As a follow-up to the TFS Work Item Tracking presentation I gave last night at IndyTFS, I want to provide some tips for getting started with editing work item types in TFS. First and foremost, make sure you have downloaded and installed the latest Team Foundation Power Tools. The Process Template Editor is included in that tool set. The downloads and instructions for TFS 2005 are slightly different from those of TFS 2008. So I'll cover those separately below. Version 2005 To download and install...

Microsoft just announced (well, back on 12/21) that the Power Tools have been updated and enhanced for Visual Studio 2008. Here's a quick list of the highlights: "Find in Source Control" - right-click option to search in source by status, filename, and changeset "Open in Windows Explorer" - right-click option to open a location in Windows Explorer The ability to completely destroy both Work Items and Work Item Types (finally, we can clean up all those test WITs!) An updated Process Template Editor...