Administering Team Foundation Server 2017

Administering Team Foundation Server 2017

Provides students with the knowledge and skills to deploy, configure, and manage Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2017 and related software components.

CÍLOVÁ SKUPINA
This course is intended for experienced administrators with a background in either software development or system administration. Team leaders, lead developers, and other accidental Team Foundation Server administrators are also encouraged to take this course. This course will also help a student prepare for the relevant Microsoft certification exam.

TÉMATA KURZU
At course completion, attendees will have had exposure to:
- TFS editions and components
- Supported topologies and environments
- Must-have TFS administration tools
- Hardware and software requirements
- Required service accounts and permissions
- Installing Team Foundation Server
- Configuring Team Foundation Server
- Managing relevant SQL Server components
- Managing relevant SharePoint components
- Installing and using Team Explorer
- Team project collections and team projects
- Using and customizing process templates
- TFS licensing and Client Access Licenses
- Connecting and using Microsoft Excel & Project
- Installing and using Team Explorer Everywhere
- Integrating TFS and SharePoint
- Using the TFS web portal
- Git and TFVC version control systems
- Basic and advanced version control workflows
- Configuring and using code search
- Controlling access to version controlled items
- Command-line and third party tools
- Configuring automated builds
- Deploying and using Visual Studio agents
- Configuring agent pools and queues
- Creating and queuing automated builds
- Configuring Package Management
- Configuring Release Management
- Creating a release definition
- Creating and deploying a release
- Strategies for upgrading and migrating to TFS
- Integrating TFS with other systems and data
- High availability and scalability options
- Capacity planning and disaster recovery
- Backing up, restoring, and moving TFS data
- Managing the data warehouse
- Using PowerShell to manage TFS
- Customizing Team Foundation Server
- Extending Team Foundation Server

OSNOVA KURZU
1 - INTRODUCTION TO TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER
Introduction to Team Foundation Server
Editions, components, and configurations
Visual Studio Team Services comparison
TFS' support of Application Lifecycle Management
TFS administrator responsibilities and tasks
“Must-have” tools of a TFS administrator

2 - PLANNING AND DEPLOYING TFS
Planning the deployment
System requirements, software, and accounts
Installing and configuring TFS
Installing Team Explorer
Troubleshooting

3 - CONFIGURING TFS
Administrator roles and tools
Managing team project collections
Managing team projects
Managing process templates
Securing TFS, SharePoint, and SQL Server
Renaming and deleting a team project

4 - CLIENT APPLICATIONS
TFS Client Access Licenses (CAL)
Team Explorer and the web portal
Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project
SharePoint project portal
Team Explorer Everywhere
Command-line and 3rd party tools

5 - VERSION CONTROL
Overview of Git and TFVC version control systems
Integration with Visual Studio
Using TFVC and Git version control
Basic and advanced workflows
Controlling access to version control
Command-line tools and utilities
TFS Proxy, MSSCCI Provider, and TFS Sidekicks

6 - BUILDING AND RELEASING
Overview of the Visual Studio build system
Build agents, agent pools, agent queues
Creating and queuing a build
Monitoring, and managing a build
Securing the build process
Running tests as part of the build
Overview of Package Management
Overview of Release Management
Defining, creating, and deploying a release

7 - UPGRADING, MIGRATING, AND INTEGRATING
Upgrading Team Foundation Server
In-place vs. migration upgrade
Performing post-upgrade tasks
Migrating work items
Migrating items under version controlled
Integrating with Team Foundation Server
Custom and 3rd party solutions

8 - ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION
Monitoring the health of Team Foundation Server
Web-based diagnostic tools
Options for scalability and high availability
Disaster recovery, backup, and restore
Moving Team Foundation Server
Managing the data warehouse
Using PowerShell to manage TFS

9 - CUSTOMIZING AND EXTENDING
Customizing vs. extending
Customizing a process template
Customizing a work item type
Creating default work items
Creating and using a global list
Using Witadmin.exe
Using work item templates
Creating a custom report
Using the REST API to extend Team Foundation Server