TFS 2018 Configuration & Administration

Module 1 – Introducing the Microsoft Visual Studio family
What’s new in Visual Studio
Overview of the Visual Studio family
Overview of product features
A lap around Visual Studio Team Services
Project workflow across the Visual Studio suite of products

Module 2 – Planning a TFS 2018 Deployment
Overview of TFS architecture
Planning a TFS deployment
An overview of product licensing
SharePoint and Project Server integration

Module 3 – Installing TFS
Installing and configuring TFS prerequisites
TFS installation
Installing Code Search
Optimising your Code Search deployment

Module 4 – Upgrading to TFS 2018
Understanding upgrades and updates
In-place vs migration-based upgrades
Performing your upgrade

Module 5 – Managing TFS Instances
Using the TFS Administration Console
Configuring SMTP support for TFS
TFS server health monitoring
Changing service accounts
Viewing installed updates

Module 6 – TFS Backup and Restore
TFS Backup and Restore strategies
Understanding the TFS databases
Creating a backup schedule
The restore process
Refreshing the client data cache

Module 7 – Creating and Managing Team Projects
Planning your projects and collections
Creating Team Project Collections
Creating Team Projects
Creating Project Welcome pages
Renaming and deleting Team Projects

Module 8 – Configuring Team Project Level Security
Overview of TFS security
Configuring security using standard groups
Setting user access levels for your server
Understanding and configuring Teams

Module 9 – Advanced Security and Permissions
Fine-grain security options
TFS server level permissions
Setting permissions at the Team Project Collection level
Restricting access in TFS
Using command line tools for managing security

Module 10 – Source Control Configuration
Setting project-wide source control settings
Understanding workspaces
Using the TFS command line utility
Using the TFS Rollback command
Using the TFS Proxy to improve performance
Backward compatibility using the MSSCCI provider

Module 11 – Installing and managing extensions
Introducing the Visual Studio Marketplace
Installing extensions from the Marketplace
Managing extension requests
Paid extensions and understanding billing

Module 12 – Work Items
Overview of work items
Creating custom queries
Work item charting and pinning charts
Work item tagging
Configuring and managing notifications

Module 13 – Managing Process Templates
Understanding process templates
Basics of template customisation
Adding new fields to Work Item Types
Updating forms for new and legacy clients
Updating an upgraded Team Project

Module 14 – Reporting
Understanding the reporting architecture
Adding new reports
Creating ad-hoc reports using Excel
TFS Warehouse and OLAP Cube overview
Changing the Data Warehouse and Analysis Services Cube processing frequency
Rebuild the Data Warehouse and Analysis Services Cube

Module 15 – Configuring build and release infrastructure
Overview of build and release infrastructure
Creating agent pools and queues
Installing and configuring agents
Scaling your agent pool infrastructure
Overview of non-Windows agents