Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter

72 Pages·2012·4.39 MB·English

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Team Foundation Server
2012 Starter
Your quick start guide to TFS 2012, top features, and best
practices with hands on examples
Jakob Ehn
Terje Sandstrøm
professional expertise distilled
P U B L I S H I N G
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter
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Credits
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Jakob Ehn Michelle Quadros
Terje Sandstrøm
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Mathias Olausson
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About the authors
Jakob Ehn is currently a Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP and also a Visual Studio ALM
Ranger. Jakob has 15 years experience in the IT industry, and currently works as a solution
architect at Inmeta Crayon ASA, specializing in Visual Studio ALM.
He actively participates in the MSDN forums and contributes to different open source projects,
such as the Community TFS Build Extensions and the Community TFS Build Manager.
Jakob's blog: http://geekswithblogs.net/Jakob
Jakob's Twitter: @JakobEhn
Terje Sandstrøm is a Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP for four years. He works as Chief
Software Architect at Inmeta Crayon ASA, specializing in Visual Studio ALM.
He loves the community, works with the Community TFS Build Extensions, participates in the
forums, and has free extensions uploaded to the Visual Studio Gallery.
More about Terje: http://about.me/TerjeS
Terje's blog: http://geekswithblogs.net/Terje
Terje's Twitter: @OsirisTerje
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About the reviewer
Mathias Olausson works as the ALM practice lead for Transcendent Group, specializing in
software craftsmanship and application lifecycle management. With over 15 years experience
as a software consultant and trainer, he has worked in numerous projects and organizations,
which have been very valuable when using Visual Studio as a tool for improving the way we
build software. Olausson has been a Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP for four years. He is also
active as a Visual Studio ALM Ranger, most recently in the role of Project Lead for the Visual
Studio Lab Management Guide project. Olausson is a frequent speaker on Visual Studio and
Team Foundation Server at conferences and industry events, and blogs at http://msmvps.com/
blogs/molausson.
He has worked on Pro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012 (APress,
1430243449), which can be found at http://www.amazon.com/Application-Lifecycle-
Management-Visual-Professional/dp/1430243449/.
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Table of Contents
Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter 1
So, what is Team Foundation Server 2012? 1
Installation 3
Option A – Basic installation 3
Step 1 – Running the setup 3
Step 2 – Configuration 4
Step 3 – Setting up the database 4
Step 4 – Reviewing 6
Step 5 – Performing the configuration 6
That's it 7
Option B – Standard server installation 7
Option C – Team Foundation Service 9
Step 1 – What do I need 9
Step 2 – Signing up to the TFS service 10
Quick start – Creating your first project 11
Step 1 – Finding and connecting to the TFS 2012 11
Step 2 – Creating a team project 12
Step 3 – Creating the team 14
Step 4 – Structuring areas for categorization and planning the release 15
Step 5 – Creating product backlog items 18
Step 6 – Assigning PBI to a sprint 19
Step 7 – Creating subtasks 20
Step 8 – Setting up the source control structure 21
Step 9 – Adding solution to the source control 22
Step 10 – Installing and configuring the build system 23
Step 11 – Creating your first continuous integration build 23
Step 12 – Naming 25
What do I need on my client machine? 26
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