Now on MSDN: patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
You can now find our patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server guide on MSDN in HTML. It's the same guidance we hosted on CodePlex. CodePlex was our channel for agile release. Once we baked the guidance, we ported to MSDN. For some customers, MSDN is a trusted source, so being on MSDN is important. Additionally, MSDN provides some additional hooks and channels.
Contents At a Glance
Here's the guide at a glance
Chapters
- Ch 01 – Introducing the Team Environment
- Ch 02 – Team Foundation Server Architecture
- Ch 03 – Structuring Projects and Solutions in Source Control
- Ch 04 – Structuring Projects and Solutions in Team Foundation Source Control
- Ch 05 – Defining Your Branching and Merging Strategy
- Ch 06 – Managing Source Control Dependencies in Visual Studio Team System
- Ch 07 – Team Build Explained
- Ch 08 – Setting Up Continuous Integration with Team Build
- Ch 09 – Setting Up Scheduled Builds with Team Build
- Ch 10 – Large Project Considerations
- Ch 11 – Project Management Explained
- Ch 12 – Work Items Explained
- Ch 13 – Process Templates Explained
- Ch 14 – MSF for Agile Software Development Projects
- Ch 15 – Reporting Explained
- Ch 16 – Team Foundation Server Deployment
- Ch 17 – Providing Internet Access to Team Foundation Server
- Ch 18 – What’s New in Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server
Guidelines
- Guidelines: Team Build
- Guidelines: Source Control
- Guidelines: Reporting
- Guidelines: Project Management
Practices at a Glance
- Practices at a Glance: Team Build
- Practices at a Glance: Source Control
- Practices at a Glance: Reporting
- Practices at a Glance: Project Management
Questions and Answers
How Tos
- How To: Add a New Developer To Your Project in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Automatically Run Code Analysis with Team Build in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Create a Custom Report for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Create a Risk Over Time Report for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Create Custom Check-in Policies in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Create Your Source Tree in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Customize a Process Template in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Customize a Report in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Manage Projects in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Migrate Source code to Team Foundation Server from Visual Source Safe
- How To: Perform a Baseless Merge in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Set Up a Continuous Integration Build in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Set Up a Scheduled Build in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Structure ASP.NET Applications in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Structure Windows Applications in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- How To: Structure Your Source Control Folders in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
Download
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