Assign Work Item to multiple TFS Users part. I

It is possible to assign an existent work item to multiple TFS users.

In this case I'm going to explain how to assign an existent work item to multiple TFS users but keep in mind that you can also create a new work item from scratch to accomplish this.

For this example we're going to use the following variables:

TFSServer: http://tfsserver:8080/
ProjectName: ProjectMX
WorkItem: task (to customize)

How to do it:

1- Create a i.e. MX_Group within the TFS project.
2- Add users to MX_Group group
3- Customize the task Work Item:

- Using the VS 2005 Command Prompt export the task Work Item :
witexport /f OutputXMLDef /t TFSServer /p ProjectName /n WorkItem

witexport /f "D:\Temp\Task.xml" /t "http://tfsserver:8080/" /p "ProjectMX" /n task

- Change the following in the exported Work Item definition:
















- Save the definition and import it back into TFS :
witimport /f XMLDef /t TFSServer /p ProjectName

witimport /f "D:\Temp\Task.xml" /t "http://tfsserver:8080/" /p "ProjectMX"

4- After restarting Visual Studio 2005 you should be able to assign tasks to MX_Group.