Track work with Visual Studio ALM and TFS

To get familiar with the TFS tools used to plan projects, track progress, and collaborate as a team, read the following topics.

Create your team’s backlog Or Create backlogs for several project portfolios	Track progress using the Kanban board Or Track progress using the task board	View charts of query results	Discuss work in progress, ask questions, and share status
Visualize the user experience	Request feedback on working app from stakeholders

If you need to create a team project, then start here. If it’s your first time connecting to TFS, go here.

To learn about new features that were added since the last release, read What's new in planning and tracking.

Dig deeper

Once you've started using TFS, you can increase your productivity and collaboration efforts by using additional tools and functionality that TFS provides.

	Collaborate using team resources Add another team or setup a team hierarchy Add a team administrator Add team members Schedule sprints Customize the team home page Set personal or team alerts
	Query for work items Add tags to work items to categorize and filter lists Email URL links to TFS work items and queries Query fields, operators, values, and variables Example work item queries Example search box queries Set permissions on queries
	Link work items to support traceability
	Choose the Team Foundation client to support your tasks Work in Team Web Access or Team Explorer Bulk modify work items in Team Web Access Bulk add or modify work items with Excel Create your backlog and tasks using Project Plan, create, and run tests using Team Web Access or Microsoft Test Manager
	Work with team project artifacts, choose a process template Scrum process template Agile process template CMMI process template Excel Reports SQL Server Report Server Reports Project portal
	Create, customize, and manage reports Grant permissions to view or create reports Add or modify work item fields to support reporting Reports (SQL Server Reporting Services) Create Excel reports from a work item query Resolve schema conflicts that are occurring in the data warehouse Add reports to a team project
	Customize the work tracking experience Add or modify a field to support queries, reports, and workflow Modify or add a custom work item type Customize an Agile planning tool Customize a process template Extend Visual Studio ALM
	Synchronize TFS with Project Server Synchronization process overview Operational differences in managing projects using TFS and Project Manage projects using Project Professional mapped to a team project