Professional Team Foundation Server 2013

  • 13h 32m
  • Damian Brady, Ed Blankenship, Grant Holliday, Martin Woodward, Steven St. Jean
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2014

Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online is an integral part of Microsoft's Application Lifecycle Management suite for managing and delivering software projects. The 2013 update has opened up TFS for everyone by expanding capabilities to support iOS, MacOS, Android, and Java development. Professional Team Foundation Server 2013 covers the latest updates for Agile Project Management, Test-Case Management, Release Management, the newly announcing Visual Studio Online services, and shows new users the TFS workflow for managing and delivering products. The authors leverage their positions as MVP Microsoft insiders to guide you step-by-step through all things TFS, as well as help prepare you for the Team Foundation Server Certification Exam.

  • Provides a broad overview of Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online for developers, software project managers, testers, business analysts, and others wanting to learn how to use TFS
  • Gives TFS administrators the tools they need to efficiently monitor and manage the TFS environment
  • Covers core TFS functions including project management, work item tracking, version control, test case management, build automation, reporting
  • Explains extensibility options and how to write extensions for TFS
  • Helps certification candidates prepare for the Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2013 certification exam

Professional Team Foundation Server 2013 is the ultimate guide to mastering this invaluable development team's tool.

About the Authors

Steven St. Jean is a Senior ALM Consultant with Microsoft’s Premier Support for Developers team

Damian Brady is a Solution Architect and State Manager for SSW in Brisbane, Australia, specializing in application lifecycle management and ASP.NET development.

Ed Blankenship works at Microsoft as the Product Manager for Visual Studio Online, Team Foundation Server, and Application Lifecycle Management.

Martin Woodward is a Principal Program Manager on the Visual Studio team at Microsoft.

Grant Holliday is a Senior Service Engineer for Microsoft Visual Studio Online.

Edward Thomson is a Senior Software Development Engineer at Microsoft where he develops Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio tools with an emphasis on version control and Git libraries.

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • Introducing Visual Studio Online and Team Foundation Server 2013
  • Planning a Deployment
  • Installation and Configuration
  • Connecting to Team Foundation Server
  • Overview of Version Control
  • Using Centralized Team Foundation Version Control
  • Distributed Version Control with Git and Team Foundation Server
  • Version Control in Heterogeneous Teams
  • Migration from Legacy Version Control Systems
  • Branching and Merging
  • Common Version Control Scenarios
  • Introducing Work Item Tracking
  • Customizing Process Templates
  • Managing Teams and Agile Planning Tools
  • Reporting and SharePoint Dashboards
  • Project Server Integration
  • Overview of Build Automation
  • Using Team Foundation Build
  • Customizing the Build Process
  • Release Management
  • Introduction to Team Foundation Server Administration
  • Scalability and High Availability
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Security and Privileges
  • Monitoring Server Health and Performance
  • Testing and Lab Management
  • Upgrading Team Foundation Server
  • Working with Geographically Distributed Teams
  • Extending Team Foundation Server
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