CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Larf
Larf

Reputation: 13

Possible to add/edit workitems inside Visual Studio when using VSTS/VSOnline?

I'm trying out Visual Studio Online, and have setup my project, and it's working pretty good. But I prefer working on workitems directly in Visual Studio (it's faster, and it's what I'm used to). Is it possible to configure Visual Studio to access and edit workitems in the IDE as opposed to opening up the web version in an external window?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 115

Answers (1)

Daniel Mann
Daniel Mann

Reputation: 59020

You can, but it's going to be deprecated soon.

In Visual Studio, go to "Tools" -> "Options" and search for "Work items". There is a drop-down for "Open Work Items in", which will have an option for browser or Visual Studio.

It's better to get used to managing work items in the web; Microsoft has invested a ton of effort in making the web experience awesome. Basically, they don't want to maintain two ways of managing work items: Web and Visual Studio. Since TFS/VSTS is cross-platform and cross-technology, it doesn't make sense for them to invest effort in maintaining a work item editor built into Visual Studio. Developers use VSTS for all types of projects using all types of IDEs/ISEs, not just Visual Studio.

Upvotes: 1

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