Team Foundation Server 2010 tools & links

Here are some interesting links on TFS 2010.

Tools that you can add around TFS 2010

Check-in policy

• TFS 2010 Time Tracking Checkin Policy
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/58ec8802-bd48-4673-a465-4ba099cfbce1

As Project Manager, you need to track the time spent on a specific task, this check-in policy is for you.

Build

• Inmeta.VisualSt​udio.TeamExplor​er.BuildExplore​r
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/35daa606-4917-43c4-98ab-38632d9dbd45

Your TFS project contains so many builds, this tool enable you to create folders in the Build Explorer.

• Team Foundation Server Build Extensions Power Tool March 2011
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/2d7c8577-54b8-47ce-82a5-8649f579dcb6

You need to execute Maven 2 and Ant builds on your build server. Takes advantage of JUnit tests results.

Templates

• Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/59ac03e3-df99-4776-be39-1917cbfc5d8e

New process template : Scrum.

Specs & Modeling

• Spec Explorer 2010 Visual Studio Power Tool
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/271d0904-f178-4ce9-956b-d9bfa4902745?SRC=Featured

Spec Explorer is a visual tool for modeling software behavior and generating test suites from those models

• UML Extension For Spec Explorer 2010
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/ce73da2a-072f-44d0-ae18-600213b56520

Extension of the Spec Explorer, adding sequence diagram.

• Visualization and Modeling Feature Pack Runtime
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/93ba7cc9-e145-453f-a269-d98e0576b961

Tests

• Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management Feature Pack
  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ee712698
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Load Test Feature Pack
  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg701769.aspx

Integration

• Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 and Microsoft Project Server Integration Feature Pack
  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg455680.aspx

Installation & connection

• Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 MOSS Configuration Tool
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/db469790-5e3e-42f3-906e-411a73795a1b
• Team Foundation Server Integration Tools (March 2011 Release)
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/f854dd59-8eeb-4673-8d9a-ae012989bfa2
• Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider 2010
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/bce06506-be38-47a1-9f29-d3937d3d88d6
• Team Foundation Server Power Tools March 2011
  https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c255a1e4-04ba-4f68-8f4e-cd473d6b971f

 

Articles & Guides

• Visual Studio TFS Branching and Merging Guidance
  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg598921.aspx
• Visual Studio TFS Team Project and Collection Guidance
  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg983486.aspx
• Visual Studio TFS Branching Guide 2010
  https://tfsbranchingguideiii.codeplex.com/
• Visual Studio TFS Upgrade Guide
  https://vs2010upgradeguide.codeplex.com/

Blogs

Some interesting blogs:

• https://blogs.msdn.com/b/team_foundation/
• https://blogs.msdn.com/b/briankel/
• https://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/
• https://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/
• https://blogs.msdn.com/b/sunder/

Comments

• Anonymous
  June 13, 2011
  The Time Tracking add-in download seems to be MIA....