Getting started with Microsoft Visual Studio Code extension for Engineering Workflow Management

IBM® Engineering Workflow Management client for Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a team collaboration tool that is designed to cater to the needs of different roles available in a team. Engineering Workflow Management works on the client/server architecture. All the clients of Engineering Workflow Management call Jazz® Team Server for various functions. You can use the Microsoft Visual Studio Code and can take advantage of all the features of the IBM Engineering Workflow Management client for Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

The Jazz Team Server administrator creates a repository, a project area, and a team area and sends an invitation to each team member.

The extension allows you to perform the following actions.

Manage the full source‑code lifecycle

Load components, track local changes, view diffs, resolve merge conflicts, and deliver changes without leaving VS Code.

Maintain traceability

Associate and disassociate work items (defects, stories, etc.) with change sets, ensuring every code change is linked to its corresponding development artifact.

Interact with builds

View build definitions, request personal or team builds, and open build results in a browser from within the IDE.