Dashboards in TFS 2013

Hi Guys
                  I have just migrated my TFS2010 to TFS2013 . Can you please share how can i create Dashboards and work item statuses/changeset counts on TFS2013 like 2010.
Your response in this regard will be highly appreciated.
Waseem Bukhari
CMer
WSBukhari

Hi Waseem,
I'd like to know whether your TFS installation configured with SharePoint or reporting service, and what you mean when you say create Dashborads. If you mean create a portal for the existing team projects, then please elaborate more details how did you do
the migration and whether the migration was succeed.
You can also run TFS best practice analyzer to check if there any configure issues on your server after migration. And create a new team project to check if the the team project portal works for the new team project. Also confirm whether you customized your
process template.
If you want to associate SharePoint site with team project, then you might enable team project protal. Check this
page for more information. If it's not your scenario, please elaborate more details about your scenario with screenshots. Thanks for your understanding.
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