Connecting to a Team Project

After a team authoring project is set up (see Setting Up a Team Project), team members must connect to and download the team project in order to create their own working copies of the project. Once team members have a working copy, they can check files out, edit them, and check them back in.

The project administrator (the person who originally shared the project) should provide team members with the network path or the URL (depending on the type of repository) of the team project.

  1. In Word, select File > Doc-To-Help > Team Authoring > Connect to Team Project.

  2. Under Select repository type, choose one of the following:

    • Team Foundation Server

    • File System Repository

    • Web Repository

  3. Click Next.

    • For Team Foundation Server Enter the team project location URL. You can click to browse to a different server.

    • For File System Repository Enter a network location or click to browse to a folder on the network.

    • For Web Repository Enter the URL of the virtual directory. (If necessary, enter your login credentials.)

  4. Click Next and specify the working project folder. This is where the project will be stored on your machine and is your working copy of the project.
  5. Click Next and confirm the working copy information.
  6. Click Next to create the working copy.
  7. Click Close and then click Finish. Your working copy of the project opens.
  1. In Word, select File > Doc-To-Help > Team Authoring > Disconnect Project from Team Authoring.
  2. A popup window will ask you to confirm if you wish to proceed with disconnecting from the project. Click Yes.

After you have connected to a team project, creating a working copy of your project, you do not need to do it again. Just open the working copy of the project and begin working. See Working in a Team Project.