patterns & practices: Visual Studio 2005 Team System Guidance

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rboucher — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:47:27 GMT

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patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Welcome to the patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project! The purpose of this project is to build some insightful and practical guidance around using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. It's a collaborative effort between patterns & practices, Team System team members, and industry experts. - J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode, Kevin Jones

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:48:24 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:02:41 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:42:41 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:42:21 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:31:54 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:31:25 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:45:41 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:45:24 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:23:38 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:20:16 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Topics

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:07:35 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mycodeplexuser — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:07:14 GMT

patterns & practices VSTS Guidance Project

Getting Started

Browse our p&p knowledge base (KB) of VSTS guidance modules on this site.
See the companion p&p guide - patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
See the companion p&p community Wiki: patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System
See the companion VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance site: VSTS Rangers Branching Guidance Project

What's New

Guides

patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide

Knowledge Base

Videos

Video Index

Downloads

Index of documents and video-based guidance available for download.

Downloads Index

Scenario Frames

We use Scenario Frames to frame out the problem space and map out the guidance opportunities, as well as measure effectiveness.

Scenario Frames

Resources Our Team Uses

Here's an an index of resources our guidance team uses as we build guidance.

Resources Our Team Uses

Team

Core Team: J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode
Contributors and Reviewers

Feedback

Send mail to VSGuide@microsoft.com
Post comments on the Discussions page.
Customer Guidance Survey

Community

patterns & practices Community Wiki for Team System

Related Sites

UPDATED WIKI: Scenario Frames

mycodeplexuser — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:50:37 GMT

Scenario Frames

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Alex Mackman, Prashant Bansode

We organize our scenarios for key problem areas into a frame. We use the scenarios to figure out where customers need more help, and to test how well the guidance, tools, and platform address the problems.

UPDATED WIKI: Scenario Frames

mycodeplexuser — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:50:26 GMT

Scenario Frames

NEW POST: Aligning with Enterprise SBF

santoshbenjamin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:00:23 GMT

Hi,

Which parts are out of scope? SBF? BTS/MOSS development ?

(a) if its SBF, fine. Its just going to be very confusing for developers out there to have an SBF that is , for now, incomplete but seems intended to be used for setting up folder strucures, build processes etc and then have a VSTS guidance that has overlapping points but no link between the two. Dont forget that the SDC build tasks have been moved here to codeplex and since the task set is an MS resource as well there would be legitimate questions on how this could be used with VSTS, TeamBuild etc.

(b) if BTS/MOSS is out of scope that would be a real pity because we do need some good guidance here. Build and deploy processes vary when these products are used (for instance, when using Biztalk, you cannot have a build machine with just the SDK and neither can you run tests without deploying the artifacts first (unless they are just tests for helper components) .. A lot of people would be attempting to use TeamBuild to build and deploy BTS and would run into problems here. At least a 'side project' to link VSTS guidance with BTS/MOSS development would be useful.

Anyway, in the absence of either of the above, would you at least put a clear scope on the front page saying what it is you are going to address and what you are not going to deal with.

Thanks,
Benjy

jtaylorsi wrote:
Sorry this is out of scope and we have no plans to do this

NEW POST: TFS Server Consolidation

ScottAnderson — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:42:02 GMT

I've heard through some different channels that there is a TFS to TFS migration utility with a potential beta release in the next few months. This is exactly what we need. We have 6+ pilot teams with local TFS installs and we are migrating them to a single, corporate solution. Thanks.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Two Step 2's in How To: Structure Your Source Control Folders in Team Foundation Server

jtaylorsi — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:56:48 GMT

There is no detail for Step 1 in How To: Structure Your Source Control Folders in Team Foundation Server; but two Step 2's.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: jtaylorsi **

This has been fixed - thanks!

NEW POST: PDF versions

jtaylorsi — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:48:56 GMT

You can find PDFs in the download section of this project - http://www.codeplex.com/VSTSGuidance/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Guidance%20Downloads%20Index&referringTitle=Home

You can also find a more complete PDF on the TFSGuide project site - http://www.codeplex.com/tfsguide

And yes, we plan to add page numbers for the next release - sorry about that!

NEW POST: Distributed Team Development with Codeplex/TFS

jtaylorsi — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:46:38 GMT

Yes, this is possible - check out the source code section of the TFS guide at http://www.codeplex.com/tfsguide for more information on branching and merging