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Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook

By : Tarun Arora
Book Image

Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook

By: Tarun Arora

Overview of this book

Team Foundation Server (TFS) allows you to manage code repositories, build processes, test infrastructure, and deploy labs. TFS supports your team, enabling you to connect, collaborate, and deliver on time. Microsoft's approach to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) provides a flexible and agile environment that adapts to the needs of your team, removes barriers between roles, and streamlines processes. The book introduces you to creating and setting up team projects for scrum teams. You'll explore various source control repositories, branching, and merging activities, along with a demonstration of how to embed quality into every code check-in. Then, you'll discover agile project planning and management tools. Later, emphasis is given to the testing and release management features of TFS which facilitate the automation of the release pipeline in order to create potentially shippable increments. By the end of the book, you'll have learned to extend and customize TFS plugins to incorporate them into other platforms and enable teams to manage the software lifecycle effectively.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Setting up a TFBuild Agent using an unattended installation


The new build framework allows the unattended setup of build agents by injecting a set of parameter values via script. This technique can be used to spin up new agents to be attached into an existing agent pool. In this recipe, you'll learn how to configure and unconfigure a build agent via script.

Getting ready

Scenario: The FabrikamTFVC Team wants the ability to install, configure, and unconfigure a build agent directly via script without having to perform this operation using the Team Portal.

Permission: To configure a build agent, you should be in the Build Administrators Group.

Download the build agent as discussed in the earlier recipe Configuring TFBuild Agent, Pool, and Queues. Copy the folder to E:\Agent. The script refers to this Agent folder.

How to do it...

  1. Launch PowerShell in the elevated mode and execute the following command:

    .\Agent\VsoAgent.exe /Configure /RunningAsService /ServerUrl:"http://tfs2015:8080/tfs" /WindowsServiceLogonAccount...