Professional Team Foundation Server 2010 -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Getting Started -- Chapter 1: Introducing Team Foundation Server 2010 -- What is Team Foundation Server? -- What's New in Team Foundation Server 2010 -- Project Management -- Version Control -- Build -- Administration -- Acquisition Options -- Trial -- Volume Licensing -- MSDN Subscription -- Microsoft Partner Network -- Retail -- Hosted Team Foundation Server Instances -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Planning a Deployment -- Identifying and Addressing Software Engineering Pain -- Transparency into the Release or Project -- Collaboration Across Different Teams and Roles -- Automated Compilation, Testing, Packaging, and Deployment -- Managing Test Plans -- Parallel Development -- How to Adopt Team Foundation Server -- Adoption Timeline -- Phased Approach -- Hosting Team Foundation Server -- Identifying Affected Teams -- Generating Consensus -- Team Foundation Server Administrator -- Pilot Projects -- Migration Strategies -- Version Control -- Work Item Tracking -- Structuring Team Project Collections and Team Projects -- Considering Limitations in Team Foundation Server -- Server Limitations -- Preparation for a Team Foundation Server Environment -- Understanding the Architecture and Scale-Out Options -- Hardware Requirements -- Virtualization -- Planning for Software Prerequisites -- Service Accounts -- File Share Folders -- SMTP Server -- Firewall Concerns and Ports Used -- Friendly DNS Names -- Legacy Visual Studio Versions -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Installation and Configuration -- What You'll Need -- Team Foundation Server 2010 -- Team Foundation Server 2010 Installation Guide -- SQL Server 2008 -- Operating System -- SharePoint -- Client Software -- Service Packs and Other Updates -- Installing Team Foundation Server -- Installation Types.

Configuring Team Foundation Server -- Creating Your First Team Project -- Configure Friendly DNS Names -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Connecting to Team Foundation Server -- Team Foundation Server Architecture -- Addressing Team Foundation Server -- Introducing Team Foundation Server Security and Roles -- Users -- Groups -- Permissions -- Team Explorer -- Understanding Team Explorer in Visual Studio 2010 -- Connecting to Team Foundation Server 2010 from Older Versions of Visual Studio -- Connecting to Team Foundation Server from Eclipse and Cross-Platform -- Alternate Ways to Connect to Team Foundation Server -- Accessing Team Foundation Server Through a Web Browser -- Using Team Foundation Server in Microsoft Excel -- Using Team Foundation Server in Microsoft Project -- Windows Explorer Integration with Team Foundation Server -- Expression Blend Integration with Team Foundation Server -- Connecting Microsoft Test Manager to Team Foundation Server -- Access to Team Foundation Server via Third-Party Integrations -- Summary -- Part II: Version Control -- Chapter 5: Overview of Version Control -- What is Version Control? -- Repository -- Working Copy -- Working Folder Mappings -- Get -- Add -- Check-out -- Changeset -- Check-in -- History -- Branching and Merging -- Common Version Control Products -- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe -- Apache Subversion -- Team Foundation Server -- Distributed Version Control Systems -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Using Team Foundation Version Control -- Getting Started with Team Foundation Server Version Control -- Team Foundation Server Version Control Concepts -- Workspace -- Working Folder Mappings -- Get -- Check-out -- Locks -- Check-in of Pending Changes -- Undo Pending Changes -- Changeset -- Shelvesets -- Branches -- Using Source Control Explorer -- Pending Changes View -- Viewing History -- Labeling Files.

Recovering When Things Go Wrong -- Team Foundation Server Version Control in Eclipse -- Installing the Team Foundation Server Plug-in for Eclipse -- Sharing Eclipse Projects in Team Foundation Server -- Importing Projects from Team Foundation Server -- Differences Between the Eclipse and Visual Studio Clients -- Team Foundation Server Version Control from the Command Line -- Getting Help -- Using the Command Line -- Team Foundation Version Control Power Tools and Third-Party Utilities -- Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Power Tools -- Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider -- Team Foundation Sidekicks -- Configuring Version Control -- Security and Permissions -- Team Project Source Control Settings -- File Types -- Local User Settings -- Switching Version Control to Team Foundation Server -- Team Foundation Server for Visual SourceSafe Users -- Team Foundation Server for Subversion Users -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Ensuring Code Quality -- What is Quality? -- Check-In Policies -- Monitoring Check-In Policy Overrides -- Check-In Policy Pack in Power Tools -- Creating Custom Check-In Policies -- Deploying Check-In Policies -- Gated Check-In -- Why Gated Check-In? -- When Not to Use Gated Check-In -- Setting Up a Gated Check-In Build -- Checking In for Validation -- Reconciling the Local Workspace -- Managing Code Reviews -- Shelvesets -- Check-In Note for Code Reviewer -- Third-Party Tools -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Migration from Legacy Version Control Systems -- Migration Versus Upgrade -- Upgrade -- Migration -- Migrating History or Latest Version -- Migrating from Visual SourceSafe -- Preparing to Use the VSS Converter Tool -- Analyzing the Visual SourceSafe Repository -- Migration -- Team Foundation Server Integration Platform -- Popular Third-Party Migration Tools -- Subversion, CVS, and StarTeam -- ClearCase -- Summary.

Chapter 9: Branching and Merging -- Branching Demystified -- Branch -- Merge -- Conflict -- Branch Relationships -- Baseless Merge -- Forward/Reverse Integration -- Common Branching Strategies -- No Branching -- Branch per Release -- Code-Promotion Branching -- Feature Branching -- Implementing Branching Strategies -- The Scenario -- The Plan -- Implementation -- Dealing with Changesets -- Tracking Change Through Branches -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Common Version Control Scenarios -- Setting Up the Folder Structure for Your Branches -- Application Source Code -- Automated Tests Source Code -- Architecture Assets -- Database Schema -- Installer Assets -- Build and Deployment Assets -- Third-Party Source Code/Dependencies -- Folder Inside Branch -- Folder at Team Project Level -- Internal Shared Libraries -- Choosing a Location in Version Control -- Storing Library Assemblies as Dependencies -- Branching into Product Family Branches -- Managing Artifacts Using Team Foundation Server -- SQL Reporting Services Encryption Key Backup -- Process Templates -- Custom Build Assemblies -- Master Build Process Templates -- Source Code for Custom Tools -- Summary -- Part III: Project Management -- Chapter 11: Introducing Work Item Tracking -- Project Management Enhancements in Team Foundation Server 2010 -- Rich Work Item Relationships -- Agile Workbooks -- Test Case Management -- Enhanced Reporting -- SharePoint Server Dashboards -- Work Items -- Work Item Types -- Areas and Iterations -- Process Templates -- MSF for Agile Software Development -- MSF for CMMI Process Improvement -- Visual Studio Scrum -- Third-Party Process Templates -- Custom Process Templates -- Managing Work Items -- Using Visual Studio -- Using Microsoft Excel -- Agile Workbooks -- Using Microsoft Project -- Using Team Web Access -- Using Third-Party Tools -- Project Server Integration.

Summary -- Chapter 12: Customizing Process Templates -- Anatomy of a Process Template -- Plug-in Files -- Default Security Groups and Permissions -- Initial Area and Iteration Nodes -- Work Item Type Definitions -- Initial Work Items -- Work Item Queries and Folders -- Microsoft Project Column Mappings -- Version Control Permissions and Settings -- SharePoint Project Team Portal Document Library Settings -- SQL Reporting Services Report Definitions -- Using the Process Template Editor -- Installing the Process Template Editor -- Working with a Process Template -- Using an XML Editor and WITAdmin -- Deploying Updates to Process Templates -- Uploading Process Templates in Team Foundation Server -- Editing Work Items on an Existing Team Project -- Common Work Item Type Customizations -- Adding New States -- Displaying Custom Link Types -- Using Display Name Changes (New syncnamechanges attribute) -- Using a Rich-Text Description -- Introducing Custom Work Item Controls -- Work Item Clients -- Work Item Control Interfaces -- Deploying Custom Controls -- Work Item Custom Control Deployment Manifest -- Using the Custom Control in the Work Item Type Definition -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Reporting and Sharepoint Dashboards -- What's New in Team Foundation Server 2010 -- Cross-Collection Reporting Support -- Changes to the Relational Warehouse -- Changes to the Analysis Services Cube -- Optional and Richer SharePoint Integration -- Team Foundation Server Data Warehouse -- Operational Stores -- Relational Warehouse Database and Warehouse Adapters -- Querying the Relational Warehouse Database -- Analysis Services Cube -- Data Warehouse Permissions -- SharePoint Integration -- SharePoint Extensions -- Excel Services and Dashboard Compatibility -- SharePoint Configuration Tool -- Creating Reports -- Tools -- Excel Reporting from a Work Item Query.

SQL Server Reporting Services Reports.