Visual Studio TFS Online Training Modules Overview

TFS Administration Training

Module 1: Install and Configure Team Foundation Server 2017

• Install Team Foundation Server – Overview and Presentation Only
• SQL Server version support.
• Installing Team Foundation Server in a multi-tier or multi-machine environment.
• Installing Team Foundation Server in a load-balanced environment.

Setting up a version control proxy server

Configure the application tier.

• Configuring SMTP for Team Foundation Server.
• Changing the URL (friendly name).
• Changing the default SharePoint web application.
• Setting up reporting (SQL Server Analysis Services)

Migrate and upgrade Team Foundation Server.

Upgrading to Team Foundation Server 2017 in-place or moving to new hardware.

Importing a source base from a non–Team Foundation Server system

Module 2: Manage Team Foundation Server 2017

Manage Team Project Collections.

• Moving project collections. Managing team collections and projects. Creating and configuring Team Project Collections.
• Splitting and partitioning team project collections

Configure for backup and recovery.

• Backup and recovery of Team Foundation Server and related components.
• Recovering a failed application tier. Recovering a failed database tier.
• Implementing a disaster recovery plan

Monitor server health and performance.

• Monitoring the job infrastructure for failed jobs (monitoring warehouse adapters and warehouse jobs).
• Clean-up stale workspaces and Shelve Sets.

Introduction to Lab Management (Presentation only)

Manage security.

• Configuring limited users. Managing roles in Team Foundation Server using Active Directory groups.
• Creating and managing teams.
• Configuring security for users who do not have a Client Access License (CAL)

Manage reporting for Team Foundation Server.

• Managing basic reporting using Microsoft Office Excel Services.
• Uploading a new SSRS Team Foundation Server report.
• Rebuilding the Team Foundation Server data warehouse

Module 3: Customize Team Foundation Server for Team Use

Install and configure build service

• Installing New Build Service, Build Agents, Agent Pools, Queues. Security of Build Agent Pools
• Enable XAML Build Engine.
• Setting up build triggers (gated check-in, continuous integration, and scheduled build).
• Configuring the build drop location to be in artifacts on server or a file share
• Setting up continuous integration and continuous deployment using Release Management in TFS.

Manage build execution.

• Queuing a build with parameters.
• Reconciling work spaces as part of a gated check-in workflow.
• Customizing build qualities. Clean-up of builds (applying retention policies)

Modify a process template.

• Uploading and downloading process templates.
• Troubleshooting template errors.
• Customizing functional areas within process templates, including SSRS, build definitions, Work Items, and queries

Configure a team project.

• Defining areas and iterations.
• Managing users through the default security groups.
• Managing portal settings (team project portal site URL, process guidance URL).
• Defining project-level alerts

Apply Work Item customizations.

• Adding a new Work Item type as a child of an existing Work Item.
• Customizing field definitions for a Work Item.
• Customizing form layout and workflows.
• Customizing global lists, link types, and categories

Create Work Item queries.

• Defining query folders and permissions.
• Applying query types (tree, flat, directed). Adding fields to a query.
• Creating a query by using Team Explorer

Configure client connectivity to Team Foundation Server.

• Configuring Visual Studio, Team Explorer, Team Explorer
• Everywhere, Excel, Project, and other tools to connect to Team Foundation Server.
• Configuring clients for a proxy server

Module 4: Administer Version Control

• Create and manage work spaces.
• Cloaking, undoing delete, and modifying a work space.
• Deleting a work space. Specifying work space visibility.
• Unlocking other users’ checkouts, pending changes, and code.
• Choosing a default workspace type for a collection.
• Deleting a Shelve Set

Configure version control proxy.

• Setting up the cache hit ratio. Setting up the cache size.
• Setting up for multiple Team Foundation Server servers

Configure team project version control settings.

• Enabling multiple checkout.
• Enabling get latest on checkout.

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