1. Davide Benvegn InternationalDevelopmentManager Aruba.it DotNetToscana StaffMember davide.benvegnu@gmail.com- blog.dbtek.it www.davidebenvegnu.com- @davidebenvegnu Install, Configure and Customize TFS 2013 ALM Deep dive with TFS 2013 #vsalmdeep

2. Session Lineup Installation / Update Configuration Customization #vsalmdeep 3. Event Sponsor #vsalmdeep 4. TFS 2013 Installation #vsalmdeep 5. TFS Installation requirements #vsalmdeep Server OS requirements: 64 bit versions of Windows Server >= 2008 R2 SP1 Does not support the Server Core installation Client OS requirements: 64-bit or 32-bit versions of Windows >= 7 SP1 Doesnt support SharePoint Products integration, reporting and TFS proxy It supports virtualized environments 6. TFS Installation requirements #vsalmdeep Database requirements: SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2 and SQL Server 2014 Express, Standard and Enterprise For TFS: Database Engine Services, Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search For reporting: Reporting Services, Analysis Services Microsoft does not support any direct operations against the TFS databases 7. TFS Installation requirements #vsalmdeep SharePoint requirements: SharePoint 2010 (Foundation, Standard, Enterprise) Not supported on Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 SharePoint 2013 (Foundation, Standard, Enterprise) SP1 adds support for Windows Server 2012 R2 With Enterprise: 5 Dashboards Excel-based With others: 2 Dashboard based on SQL Server Reporting Services 8. TFS Upgrade requirements #vsalmdeep You can upgrade every version of TFS 2010 and TFS 2012 to TFS 2013 Direct upgrade from TFS 2008 is not supported You may have to upgrade other components to meet the normal installation requirements 3 Upgrade types: Basic: if you have no Sharepoint and no Reporting Standard: Application tier use the same hardware Advanced: Application tier will use new hardware 9. TFS Environment #vsalmdeep Number of users Configuration CPU Memory Hard disk Fewer than 250 users Single-server (Team Foundation Server and the Database Engine on the same server). 1 single core processor at 2.13 GHz 2 GB 1 disk at 7.2k rpm (125 GB) 250 to 500 users Single-server. 1 dual core processor at 2.13 GHz 4 GB 1 disk at 10k rpm (300 GB) 500 to 2,200 users Dual-server (Team Foundation Server and the Database Engine on different servers). This row is for Team Foundation Server. 1 dual core Intel Xeon processor at 2.13 GHz 4 GB 1 disk at 7.2k rpm (500 GB) This row is for the Database Engine with 500 to 2,200 users. 1 quad core Intel Xeon processor at 2.33 GHz 8 GB SAS disk array at 10k rpm (2 TB) 2,200 to 3,600 users Dual-server. This row is for Team Foundation Server. 1 quad core Intel Xeon processor at 2.13 GHz 8 GB 1 disk at 7.2k rpm (500 GB) This row is for the Database Engine with 2,200 to 3,600 users. 2 quad core Intel Xeon processors at 2.33 GHz 16 GB SAS disk array at 10k rpm (3 TB) 10. DEMO TFS Installation Wizard #vsalmdeep 11. TFS Install / Upgrade guide #vsalmdeep You can find all the info you need about TFS installation and upgrade in the official guide (web & chm formats): http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dd631902.aspx (http://bit.ly/1n3GyhL) http://www.microsoft.com/en- us/download/details.aspx?id=29035 (http://bit.ly/1o9rYHv) 12. TFS 2013 Configuration #vsalmdeep 13. TFS Configuration Two layers of configuration: Via Web Portal To configure all the web portal related stuff To manage the web portal Access levels To load Web Access Extensions (JS) To manage collections and collections security #vsalmdeep 14. TFS Configuration Via TFS Administration Console To configure the Application Layer Collections, Team projects Security [] To configure the Service Extensions and Integrations SharePoint integration, Build, Backup, Some configs are shared between the two tools #vsalmdeep 15. DEMO TFS Web Administration TFS Administration Console #vsalmdeep 16. TFS Configuration You can also use the TFSConfig command-line tool. But, to operate correctly, TFSConfig must be able to connect to all the servers and services used by your TFS deployment. For more information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253116.aspx #vsalmdeep 17. TFS 2013 Customization #vsalmdeep 18. What can be customized? TFS Process templates (PT) Work item types (WIT) Test Plans and Test Suites (coming soon in Update 3) Build templates Project portals VSO Process templates customization coming (very) soon Announced as work in progress on May 20th #vsalmdeep 19. What can be customized? #vsalmdeep 20. Process Template customization #vsalmdeep Plug-ins define the tasks to perform when you create a team project, most of which configure defaults, set permissions, and upload object files. 21. Tools used for PT Customizations Visual Studio Professional (or upper) It has the Process template Manager TFS Power Tools Available on Visual Studio Gallery under MSDN Enables the Process Editor under Tools menu TFS Team Project Manager Community project available on Codeplex #vsalmdeep 22. PT customization normal flow To customize a process template, you first download an existing or blank process template, modify or add files, upload the process template files, and then verify your changes. #vsalmdeep 23. Tools used for WIT Customizations witadmin CLI tool TFS Power Tools Available on Visual Studio Gallery under MSDN Enables the Process Editor under Tools menu TFS Team Project Manager Commuity project available on Codeplex #vsalmdeep 24. WIT customization normal flow To add rules or add a custom field, export, edit, and then import the WIT definition file. #vsalmdeep Only if you dont use the TFS Power Tools 25. WIT Customizations best practices If possible, use an already defined field. Use of an existing field supports cross-project reporting No more than 1,024 fields in each project collection and no more than 1,024 unique reportable fields in all project collections Merged fields count as one reportable field Use systematic naming conventions when you label fields for reporting Remember: editing or adding fields impacts existing WI #vsalmdeep 26. DEMO TFS Customizations #vsalmdeep 27. Recap Team Foundation Server 2013 installation is quite simple and fits almost every kind of need or organizational structure You can configure TFS to integrate itself with other existing company tools You can customize a lot of TFS items and aspects, to adapt it to your own processes and work models #vsalmdeep