Gregg Boer

Program Manager, Azure DevOps

Gregg Boer is a Principal Program Manager working on the Azure DevOps team. Gregg has worked on work item tracking, Agile, and Kanban, Dashboard and reporting features.

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The future of our TFS/SharePoint Integration

August 21st, 2017
(Updated September 12, 2017) We have now published a full set of documentation that covers SharePoint integration for both TFS 2017 (and earlier versions) and TFS 2018. Also, the following solutions are no longer in private preview:   Team Foundation Server (TFS) has provided SharePoint integration since its inception ...

Velocity Widget available for the VSTS Analytics Extension

July 25th, 2017
The Velocity Widget is now available for those who've installed the Analytics Extension on their Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) accounts. (image) The Velocity Widget provides functionality not available in the Velocity Chart displayed on the Backlog view, such as: If you haven't already, install the ...

Microsoft discontinuing Project Server/TFS Integration. Partner to provide solution

September 16th, 2016
As Agile practices continue to evolve and become our customer’s primary choice for work management, we are changing how TFS and Project Server integrate. With the next major version of TFS, TFS '15', we will no longer provide an out-of-box integration experience between Project Server and Team Foundation Server. Nor will we be providing an ...

Scaled Agile Framework: Visual Studio Online process template updates

May 15th, 2015
We are very excited to provide built-in support for the Scale Agile Framework using our existing Scrum, Agile, and CMMI templates. Some time ago, we published a whitepaper: Scaled Agile Framework: Using TFS to support epics, release trains, and multiple backlogs, which detailed how to use TFS to support SAFe practices. In support of that ...

Scaled Agile Framework: Using TFS to support epics, release trains, and multiple backlogs whitepaper

September 11th, 2014
EDITED: 6/20/2018. See below. We are pleased to publish the following whitepaper: Scaled Agile Framework: Using TFS to support epics, release trains, and multiple backlogs. The Scaled Agile Framework, or SAFe, is gaining popularity among organizations looking to scale Agile practices to the enterprise level. SAFe is a comprehensive framework...

TFS/Agile PM: Configuring so your tasks are estimated in story points

September 24th, 2012
I’ve had a few people ask: “What if I estimate my tasks in something other than hours, like ideal days or story points?” The truth of the matter is, the “Remaining Work” field on the Task work item is just a dumb integer. You can enter anything you like in it. The only thing that even references what unit it might be in is the ...

Team Foundation Service: Process template changes

September 19th, 2012
With this latest Team Foundation Service update, we have updated the process template versions for all the templates. Agile and CMMI are at 6.1. Scrum is at 2.1. This reflects a few minor improvements we've made:- For Agile, the User Story's state model has been updated to allow you to transition from any state to any other state. - For Scrum...