Get A team project and create a work item without using get the work items store

Question

I am Using the code below to create a new work item under a certain project programmatically using c# as below:

        TfsTeamProjectCollection tfs = new TfsTeamProjectCollection(
        TfsTeamProjectCollection.GetFullyQualifiedUriForName("http://tfssssrv:8080/tfs"));


        //Get data store that contains all workitems on a particular server
        WorkItemStore store = tfs.GetService<WorkItemStore>();

        //Get particular Team Project
        Project project = store.Projects["MAKAROV"];

I am being able to connect but the tfs.GetService() to get the stores is taking a lot of time to get the Data (around 148 Team Project and 70000 work items). I need to retrieve the Team Project without going through the Store and create the work item under it. i am sure there is another way but can't seem to find it on the internet.

Why do you have so many team projects? – MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood Sep 16 '14 at 05:25 — MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood, Sep 16 '14 at 05:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '14 at 05:25

It is not possible to manipulate work items in TFS 2005 through 2013 without getting the WorkItemStore object. In 2012 & 2013 the speed has been greatly increased but if you have lots of Team Projects you can still have performance issues.

The recommendation is to cache the object.

Get A team project and create a work item without using get the work items store

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