Essentials of Administering Team Foundation Server 2015

This book covers the critical as well as the less obvious aspects ofmanaging Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 in a variety ofdevelopment and test environments. Coverage includes basic installationinitial configuration, maintenance, and common trouble shootingtechniques, sizing, and performance considerations.Essentials of Administering Team Foundation Server 2015explains how TFS can help you incorporate source control in yourdevelopment environment. You'll learn how to set up TFS to match how youdevelop software.The book covers using TFS in the wholedevelopment process, along with practical advice on how to use itsfeatures effectively to get up to speed quickly.In addition, theauthor dives into using TFS in your team covering subjects like settingup accounts for different roles, manage users, and groups--plus what youneed to know about TFS security and running a secure team.Nodiscussion of a centralized system likeTFS would be complete withoutlearning how to back up and restore it, and the author covers what youwill need to know to maintain your TFS including the backup and restoredetails required to properly plan for disaster recovery.The bookdetails what you need to know about TFS functionality in creating andsetting up collections and projects, how to manage the build processwith Team Build (including setting it up and deploying build server andagents), using templates to speed up the creation of builds, buildingmulti-platform solutions, and testing.In this book, yoüll learn how to:Plan, install, and configure TFSSecure your TFS environmentPlan and manage source control with TFSManage the development process with TFSManage the build processTest with TFS

Administering Team Foundation Server 2015 covers the critical as well as the less obvious aspects of managing a TFS server in a variety of development and test environments.

8. Build Management