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Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter

By : Jakob Ehn, Terje Sandstrom
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Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter

By: Jakob Ehn, Terje Sandstrom

Overview of this book

<p>Team Foundation Server 2012 is Microsoft's leading ALM tool, integrating source control, work item and process handling, build automation, and testing. <br /><br />This practical "Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter Guide" will provide you with clear step-by-step exercises covering all major aspects of the product. This is essential reading for anyone wishing to set up, organize, and use TFS server. <br /><br />This hands-on guide looks at the top features in Team Foundation Server 2012, starting with a quick installation guide and then moving into using it for your software development projects. Manage your team projects with Team Explorer, one of the many new features for 2012.<br /><br />Covering all the main features in source control to help you work more efficiently, including tools for branching and merging, we will delve into the Agile Planning Tools for planning your product and sprint backlogs. <br /><br />Learn to set up build automation, allowing your team to become faster, more streamlined, and ultimately more productive with this "Team Foundation Server 2012 Starter Guide".</p>
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

About the reviewer

Mathias Olausson works as the ALM practice lead for Transcendent Group, specializing in software craftsmanship and application lifecycle management. With over 15 years experience as a software consultant and trainer, he has worked in numerous projects and organizations, which have been very valuable when using Visual Studio as a tool for improving the way we build software. Olausson has been a Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP for four years. He is also active as a Visual Studio ALM Ranger, most recently in the role of Project Lead for the Visual Studio Lab Management Guide project. Olausson is a frequent speaker on Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server at conferences and industry events, and blogs at http://msmvps.com/blogs/molausson.

He has worked on Pro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012 (APress, 1430243449), which can be found at http://www.amazon.com/Application-Lifecycle-Management-Visual-Professional/dp/1430243449/.