Installation and Administration of Team Foundation Server

OK, so you’ve watched the Webcasts, faithfully followed Rob Caron’s blog, and spent 3 days of your life downloading the VPC image, now how do you put the rubber to the road and get Team Foundation Server installed and running on your own system? This Quick Start Page is your one-stop-shop for doing just that.

Plan

• Licensing and Pricing
  Learn about the different ways that Team Foundation Server is licensed and choose the best option for your small, large or distributed team.
• Hardware Requirements and Planning
  See how kinds of hardware were used within Microsoft to support small and large teams. Also, learn about the 64-bit support in Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Team System.

Install

• Team Foundation Server Installation Guide
  This is the most current version of the Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server. It contains any changes that were made to the guide since shipping.
• Installing the Team Explorer on client machines
  After installing Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite (or any of the role-based editions in later releases) you won't have access to Team Foundation until you do this additional install. It's no longer included in the Visual Studio installation process.

Migrate

• Migrating from Visual SourceSafe
  The Team Foundation Visual SourceSafe converter tool transfers files, folders, version history, and user information from a Visual SourceSafe database to Team Foundation source control.
• Walkthrough: Migrating ClearQuest Work Items to Team Foundation
  Demonstrates how to migrate ClearQuest work items to Team Foundation.

Configure

• Customizing Team Foundation Server
  Discussion on how Microsoft IT extended Visual Studio 2005 Team System to incorporate software development lifecycle methodology process by modifying the default process template. By modifying the process template developer compliance increased and external tools were eliminated.
• Setting up a Nightly Build (Configuring a Scheduled Build)
  

  Performing a nightly build is the process of building an application in an executable form on a daily basis. The public nightly build is a strong indicator that a team is actively showing progress. It is also a way to make the product and its progress available and visible to the project team. The nightly build is the heartbeat of the development process. You can set up a nightly build by configuring a scheduled build.

Troubleshoot

• MSDN Product Forum for Team Foundation Server
  Discuss version control, work item tracking, build automation, project management, Microsoft Office integration, process templates, reporting, and extensibility.

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