Bulk Generation of Tasks in TFS

Mykola Tarasyuk
Jul 15 2014
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It usually took me hours to add all tasks for my team for the next sprint in TFS. Existing UIs for this purpose were too sl-o-o-o-w, both built-in Team Explorer and Web Access (I mean Web Access for TFS 2010; 2012 is better in this context). The most annoying thing was that I usually needed to specify just title and estimate for tasks but had to wait until the whole complex task entry form was loaded and then closed.

I also found bulk work items generation by means of Excel not that convenient for addition of hierarchical (parent-child) data.

So I made a small utility for this purpose. Details and source code can be found here:

http://bulktasksgeneration.codeplex.com