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Team System Web Access is a free download that will be incorporated into a future release of Visual Studio Team System. You may install it with licensed installations of Team Foundation Server. You must be a licensed user of Team Foundation Server to use Team System Web Access.

New With Service Pack 1

• Work item only view for users without a client access license. [Previously known as Work Item Web Access (WIWA) feature]
• Run a single instance with multiple languages.
• Create work items with initial values by using a URL.
• Share ad-hoc work item queries by using a URL.
• Find and view Shelvesets.
• Improved work item search syntax.

• Direct links to work items, query results, diffs, changesets and more.
• Display custom controls on work item forms.
• View queued or completed builds, queue or stop builds.
• Add new work items or edit existing ones.
• Work with any type of work item, including custom ones.
• Add new work item queries or edit existing ones.
• View, download, upload, check-in and check-out documents on SharePoint team portal.
• View reports, export as PDF or Excel.
• Browse items in version control, download source files, view changesets, diffs, history, and annotated views.
• Search for keywords in work items.

This tool is supported under the policy found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295539

Files

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Files
TeamSystemWebAccess.msi

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• Internet Information Services 6 or Internet Information Services 7 (IIS 6 compatibility mode enabled) with ASP.NET 2.0


• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Explorer

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• Internet Explorer 6 or above, or Mozilla Firefox 2

• Install Team Explorer 2008.


• Download and run TeamSystemWebAccess.msi and follow the instructions.


• During the installation, you can configure Team System Web Access to use Integrated Windows authentication (only available when installing on the Team Foundation Server application tier).

When Team System Web Access is installed on a remote server, it is not possible to use Integrated Windows authentication, so you will need to use Forms-based authentication. It is recommended to configure the Team System Web Access site to use SSL when using Forms-based authentication.

• Install IIS 6 (Windows 2003) or IIS 7 (Windows Server 2008) with IIS 6 compatibility mode enabled.


• Install .NET Framework 2.0 and enable ASP.NET 2.0 on IIS Web service extensions.


• Install Team Explorer 2008.


• Download and run TeamSystemWebAccess.msi and follow the instructions.

If you expect more than 100 users to use Team System Web Access at the same time, you should review the following white paper, which explains scalability limits and workarounds:

• http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=139762