Anthony Borton | ALM Consultant, Enhance ALM

1. 02 | Install and Configure Team Foundation Server Part 2 of 2 Anthony Borton | ALM Consultant, Enhance ALM Steven Borg | Co-founder & Strategist, Northwest Cadence

2. Module Overview • Install Team Foundation Server • Configure the application tier • Migrate and upgrade Team Foundation Server • Install and configure Lab Management • Install and configure multiple build agents and controllers

3. Migrate and upgrade Team Foundation Server

4. What the Study Guide says… • Migrate and upgrade Team Foundation Server. • upgrading to Team Foundation Server 2012 in-place or moving to new hardware • importing a source base from a non–Team Foundation Server system • upgrading a Team Project

5. In-place Upgrade • In-place upgrades use the same hardware you’re using now. • More information http://examcr.am/178UopT TFS 2012 Server TFS 2010 Server On SAME Hardware

6. Upgrade moving to new hardware • In-place upgrades use the same hardware you’re using now. • More information http://examcr.am/15swpUn TFS 2010 Server TFS 2012 Server On DIFFERENT Hardware

7. Upgrading from Visual SourceSafe • Upgrading to Team Foundation Server 2010 involves… • Creating an XML file for the Analyze feature • Running the command line utility VSSConverterAnalyze • Optionally creating a user mapping file • Copy the XML file used above and edit it for the Migrate feature • Running the command line utility VSSConverter Migrate

8. Upgrading from Visual SourceSafe • Changes when upgrading to Team Foundation Server 2012 • VSSConverter command line utility is gone • Upgrade wizard now found in TFS Administration Console • Process is much more streamlined – answer questions in a wizard rather than hand crafting XML files • Upgrade supports both on-premise TFS servers as well as hosted TFS

9. Upgrading from Visual SourceSafe • Accessing the Visual SourceSafe Upgrade wizard through the Team Foundation Server Administration Console

16. Upgrading Team Projects • What you get automatically when you upgrade • Description field changes from PlainText to HTML • Insert inline images into HTML fields • Merge on save for work items • History tab contains sub-tabs Discussion Only and All Changes • Team Queries changes its name to Shared Queries • Each team project is automatically assigned as a default team • The virtual directory name changes from web to tfs

17. What’s missing in Team Projects after upgrading • List of new features to be enabled • Agile Planning Tools • Code Review • Feedback • Storyboard Integration • Hidden Types Category

18. The Configure Features wizard • Step 1 – Scan • Scan definitions to determine which features are configured and which features are not • Step 2 – Determine • Determine which process template stored in the TPC contains the best match to configure missing features • Step 3 – Change • For each feature that can be configured, upload the definitions for the new objects or modify existing definitions

19. MSDN Resources Migrate and upgrade Team Foundation Server

20. Install and configure Lab Management

21. What the Study Guide says… • Install and configure Lab Management. • setting up environment templates • installing and configuring test agents • installing and configuring System Center Virtual Machine Manager (basic Virtual Machine Manager installation) • creating library shares or resource pools

22. Setting up environment templates • If you are a system administrator, you might have to regularly create new golden virtual machines to satisfy the needs of various team projects. • Detailed instructions can be found in the article “How to: Create and Store Virtual Machines and Templates Ready for Lab Management” at http://examcr.am/1452Ket

23. Installing and configuring test agents • Lab agents and test agents from previous versions of Lab Management have been combined into one type of agent – the test agent. • Detailed instructions can be found in the article “Installing and Configuring Test Agents and Test Controllers” at http://examcr.am/11pcal8

24. Installing and configuring System Center Virtual Machine Manager • To access the virtual machines that you create with Hyper-V from Lab Management, you must install and configure SCVMM. • SCVMM is a tool for managing your Hyper-V host machines from a central console. • Lab Management communicates with SCVMM to be able to use the virtual machines and templates to create environments • Detailed steps can be found at http://examcr.am/ZCTOv3

25. MSDN Resources Install and Configure Lab Management

26. Install and configure multiple build agents and controllers

27. What the Study Guide says… • Install and configure multiple build agents and controllers. • tagging and binding a controller to a project collection • adding a build agent

28. Installing and configuring Build Agents and Controllers

29. MSDN Resources Install and Configure multiple Build Agents and Controllers

30.  EXAM BEST BETS • There is plenty of content in this module. Use the provided hyperlinks and do your reading. • Where you have the resources, practice and many of the procedures as you can. • While you may have done upgrades a while ago, make sure the knowledge is refreshed.