TFS 2015 Configuration and Administration

Version:

Visual Studio 2015 (Includes update 1 coverage)

Duration:

4 days

Skill level:

Intermediate

Audience Summary:

TFS Administrators, Technical team leads

Product and technologies:

The following product and technologies will be covered in this course

Team Foundation Server 2015
Visual Studio 2015

Course Description

This newly expanded 4-day course is designed for team members who are responsible for the installation, configuration and administration of Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015. This course teaches not only the technical know-how to successfully run your TFS infrastructure but also best practises based on industry experience.

This course combines both technical presentations as well as hands-on lab exercises designed to ensure attendees gain a solid, practical understanding of how to administer TFS 2015 in modern work environments.

Key topics covered in this course include product installation, configuring security & permissions, reporting, customisation and build automation. We cover both the new Team Build as well as using legacy XAML build infrastructure.

If you’re responsible for looking after your organisation’s TFS server then this is the course for you.

Course Objectives

At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to;

plan your TFS deployment and install TFS 2015 in a variety of topologies
determine appropriate service accounts
plan a migration and/or upgrade to TFS 2015
understand the value of quarterly updates and how to install them
configure SMTP support and customise email alerts
keep your TFS data safe using backup and restore
monitor the health and performance of your TFS instance
plan your project hierarchies using Team Projects and Team Project Collections
create, modify, rename and delete Team Projects and Team Project Collections
configure standard role based security for team projects
use advanced security to manage fine grained security
configure version control settings including backward compatibility
customise the process template to better suit your teams’ requirements
understand the reporting infrastructure and create custom Excel reports
configure Data warehouse and OLAP cube refresh and rebuilds
plan, install and manage the new build environments introduced in 2015
optimise build infrastructure to provide fast feedback to teams
install and configure build infrastructure for legacy XAML builds (pre-2015 builds)

Audience

This course is designed for administrators and software development professionals responsible for the day to day administration and operation of a Team Foundation Server. Every organisation using TFS should have at least one or two “TFS champions” who are skilled in the topics and areas covered in this course.

This course is also ideal preparation of Microsoft’s 70-496 exam which is part of the MCSD: Application Lifecycle Management certification.

Version:

Visual Studio 2015 (Includes update 1 coverage)

Duration:

4 days

Skill level:

Intermediate

Audience Summary:

TFS Administrators, Technical team leads

Product and technologies:

The following product and technologies will be covered in this course

Team Foundation Server 2015
Visual Studio 2015

Course Description

This newly expanded 4-day course is designed for team members who are responsible for the installation, configuration and administration of Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015. This course teaches not only the technical know-how to successfully run your TFS infrastructure but also best practises based on industry experience.

This course combines both technical presentations as well as hands-on lab exercises designed to ensure attendees gain a solid, practical understanding of how to administer TFS 2015 in modern work environments.

Key topics covered in this course include product installation, configuring security & permissions, reporting, customisation and build automation. We cover both the new Team Build as well as using legacy XAML build infrastructure.

If you’re responsible for looking after your organisation’s TFS server then this is the course for you.

Course Objectives

At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to;

plan your TFS deployment and install TFS 2015 in a variety of topologies
determine appropriate service accounts
plan a migration and/or upgrade to TFS 2015
understand the value of quarterly updates and how to install them
configure SMTP support and customise email alerts
keep your TFS data safe using backup and restore
monitor the health and performance of your TFS instance
plan your project hierarchies using Team Projects and Team Project Collections
create, modify, rename and delete Team Projects and Team Project Collections
configure standard role based security for team projects
use advanced security to manage fine grained security
configure version control settings including backward compatibility
customise the process template to better suit your teams’ requirements
understand the reporting infrastructure and create custom Excel reports
configure Data warehouse and OLAP cube refresh and rebuilds
plan, install and manage the new build environments introduced in 2015
optimise build infrastructure to provide fast feedback to teams
install and configure build infrastructure for legacy XAML builds (pre-2015 builds)

Audience

This course is designed for administrators and software development professionals responsible for the day to day administration and operation of a Team Foundation Server. Every organisation using TFS should have at least one or two “TFS champions” who are skilled in the topics and areas covered in this course.

This course is also ideal preparation of Microsoft’s 70-496 exam which is part of the MCSD: Application Lifecycle Management certification.

Pre-requisites

Attendees should have some familiarity with installations of server products such as operating systems, SQL server, etc. Some experience using Visual Studio would also be beneficial.

Modules

This course includes the following modules.

Module 1 - Introducing the Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 family

What’s new in Visual Studio 2015
Overview of the Visual Studio 2015 family
Overview of product features
A lap around Visual Studio Team Services
Project workflow across the Visual Studio 2015 suite of products

Module 2 – Planning a TFS 2015 deployment

Overview of TFS architecture
Planning a TFS Deployment
An overview of product licensing

Module 3 - Installing TFS

Installing and configuring TFS prerequisites
TFS 2015 Installation
Integration with SharePoint

Module 4 – Upgrading to TFS 2015

Overview of upgrade options
In-place vs migration based upgrades
Performing your upgrade
Migration options from other version control providers

Module 5 – Managing TFS instances

Using the TFS Administration Console
Configuring SMTP support for TFS
Customising email alerts
TFS Server health monitoring
Changing service accounts
Viewing installed updates

Module 6 – TFS Backup and Restore

TFS Backup and Restore strategies
Understanding the TFS databases
Creating a backup schedule
The restore process
Refreshing the client data cache

Module 7 – Creating and managing Team Projects

Creating Team Projects
Understanding Team Project Collections
Creating Project Welcome pages
Renaming and deleting Team Projects

Module 8 – Configuring Team Project level Security

Overview of TFS security
Configuring security using standard groups
Understanding and configuring Teams

Module 9 – Advanced Security and Permissions

Fine-grain security options
TFS Server level permissions
Setting permissions at the Team Project Collection level
Setting Web Access permissions
Restricting access in TFS
Using command line tools for managing security

Module 10 – Source Control Configuration

Setting project wide source control settings
Understanding workspaces
Using the TF command line utility
Using the TFS Rollback command
Using the TFS Proxy to improve performance
Backward compatibility using the MSSCCI provider

Module 11 – Work Items

Overview of Work Items
Traceability between work items
Creating custom queries
Work item charting and pinning charts
Work item tagging
Configuring project alerts and notifications

Module 12 – Managing Process Templates

Understanding process templates
Basics of template customisation
Adding new fields to Work Item Types
Adding new Work Item Types
Adding new queries and reports
Updating an upgraded Team Project

Module 13 – Reporting

Understanding the Reporting Architecture
Adding new reports
Creating ad-hoc reports using Excel
TFS Warehouse and OLAP Cube overview
Changing the Data Warehouse and Analysis Services Cube processing frequency
Rebuild the Data Warehouse and Analysis Services Cube

Module 14 – Build Automation

Overview of build infrastructure
Installing and configuring Build Agents
Scaling your build infrastructure
Overview of hosted build services
Overview of non-Windows Build Agents

Module 15 – Supporting legacy XAML builds

Overview of legacy build infrastructure
Installing and configuring the Build Agents and Controllers
How to scale your legacy build infrastructure

TFS 2015 Configuration & Administration