Storyboard your ideas for free

Update (April 2016): Microsoft has released Office Integration 2015 Update 2.

With the recent release ofย Team Foundation Server Update 1, Microsoft has enabled all users to create storyboards in PowerPoint for free. This means that even stakeholders (VSTS/TFS users that don’t need a license) can now also create storyboards in PowerPoint without a Visual Studio license as well.

This capability is provided by theย Team Foundation Server Office Integration 2015 Update 1, which includes a standalone Office integration installer that provides Excel integration, Project integration, and the PowerPoint-based storyboarding tool.

Here are the steps to make this happen:

  1. Add the user to the team project.
  2. Make that user a stakeholder.
  3. Installย PowerPoint 2007 or later.
  4. Install TFSย Office Integration 2015 Update 1.

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Happy storyboarding, but remember these twoย agile values: “individuals and interactions over process and tools” and “working software over comprehensive documentation”