Team Foundation Server Web Access is a web interface to Microsoft Team Foundation Server project data.
Questions tagged [tfs-web-access]
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TFS web portal: Possible to link/URI directly to line number in file?
I would like to send my coworkers a link directly to a line number in a file in our TFS repo. Is this possible? If so, how? We are using TFS 2015.
Currently, the best way I have found is to link to the file like…

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TFS Web Access — How to add the Burndown chart to team favorites?
How can I add the Current Sprint iteration and burn-down chart to the landing page for TFS Web Access? I am able to pull in the build and backlog queries into "team favorites", but can not seem to find how to add current sprint info and the Work…

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Updating an existing Work Item from code
I've been working on an extension for our TWA and a curious thing happened.
We have a library of functions for working with our custom Work Items, containing, among others, a function for updating a specific one - UpdateContract. In the course of my…

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add discussion comment to TFS via web-access
How can you add notes/comments to the discussion box on the TFS web interface? There doesn't seem to be any "add input" field anywhere...

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How to change Tfs web access style
I want to change the style (like in css) of my tfs web access, I use scrum 2.0 template with tfs 2012 for my projects and want to change the style (like change the default white background color for example) of my project web page. does anybody know…

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TFS2010 web access give 401
I have a TFS2010 server that was moved from a workgroup to a domain. Version control and build are working fine (we do not have reporting or Sharepoint setup for that server). I can connect using the TFS admin console on the server using the…

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TFS 2013 web access - can't sign out
We use TFS 2013 on premise. I just noticed a weird issue with the web interface, namely I can properly sign out only from Firefox.
When I use Chrome, IE or Opera, hitting the "sign out" link shows the proper signout page, saying:
Sign out: close…

Peter Szekeli
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Can TFS Work Item Icons be Changed?
How can you change the icon that represents a work item type in TFS Web Access? For instance, a bug appears as a page with a red squiggly line, while a task is a page with a red check mark. These look a bit too similar to us, and we'd like to…

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Functions not being called in TFS 2012 Update 3 Web Access extension
I'm trying to add a link to the work item control in TFS 2012 Web Access. What I'm seeing, however, is that the functions I'm defining for bind and _init aren't getting called at any point in the page lifecycle.
Here's some pared down…

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Does the TFS Web Access task board display only the top 20 work items?
When using TFS 2012 Web Access to run the sprint using MSF Scrum 2.1, I find that it's difficult to use the task board. In Web Access, navigating to WORK | backlog | Product Backlog | board, it seems like only the top 20 PBIs & Bugs out of a query…

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Can tfs feedback be recieved via TFS Web Access w/o installing feedbackclient.exe?
ON TFS2012 is it possible to request feedback from customers that are utilizing the web client without them having to install feedbackclient.exe on their machines

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How can I do a simple cross-project search in TFS 2012?
We are planning to move our projects (including defect databases) to TFS. I see that I can create a work item query that spans projects, but it doesn't appear that the "quick search" field supports cross-project searches. What is the best way to…

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TFS 2012: cant set 80 port to web access
When I add new binding to 80 port for TFS web access App on IIS:
my build service does not work but:
How can I fix my build service and save binding to 80 port? Or is there another way to get access to TFS WebAccess on 80 port?

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Cannot delete / modify some workitems after deleting some others in VSTS
We have been deleted some stuff from one VSTS project due to some internal reorganization. After doing it we found that some workitems cannot be modified / deleted anymore, if we try to delete them we get a:
Failed to delete work item: 47420. Error…

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Intended relationship between PBI Structure and the Product Backlog in MSF Scrum 2.2 for TFS 2012?
As my scrum team does backlog grooming, we typically start with epic-level work, and refine those PBIs into themes and stories as part of normal grooming activities. As a means of structuring these work items, the PBIs that result from refining and…

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