ProcessGuidance.HTML for CMMI Porcess improvment template not working\redirected

Question

Apologies, if this has been discussed already or this is already known. I have just installed TFS2010 successfully and most things appear to be working except for the ProcessGuidance information pages, which either return 404 error or are redirected to MS URL. Can somebody please advise if this element should be working and if yes, what my issue could be?

Answer 1

First, we'll need some more information about your specific configuration.  

• What OS is your TFS server running on?
• What version of TFS 2010 are you running?  (I'm assuming Beta 2 but just want to double-check.)
• What type of configuration did you perform when you installed TFS?  (Basic/Advanced/etc.)
• Where is SharePoint currently installed (on the same box or on a different box?)
• Was SharePoint properly setup before you attempted to create the team projects?

By default, the new MSF Agile v5.0 (Beta 2) process templates do actually use a redirection method for the Process Guidance document library in the team portal SharePoint site.  It redirects to the Process Guidance stored in the MSDN Library.  You can absolutely change that behavior by editing the changing the redirect links or setting at the team project level what URL to use for the process guidance.  To do that, right-click on the team project in Team Explorer and choose "Portal Settings."

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Ed Blankenship, http://www.edsquared.com, Microsoft MVP (Team System)

Answer 2

There is a bug in the CMMI template for Beta 2 where you sometimes get a 404 error for process guidance. The file that is missing is here:

Process Guidance\Supporting Files\ProcessGuidance.htm

You can fix this problem by copying the ProcessGuidance.html file from teh Process Guidance folder into the Supporting Files folder (and make sure you use just "htm" for the extension instead of the longer "html" extension). Once this file is present, you should not get any 404 errors. We have fixed this bug for RC.

Additionally, process guidance has been moved to MSDN instead of the SharePoint site, so the various htm files that are in the Process Guidance document library now redirect to the MSDN guidance. You can, of course, change this if you like.

Answer 3

Ed, what is the local link to the process guidance for the MSF Agile process template?

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Bob Hardister

Answer 4

The actual content for the Process Guidance files won't be stored locally. They will only be hosted in the MSDN Library (at least for Beta 2.) You can always change the URL that is set for Process Guidance for any team project. It can be any URL (internal or external.)

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Ed Blankenship, http://www.edsquared.com, Microsoft MVP (Team System)

Answer 5

Thanks Ed! I have a separate thread on this to see if the process guidance cam be amde available for hosting on our local TFS server. Our dev environment does not have access to the Internet.  Bob 

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Bob Hardister

Answer 6

Thanks Ed\All for replies to this. However my issues is as per Bob's where I am only running TFS2010 in a development environemnt currently that has no external web access. Therefore how do we go about getting the file locally stored as was the case with Beta1 where the process guidance for both Agile & CMMI was all stored locally?
Many thanks
Chris

Answer 7

Ed,

Sorry just to add answers to your original question around my current set-up...