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Team Foundation Server 2015 Customization

By : Gordon Beeming
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Team Foundation Server 2015 Customization

By: Gordon Beeming

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Team Foundation Server 2015 Customization
Gordon Beeming
Oct, 2015 | 208 pages
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Team Foundation Server 2015 Customization
Team Foundation Server 2015 Customization
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Creating a Dashboard and a Welcome Page
Creating a Dashboard and a Welcome Page
What permissions do I need?
What is the Team Dashboard?
Pinning work item query data
Pinning recent code changes
Pinning the build status
Pinning testing charts
Rearranging tiles on the home page
Welcome pages
Summary
2
Streamlining Your Teams' Boards
Streamlining Your Teams' Boards
Teams in TFS
Where do I find the board settings?
Configuring card settings
Show Effort
Configuring swimlanes
Configuring columns
Summary
3
Customizing Your Process Template
Customizing Your Process Template
Some prerequisites
What is a process template?
How do I get started?
The process template structure
Importing a complete process template
Uploading changes after team project creation
Summary
4
Enhanced Work Item Forms with Field Custom Controls
Enhanced Work Item Forms with Field Custom Controls
Prerequisites
Using a custom control in the process template
Creating a Windows Forms Control for client applications
The project setup
Creating a web control for the web access
Summary
5
The Guide Standards for Check-in Policies
The Guide Standards for Check-in Policies
Prerequisites
The project setup
Implementation
Deploying a check-in policy
Configuring a check-in policy to be used
Deploying to the masses
Existing check-in policies
Summary
6
Enforcing Standards with Server-Side Plugins
Enforcing Standards with Server-Side Plugins
Check-in policies versus server plugins
The project setup
The basics of server plugin code
Deploying a server plugin
Debugging server plugins
A slightly more complicated example
Summary
7
Customizing the TFS Build
Customizing the TFS Build
The prerequisites
What is an XAML build template?
Should I use the old or the new build system?
How do I download a build template?
How do I create a new build?
Creating custom activities
How do I use a custom activity in a build template?
A walkthrough of the new build system
Summary
8
Creating TFS Scheduled Jobs
Creating TFS Scheduled Jobs
The project setup
Writing the TFS job
Deploying our TFS job
Registering, queueing, and deregistering a TFS job
How do I know whether my TFS job is running?
Summary
9
Service Hooks
Service Hooks
What service hooks are available?
Why would you want to use service hooks?
How can you use service hooks in TFS?
Completing and verifying the service hook works
Summary
10
VSO Extensions
VSO Extensions
What is VSO Extensions?
Why invest time in this extension model?
How do I build my own extension?
How can I stay up to date with VSO Extensions?
Summary
Index
Index

What is an XAML build template?

A TFS XAML build template is a XAML file that contains all the information on how a build should behave when run. XAML looks like XML and is currently, commonly used for WPF, Silverlight, and Universal Applications; where it is used to describe how the UI works, which is different from how it is used in TFS.

Build definitions use build templates. These definitions contain all the metadata, such as selected code paths, build arguments, and any other information that the build template has made available for use by the build definition.

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