Tfs Scrum Template

Since tfs 2005 we have delivered two process templates with tfs.
Tfs scrum template. For example if you connect to a tfs 2017 instance you must connect from visual studio 2017 or visual studio community 2017. Open the same version of visual studio visual studio community or team explorer as the on premises azure devops server that you connect to. I download the scrum process template from tfs and change the same to agile for company x then reload it. To download or upload process templates you must connect to tfs 2015 from either visual studio 2015 or team explorer 2015.
After tfs has been upgraded download the latest process template from tfs and choose the process template that most closely matches the one used to create your project. Our goal with msf agile was to create a relatively simple process template for teams doing agile software development. This element specifies a major and minor version. Rather like the scrum framework itself the scrum template was designed to be as light as possible while still embodying the common lexicon of agile.
You can choose the one you want as your team project process template. We designed it to enable a wide range of iterative development processes without too much process control. A process template defines the building blocks of the work item tracking system as well as other sub systems you access through azure boards or an on premises azure devops server or team foundation server tfs. Visual studio tfs is a perfect tool for scrum as discussed in this blog post by rene van osnabrugge visual studio alm reading notes 2013 04 01 matricis april 2 2013 tfs as perfect tool for scrum part 1 introduction in scrum and tfs a promising serie about scrum methodologies and how it could be used with tfs.
Why you should use the scrum template. Starting with tfs 2012 the version element was added to the process template to support versioning of the templates. It supports hosted xml and on premises xml process models which support customization of projects through the modification and import. I kind of lie.
Prior to this change the version was specified within the process template name. As far as i know tfs 2013 has both agile process template and scrum process template as well as cmmi process template. The process template defines the set of work item types wits queries and reports that youll use to plan and track your project.