TFS Team Project Manager

Source code checked in, #72923

jelled — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:48 GMT

Made work item configuration import options (simulate & save copy) available through UI

Commented Feature: Allow certain dynamic properties (macros) to be replaced when editing/transforming work item configurations [10107]

jelled — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:52:28 GMT

For example, if a work item type should reference a global list that is specific to a Team Project, a $$PROJECTNAME$$ macro could be foreseen that is replaced before the actual upload is performed.

For inspiration, the following macros are used in process templates:

$$PROJECTNAME$$
$$PROJECTADMINGROUP$$
$$PROJECTCOLLECTIONADMINGROUP$$
$$PROJECTCOLLECTIONBUILDSERVICESGROUP$$
$$CREATOR_OWNER$$
$$BUILDSERVICEGROUP$$
$$WSSSITE$$
Comments: Associated with changeset 72912: Refactored work item configuration import process

Source code checked in, #72912

jelled — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:52:25 GMT

Refactored work item configuration import process

New Post: Great tool - thank you for the 2012 upgrade

agent_232 — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:12:00 GMT

Super-Awesome vote: A+ thank you for sharing on codeplex.
-thomas

Commented Feature: Allow certain dynamic properties (macros) to be replaced when editing/transforming work item configurations [10107]

jelled — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:38:45 GMT

For example, if a work item type should reference a global list that is specific to a Team Project, a $$PROJECTNAME$$ macro could be foreseen that is replaced before the actual upload is performed.

For inspiration, the following macros are used in process templates:

$$PROJECTNAME$$
$$PROJECTADMINGROUP$$
$$PROJECTCOLLECTIONADMINGROUP$$
$$PROJECTCOLLECTIONBUILDSERVICESGROUP$$
$$CREATOR_OWNER$$
$$BUILDSERVICEGROUP$$
$$WSSSITE$$
Comments: Associated with changeset 72867: Added initial support for macros when uploading work item configuration items

Source code checked in, #72867

jelled — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:38:42 GMT

Added initial support for macros when uploading work item configuration items

Source code checked in, #72861

jelled — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:39:47 GMT

Added tooltips to security screen

Source code checked in, #72859

jelled — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:25:58 GMT

Improved work item configuration comparison

Created Feature: Support for searching in work item configuration edit form [10116]

jelled — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:41:52 GMT

It would be useful to be able to search for a certain field or control for example.

Created Feature: Allow certain dynamic properties (macros) to be replaced when editing/transforming work item configurations [10107]

jelled — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:16 GMT

For example, if a work item type should reference a global list that is specific to a Team Project, a $$PROJECTNAME$$ macro could be foreseen that is replaced before the actual upload is performed.

Updated Release: TFS Team Project Manager 2010 Edition v1.6.4874 (mei 06, 2013)

jelled — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:14:16 GMT

This is v1.6 of TFS Team Project Manager, a tool that automates various tasks across Team Projects in Team Foundation Server.

The 2010 Edition requires Team Explorer 2010 on the client machine, but is compatible with all versions of Team Foundation Server.

What's new in this release?

v1.6.4874 (May 6th, 2013)
- Added support for XML transformations of work item tracking configuration files (work item type definitions, categories, process configuration).
- Activity module now also shows the user that performed the activity.
- Tasks can now be canceled when they are executing.
- Fixed NullReferenceException when comparing certain types of Team Projects.
- Fixed ArgumentNullException when editing build definition that has no process parameters.

Released: TFS Team Project Manager 2010 Edition v1.6.4874 (May 06, 2013)

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:14:16 GMT

v1.6.4874 (May 6th, 2013)
- Added support for XML transformations of work item tracking configuration files (work item type definitions, categories, process configuration).
- Activity module now also shows the user that performed the activity.
- Tasks can now be canceled when they are executing.
- Fixed NullReferenceException when comparing certain types of Team Projects.
- Fixed ArgumentNullException when editing build definition that has no process parameters.

Updated Release: TFS Team Project Manager 2010 Edition v1.6.4874 (mei 06, 2013)

jelled — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:13:36 GMT

v1.6.4874 (May 6th, 2013)
- Added support for XML transformations of work item tracking configuration files (work item type definitions, categories, process configuration).
- Activity module now also shows the user that performed the activity.
- Tasks can now be canceled when they are executing.
- Fixed NullReferenceException when comparing certain types of Team Projects.
- Fixed ArgumentNullException when editing build definition that has no process parameters.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

jelled — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:33:41 GMT

Features

Activity
Build Definitions
Build Process Templates
Security
Source Control
Work Item Configuration - Compare
Work Item Configuration - Work Item Types
Work Item Configuration - Categories
Work Item Configuration - Process Configuration
Work Item Configuration - Transform

Contributing to the project

How To Contribute

Features

Activity

Allows you to see the most recent activity in each Team Project.
This can be useful if you want to see which projects are still actively being worked on, for example.

Build Definitions

Allows you to track the build definitions in each Team Project, and some of their common properties. You can also bulk update or delete build definitions.
This can be useful when you want to get an overview of all the builds or want to standardize certain build properties across Team Projects.

Build Process Templates

View / Unregister

Allows you to track the build process templates that are registered for each Team Project, and which build definitions actually use them.
This can be useful when you want to get an overview of all the builds and their build process templates.

Register / Update

Allows you to register new build process templates across multiple Team Projects, optionally unregistering any other template.
This can be useful when you want to standardize on a single build process template for a selection of Team Projects in your organization.

Security

View / Delete Groups

Allows you to view and delete the security groups that are defined for each Team Project.
This can be useful when you want to get an overview of all the security groups being used.

Add / Update Group

Allows you to add or update security groups across multiple Team Projects.
This can be useful when you want to have consistent security groups or when you want to import new work item types that require certain security groups to be present.

Source Control

View Settings

Allows you to get an overview of the source control settings for each Team Project: whether or not "multiple check-out" and "get latest on check-out" are enabled, and which check-in notes are configured. Note that viewing the configured check-in policies is not supported at this time.

Update Settings

Allows you to change the source control settings across multiple Team Projects.
Note that configuring check-in policies is not supported at this time.

View Latest Changesets

Allows you to retrieve the latest changesets across Team Projects, optionally excluding changesets with specific comments.
This can be useful if you want to see which projects are still actively being worked on, for example.

Work Item Configuration - Compare

Allows you to compare the work item configuration (i.e. work item type definitions, work item categories and common and agile process configuration) used by Team Projects with work item configuration definition files on disk (e.g. from a Process Template) or from other Team Projects.
This can be useful to determine which Team Projects have been created with which Process Template, or which Team Projects have changed their work item configuration from a standard configuration.

Work Item Configuration - Work Item Types

View / Export / Delete / Edit

Allows you to get an overview of the work item type definitions across multiple Team Projects, how many work items have been created from them, and in which work item categories they are used.
You can also export their definitions to XML files, edit them in-place, and delete the work item types from the Team Projects.

Import

Allows you to validate and import new work item type definitions in existing Team Projects.
This can be useful if you want to change the work item types being used, e.g. to upgrade them from a previous version.

Search

Allows you to search for work item types and/or fields within them.
This can be useful if you want to know if certain work items or fields are present in selected Team Projects.

Work Item Configuration - Categories

View / Delete

Allows you to get an overview of all work item categories across Team Projects, and the work items that belong to them.
You can even delete work item categories from Team Projects.

Update / Import

Allows you to define work item categories across Team Projects, by creating them from scratch or by importing them from an existing Team Project.
This can be useful if you want to change work item categories or if you want to delete work item types that are part of categories (in which case you have to remove them from any categories first).

Work Item Configuration - Process Configuration

View / Export / Edit

Allows you to get an overview of the work item process configurations (i.e. common and agile configurations) across multiple Team Projects. You can also export their definitions to XML files and edit them in-place.

Import

Allows you to import work item process configurations (i.e. common and agile configurations) in existing Team Projects.
This can be useful if you want to change the process configurations being used, e.g. to upgrade them from a previous version.

Transform

Allows you to transform the XML files that define the work item configuration (i.e. work item type definitions, work item categories and common and agile process configuration).
This can be useful if you want have upgraded Team Foundation Server and want to take advantage of new features.

Updated Wiki: Home

jelled — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:27:24 GMT

Introduction

TFS Team Project Manager automates various tasks across Team Projects in Team Foundation Server. If you find yourself managing multiple Team Projects for an organization and have recurring tasks and questions that repeat themselves over and over again, Team Project Manager probably has some answers for you.

Features

Team Project Manager can help you...

View activity
- View recent activity (in Source Control, Work Item Tracking and Team Build)
Manage build definitions
- View and delete build definitions
- Update common properties within build definitions
Manage build process templates
- Understand which build templates are used by which build definitions
- Unregister existing build process templates
- Register new or update existing build process templates
Manage security
- Understand which security groups have which members
- Delete security groups
- Add or update security groups
- Manage members and permissions for security groups
Manage source control
- Understand which projects have which source control settings (multiple check-out, get latest on check-out, check-in notes)
- Update source control settings
- Retrieve the latest changesets (e.g. to see which projects are still active)
Manage work item configuration
- Compare work item configurations (i.e. work item type definitions, categories, process configuration) with various sources, e.g. to determine which Process Template was likely used to create which project
- Understand which projects use which work item types and how many work items there are of each
- Import new or update existing work item types
- Manage work item categories
- Manage process configuration (i.e. common and agile configuration)
- Transform work item tracking configuration (i.e. apply XML transformations on work item type definitions, categories, process configuration)

For more details on how all this works, see the Documentation page.

If you can think of other great features, please let us know through the discussion forums or the issue tracker! Or (even better) because it's built with a very modular framework (Microsoft Prism) you can also contribute by building your own modules!

Compatibility

TFS Team Project Manager works against TFS 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012.

On the machine where you run the tool, you need to have Team Explorer installed; use the edition of TFS Team Project Manager that matches your version of Team Explorer.

Free Software

This application is completely free to use. If you feel it saves you a lot of time and you like it so much that you want to support the countless hours that have gone in developing this - please do feel free to donate!

What's New?

v1.6.4874 (May 6th, 2013)
- Added support for XML transformations of work item tracking configuration files (work item type definitions, categories, process configuration).
- Activity module now also shows the user that performed the activity.
- Tasks can now be canceled when they are executing.
- Fixed NullReferenceException when comparing certain types of Team Projects.
- Fixed ArgumentNullException when editing build definition that has no process parameters.
v1.5.4852 (April 14, 2013)
- Added activity module that allows you to see the most recent activity (in Source Control, Work Item Tracking and Team Build) for Team Projects.
- Updated security module to allow you to manage members and permissions for security groups.
v1.4.4793 (February 14, 2013)
- Added support for moving work item comparison sources up and down
- Improved work item comparison to better support TFS 2012 Update 1
- Added the last build time in the Build Definitions screen
- Added a view by server path for the Build Process Templates
v1.3.4601 (August 6, 2012)
- Split up in two editions depending on the version of Team Explorer you have installed locally (although all editions still work against all versions of TFS)
- Added support for TFS 2012
- Added support for editing Work Item Type Definitions directly
- Added support for managing work item process configuration (Agile and Common configuration)
- Added support for comparing work item categories and process configuration (Agile and Common configuration); improved comparison of work item type definitions
v1.2.4450 (March 8, 2012)
- When Visual Studio 2012 is detected, its built-in Diff Tool is now used by default.
- Added support for customization of the Diff Tool in the work item type comparer (see the TeamProjectManager.exe.config file).
v1.2.4406 (January 24, 2012)
- Added a column to the build definitions list to show scheduled build times.
v1.2.4379 (December 28, 2011)
- Added support for viewing, editing and deleting build definitions.
v1.1 (December 8, 2011)
- Improved work item type comparisons.
- Added support for saving and loading work item comparison sources.
- Added security module that allows Team Project security groups to be retrieved, deleted and added.
v1.0 (November 27, 2011)
- Initial release.

Updated Wiki: Home

jelled — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:26:53 GMT

Introduction

Features

Team Project Manager can help you...

View activity
- View recent activity (in Source Control, Work Item Tracking and Team Build)
Manage build definitions
- View and delete build definitions
- Update common properties within build definitions
Manage build process templates
- Understand which build templates are used by which build definitions
- Unregister existing build process templates
- Register new or update existing build process templates
Manage security
- Understand which security groups have which members
- Delete security groups
- Add or update security groups
- Manage members and permissions for security groups
Manage source control
- Understand which projects have which source control settings (multiple check-out, get latest on check-out, check-in notes)
- Update source control settings
- Retrieve the latest changesets (e.g. to see which projects are still active)
Manage work item configuration
- Compare work item configurations (i.e. work item type definitions, categories, process configuration) with various sources, e.g. to determine which Process Template was likely used to create which project
- Understand which projects use which work item types and how many work items there are of each
- Import new or update existing work item types
- Manage work item categories
- Manage process configuration (i.e. common and agile configuration)

Compatibility

Free Software

What's New?

v1.5.4852 (April 14, 2013)
- Added activity module that allows you to see the most recent activity (in Source Control, Work Item Tracking and Team Build) for Team Projects.
- Updated security module to allow you to manage members and permissions for security groups.
v1.4.4793 (February 14, 2013)
- Added support for moving work item comparison sources up and down
- Improved work item comparison to better support TFS 2012 Update 1
- Added the last build time in the Build Definitions screen
- Added a view by server path for the Build Process Templates
v1.3.4601 (August 6, 2012)
- Split up in two editions depending on the version of Team Explorer you have installed locally (although all editions still work against all versions of TFS)
- Added support for TFS 2012
- Added support for editing Work Item Type Definitions directly
- Added support for managing work item process configuration (Agile and Common configuration)
- Added support for comparing work item categories and process configuration (Agile and Common configuration); improved comparison of work item type definitions
v1.2.4450 (March 8, 2012)
- When Visual Studio 2012 is detected, its built-in Diff Tool is now used by default.
- Added support for customization of the Diff Tool in the work item type comparer (see the TeamProjectManager.exe.config file).
v1.2.4406 (January 24, 2012)
- Added a column to the build definitions list to show scheduled build times.
v1.2.4379 (December 28, 2011)
- Added support for viewing, editing and deleting build definitions.
v1.1 (December 8, 2011)
- Improved work item type comparisons.
- Added support for saving and loading work item comparison sources.
- Added security module that allows Team Project security groups to be retrieved, deleted and added.
v1.0 (November 27, 2011)
- Initial release.

Updated Release: TFS Team Project Manager 2012 Edition v1.6.4874 (mei 06, 2013)

jelled — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:24:01 GMT

This is v1.6 of TFS Team Project Manager, a tool that automates various tasks across Team Projects in Team Foundation Server.

The 2012 Edition requires Team Explorer 2012 on the client machine, but is compatible with all versions of Team Foundation Server.

What's new in this release?

v1.6.4874 (May 6th, 2013)
- Added support for XML transformations of work item tracking configuration files (work item type definitions, categories, process configuration).
- Activity module now also shows the user that performed the activity.
- Tasks can now be canceled when they are executing.
- Fixed NullReferenceException when comparing certain types of Team Projects.
- Fixed ArgumentNullException when editing build definition that has no process parameters.

Released: TFS Team Project Manager 2012 Edition v1.6.4874 (May 06, 2013)

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:24:01 GMT

v1.6.4874 (May 6th, 2013)
- Added support for XML transformations of work item tracking configuration files (work item type definitions, categories, process configuration).
- Activity module now also shows the user that performed the activity.
- Tasks can now be canceled when they are executing.
- Fixed NullReferenceException when comparing certain types of Team Projects.
- Fixed ArgumentNullException when editing build definition that has no process parameters.

Updated Release: TFS Team Project Manager 2010 Edition v1.6.4874 (mei 06, 2013)

jelled — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:20:10 GMT

v1.6.4874 (May 6th, 2013)
- Added support for XML transformations of work item tracking configuration files (work item type definitions, categories, process configuration).
- Activity module now also shows the user that performed the activity.
- Tasks can now be canceled when they are executing.
- Fixed NullReferenceException when comparing certain types of Team Projects.
- Fixed ArgumentNullException when editing build definition that has no process parameters.

Released: TFS Team Project Manager 2010 Edition v1.6.4874 (May 06, 2013)

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:20:10 GMT

v1.6.4874 (May 6th, 2013)
- Added support for XML transformations of work item tracking configuration files (work item type definitions, categories, process configuration).
- Activity module now also shows the user that performed the activity.
- Tasks can now be canceled when they are executing.
- Fixed NullReferenceException when comparing certain types of Team Projects.
- Fixed ArgumentNullException when editing build definition that has no process parameters.

TFS Team Project Manager

Source code checked in, #72923

Commented Feature: Allow certain dynamic properties (macros) to be replaced when editing/transforming work item configurations [10107]

Source code checked in, #72912

New Post: Great tool - thank you for the 2012 upgrade

Commented Feature: Allow certain dynamic properties (macros) to be replaced when editing/transforming work item configurations [10107]

Source code checked in, #72867

Source code checked in, #72861

Source code checked in, #72859

Created Feature: Support for searching in work item configuration edit form [10116]

Created Feature: Allow certain dynamic properties (macros) to be replaced when editing/transforming work item configurations [10107]

Updated Release: TFS Team Project Manager 2010 Edition v1.6.4874 (mei 06, 2013)

Released: TFS Team Project Manager 2010 Edition v1.6.4874 (May 06, 2013)

Updated Release: TFS Team Project Manager 2010 Edition v1.6.4874 (mei 06, 2013)

Updated Wiki: Documentation

Contents

Features

Activity

Build Definitions

Build Process Templates

View / Unregister

Register / Update

Security

View / Delete Groups

Add / Update Group

Source Control

View Settings

Update Settings

View Latest Changesets

Work Item Configuration - Compare

Work Item Configuration - Work Item Types

View / Export / Delete / Edit

Import

Search

Work Item Configuration - Categories

View / Delete

Update / Import

Work Item Configuration - Process Configuration

View / Export / Edit

Import

Transform

Updated Wiki: Home

Introduction

Features

Compatibility

Free Software

What's New?

Updated Wiki: Home

Introduction

Features

Compatibility

Free Software

What's New?

Updated Release: TFS Team Project Manager 2012 Edition v1.6.4874 (mei 06, 2013)

Released: TFS Team Project Manager 2012 Edition v1.6.4874 (May 06, 2013)

Updated Release: TFS Team Project Manager 2010 Edition v1.6.4874 (mei 06, 2013)

Released: TFS Team Project Manager 2010 Edition v1.6.4874 (May 06, 2013)