Managing Work Items in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project

Team Foundation installs a set of add-ins for Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project so that you can use tools that you are familiar with to review and publish data to the Team Foundation database. You can use Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project to manage work items. This includes quickly adding or editing work items, charting work item progress, or scheduling work items.

In This Section

• Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel Integration Architecture
  Provides an understanding of the architecture of work item integration with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

• Viewing Required Fields in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project
  Describes how to view required fields in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

• Accessing Process Guidance in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel
  Describes how to access process guidance within Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

• Project Management in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project
  Describes how to perform project management activities using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

• Working with Work Items in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project
  Describes common activities for working with work items in both Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

• Publishing and Refreshing Work Items
  Describes how to publish changes, or refresh work items in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

• Working with Work Item Lists in Microsoft Excel
  Describes how to view and update work items in Microsoft Excel.

• Working with Work Items in Microsoft Project
  Describes how to view and update work items in Microsoft Project.