Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

Additional Resources
• For more information, see “How To – Manage Projects in Visual Studio Team
Foundation Server” in this guide.
• For more information about work items, see “Managing Team Foundation Work
Items” at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181314(VS.80).aspx
Use Microsoft Excel for Bulk Editing of Work Items
Team Foundation Server does not support bulk editing of work items. Instead, you must
edit each work item individually. If you need to modify a large number of work items in a
short period of time—for example, during a triage meeting—consider using Microsoft
Office Excel® to ease the task. Work items can be exported from TFS to Excel,
modified, and then imported back into TFS to retain any edits that you made.
To create a work item list in Excel and edit it
1. In Microsoft Office Excel, on the Team menu, click New List.
2. Under Connect to a Team Foundation Server, select the server to connect to, or
click Servers to enter the server information.
3. Under Team Projects, select the team project on the Team Foundation Server with
which you want to work.
The document will be bound to this team project.
4. Click OK.
5. Select the type of list you want. To create a query list, select the Query List option
and then select a team query from the Select a Query drop-down list.
6. Select the columns you want to appear in the new work item list.
7. Import the desired work items. For more information, see How to: Import Work Items
in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/enus/library/ms181676(VS.80).aspx
8. You can now edit the work items and then publish the updated work items to the
work item database by clicking Publish Changes on the Team menu.
Additional Resources
• For more information about using Microsoft Office Excel for project-management
tasks, see “Working with Work Item Lists in Microsoft Excel” at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181694(VS.80).aspx
Team Foundation Project Management Resources
• For more information about MSF process templates, see “Process Templates” at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718801.aspx