Where are Work Item State Diagrams in TFS 2012?

TFS 2010 includes the ability to display the state diagrams of the work items. These diagrams map the workflow states and reasons of the work item. This is very helpful to visualize and understand the the work item’s state workflow. The process template guidance includes similar diagrams however, if you have made any changes to the state workflow of the work item, the diagrams will reflect those changes and provide some guidance on the state workflow.

To view this in TFS 2010, you have to use Web Access to open a Work Item. In the main toolbar of the work item there is the option like in figure 1. This is not available from Team Explorer or Visual Studio.

In TFS 2012, this option has been removed from the Web Access work items. However, you can still get to this if you are using SharePoint. Within SharePoint, you can create Work Items and still access the State Diagram button.

When you view the state diagram it should look similar to this.