Administering Team Foundation Server 2010 - 50430

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Team Foundation Server Administration

This module introduces the student to the TFS administration process by explaining, in brief, the development process, how TFS supports a development environment and the role of the administrator in supporting the development process.  Application Lifecycle Management concepts will be explained and TFS specific terminology will be defined and explained. Students will be introduced to the responsibilities of administering TFS 2010.

Lessons

 What is Application Lifecycle Management?
 Visual Studio and Application Lifecycle Management
 What is Team Foundation Server?
 Overview of the Development Process
 TFS Components and Terms
 Role of the Administrator in the Development Process
 TFS Administration Overview

Lab : Becoming Familiar with Hyper-V

 Students will be instructed in the use of Hyper-V and the corresponding lab images.

After completing this module, students will be able to:
 Describe the ALM Model
 Describe how TFS supports ALM
 Be able to identify the responsibilities and various tasks a TFS administrator performs in a development environment

Module 2: Planning and Deploying TFS 2010

This module explains how to plan for, install and configure TFS.  Students will become familiar with the architectural requirements and options, installation steps and basic TFS topological and configuration options.  Instructors will cover the basic knowledge required to deploy TFS and supply foundational information that will be required for successful completion of other modules.

Lessons

 TFS Topologies
 Architectural requirements, Hardware considerations and Software considerations
 Networking requirements including firewall and ports
 Domain, Workgroup and Service accounts
 SQL Server and SharePoint requirements
 Topology considerations for small teams, single server, existing infrastructure or more than 1 server, and server farms
 Planning for Version Control Proxy

Lab : Installing TFS

 Verifying IIS 7.0 is installed on Windows 7
 Preparing fro and Installing Team Foundation Server
 Installing SQL Express using the TFS Configuration Tool

After completing this module, students will be able to:

 Describe the various TFS Topologies
 Describe the architectural requirements, hardware and software considerations when planning to deploy Team Foundation Server
 Plan for Domain and Workgroup service accounts for TFS
 Describe the SQL Server and SharePoint requirements for an effective TFS 2010 deployment
 Deploy TFS in a small environment
 Deploy TFS on a Single Server
 Describe the process for deploying TFS on various Topologies

Module 3: Configuration and Operations of TFS 2010

This module explains this basic principles of configuration and operation of TFS 2010.  Students will become familiar with the various TFS security groups and permissions, the practice of administering project collections and team projects, and the administrative knowledge required to support Build.  Students will also review administrative information on testing and configuring reporting and analysis services.

Lessons

 Default TFS Security groups and configuring permissions
 Managing team project collections and team projects
 Managing the TFS build System
 Configuring Reporting and Analysis Services

Lab : Working with Team Project Collections and Team Projects

 Create a team project collection and team project
 Modify the root folder for report subfolders
Lab : Configuring Security and Permissions
 Configuring Security and Permissions
 Authorizing Access to a Team Foundation Server Projection
 Modifying SharePoint Services security
 Modifying SQL Server Reporting Services Security

Lab : Reconfiguring Reporting and Analysis Services

 Reconfiguring Reporting and Analysis Services

After completing this module, students will be able to:

 Work with TFS Security groups and TFS permissions
 Create and manage team project collections and team projects
 Manage the TFS build system
 Configure Reporting and Analysis services

Module 4: Client Connectivity

This module covers the various clients that can be used to connect to Team Foundation Server 2010.  Students will connect to TFS 2010 with Team Explorer, Microsoft Office Excel 2010 and Team Web Access.  Students will review the different license requirements, different clients that can be used to connect to TFS and will be able to describe how to configure Visual Studio and Team Explorer for Team Server Proxy.

Lessons

 Client Connectivity License Requirements
 IDE Configuration for TFS Integration
 Team Explorer 2010
 Microsoft Office Connectivity
 Team Web Access
 Configuring Visual Studio and Team Explorer for Proxy Server
 Resolving TFS connectivity issues

Lab : Add Work Items Using Excel

 Add Work Items using Excel 2010

Lab : Use Team Web Access to connect to TFS

 Using Team Web Access to connect to TFS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

 Describe the client connectivity license requirements
 Connect to Team Foundation Server using Team Explorer, Team Web Access and Excel 2010
 Publish data to Team foundation Server using Excel 2010
 Describe how to configure Team Server Proxy

Module 5: Customization of Team Projects

This module explains how to customize team project workflow, work item features. Students will work with the Team Foundation Server Power Tools and modify the existing project workflow and work items.  Students will also create work item queries and modify work item templates.

Lessons

 Managing Work item Queries
 Customizing Work items and Workflow
 TFS Power tools
 Reporting

Lab : Working with Queries

 Creating a Query Folder, Subfolder and new Query
 Copying work Item Queries
 Renaming Work Item Queries
 Moving a Query

Lab : Administering Work Items

 Create Add a new Work Item Type
 Create a New Global List
 Explore an existing process template
 Customize a process template
 Customize the fields of a work item
 Customize work item type

Lab : Setting up Alerts

 Setting up an Alert

After completing this module, students will be able to:

 Create, modify and manage Work Item Queries
 Create new Work Item Types
 Customize Work Items
 Create new Process Templates
 Create new global lists
 Setup alerts

Module 6: Administering Version Control

This module explains how to administer version control in Team Foundation Server.  Students will review the processes for managing workspaces, work with branching and merging, create shelve sets and discuss the 5 key scenarios for using shelvesets.

Lessons

 Managing Workspaces
 Administering Branching and Merging
 Managing Shelvesets

Lab : Administering Version Control

 Managing Workspaces
 Branching and Merging
 Version Policies and Settings
 Working with labels and Shelvesets

After completing this module, students will be able to:

 Create, modify and remove workspaces.
 Describe what administrators need to know to administer workspaces
 Describe the use of cloaking and uncloaking folders
 Describe how to effectively manage workspaces
 Describe the effects branching and merging has on the server environment
 Describe the use of shelvesets and what administrators need to be aware of when working with shelvesets

Module 7: Upgrading, Migrating, and Integration

This module covers the process of upgrading to Team Foundation Server, migrating data to Team Foundation Server and how to integrate Team Foundation Server with other Source Control systems.

Lessons

 Upgrading to TFS 2010
 Migrating to TFS 2010
 Visual Source Safe Migrations
 Integration with TFS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

 Describe the various methods for upgrading to TFS 2010
 Describe how to migrate to TFS 2010
 Describe the process for migrating from Visual Source Safe
 Describe integrating other systems with TFS 2010

Module 8: Advanced Administration

This module explains several different advanced administration topics that expand on concepts covered in previous modules.  Students will review the process of installation validation, advanced management of TFS Application and Data Tiers, Rebuilding a warehouse, moving a TFS instance to a new server or new domain, and installing and configuring Team Foundation Server Proxy.

Lessons

 Validating an installation
 Manual configuration of SharePoint and reporting services post-installation
 Advanced management of TFS Application and Data Tiers
 Rebuilding the Warehouse
 Service Account management
 Version Control Proxy Deployment
 Fault Tolerant Solutions

Lab : Configuring Email Alerts

 Configuring SMTP for email alerts

Lab : Deploy and Configure a Version Control Proxy

 Deploy and configuring a Team Server Proxy

Lab : Deploy a new Build Controller

 Configuring a Build Machine
 Creating a Team Build

Lab : Deploy a new Application Tier

 Configuring a new Application Tier Server

After completing this module, students will be able to:

 Describe how to validate an installation
 Manually configure SharePoint and reporting services
 Deploy a new App-tier
 Deploy a new Build Controller
 Deploy and configure a Team Server Proxy
 Describe the various TFS Fault Tolerant Solutions

Module 9: Backup, Restore and Monitoring TFS 2010

This module explains how backup and restore Team Foundation Server 2010 and the best practices for monitoring TFS 2010.  Students will review the various tools for monitoring TFS 2010 and will review the steps for backing up and restoring TFS in a disaster recovery situation.

Lessons

 Backing Up TFS 2010
 Restoring TFS 2010
 Monitoring TFS 2010

Lab : Monitoring TFS 2010

 Run the Best Practices Analyzer

After completing this module, students will be able to:

 Describe the process for Backing up and restoring TFS 2010
 Describe the various tools for monitoring TFS 2010
 Run the Best Practices Analyzer to monitor TFS 2010
 

Additional Reading

To help you prepare for this class, review the following resources:

 TFS Administration Guide
 TFS Installation Guide