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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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1. Planning for Team Foundation Server
2. Installing Team Foundation Server

3. Installation Validation and Security

4. Managing Collections

5. Managing Team Projects

6. Managing Source and Work

7. Maintaining Team Foundation Server
8. Build Management

9. Testing

10. Reporting

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Gary has worked in software development for over 20 years, spanning many industries and disciplines. Gary is a Microsoft MVP in the ALM specialty, working closely with Microsoft on the Team Foundation Server 2012 release. He has consulted and worked for the nation´s top technology companies.

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