Essentials of Administering Team Foundation Server 2015: Using Tfs 2015 to Accelerate Your Software Development

This book covers the critical as well as the less obvious aspects of

managing Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 in a variety of

development and test environments. Coverage includes basic installation,

initial configuration, maintenance, and common trouble shooting

techniques, sizing, and performance considerations.

Essentials of Administering Team Foundation Server 2015

explains how TFS can help you incorporate source control in your

development environment. You'll learn how to set up TFS to match how you

develop software.

The book covers using TFS in the whole

development process, along with practical advice on how to use its

features effectively to get up to speed quickly.

In addition, the

author dives into using TFS in your team covering subjects like setting

up accounts for different roles, manage users, and groups--plus what you

need to know about TFS security and running a secure team.

No

discussion of a centralized system like TFS would be complete without

learning how to back up and restore it, and the author covers what you

will need to know to maintain your TFS including the backup and restore

details required to properly plan for disaster recovery.

The book

details what you need to know about TFS functionality in creating and

setting up collections and projects, how to manage the build process

with Team Build (including setting it up and deploying build server and

agents), using templates to speed up the creation of builds, building

multi-platform solutions, and testing.

In this book, you'll learn how to:Plan, install, and configure TFS

Secure your TFS environment

Plan and manage source control with TFS

Manage the development process with TFS

Manage the build process

Test with TFS

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