Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio 2013 Boot Camp Classroom Live Atlanta, GA April 01, 2019

Course Overview

1. Introducing TFS & Visual Studio 2015/2017

• Introducing TFS & Visual Studio 2015/2017
• Overview of Application Lifecycle Management
• TFS & Visual Studio 2015/2017 Ultimate in the Enterprise
• Overview of Targeted Roles & Capabilities
• New Architecture & Administration in TFS 2015/2017

2. Work Tracking Overview

• Introducing Work Items
• Work Item Type Definitions
• Process Templates
• Work Item Relationships ("Links")
• Hierarchical Work Item Management
• Work Item Traceability
• User Interfaces & Work Items
• Work Item Queries
• Managing Work Items with Excel & Project

Practice Labs:

• Using TFS Work Items
• Using Team Web Access
• Using Hierarchical Work Items
• Creating & Managing Requirements
• Creating Flat Work Item Queries
• Managing Work Item Data in Excel
• Creating Hierarchical Work Item Queries
• Hierarchical Data in Project & Excel

3. Agile Management

• Planning a Release
• Using a Product Backlog & User Stories
• Using Features
• Planning an Iteration (Sprint)
• Creating an Iteration Backlog
• Running an Iteration
• Completing an Iteration Retrospectives

Practice Labs:

• Setting up Features & Product Backlog
• Plan & run a Sprint

4. Version Control Overview

• Description & Team Foundation Server Version Control Concepts
• Parallel Development
• Storage & Reverse-Delta Storage
• Workspaces
• Adding Files to Version Control
• Check-Out/Check-In
• Deleting Files from Version Control
• Using GIT for Version Control

Practice Labs:

• Setting up Version Control in TFS
• Using Versioned Files & Projects
• Using GIT Version Control Repository

5. Version Control Features

• Viewing Version Control History
• File & Version Comparison
• Annotate
• Labels
• Using Shelvesets

Practice Labs:

• Using Version Control History & Annotate
• Using Version Control Labels
• Shelving Code & Using Shelvesets

6. Branching & Versioning

• Branching Overview
• Branching Guidance & Workflow
• Creating & Managing Branches
• Branch Visualizer
• Branch History

Practice Labs:

• Branching & Branch Visualization
• Using Version Control History Across Branches

7. Merge

• Merging Between Branches
• Promoting Code
• Merging Best Practices

Practice Labs:

• Merging Between Branches & Tracking Merge History
• Merging Conflicting Changes

8. Version Control Management

• Configuring Client Tools
• Viewing Deleted Files
• Undelete
• Custom Compare/Merge Tools
• Version Control Security & Policies

9. Additional Version Control Features

• Policy Overrides
• Code Rollback
• Managing Multiple Workspaces
• Gated Check-Ins & Workflows

Practice Labs:

• Rolling back code
• Using Workspace

10. Build Process

• Manual Versus Automated Builds
• Automated Builds with TFS 2015/2017
• Build Architecture
• Build Server Pooling & Tags
• Build Definitions
• Creating a Build
• Scheduling/Continuous Integration
• Gated Checkins
• Retention Policies
• Querying & Monitoring Builds
• Extending & Customizing Builds

Practice Labs:

• Creating New Builds

11. Overview for Testing

• Test Workflow & Quality Assurance Guidance
• Testing on Agile Teams
• Tester Roles & Responsibilities
• Microsoft Test Manager 2015/2017 Tools

12. Using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) 2015/2017

• Test Planning with MTM
• Introducing Test Plans, Suites, & Cases
• Using Test Plan Configurations
• Adjusting Test Settings
• Authoring Test Cases & Test Steps
• Launching Microsoft Test Runner
• Analyzing Test Runs
• Using Test Impact Analysis
• Leveraging MTM Plug-Ins

Practice Labs:

• Using Microsoft Test Manager 2015/2017
• Test Plans & Configuration with Microsoft Test Manager
• Writing Test Cases
• Running Tests & Analyzing Results
• Recording Tests & Automated Playback
• Using Test Runs & Bugs

13. Automated Testing with Visual Studio & TFS

• Background & History of Visual Studio
• Common User Interface (UI) Elements
• Developing Solutions

Practice Labs:

• Visual Studio & Test Projects

14. Coded UI Testing

• Overview of Coded UI Test Tools
• Create Coded UI Tests from Existing Tests
• Creating Coded UI Tests Using the Coded UI Test Builder
• Validating Coded UI Tests
• Writing Your Own Coded UI Tests

Practice Labs:

• Recording a Coded UI Test
• Creating Coded UI Test from Test Recordings
• Adding Validation Rules
• Creating a Data-¬-Driven Coded UI Test

15. Developer Tools - Debugging Code

• Introducing IntelliTrace
• Debugging Exceptions
• IntelliTrace Events
• Post Mortem Analysis

Practice Labs:

• Using IntelliTrace While Debugging

16. Developer Tools - Unit Testing

• Introducing Unit Tests
• Test-Driven Development
• Unit Test Philosophy & Understanding
• Using the Visual Studio Unit Test Tools
• Leveraging Code Coverage
• Using Test Impact Analysis

Practice Labs:

• Creating Unit Tests with the Visual Studio
• Creating Data-¬-Driven Unit Tests
• Enabling & Using Code Coverage
• Enabling Code Coverage During Builds
• Using Test Impact analysis

17. Developer Tools - Improving Code Quality

• Underst&ing Developer Quality
• Enabling & Using Code Analysis
• Using/Customizing Code Analysis Rule Sets
• Leveraging Code Metrics
• Using the Performance Profiler
• Interpreting Performance Profiler Reports

Practice Labs:

• Enabling Code Analysis, Resolving Issues
• Creating Custom Code Analysis Rule Sets
• Creating Custom Code Analysis Rules
• Profiling Code to Fix Performance Issues
• Using & Interpreting Code Metrics

18. Visual Studio & TFS 2015/2017 Database Tools Overview

• Overview & Challenges of Database Development
• Overview of Visual Studio 2015/2017 Ultimate Database Tools
• Database Projects
• Overview of Database Project Structure
• Importing Existing Databases
• Importing Options & Configurations
• Components of a Database Project
• Navigating a Database Project Using Object View & Schema View

Practice Labs:

• Build & Deploy Database Projects
• Using Stored Procedures
• Modifying Database Schemas
• Refactoring Databases

19. Deploying Database Changes

• Deploying Databases to Non-Local Environments
• Deploying Databases to Production Environments
• Deployment Workflow & Managing Production Deployments
• Setting up Multiple SQL deployment Configurations
• Deploying Breaking Changes

20. Management & Reporting

• Visual Studio Reporting with Reporting Services
• Built-In Process Template Reports
• Team Project Dashboards Customizing SharePoint Dashboards Reporting with Excel

Practice Labs:

• Using the Team Project Dashboard
• TFS Reports Using Excel
• TFS Reports Using Reporting Services

Prerequisites

You do not need to be a programmer to attend this course. Some experience with Visual Studio is beneficial for the version control modules of this course.