DDD5 Presentation - Team Foundation Server

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Team Foundation Serverthe answer to all project management problems?

Richard FennellDirector



Agenda

� The Need for TFS

� Core Components of TFS

� Add-ins and the API

� The future Orcas and beyond



Software Projects Need...

� Source Code Control

� Work Item tracking

� Project Management� Document repositories

� Communications

� Remote Access



ExcelExcel

ProjectProject

Operations, Q A andOperations, Q A andHelp DeskHelp Desk NonNon--MicrosoftMicrosoft

DeveloperDeveloper

Team System WebTeam System Web

AccessAccess

Visual Studio Team SystemApplication Life Cycle Management (ALM) Solution



Team System ArchitectureDev Team (Local)

Dev Team (Remote)Business User

Build Server

Version Control

Proxy (Remote)Active Directory

TCP/IP

HTTP / S

Win 2003 Server SQL Server 2005

IIS 6.0

Team Foundation Server Team Foundation Server



System Requirements

Team Size Configuration Memory CPU

100 Single Server 1GB 1P 3.4Ghz

200 2GB

400

800 Dual Server 1GB AT

4GB DT

1P 2.8Ghz AT

2P 2.7Ghz DT

2000 4GB AT

16GB DT

2P 2.8Ghz AT

4P 2.7Ghz DT

3500 4GB AT32GB DT

2P 2.8Ghz AT8P 2.8Ghz



Installation Tips

� Read and follow the MSDN walk-thru

� Do not deviate from the walk-thru

� Not even for a moment� And keep trying over and over......

� Using a VPC for the front end server can helpas you can commit/roll back as you go.



Installation Tips

� Make sure there are no domain/group policies

you have forgotten

� If the reporting service configuration stagefails make sure you drop (and delete) the DB

files

� Use the log files if you have problems

� Use AD groups for security



TFS & VSS Differences

� Architecture± TFS: client/server, VSS: client-side

� Security

± Windows/AD vs. VSS based security� Reliability

± VSS database integrity can be compromised

± TFS uses SQL Server

� Scalability± TFS can support up to 2000 user per instance and data

size is limited only by physical media & SQL Serverlimits ( in the terabytes)



TFS & VSS Differences

� TFS does NOT perform a get latest on

checkout

±get latest and check out are 2 separate ops

± get latest is explicit in TFS, controlled by the user

± Provides a consistent snapshot of code

� TFS does NOT add a file until checked in



Workspaces

� Workspaces provide Isolated areas

� A single PC can have many workspaces

� Workspaces are a powerful tool withbranching



Branching

� Allows parallel development

� But for anything that you don't want toservice or patch, labelling is sufficient.

� For a release that you do want to service orpatch, branching is the way to go.

� Using merging, you can move changesbetween branches.



Branching



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Visual Studio & TFSVisual Studio & TFS



TFS Tools & AddTFS Tools & Add--insins



Visual Studio Power Toys

� MSSCCI provider for other IDEs

� Team Foundation Power Toys

± Tfpt.exe command line tools± Process Template Editor

± Check In Policy Pack

± Test Tools Build Task



Cool Tool Attrice Team Foundation

Sidekicks



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Attrice Team Foundation

Sidekicks



Cool Tool - TeamPlain Web Access



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TeamplainTeamplain ±± Web AccessWeb Access



Cool Tool - eScrum



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eScrumeScrum



Integration with Project Server

� Project Server 2007 VSTS Connector available

on CodePlex



Customisation

� Process Template Editor Power Toys

� TFS Event Handlers

± Attach to TFSs eventing Service and register for an

event such as CheckInEvent

± Write a web service to that does somethingwhen event trigger

± See my DDD4 presentation on ContinuousIntegration for a sample

� .NET API



Using the TFS API

� Team Explorer installs all the DLLs are in the

GAC, but doesnt registered them for Visual

Studio

� Can write own desktop clients to do anything

you can in Team Explorer or the command line



demodemo

APIAPI



Other Cool Tools

� SVNBridge Allows SubVersion client to accessTFS

� Conchangos Scrum Project Guidance Pack

� Personify Designs TeamLook Outlook Addin

� Microsoft Israels Team System Outlook Addin

� TeamPrise Client Suite TFS access from Macs,

Linux

andE

clipse IDE

� NB all clients still need a Team Explorer CAL



So what is missing in TFS 1.0?

� TFS Work Item Hierarchy

� WSS 3.0 Support

� Disconnected working is limited� I am sure other people have other issues.....



The Future for TFS

� Release Types

± Servicing : Service Packs etc.

± Out of Band releases: Power Toys

± Major Releases: Visual Studio 2008



Visual Studio 2008 Administration

� Share Point 2007 support

� Enable use of a separate Share Point farm.

� Support for SQL Named Instances

� Longhorn server support� Sync Large Groups (~30,000 or more)

� Installation on a domain controller

� Non-default ports & web sites

� Simplify installation

� Upgrade from TFS 2005



Visual Studio 2008 Version Control

� Add support for checkin policy overrides to the

warehouse (an oversight from V1).

� Annotate & Folder Diff

� Destroy

� Get Latest On Checkout

� Workspace improvements

� Performance & Scale improvements

� Migration toolkit between TFS and other systems



Visual Studio 2008 Build

� Support multi-threaded builds with the new MSBuild.

� Continuous Integration

� Improved ability to specify what source, versions of

source, and other build properties.� Improved ability to manage multiple build machines.

� Stop and delete builds from within VS.

� Simplified ability to specify what tests get run as part

of a build.� The ability to store build definitions anywhere in the

version control hierarchy



Cool Tool - Team Build Ticker



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Team BuildTeam Build



So is TFS the answer to all project

management problems?



Good VSTS Resources

� Patterns & Practices Team Development with TFS

Guide± http://www.codeplex.com/TFSGuide

� How Do I? Video for Visual Studio Team System± http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/bb507749.aspx

� Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Virtual Labs± http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs/aa740411.aspx

� Team System Widgets± http://teamsystemexperts.com/widgets.aspx



Good VSTS Blogs

� Brian Harry (Product Unit Manager for Team

Foundation Server )

± http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry

� Rob Caron (Lead Product Manager for Developer

Content Strategy at Microsoft)

± http://blogs.msdn.com/robcaron

� Roy Osherove (Blog on TFS, Agile and Testing)± http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove



For Further Information

� My random thoughts But it works on my PC!

http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell

� You can also get in touch via:

Email [email protected]

WebSite www.blackmarble.co.uk

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