Requirements Management with Visual Studio Team System

Nice article on the subject ..... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EEF7BB41-C686-4C9F-990B-F78ACE01C191&displaylang=en

Testing the health of your Team Foundation Server

Test the below URL to know the health of your TFS Server
http://<ServerName>:8080/services/v1.0/serverstatus.asmx?WSDL