Is there a way to update the TFS Project Portal with the new web process templates?

Question

We've been using TFS in our company since 2005.  But only since TFS 2010 have we started to heavily use more of the features (particularly the project portal).  When upgrading the project portal with each new release following the instructions I am able to get most of project portal to look as it should (based on screenshots of the new updated project portal UI), however I can't seem to get the default.aspx landing page to upgrade.

It was previously not a huge issue but now that we're using the project portal more heavily and with VS 11 Beta coming out I would like to know what I'm doing wrong that the default.aspx page is not upgrading it UI like the rest of the project portal.

If I go directly to the project portal with Http://<tfsservername>/sites/<tfsprojectname> it will redirect to the default.aspx which shows this:

If I use the home link once I'm within other pages of the project portal I see this:

How can I change the default.aspx page to also show the dashboard and not the old TFS 2005 project portal landing page.

Answer 1

From the looks of your portal you are using WSS 3.0?

In the WSS 3.0 GUI there is no way to change the Welcome (Default landing) Page.

There are two ways you can still accomplish this:

1. By using the SharePoint Designer

2. Creating a SharePoint feature - http://www.devexpertise.com/2009/02/02/setting-the-welcome-page-in-wss-30/

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Answer 2

Thanks Damir for your kindly help.

Hello NoodlesCoder,

What about your issue now? Does Damir's reply help you?

As far as I know that the changing home page of the TFS portal actually is a setting in the SharePoint.

If you are using SharePoint 2010, please open the team project portal in IE, click Page on the page header->Make Home Page.

If you are using  MOSS2007 web site, you can use site settings's "Welcome Page"(in look and feel ) to customize the default page for the site.

If your site is only WSS  and cannot find this setting, you may try using the sharepoint designer to open theWSS site and then, try changing the default page just as Damir mentioned above. Please also take a look at this case:http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsadmin/thread/09d4f6be-91db-4d1b-9395-fb3a89f02763

Thanks.

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Answer 3

Sorry for the late response, I didn't get an alert that my question had been answered.

I will give this a try on Monday when I get an opportunity.