May 2014
Intermediate to advanced
912 pages
24h 18m
English
book
Professional Team Foundation Server 2013
by Steven St. Jean, Damian Brady, Ed Blankenship, Martin Woodward, Grant Holliday
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Chapter 1Introducing Visual Studio Online and Team Foundation Server 2013
What's in this chapter?
- Getting to know Team Foundation Server 2013
- Understanding what's new in Team Foundation Server 2013
- Acquiring Team Foundation Server 2013
This chapter introduces you to Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013. Here you learn what it is for, the key concepts needed when using it, and how to acquire it.
For those users already familiar with Team Foundation Server, the discussion in this chapter highlights areas that are new or have changed substantially. However, because understanding the legacy of a technology is always helpful, this chapter also includes some of the history of the Team Foundation Server product, which will help explain how it became what it is today.
This chapter also discusses the improved release model, including the ability to have Microsoft manage hosting, frequent upgrades, and backups by leveraging Visual Studio Online (formerly Team Foundation Service). Later chapters go into more depth with an examination of the architecture of the Team Foundation Server product.
What is Team Foundation Server?
Developing software is difficult—a fact repeatedly proven by how many projects run overtime or over budget, or fail completely. An essential factor in the success of any software development team is how well the members of the team communicate with one another, as well as with the people who wanted the software developed in the first place.
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