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50430 - Administering Team Foundation Server 2010

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Overview:

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010. The course focuses on the technologies used in Team Foundation Server 2010 and the techniques used to deploy, manage and support Team Foundation Server 2010.

Target Audience:

This course is intended for novice experienced administrators with either a background in software development or a background in system administration. This course is intended to provide administrators with knowledge to effectively manage and administer TFS 2010.
This course is not intended to provide developers with comprehensive knowledge covering how to use Team Foundation Server to support development, but instead provides administrators with the requisite knowledge to manage Team Foundation Server in a development environment.

Pre-requisites:

Before attending this course, students must have:

A+ certification or equivalent knowledge.
Network+ certification or equivalent knowledge.
Possess working knowledge of Windows Server administrative tasks.

Additional Reading:

To help you prepare for this class, review the following resources:

TFS Administration Guide
TFS Installation Guide

At Course Completion:

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Plan for and deploy Team Foundation Server.
Manage Tam Foundation Server security and permissions.
Configure and manage Team Foundation Server Build.
Perform basic customisation of Process Templates, work items and workflow.
Support developers that use workspaces and shelvesets.
Deploy Team Server Proxy.
Backup, restore and monitor Team Foundation

Outline:

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Module 1: Introduction to Team Foundation Server Administration

This module introduces the student to the TFS administration process by explaining, in brief, the development process, how TFS supports a development environment and the role of the administrator in supporting the development process. Application Lifecycle Management concepts will be explained and TFS specific terminology will be defined and explained. Students will be introduced to the responsibilities of administering TFS 2010.

Lessons

What is Application Lifecycle Management?
Visual Studio and Application Lifecycle Management
What is Team Foundation Server?
Overview of the Development Process
TFS Components and Terms
Role of the Administrator in the Development Process
TFS Administration Overview

Lab : Becoming Familiar with Hyper-V

Students will be instructed in the use of Hyper-V and the corresponding lab images.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the ALM Model
Describe how TFS supports ALM
Be able to identify the responsibilities and various tasks a TFS administrator performs in a development environment

Module 2: Planning and Deploying TFS 2010

This module explains how to plan for, install and configure TFS. Students will become familiar with the architectural requirements and options, installation steps and basic TFS topological and configuration options. Instructors will cover the basic knowledge required to deploy TFS and supply foundational information that will be required for successful completion of other modules.

Lessons

TFS Topologies
Architectural requirements, Hardware considerations and Software considerations
Networking requirements including firewall and ports
Domain, Workgroup and Service accounts
SQL Server and SharePoint requirements
Topology considerations for small teams, single server, existing infrastructure or more than 1 server, and server farms
Planning for Version Control Proxy

Lab : Installing TFS

Verifying IIS 7.0 is installed on Windows 7
Preparing for and Installing Team Foundation Server
Installing SQL Express using the TFS Configuration Tool

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the various TFS Topologies
Describe the architectural requirements, hardware and software considerations when planning to deploy Team Foundation Server
Plan for Domain and Workgroup service accounts for TFS
Describe the SQL Server and SharePoint requirements for an effective TFS 2010 deployment
Deploy TFS in a small environment
Deploy TFS on a Single Server
Describe the process for deploying TFS on various Topologies

Module 3: Configuration and Operations of TFS 2010

This module explains the basic principles of configuration and operation of TFS 2010. Students will become familiar with the various TFS security groups and permissions, the practice of administering project collections and team projects, and the administrative knowledge required to support Build. Students will also review administrative information on testing and configuring reporting and analysis services.

Lessons

Default TFS Security groups and configuring permissions
Managing team project collections and team projects
Managing the TFS build System
Configuring Reporting and Analysis Services

Lab : Working with Team Project Collections and Team Projects

Create a team project collection and team project
Modify the root folder for report subfolders

Lab : Configuring Security and Permissions

Configuring Security and Permissions
Authorising Access to a Team Foundation Server Projection
Modifying SharePoint Services security
Modifying SQL Server Reporting Services Security

Lab : Reconfiguring Reporting and Analysis Services

Reconfiguring Reporting and Analysis Services

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Work with TFS Security groups and TFS permissions
Create and manage team project collections and team projects
Manage the TFS build system
Configure Reporting and Analysis services

Module 4: Client Connectivity

This module covers the various clients that can be used to connect to Team Foundation Server 2010. Students will connect to TFS 2010 with Team Explorer, Microsoft Office Excel 2010 and Team Web Access. Students will review the different license requirements, different clients that can be used to connect to TFS and will be able to describe how to configure Visual Studio and Team Explorer for Team Server Proxy.

Lessons

Client Connectivity License Requirements
IDE Configuration for TFS Integration
Team Explorer 2010
Microsoft Office Connectivity
Team Web Access
Configuring Visual Studio and Team Explorer for Proxy Server
Resolving TFS connectivity issues

Lab : Add Work Items Using Excel

Add Work Items using Excel 2010

Lab : Use Team Web Access to connect to TFS

Use Team Web Access to connect to TFS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the client connectivity license requirements
Connect to Team Foundation Server using Team Explorer, Team Web Access and Excel 2010
Publish data to Team foundation Server using Excel 2010
Describe how to configure Team Server Proxy

Module 5: Customisation of Team Projects

This module explains how to customize team project workflow, work item features. Students will work with the Team Foundation Server Power Tools and modify the existing project workflow and work items. Students will also create work item queries and modify work item templates.

Lessons

Managing Work item Queries
Customising Work items and Workflow
TFS Power tools
Reporting

Lab : Working with Queries

Creating a Query Folder, Subfolder and new Query
Copying work Item Queries
Renaming Work Item Queries
Moving a Query

Lab : Administering Work Items

Create Add a new Work Item Type
Create a New Global List
Explore an existing process template
Customise a process template
Customise the fields of a work item
Customise work item type

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Create, modify and manage Work Item Queries
Create new Work Item Types
Customise Work Items
Create new Process Templates
Create new global lists
Setup alerts

Module 6: Administering Version Control

Module 7: Upgrading, Migrating, and Integration

Module 8: Advanced Administration

This module explains several different advanced administration topics that expand on concepts covered in previous modules. Students will review the process of installation validation, advanced management of TFS Application and Data Tiers, Rebuilding a warehouse, moving a TFS instance to a new server or new domain, and installing and configuring Team Foundation Server Proxy.

Lessons