{"id":3133,"date":"2013-04-17T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T18:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/2013\/04\/17\/help-content-for-the-agile-planning-tools-gets-a-makeover-with-tfs-cu2\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T07:59:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T15:59:24","slug":"help-content-for-the-agile-planning-tools-gets-a-makeover-with-tfs-cu2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/help-content-for-the-agile-planning-tools-gets-a-makeover-with-tfs-cu2\/","title":{"rendered":"Help content for the Agile planning tools gets a makeover with TFS CU2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">With the latest VS ALM TFS update, we&#8217;ve given the help content for the Agile Planning tools a makeover &#8211; as you can see by going to <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/hh500404.aspx\">Collaborate<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/hh500417.aspx\">Collaborate (dig deeper)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The collaborate content shows you how to use the Agile planning tools with the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=38185\">Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 with Update 2<\/a> installed.\u00a0In particular, you can learn about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee518933.aspx\">Creating and organizing your backlog<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/jj838789.aspx\">Managing your backlog and customizing your Kanban board<\/a>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">(New feature)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/04\/0755.ALM_Blog_CustomizeKanban.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee191595.aspx\">Working in sprints<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn132606.aspx\">Adding tags to work items to\u00a0categorize and filter work<\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">\u00a0(New feature)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/04\/3771.ALM_Blog_Tags.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, we&#8217;ve provided the following streamlined scenarios:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd286627.aspx\">Bulk add or modify work items\u00a0with Excel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms181334.aspx\">Set alerts, get notified when changes occur<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ff407162.aspx\">Use work item templates to\u00a0pre-populate fields<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/jj920186.aspx\">Add and share storyboard shapes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, an end-to-end guide to <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn130123.aspx\">Add reports to a team project<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As VS ALM content developers, we face a few interesting challenges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to support both hosted and on-premises customers.<\/li>\n<li>How to write engaging, scenario-based content that is subject to continuous updates.<\/li>\n<li>How to write the most useful content that will support our customers.<\/li>\n<li>How to make sure we\u2019re answering the most important questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This recent content makeover is about addressing these challenges. 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