Creating A Team Project Using VSTS
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Creating a Team Project
So I boot up my VPC image from Tech Ed, which I installed and configured in my previous post. It is a little slow to boot, because I can only allocate 640MB of RAM to it, but it chugs along and starts. I do receive an error message saying "A service has failed to start". Once I get logged in, I go look at the event log, and the Live Communicator service failed to start, due to a Login failure.
I start up VSTS Beta 2. Here is what the IDE initially looks like:
In Team Explorer, located on the right-hand side of the IDE, I right-click (RC) on the listed Team Foundation server, vstsb2, and select "New Team Project…". This opens the New Team Project Wizard.
New Team Project Wizard Step 1
I entered VSTSDemo1 as the Team Project Name, and "This is my first VSTS Demo, hence the name VSTSDemo1" as the Team Project Description, then click next.
New Team Project Wizard Step 2 - Select A Process Template
Currently, the only choice is the MSF Agile template, so I selected it and clicked Next.
New Team Project Wizard Step 3 - Specify the Setting for the Project Portal
The Team Project Portal Title and Team Project Portal Description, default to the Team Project Name and Team Project Description, respectively. The Team Project Portal Address defaulted to "http://VSTSB2/sites/VSTSDemo1", and would not allow me to change that. So I took the defaults of everything and clicked Next.
New Team Project Wizard Step 4 - Specify Version Control Settings
It defaults to "Create an Empty Version Control Folder". I went ahead and selected "Do not create a version control folder at this time", and clicked Next.
New Team Project Wizard Step 5 - Confirm Team Project Settings
You are able to review all the options you have selected in the wizard at this point. I reviewed everything, and clicked the "Finish" button.
The Team Project Creation Status window appears. This window contains a status bar, showing how long you have remaining in the Project Creation process. It also displays text letting you know what is currently going on in the creation process.
Once the project creates successfully, the Team Project Created window is displayed:
This windows informs you that the project was created successfully. It also gives you the option of viewing the Process Guidance Page, as well as the Process Creation log file. Initially, only the View Process Guidance page is checked. I went ahead and checked the View Process Creation Log File as well. This opens the log file in notepad, where I can review it or save it to look at later.
This final image shows you what the IDE looks like after creating the Team Project:
Notice the Process Guidance page is displayed in the IDE, and that my new Team Project, VSTSDemo1, is displayed in the Team Explorer window.