TFS allows you to update work items in bulk by applying a template to them. Here’s how:
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Install the TFS Power Tools
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Right click on Work Item Templates in Team Explorer and select New Template
- Select your work item type:
- Fill out the fields that you want to change. For this template I wanted to bulk items items to change their State to Not Started
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Run a query that contains all the items that you want to apply the template to then select the items.
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Right click and choose Apply Template…
- Select the template you want to apply.
- Click OK. As you can see below the State of these items has been updated to Not Started
- Click Save
HTH,
Jon