Work items that are newly assigned to you are initially
shown in the Inbox section in My Work view. You should triage work
items from this section to the Current Work and Future Work sections
as soon as possible to keep your work plan up to date. You can sort
the new work items by priority or by modification date (work items
with the more recent changes are listed first).
Before you begin
About this task
To display the Inbox section, click the drop-down menu 
in the My Work view toolbar and select .
For basic actions and behavior in this section, see the common features list in Managing work items in My Work view. These features include displaying and modifying work item properties, saving changes, reading alerts, navigating to a work item in the editor, and showing recent news for a work item.
Work Items in the Inbox section
contain Planned For 
and Filed Against 
controls for easier triaging. You can also triage
new work items from the Inbox section to the Current Work and Future
Work sections by performing one of the following actions:
- Right-click a work item and click Accept as planned for.
- Right-click a work item, click Plan for, and select a time period or an iteration. Work items that are planned for the current iteration are moved to the Current Work section.
- Right-click a work item and click Start Working.
- Drag a work item to the Current Work or Future Work section.