Comments on: Integrating Project Server 2007 and Team Foundation Server 2008 Sharepoint Sites

By: niravpatel

niravpatel — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:01:50 +0000

hello Neil,
A very good article and very useful one for me.
I have a query, I will be thankful if you will be able to solve it.

In our company intranet we have integrated TFS and MOSS2007. As I read in this article is that each project site is created as a new site collection in MOSS, I did not find a single site collection for the projects in the compan. I have tried to find out the entry of SiteCollection for a particular project in MOSS from Administrative site, but I could not find such sitecollection. Eventhough I can access the projectsite collection through url in my browser.

Actually I want to access top level site's data of this project sitecollection into a custom webpart. But I could not being able to see the site collection in the list of site collection in MOSS.

By: Grammy Leung

Grammy Leung — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:14:12 +0000

Hi, i have a question to neil, in the m$ official webbroadcast, an idea introduced that to use a connector to make it synchronized between tfs-ps. do u think it workable? thx.

By: GrammyLeung

GrammyLeung — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:38:36 +0000

Cool! Really Cool!! Damn Cool!!! i will follow this and try to make it be done! thx alot!

By: rsmyers2

rsmyers2 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:31:07 +0000

Thank You very Much Neil.. my issue is a bit more basic.

I can't get SharePoint 2007, Project Server 2007, and TFS 2008 to install.
I get SharePoint and Project together kay.. but no success at all with TFS 2008.
Every attempt brings a new error from missing templates.. extensions.. userid issues..

Is there a documented procedure out there that for installaing these 3 applications on the same server ?

By: Harpreet

Harpreet — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:32:54 +0000

What should I do if Project Server 2007 and TeamFoundation Server 2008 WSS is on different servers ?

Harpreet

By: Wes MacDonald

Wes MacDonald — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:08:47 +0000

The red “X” is present because permissions must be set at each tier, you must grant the user access to SSRS and WSS sites independently.

By: Half Abude

Half Abude — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:51:31 +0000

Very good Neil!
In my opinion, VSTS is more complicated than it should be. I found Project Server 2007 much more easy to set up, diagnose and control. As you, I'm also from a partner that uses A LOT all Microsoft Technologies, and I'm in charge of our EPM environment. I've noticed that your “Reports” folder is marked with a red cross, do you know why? The same happens in my env!

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:18:45 +0000

Thanks for the article. I am an EPM Specialist for our organization here in Durban and am currently investigating the installation of the VSTF connector for one of our departments, so nice to see the WSS integration too in case we go down this route.

By: Valerio

Valerio — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:18:29 +0000

Hi Eric,
I think this is what are you searching for.

http://www.codeplex.com/pstfsconnector

Bye
Valerio

By: neilvw

neilvw — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:46:08 +0000

Hi Eric

I have not encountered anyone or even anything on the Internet relating to what you are trying to do. It does make sense to me why you would do this.
I will attempt to find a solution for you and let you know.

Regards
Neil van Wyngaard

By: neilvw

neilvw — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:46:08 +0000

By: Eric Safin

Eric Safin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:26:09 +0000

Neil, thanks for a very comprehensive guide. It was very helpful. I have a question about more detailed integration of the TFS and Project Server 2007.

My company is in the midst of planning of integrating TFS 2008 and Project Server 2007. Currently, TFS contains all production service requests in Work Items folder in the TFS. This is how the requests for application maintenance are entered by the tier support personnel. Work items are broken down by a specific maintenance project (App Maintenance, Imagewrite Maintenance etc.)

Project Server contains related project plans and all resource allocation information (through Project Central and Resource Central of the Project Server). The project plans published for the maintenance projects contain all tasks associated with the maintenance cycle (single request or potential application release). This helps us to allocate time per resource dedicated only to the maintenance project.

Is there a way of mapping Work items in the TFS (as they being submitted to the TFS on weekly basis) to project plans published in Project Server? Can you point me to a source of information on this issue?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Eric Safin

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:55:35 +0000

Thanks Arno.
I think I will be writing and article on Hyper V and the MOSS deployment environments next.

By: Arno Nel (SharePoint Magazine)

Arno Nel (SharePoint Magazine) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:38:32 +0000

Great article Neil. Good to see excellent content coming out of South Africa !!! Loved your use of screenshots. thanks