Microsoft released Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 Community Technology Preview 2 (CTP 2) on September 22, 2014. It includes some new features and bug fixes. For more information about this release visit the KB: https://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2994375
This post has two main sections:
Team Foundation Server Features
- Web Access can return directly to query results from a detailed view of the query by using a context menu.
- Web Access can generate an email directly from the work item view by using a new toolbar command.
- Web Access has a full-screen option to view query results.
- The free Stakeholder license provides access to the project home page from which Stakeholders can view the backlog, edit items, run work item queries, and many other operations.
- Agile teams can have up to 999 work items in the first or last column of the Kanban board.
- Web Access now opens a work item in a new window or tab.
- You can maximize (or full screen) fields for quick readability when the rich text editor does not have enough space.
Installation and Configuration
- What you need to know before you install
- How to install and configure.
Team Foundation Server Features
The following is the walkthrough video:
Web Access can return directly to query results from a detailed view of the query by using a context menu.
In Team Web Access, if you run a query and open a work item from the query result, you can get back to the query result from the work item context menu on the top-right.
Web Access can generate an email directly from the work item view by using a new toolbar command.
In the previous update 3, you could send an email from the context menu only, but now you can send an email from the work item toolbar.
Web Access has a full-screen option to view query results.
Now you can full-screen the query result for better readability.
The free Stakeholder license provides access to the project home page from which Stakeholders can view the backlog, edit items, run work item queries, and many other operations.
There is a new Access level feature for the Stakeholder that gives them more features than the limited level.
Agile teams can have up to 999 work items in the first or last column of the Kanban board.
Web Access now opens a work item in a new window or tab.
You can maximize (or full screen) fields for quick readability when the rich text editor does not have enough space.
Installation and Configuration
The following is the walkthrough video:
What you need to know before you install
[This installation is not for production and can’t be upgraded, the only purpose is for features evaluation and feedback]
How to install and configure
Installation time: 20 minutes
Configuration time: 5 minutes
This installation doesn’t support the layout switch, so you will need to install the web installer.
For the supported switches type tfs_server.exe /?
