If you have more than 100 work items in a query and you use Tools » Report View to prepare the list for printing you might notice that not all work items are shown on the report. Here’s what Hakan Eskici, the father of Web Access, has to say about this: There’s a limit to […]
Entries Tagged as 'Team System Web Access (TWA)'
TSWA: Report view not showing all work items
June 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Installation and Configuration, VSTS
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Cannot download attachements from Work Item Web Access
June 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS Installation and Configuration
Solution provided by Hakan Eskici from Microsoft: If you are using the WIWA feature in the latest TSWA 2008 SP1, you may notice that it’s not possible to download attachment files from the work item window. As a workaround, you can edit Wiwa\UI\Pages\WorkItems\DownloadAttachment.aspx and modify the page directive to fix this by adding the HasPermission […]
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Tool for creating direct links to TSWA
March 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Downloads, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS Tips and Tricks, TFS Work Item Tracking, Tools and Utilities, VSTS
Buck Hodges from Microsoft blogged about all the possible links you can construct to point to TSWA pages. For example the following URL opens the Work Item Editor: Open the existing work item with ID 1234: http://mytfs:8090/wi.aspx?id=1234 To make it simple I created a small tool that helps you construct those URLs in an easy […]
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Security Update for TSWA 2008 SP1
January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Issues and Hotfixes, Team Foundation Server, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008 SP1, VSTS
From Hakan Eskici’s blog: A security issue has been identified with Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 and we have recently published an update that fixes it. Installation Notice Please note that this is a full release, so you will need to uninstall any existing versions of Web Access before installing this update. Update: Instructions […]
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How many users can Team System Web Access support?
January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Team Foundation Server, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Administration, Training and Learning
A: Microsoft posted a white paper on this. From the whitepaper: "Test results indicate that Web Access starts to hit the upper limits once the total number of work item objects in the memory is around 180. This translates to approximately 100 concurrent users with typical usage patterns." "Test results indicate that Web Access can […]
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Changing TFS emails to link to Team System Web Access – Part 2
January 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Team Foundation Server, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Administration, TFS Installation and Configuration
If you click on a hyperlink in an TFS notification mail the following (read-only) web page comes up instead of a nice looking Team System Web Access dialog. Let’s change that! Objective Make sure all links in the notification mails sent by TFS point to Team System Web Access (TSWA) rather than the integrated read-only […]
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Be aware: don’t use underscores in server names
January 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS Administration, TFS Installation and Configuration, Troubleshooting TFS
An underscore ("_") is not a supported character for a server name according to the RFC standards and therefore Windows will warn you when trying to use it as part of a DNS name. Symptoms ASP.NET applications that use session state, like Team System Web Access, will work when invoked using the IP (http://1.1.1.1:8090/) but […]
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Q: How do I switch Team System Web Access back to English?
January 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008 SP1, TFS Tips and Tricks
Team System Web Access 2008 SP1 comes equipped with 10 languages for its UI that will be displayed depending on your Internet browsers regional settings. You can set a language – independently what your browser settings by opening the Options dialog from the Settings menu. and choosing your preferred language on the “Regional settings” tab.
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TFS Tip: Enabling Work Item meta data filtering
October 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Team Foundation Server, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS 2008, TFS Installation and Configuration, TFS Tips and Tricks, VSTS, Work Item Customization
Beginning with TFS 2008 SP1 you can specify that only the necessary part of the Work Item meta data will be transferred to the client caches, e.g. not the meta data for project you have no permission on. This is not done by default. You can read all the glory details in Martin Woodward’s blog. […]
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Using images in description fields
August 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Project Management with TFS, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS Tips and Tricks, TFS Work Item Tracking, VSTS
Requires: The use of HTML description fields in stead of the default description field. Team System Web Access (TSWA) to insert the pictures. Steps: Use a HTML fields for your descriptions instead of plan text fields(might need to copy the old descriptions programmatically). Add the image you want to use to the work item’s […]
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