TFS 2010 - Configuration and Administration

Delivered by Equinox training partner Enhance ALM, this two day course is designed for team members who are responsible for the installation, configuration and administration of Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010. It features an equal mix of lectures and hands-on lab exercises designed to ensure attendees gain the maximum benefit from the course.


This course has been designed to equip attendees with a solid knowledge of the many areas that a TFS champion is often called upon to configure and manage.


Key topics covered in this course include product installation, security and permissions, reporting, customisation and team build. The course will also highlight many great third party tools that will make your job of managing your TFS server much easier.


If you’re responsible for looking after your organisation’s TFS Server then this is the course for you.


Certification - this course is a great study aid for anyone considering sitting Microsoft exam 70-512: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, Administration.

Duration

2 Days 

Audience

This course is designed for software development professionals responsible for the day to day administration and operation of a Team Foundation Server. Every organisation using TFS should have at least one or two “TFS champions” who are skilled in the topics and areas covered in this course.

Course Syllabus

Introducing Team Foundation Server 2010

  • Overview of the Visual Studio 2010 family
  • Overview of TFS architecture
  • TFS Installation options

Managing TFS instances

  • TFS Server health monitoring
  • Options for external client access
  • TFS Backup and Restore strategies
  • Understanding and troubleshooting client connectivity

Creating and managing Team Projects

  • Creating Team Projects
  • Understanding Team Project Collections
  • Deleting Team Projects

Managing Security and Permissions

  • Overview of TFS security
  • Configuring security using standard groups
  • Fine-grain security options
  • Troubleshooting security

Source Control Configuration

  • Create source control folder structures
  • Setting team project wide source control settings
  • Setup and manage workspaces
  • Understanding branching and merging
  • Using the TF command line utility
  • Using the TFS Rollback command
  • Backward compatibility using the MSSCCI provider

Managing Process Templates

  • Understanding project templates
  • Basics of template customisation
  • Adding new fields to Work Item Types
  • Adding new Work Item Types
  • Adding new queries and reports

Reporting

  • Understanding the Reporting Architecture
  • Adding new reports
  • Creating ad-hoc reports using Excel
  • TFS Warehouse and OLAP Cube overview

Team Build

  • Installing and configuring the Build Controller
  • Installing and configuring the Build Agents
  • Understanding Build workflow
  • Adding custom steps to build workflows

Useful third party tools

  • TFS Admin Tool
  • TFS Sidekicks
  • TeamCompanion

Related Courses

Refer to Equinox's full suite of Visual Studio ALM training courses.


Prerequisites

Attendees should be familiar with Visual Studio and the basic use of Team Foundation Server.


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Course NameDurationPriceDatesCourse Status
TFS 2010 - Configuration and Administration2 Days$1,500Enquire

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