Microsoft decided a few years ago to create Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS); a unified framework that provides all the lifecycle tools necessary for project development. Integrated frameworks, like TFS, are nice because they avoid the complications that arise when assembling systems from a jumble of mismatched components. Because TFS and Visual Studio are part of the same infrastructure, they fit together seamlessly forming a powerful mix of developer and project lifecycle tools all accessed from a single IDE.
This course explores the latest version of TFS from top to bottom, showing how to use the project tools available within this useful server product. You'll spend each day discovering how to be productive with various TFS tools and you'll get plenty of hands on time to practice your new skills. You'll learn, for example, how to use work items to manage tasks and bugs. You'll see the amazing new Intellitrace debugging tools and learn how to make source control a happy experience for everyone on the team.
TFS is big and complex, with many working parts. This course shows you which parts are important to the developers on your team. TFS provides tools that help other team members (testers, IT administrators, system architects and project managers) but this course focuses on the features most useful for developers.
Your team will learn the valuable techniques used by organizations to manage important projects. Just as importantly, they will discover which tools are indispensable for keeping a project on time and within budget.