How to lock iterations in TFS 2012?

Question

As soon as an iteration (Sprint) is over, we need to lock it so that nobody is able to check-in into that iteration anymore (unless they override the check-in warnings of course).

How can I achieve this? I took a look at the Team Foundation Server SDK namespace (Microsoft.TeamFoundation) but found nothing so far.

Answer 1

Here's the solution I kept:

http://intellitect.com/transitioning-between-sprintsiterations-with-tfs/

In short, you use Iteration Paths to determine the current sprint.

Then you create a query that returns all work items under the current iteration (which identifies your current sprint).

You use a Work Item Query Policy to ensure that all work items associated with the check-in are part of the result of the query (and thus part of the current iteration/sprint).