Generate SMS on Work Item

Question

Hi

Is there a possibility to generate SMS when a new work item is generated to the particular User. If so can we add a feature so that whenever the work item status is changed that notification to gets delivered using SMS as is with email.

Thanks

Regards,
Nadeem

Answer 1

Hi Nadeem...

The notification service supports two notification mechanisms: emails and web service (SOAP) subscribers for event notifications. You could achieve SMS messaging by creating a custom SOAP endpoint (e.g. a web service that will be invoked when a work item event occurs), and relaying the event notification through SMS.

See http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsworkitemtracking/thread/ab5174e0-4217-4c8d-9988-df6bdeaea6aa/ and http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsworkitemtracking/thread/6d668dba-3ac0-47ce-9936-76c8e377fd95 for more info on the topic.

Hope this helps,
Ben

Answer 2

Hi Ben

Thanks for the reply.

I am new to VSTS, Please do elborate your answer. Sorry for the inconvinence.
Uploading ppt's or pdf's will be of great appreciation.

Thanks

Regards,
Nadeem

Answer 3

Hi Nadeem,

Here are some links that might help.

MSDN Article on TFS Event Service: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc507647.aspx
TFS Event Handler in .Net 3.5: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/architecture/TFSEventsTheArchitecture.aspx
Visual Studio Project Template for TFS Notification Web Service: http://howardvanrooijen.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=25327

- Steve

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