#Excel for mac tfs plugin series#
#Excel for mac tfs plugin windows#

#Excel for mac tfs plugin windows#

There are new windows introduced in TFS 2012 and new windows merged to the Team Explorer ex. There is a work item search that we can search inside the work item no third party tool needed, we expect this feature to be more complex for different release of the Visual Studio and TFS, there are some search syntax that can be found here, Work Item Search Syntax.

Add a secondary link beneath an existing top-level item in the Home page.

Add new page to the navigation structure.

This architecture gives Team Explorer richer extensible model, so we can extend it as the following methods: There is a navigation bar to go home (main container) at any point of time and also there are back and forward buttons to move between pages and sections as you visit them. In the new version, the architecture is based on web navigation style, the Team Explorer is like a main container that has multiple pages and each page is a container that has multiple sections and each section carry one window with many commands. The old version of Team Explorer was based on Tree/Nodes architecture which was very limited for new extensions, so whenever any extension or feature needed the only way to add it, is to add new node which makes the tree more complex than expected. The following is a step-by-step video that cover the entire topic. In this post I will try to focus on the Team Explorer itself and delay any explanation and speaking on any new or merged windows on upcoming posts, so any talk about any new or enhanced feature will introduced as an example of the new capabilities of the Team Explorer itself that mostly apply for many other features.

there is a new window called My Work, it just introduced in TFS 2012. the Pending Change Window merged within Team Explorer, also there are new windows added to the Team Explorer, ex. It is an add-in on Visual Studio 2012 or can be installed as a separate application. There are a lot of change, new and merged features in the new Team Explorer and Visual Studio 2012 ex. The Team Explorer considered as the primary client for TFS.

#Excel for mac tfs plugin series#

In this series I will start introducing what’s new in Visual Studio 11 and Team Foundation Server 11 ( TFS 11) or as we expect to be Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012 (TFS 2012)Īs you may already know, there are many clients for TFS (Team Foundation Server) like, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Team Web Access, and many other clients including Team Explore.