Duration
3 days
About This Course
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010. The course focuses on the technologies used in Team Foundation Server 2010 and the techniques used to deploy, manage and support Team Foundation Server 2010.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for novice experienced administrators with either a background in software development or a background in system administration. This course is intended to provide administrators with knowledge to effectively manage and administer TFS 2010.
This course is not intended to provide developers with comprehensive knowledge covering how to use Team Foundation Server to support development, but instead provides administrators with the requisite knowledge to manage Team Foundation Server in a development environment.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Plan for and deploy Team Foundation Server
- Manage Tam Foundation Server security and permissions
- Configure and manage Team Foundation Server Build
- Perform basic customization of Process Templates, work items and workflow
- Support developers that use workspaces and shelvesets.
- Deploy Team Server Proxy
- Backup, restore and monitor Team Foundation
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
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
- A+ certification or equivalent knowledge.
- Network+ certification or equivalent knowledge.
- Possess of working knowledge of Windows Server administrative tasks.
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