Effective Team Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

Introduction to Visual Studio Team System Architecture

Using Visual Studio Team System in a Team

Scheduling a Build

Automating Unit Testing

Filing Project Documents

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Team Foundation Client Tier, Application Tier, and Data Tier.

Describe the Visual Studio Team System Client Architecture, Database, and Reporting.

This module explains how to plan projects using MSF and use Process Guidance to customize process templates. It also describes how to track projects through work items and reports.

Overview of Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF)

Overview of Project Planning

Overview of Process Guidance

Overview of Process Customization

Overview of Work Items

Overview of Project Portal

Customizing a process using Process Template Editor

Creating a new project using Project Creation Wizard in Team Explorer

Export Work Items to MS Project

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the Microsoft Solution Framework.

Identify the tasks and roles in the Application Development Lifecycle.

Describe the Process Guidance workflow.

Identify the ways in which a process can be customized.

Demonstrate work item management.

Describe the features of Team Project Portal.

This module explains how to minimize the complexity of distributed software by utilizing more tools than simply code modeling. It also describes the Developer and Architect tasks of Visual Studio Team System, and explains the need to map applications to the physical environment in which they will run.

Designing a Solution

Using Database Design Tools

Developing a Solution

Creating and Implementing a Class diagram

Managed Code Analyses Using Database Schema

Implementing a unit test

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use Visual Studio Team System Architecture tools for designing a solution.

Use Visual Studio Team System Database Designing tools for designing database.

Use Visual Studio Team System Developer tools for developing a solution.

This module explains how the build process works and how to utilize the customization and dynamic build features.

Overview of MSBuild architecture

Customizing Team Build

Integrating Testing in Visual Studio Team System

Configuring the Build Agent machine

Configuring Continuous Integration Build

Integrating a test with Build

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe MSBuild architecture.

Customize Team Build.

Integrate a test with Team Build

This module explains features of the Version Control like branching, Merging, Locking models, differencing and security.

Introduction to Version Control Locking Models

Overview of Branching, Differencing and Merging

Creating a branch

Performing difference on different branches

Performing a baseless merge

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe version control locking models.

Describe branching, differencing and merging.

This module explains how performance analysis is done using performance tools and performance explorer. It also explains the quality tools which ensure the quality of the application.

Overview of Performance Analysis Tools

Overview of Code Analysis Tools

Overview of Unit Testing

Overview of Performance Profiling Tools

Creating a performance session using Performance Wizard

Running tests of a given profile using Application Performance Explore

Enabling code analysis for managed code

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe performance analysis tools.

Describe code analysis tools.

Describe unit testing framework.

Demonstrate how to use each performance profiling tool.

This module explains how to develop, operate, and interpret results obtained from web and load tests. It also explains how to develop test cases.

Overview of Developing Web Tests

Overview of Running Web Tests

Overview of Developing Load Tests

Overview of Interpreting Test Results

Overview of Test Case Development

Creating a test case using Test Case Manager

Managing test cases

Creating a web test request for a given scenario, using a given set of parameters

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe web test development in Visual Studio Team System 2008.

Describe web test operation in Visual Studio Team System 2008.

Describe load test development in Visual Studio Team System 2008.

Describe load test operation in Visual Studio Team System 2008.

Describe how test results can be interpreted using Visual Studio Team System 2008.

Describe test case development.