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

Team Foundation Server Resources

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

Contents

• patterns & practices
• Team Foundation Related Web Sites
• Partners and Service Providers
• Newsgroups and Forums
• Microsoft Team Foundation Blogs
• Service Packs
• Training

patterns & practices

For more information on patterns and practices, refer to the Microsoft patterns & practices home page at http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/

CodePlex Sites

• Team Foundation Branching Guidance at http://www.codeplex.com/BranchingGuidance
• Guidance Explorer at http://www.codeplex.com/guidanceExplorer
• Team Foundation Server Guide at http://www.codeplex.com/TFSGuide
• Team Foundation Server Guidance at http://www.codeplex.com/VSTSGuidance

Team Foundation Related Web Sites

• Team Foundation Server Team Center at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718934.aspx
• Team Foundation Server FAQ at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718916.aspx
• Team System Videos and Presentations at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718837.aspx
• Team Foundation Server MSDN Documentation at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181232(vs.80).aspx
• Download the Team Foundation Server Installation Guide at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=40042.

Partners and Service Providers

• Partner catalog at http://catalog.vsipmembers.com/catalog/
• Teamprise cross platform support at http://www.teamprise.com/
• Scrum support from Conchango at http://www.conchango.com/Web/Public/Content/Home.aspx
• ComponentSoftware source control migration at http://www.componentsoftware.com/Products/converter/index.htm
• Requirements management from Borland at http://www.borland.com/
• Business Process Modeling from RavenFlow at http://www.n8systems.com/

Forums

MSDN Forums listing can be found here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=5&SiteID=1

Forum	Address
Team Foundation Server - General	http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=22&SiteID=1
Team Foundation Server - Setup	http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=68&SiteID=1
Team Foundation Server - Administration	http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=477&SiteID=1
Team Foundation Server - Build Automation	http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=481&SiteID=1
Team Foundation Server - Power Toys	http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=930&SiteID=1
Team Foundation Server - Process Templates	http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=482&SiteID=1
Team Foundation Server - Reporting & Warehouse	http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=480&SiteID=1
Team Foundation Server - Team System Web Access	http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1466&SiteID=1
Team Foundation Server - Version Control	http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=478&SiteID=1
Team Foundation Server - Work Item Tracking	http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=479&SiteID=1

Microsoft Team Foundation Blogs

• Ask Burton http://blogs.msdn.com/askburton/
• Brian Harry http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/
• Buck Hodges http://blogs.msdn.com/buckh/
• James Manning http://blogs.msdn.com/jmanning/
• Rob Caron http://blogs.msdn.com/robcaron/
• Team Foundation Blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/team_foundation

Service Packs

• Visual Studio 2005 SP1 at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/vstudio/bb265237.aspx
• Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A9AB638C-04D2-4AEE-8AE8-9F00DD454AB8
• Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=90e2942d-3ad1-4873-a2ee-4acc0aace5b6&displaylang=en
• SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb426877.aspx

Training

A listing of training companies can be found here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718793.aspx

• Developmentor at http://www.develop.com/
• Pluralsight at http://www.pluralsight.com/
• Notion Solutions at http://www.notionsolutions.com/