Receive an email when assigned a new TFS bug, task, or other work item

Question

We are using TFS 2010 and Team Explorer\'s work item feature for Project Management.

When a work item (like a bug or task, etc) is assigned to a user, how can that perso

Answer 1

Jehan33 provided a great answer, but it doesn't address a common theme of a lot of people asking this question. The Alerts Explorer lets you set up alerts for a particular user, but not a generic notification that will apply to all users. I imagine it's common to want a global setting to notify the user that a work item is assigned to when someone other than himself alters the work item. If you want to do this, you have the option of using a plugin, either writing one yourself or there are a few on codeplex.

For example: http://teamalert.codeplex.com/

Also, writing a plugin of your own is not as bad as it sounds, and you can find some pretty good resources. You'd mostly likely want a plugin that subscribes to the WorkItemChangedEvent that would check who is changing the WorkItem and what they're changing to determine if you want to send a notification. At that point you can grab an email address from Active Directory and send your email if desired.