Essentials of Administering Team Foundation Server 2015 [electronic resource] : Using TFS 2015 to accelerate your software development /
Gauvin, Gary.author.
This book covers the critical as well as the less obvious aspects of managing Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 in a variety of development and test environments. Coverage includes basic installation, initial configuration, maintenance, and common trouble shooting techniques, sizing, and performance considerations. Essentials of Administering Team Foundation Server 2015 explains how TFS can help you incorporate source control in your development environment. You'll learn how to set up TFS to match how you develop software. The book covers using TFS in the whole development process, along with practical advice on how to use its features effectively to get up to speed quickly. In addition, the author dives into using TFS in your team covering subjects like setting up accounts for different roles, manage users, and groups--plus what you need to know about TFS security and running a secure team. No discussion of a centralized system like TFS would be complete without learning how to back up and restore it, and the author covers what you will need to know to maintain your TFS including the backup and restore details required to properly plan for disaster recovery. The book details what you need to know about TFS functionality in creating and setting up collections and projects, how to manage the build process with Team Build (including setting it up and deploying build server and agents), using templates to speed up the creation of builds, building multi-platform solutions, and testing. In this book, you’ll learn how to: Plan, install, and configure TFS Secure your TFS environment Plan and manage source control with TFS Manage the development process with TFS Manage the build process Test with TFS.
Contents at a Glance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Planning for Team Foundation Server;  Before You Begin;  Team Foundation Server 2013 Editions;  TFS Architecture Overview;  Installation Considerations;  Basic Requirements;  Installation Checklist ;  Accounts and Permissions ;  Supported Operating System Requirements;  Performance and Planning;  Hardware;  Scaling Tips: One to Many;  SharePoint Requirements ;  SQL Server Requirements ; SQL Server 2014 Performance ; TFS Express SQL Naming Requirement
SQL Server High Availability Features Supported on Team Foundation Server No Touchy the TFS DB !;  Active Directory;  Ports;  Language Requirements ;  Summary; Chapter 2: Installing Team Foundation Server;  Install Categories ;  New Install; Which Wizard to Use?;  Upgrades; Prerequisites; Upgrade Paths for TFS; How About Upgrades from Older Releases? ;  SQL Server ; The Trouble with SharePoint and SQL Reporting Services;  TFS Upgrade Scenarios ;  Back Up!; TFS Basic or Express Upgrades; Standard Upgrade; Advanced Upgrade;  Installation Experience;  SQL Reporting Services Configuration Manager
SummaryChapter 3: Installation Validation and Security;  Installation Validation;  Validate Team Foundation Server URLs;  Validate TFS Services ;  Installation Logs ;  XAML Build Service; System Requirements; XAML Build Service Configuration;  Team Foundation Server Security;  Security Model; Authentication; Planning; So What Do I Get by Default?; Default Groups at the Team Project Level; Securing Team Web Access: Access Levels; Feature Break Down by Access Level;  Summary; Chapter 4: Managing Collections;  Collections and Projects Overview;  What Are They?;  Collection Naming Convention
Setting Up and Managing Team Project Collections Team Project Collections; Manage Team Project Collections; Creating a Collection; Moving a Collection; Collections with Reports ; Collections with SharePoint ;  Splitting a Collection;  Summary; Chapter 5: Managing Team Projects;  Team Projects Overview;  Team Project Boundaries;  Team Project Naming Conventions;  Setting up Team Projects;  Reporting Services Permissions to View or Create Reports;  SQL Server Database Roles for Report Authors and to Create Team Projects
Check to Make Sure That You Are in the Project Collection Administrators Group SharePoint Permissions;  Team Project Security;  Pick a Process;  Source Control Choices;  Setting up a Team Project;  Summary; Chapter 6: Managing Source Code and Work; Working with Source Code: Workspaces; Server or Local?; Setting up the Workspace; Adding a Solution/Project to a Team Project; Checking In and Out; Branching and Merging; Branching; Merging; Managing Work; Setting up a Team; Summary; Chapter 7: Maintaining Team Foundation Server;  Get Up to Date;  Disk Space
Security! Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
Includes index.
This book covers the critical as well as the less obvious aspects of managing Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 in a variety of development and test environments. Coverage includes basic installation, initial configuration, maintenance, and common trouble shooting techniques, sizing, and performance considerations. Essentials of Administering Team Foundation Server 2015 explains how TFS can help you incorporate source control in your development environment. You'll learn how to set up TFS to match how you develop software. The book covers using TFS in the whole development process, along with practical advice on how to use its features effectively to get up to speed quickly. In addition, the author dives into using TFS in your team covering subjects like setting up accounts for different roles, manage users, and groups--plus what you need to know about TFS security and running a secure team. No discussion of a centralized system like TFS would be complete without learning how to back up and restore it, and the author covers what you will need to know to maintain your TFS including the backup and restore details required to properly plan for disaster recovery. The book details what you need to know about TFS functionality in creating and setting up collections and projects, how to manage the build process with Team Build (including setting it up and deploying build server and agents), using templates to speed up the creation of builds, building multi-platform solutions, and testing. In this book, you’ll learn how to: Plan, install, and configure TFS Secure your TFS environment Plan and manage source control with TFS Manage the development process with TFS Manage the build process Test with TFS.
Microsoft software.
Microsoft .NET Framework.
Computer science.
Microsoft and .NET.
Computer Science, general.