Steven St. Jean & Damian Brady 
Professional Team Foundation Server 2013 

Team Foundation Server is now for everyone!

Team Foundation Server is an integral part of Microsoft’s
Application Lifecycle Management suite for managing and delivering
software projects. The 2013 update has opened up TFS for everyone
by expanding capabilities to support i OS, Mac OS, Android, and Java
development. Professional Team Foundation Server 2013 covers
the latest updates for Agile Project Management, Test-Case
Management, Release Management, and shows new users the TFS
workflow for managing and delivering products. The authors leverage
their positions as MVP Microsoft insiders to guide you step-by-step
through all things TFS, as well as help prepare you for the Team
Foundation Server Certification Exam.

* Provides a broad overview of Team Foundation Server for
developers, software project managers, testers, business analysts,
and others wanting to learn how to use TFS

* Gives TFS administrators the tools they need to efficiently
monitor and manage the TFS environment

* Covers core TFS functions including project management, work
item tracking, version control, test case management, build
automation, reporting

* Explains extensibility options and how to write extensions for
TFS

* Helps certification candidates prepare for the Microsoft Team
Foundation Server 2013 certification exam

Professional Team Foundation Server 2013 is the ultimate
guide to mastering this invaluable developer’s tool.

Table of Content

INTRODUCTION xxxix

PART I GETTING STARTED

CHAPTER 1 Introducing Visual Studio Online and Team Foundation Server 2013 3

CHAPTER 2 Planning a Deployment 13

CHAPTER 3 Installation and Configuration 45

CHAPTER 4 Connecting to Team Foundation Server 63

PART II VERSION CONTROL

CHAPTER 5 Overview of Version Control 87

CHAPTER 6 Using Centralized Team Foundation Version Control 101

CHAPTER 7 Distributed Version Control with Git and Team Foundation Server 167

CHAPTER 8 Version Control in Heterogeneous Teams 201

CHAPTER 9 Migration from Legacy Version Control Systems 227

CHAPTER 10 Branching and Merging 243

CHAPTER 11 Common Version Control Scenarios 281

PART III PROJECT MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 12 Introducing Work Item Tracking 303

CHAPTER 13 Customizing Process Templates 333

CHAPTER 14 Managing Teams and Agile Planning Tools 373

CHAPTER 15 Reporting and Share Point Dashboards 401

CHAPTER 16 Project Server Integration 433

PART IV TEAM FOUNDATION BUILD

CHAPTER 17 Overview of Build Automation 447

CHAPTER 18 Using Team Foundation Build 465

CHAPTER 19 Customizing the Build Process 519

CHAPTER 20 Release Management 557

PART V ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 21 Introduction to Team Foundation Server Administration 587

CHAPTER 22 Scalability and High Availability 625

CHAPTER 23 Disaster Recovery 649

CHAPTER 24 Security and Privileges 673

CHAPTER 25 Monitoring Server Health and Performance 699

CHAPTER 26 Testing and Lab Management 725

CHAPTER 27 Upgrading Team Foundation Server 757

CHAPTER 28 Working with Geographically Distributed Teams 775

CHAPTER 29 Extending Team Foundation Server 795

INDEX 825

About the author

Steven St. Jean is a Senior ALM Consultant with
Microsoft’s Premier Support for Developers team

Damian Brady is a Solution Architect and State Manager
for SSW in Brisbane, Australia, specializing in application
lifecycle management and ASP.NET development.

Ed Blankenship works at Microsoft as the Product Manager
for Visual Studio Online, Team Foundation Server, and Application
Lifecycle Management.

Martin Woodward is a Principal Program Manager on the
Visual Studio team at Microsoft.

Grant Holliday is a Senior Service Engineer for Microsoft
Visual Studio Online.

Edward Thomson is a Senior Software Development Engineer
at Microsoft where he develops Team Foundation Server and Visual
Studio tools with an emphasis on version control and Git
libraries.