1) Ensure that you have an SMTP Server Configured for your TFS box - as described on MSDN at "How to: Configure SMTP Server and E-mail Notification Settings in the Services Web.Config File"
2) Install the Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server Power Tools from MSDN
3) Open up the Alert Explorer which installs a set of alert actions. The alert explorer is accessible from several different menus within Visual Studio 2010. See screenshots below:
From the Team Menu:
On TFS Work Items:
From the top level TFS Server Node:
On Branches or Folders within the TFS Source Control Explorer windows:
There are several predefined alerts that come with the Visual Studio TFS Power Tools. These are shown below:
The alert filters are quite flexible. You can modify and change these Alerts in the alter definition editor as shown below:
DDK
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Is there any way to make these alerts global so that other users can see and possibly edit them?
From what I understand alerts are meant for users.
Any idea how I could set up an alert that others can see and change?
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