USE TEAM FOUNDATION POWER TOOLS

USE TEAM FOUNDATION POWER TOOLS

Power Tools are a set of enhancements, tools and command-line utilities that increase productivity of Team Foundation Server scenarios.

1.      Alerts Explorer

A plug-in to Visual Studio, Alerts Explorer provides a graphical user interface that supports flexible subscription of alerts based on check-in, work item change, or build completion.

2.      Team Foundation Server Backups

The tool can schedule backups for the following databases that your deployment of Team Foundation Server uses:

·         the configuration database

·         the database for each team project collection

·         the databases that Team Foundation Server uses in conjunction with SharePoint Products, if your deployment includes integration with SharePoint Products

·         the databases that Team Foundation Server uses in conjunction with SQL Server Reporting Services, if your deployment includes reports

                By using the restore wizard included with this tool, you can restore your entire deployment to new hardware, or selectively restore team project collections to an earlier point in time.

3.      Custom Check-in Policy Pack 

A supplemental set of four custom check-in policies to use to enforce software development practices during the check-in process.

4.      Process Editor 

An add-in to the Tools menu, the Process Editor provides a graphical user interface for editing Team Foundation Server process templates inside the Visual Studio IDE. This tool also provides a GUI for viewing the values assigned to all fields defined in a project collection.

5.      Team Explorer Enhancements 

This tool provides additional Visual Studio menu options and functions to support finding files under version control by status or wildcard, opening a folder using Windows Explorer from the Source Control Explorer context menu, and labelling files and folders in Source Control Explorer. You can also easily search for work items and be able to easily rollback changes in version control.

6.      Team Foundation Power Tool (TFPT.EXE) Tool

A command line tool that you can use to work with files and directories under version control, team projects, and work items. Some commands display a graphical user interface when run.

7.      Team Members

An add-in to Team Explorer, this tool allows you to organize users into sub-teams and access a number of collaborative tools, such as IM and email, sharing of queries and links, and downloading and installation of custom Team Foundation components.

8.      Windows Shell Extensions

This tool provides integration with Windows Explorer and the common file dialogs. With this integration, you can perform many source control operations without having to run Visual Studio or a Team Foundation command-line tool.

9.      Work Item Templates

This tool provides an add-in to the Team menu and a folder under each team project node in Team Explorer. With this tool, you can create, apply, capture, set, and organize default work item templates.