How can I create a direct link to a bug in TFS web portal without knowing the project name?

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We use TFS web acces extensively, at the moment using TFS 2012.2.

Most workitem URLs on the website are built up as follows:

http://{TFS-SERVER}:8080/tfs/{PROJECT-COLLECTION}/{PROJECT}/_workitems#_a=edit&id={WORKITEM-ID}

However, WORKITEM-IDs in TFS are independent from PROJECTs. So my question is:
Is there a way to create a direct link to a workitem by only knowing the WORKITEM-ID? For example, I would like to do:

http://{TFS-SERVER}:8080/tfs/{PROJECT-COLLECTION}/workitemid={WORKITEM-ID}

Is this possible? Am I missing something obvious?

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Have you actually tried? Because the format you're proposing just works almost as-is. (tested in TFS 2013 update 4). – jessehouwing
jessehouwing:8080/tfs/DemoCollection/_workitems/edit/196 – jessehouwing
I tried a few things yes, but none of them is working. Neither is your suggestion unfortunately. Do I have to enable it somewhere? – RoelF
Upgrade to TFS 2013 I suspect... – jessehouwing
hi @jessehouwing can you add this as an answer so I can give you credit for it? :-) it seems you are right and works as expected in TFS2013. – RoelF

1 Answers

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TFS 2013 supports this through the following format:

http://{server}:{port}/tfs/{Collection}/_workitems/edit/{id}

But it seems that this was not yet enabled in Team Foundation Server 2012.