Can we modify the default template for project portal which is associated with team project of type CMMI or Agile in TFS 2010?

Question

Hi,

Can we modify the default template for project portal which is associated with team project of type CMMI or Agile in TFS 2010? If we can , Please guide me.

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Thanks, Lovely

Answer 1

Lovely,

Yes you can. Take a look at the following MSDN article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff678492.aspx

In there you can find following:
SharePoint Site Templates

SharePoint site templates were used for the project portal solution in Team Foundation Server for Visual Studio Team System 2008. Site templates can still be as the base site for a project portal.

If you are going to create a site template for use as a project portal start by customizing a site but do not activate any of the Team Foundation Server Dashboard Features on the site. The Team Foundation Server Dashboard Features add properties and other artifacts to a site which may produce incorrect results if those changes are saved into the site template. Once you have saved the site as a site template, the STP archive can be added to the global site template gallery and then referenced from a process template.

You can test how your site template will work with the Team Foundation Server Dashboard Features by using it to create a sub-site underneath an existing project portal site and then manually activating the desired Team Foundation Server Dashboard Features.

You can also decide to use a default template and to create a new feature to modify the content and/or functionality of the default template. After the new feature is deployed on the SharePoint you can also reference it in you Process Template to use it during creation of a new Team Project.

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Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help. --- Success, Damir

Answer 2

Hi Lovely,

Thanks for your post.

For this issue, Damir provided us the helpful document, please confirm that.

If misunderstood anything, please describe your question in more detail and we will be able to provide the better responses.

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John Qiao [MSFT]
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