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Additional configurations to make after enabling features

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The Configure Features wizard enables new features that become available by installing the latest version of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. It updates your team project based on information added to the latest process templates.

The following table summarizes additional configurations, either to your team project or process template, that you might want to make.

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Additional configurations that require manual updates

TFS 2012 Update 1 (2012.1)

TFS 2012 Update 2 (2012.2)

After installing Update 2, you can update your team project manually to support the following changes that have been made to the default process templates. These manual updates are optional.

  • Add Tags as a default column to appear on the product backlog page.

  • Update the workflow of specific work item types to support missing transitions, additional reasons, and setting values of select fields.

Tip

If you haven’t customized your work item types or process configuration, then you can update the items quickly by using witadmin. Just download the latest process templates and then import the updated work item types and process configuration components.

For details, see Upgrade your 2012 team project from RTM to Update 2.

TFS 2012 (RTM)

TFS Update 2 (2012.2)

Same as above.

TFS 2010

TFS 2012 (RTM)

If you’ve updated a team project that was created with an MSF v 5.0 Agile process template, then you’ll also want to manually update the user story and task workflow assignments.

If you don't update the workflow, then the task board provides only two states, Active and Closed. This prevents you and your team from distinguishing between tasks that are in progress from those that haven't been started.

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