Team System Web Access (TSWA) Hyperlinks Enforcement
TFS/VSTS SP1 brought an exciting feature, namely the Send Mail feature, as covered in http://dotnet.org.za/willy/archive/2008/08/15/vsts-tfs-2008-service-pack-1-nugget-1.aspx. Buck has also covered this feature on his blog.
An obvious question for TFWA users is why the links are not TFWA hyperlinks in the email that is created and sent.
... selecting any link takes us to the work item tracking web service, on port 8080:
You have the option of changing the links to TFWA links, by running the following utility:
tfsadminutil configureconnections /tswauri:http://TSWA computer:port
If we now create another email, we get the following ... looks the same?!?
... selecting any link, however, now takes us to TSWA:
Great feature!
If, however, you apply the above and would like to revert to previous state, then run the following command, after installing the hotfix (http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB957196/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1653):
tfsadminutil configureconnections /tswauri:
For more detail refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc668127.aspx.