Question

Reading about TFS’ MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0 template (for example here) I can see nice Documents and Reports installed by default:

but after I installed this template myself I can see no such nodes:

What should I do to see (or install) them?

Answer 1

The administrator either did a basic wizard install or they did advanced and opted out share point and reporting integration. The basic wizard is actually just a wizard and the result is equivalent to advanced with opted-out. So in that sense, there really is no such thing as a basic installation – just a basics wizard. After the wizard there’s no way of telling how you got where you got.

If TFS is installed on a client OS, you will not be able to add Sharepoint and Reporting integration. If you are on a server OS you can go into the admin console on the server, go to the share point and reporting nodes and configure them.

At that point, you will have to install SharePoint and Reporting services. But, if you download TFS Dev11 CTP (just came out at build conference), the SharePoint integration wizard will take it E2E even after the fact. It will detect what’s missing and just do it. However, Dev11 CTP is not go live – at Beta, you can upgrade to it.

Here’s a document on adding share point to an existing TFS deployment:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee462861

After you configure SharePoint and Reporting services, you will need to enable them for existing projects:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/greggboer/archive/2010/02/24/creating-sharepoint-portals-reports-and-upgrading-reports-for-an-existing-team-project.aspx

For reporting, go to the reporting node in the admin console. There’s a link in there to configure. Point to your sql and analysis services and it should be fairly straight forward.