced the creation of a new TFS Process Template Certification Program to certify and promote high-quality process template partners. While we ship some of the most popular...(read more)

While every attempt has been made to ensure a smooth upgrade process from previous versions to Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010, there are some specific action items you should follow when upgrading from Beta 2 to the Release Candidate (RC). Please...(read more)

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Join Richard Hundhausen as we learn how to use the TFPT UNSHELVE command, part of the Team Foundation Server 2008 Power Tools, to overcome a limitation when unshelving in a parallel development environment.