Step-by-Step Migration and Adoption Mark Michaelis Architect, Author, and Trainer Eric Lee Microsoft Product Manager Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server

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Team Logical Architecture Custom reporting tools MS Exce MS Projectl Team Foundation Data Tier Version Control Proxy Report Client Team Foundation Client Tier Core Data Version Control Work Items Team Build Data SQL Reporting Services Windows SharePoint Services SQL Reporting Services Windows SharePoint Services Work Item Tracking Service Version Control Service Team Build Service Core Services Warehouse Adapters Team Foundation App Tier WSS Proxies SQL RS Proxies Team Foundation Object Model MS Excel Plug-in MS Project Plug-in Visual Studio Packages Internet Explorer Build Process Version Control Proxy Service Build Machine Used with permission from Microsoft

TFS Technical Architecture Servers may be clustered Server communication uses HTTP Build server needs LAN access (Remoting) as do some type of custom reports Upload file SOAP Request Download file

System Requirements Team Size ConfigurationMemoryCPU 100 Single Server 1GB 1P 3.4Ghz 2002GB Dual Server 1GB AT 4GB DT 1P 2.8Ghz AT 2P 2.7Ghz DT GB AT 16GB DT 2P 2.8Ghz AT 4P 2.7Ghz DT GB AT 32GB DT 2P 2.8Ghz AT 8P 2.8Ghz

Installation Steps Team Explorer connects clients to Team Foundation Server Team Explorer setup is located on the Team Foundation Server media Install Team Explorer on every client Team Explorer integrates into Visual Studio 2005

Team Projects Team Project Rules of Thumb Team Projects are BIG containers Think about creating 100/Team Foundation Server (no more than 200) Visual Studio > 1 Team Project Visual Studio ‘Orcas’ -> 1 Team Project Many ways of categorizing within a Team Project AreasIterationsSCM

Create a Team Project

Team Project Gotchas Hard to move work items between Team Projects Hard to move build types between Team Projects Backup and restore is at the Team Foundation Server level, not at the Team Project level Reporting across Team Projects requires customization

Version Control Out-of-the-box Migration Visual Source Safe History, comments, branches, etc are migrated VssConverter.exeClearQuest Migration Partner Solutions CVS/Subversion -> TFS Get-latest/release and check-in to Team Foundation Server is easiest

Version Control Structure Team Foundation Server supports many forms Easiest is to retain Visual Studio Solution structure Don’t worry; renaming and moving are fully supported operations Branching and merging enables most other scenarios

Alpha Beta V1.1 Branching Models A Suggestion - Branch by Purpose Branch for specific purposes (alpha, beta, etc) Development stays on the main line Main Development Branch and edit build types as well

Dev Promotion Modeling Developer ‘sandboxes’ High-degree of parallel development; good safe releasesBaselineQA ProductionPromote Promote

Branching, Merging and Promotion Modeling

Version Control Gotchas Sharing and pinning are not supported Concurrent check-out by default Limited offline support No keyword expansion No get latest on check-out TFS PowerToy for Rollback a changeset Merge on unshelve Command line only features Undo another user’s changes

Work Item Tracking Team Foundation Server can track: Bugs, Tasks, Test Results, Requirements, etc Work Items are EVERYWHERE Excel, Project and SharePoint Associated with Change sets Associated with Builds Rolled up into Reports Data schema – both storage and display – are highly customizable Work becomes visible, searchable and persistent Work Item Types are highly customizable

Work Items

Custom Work Item Types

Visual Studio Team System Testing Results associated with work items Code Coverage rolled into reports Test Case Management Run with Team Foundation Builds Check-in Policy Code Analysis Check-in Policy Run with Team Foundation Builds

Visual Studio Team System

Team Foundation Builds Regular team-wide builds are the pulse of a healthy team Don’t wait – do this from the beginning Create lots of build types Nightly/Weekly/Daily/Continuous Regression testing Long-haul testing Build machines don’t require additional licensing Use VPC’s for testing Use ‘cheap’ machines to balance the load

Team Foundation Build

Planning for Project Health Check Reporting doesn’t just happen Identify significant reports Manage data collection Real-time work item update Periodic updates to cube

Team Reporting

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