Visual Studio Team System Resources (VSTS)
I'm very proud of Visual Studio Team System and what Microsoft have done here - I've blogged about it in the past a reasonable amount (between my big gaps).
It is worth stating that tools like this take more then just installing to get the most out of them (you get a huge amount from just installing them but not everything). So one of my team members (MarkW) has come up with a list of resources that can help you get the most from Team System.
If you are not using Team System and in particular Team Foundation Server (even if you only use Visual Studio Professional Edition) then I think you really should consider Team System.
Process Planning Guide
https://blogs.msdn.com/vstsue/articles/429078.aspx
Configuration and Management of Team Foundation Server
https://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/team/quickstarts/configure/default.aspx
Microsoft IT Showcase: Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server As an Enterprise-Wide Service
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/itshowcase/content/vsft_tcs.mspx
Planning for Team Foundation Server
https://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/team/quickstarts/tfs_plan/default.aspx
Team Foundation Server Adoption Evidence: Telemar
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=1000003978
EDS Case Study
https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=200032
Deploying TFS in the Developer Division at Microsoft
https://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2006/05/17/599817.aspx
Planning a Team Project
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms242894(VS.80).aspx
Latest Admin Guide
TOOLS & PARTNER PRODUCTS
Team System Tools & Add-ins (inc. Requirements Gathering)
https://www.teamsystemwidgets.com
Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Client
Sparx Enterprise Architect Integration
https://www.sparxsystems.com.au/products/mdg_integrate.html
WEB CLIENT
TeamPlain & Alternatives
https://www.devbiz.com/teamplain/webaccess/
Price on the site for the “Lite” version are $99, which gives access to Work Items but not reporting, source control or documents. This may be enough for remote Testers and there are discounts for multiple licenses.
You also have the option of writing a simple Web Application for yourselves which would not be difficult. There is sample code for doing this, available here:
https://www.codeproject.com/useritems/TFS-WorkItemTracking-Web.asp
TEAMPRISE FOR JAVA DEVELOPERS
TeamPrise Eclipse Plugin v2.0
https://www.woodwardweb.com/teamprise/000310.html
https://www.teamprise.com/news/2006/11/teamprise_20_now_available.html
Product Tour Video
https://www.teamprise.com/product/2.0_product_tour.html
PROCESS TEMPLATES
Osellus – Enacting RUP in VSTS
https://www.osellus.com/solutions/microsoft/rup-vsts_solutions.html
RUP - Automating Custom and Third-party Processes in Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Essential Unified Process
https://www.ivarjacobson.com/essup.cfm
Scrum (Conchango)
https://scrumforteamsystem.com/en/default.aspx
MIGRATION
VSS Converter
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253060(vs.80).aspx
CVS Converter
https://www.componentsoftware.com/Products/Converter/cvs2tfs.htm
Migration Toolkit Blog
https://blogs.msdn.com/tfs_migration/default.aspx
LICENSING
Licensing Whitepaper
MSDN SUBSCRIPTION COMPARISON
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa718657.aspx
EVENTS/TRAINING
REGISTER ONLINE: https://wwwppe/nz/msdn/visualstudio/training.mspx
BACKUP, RESTORE & AVAILABILITY
Backing Up the Team Foundation Server
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253151(VS.80).aspx
Ensuring Team Foundation Server Availability
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253159(VS.80).aspx
New Draft Documentation: Mirroring the Team Foundation Data-Tier Server
https://blogs.msdn.com/vstsue/archive/2006/11/03/mirroring-the-team-foundation-data-tier-server.aspx
High Availability TFS
https://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2006/09/09/747905.aspx
Team Foundation Server Team Project Limits
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa974183(VS.80).aspx
BUILD
MSBuild reference
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0k6kkbsd.aspx
MSBee (MSBuild for .Net 1.1)
https://www.gotdotnet.com/codegallery/codegallery.aspx?id=9ac94da5-8e5a-4a33-beda-9b8d00970371
How To: Update Assembly Version Numbers with MSBuild
https://blogs.msdn.com/msbuild/archive/2005/11/11/491947.aspx
Get Based on a Label
https://blogs.msdn.com/nagarajp/archive/2005/10/21/483590.aspx
Mixed VB6 & .Net Builds
You can use approach#2 mentioned in the blog https://blogs.msdn.com/nagarajp/archive/2005/10/26/485368.aspx. Replace the command line with appropriate VB6 command line and it should work.
DATABASE PROFESSIONAL
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718807.aspx
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718764.aspx
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals - CTP 7
FUTURES & ROADMAP
Feature Specifications for Visual Studio and .NET Framework "Orcas"
https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa948851.aspx
https://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2006/11/30/team-foundation-server-roadmap.aspx
Comments
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December 15, 2006
Tim Hibbard on Changing the default report interval in TFS. Sean McBreen on Visual Studio Team System...Anonymous
December 18, 2006
VSTS Links and ResourcesAnonymous
December 18, 2006
Last week we did a four days workshop on Visual Studio Team Systems . We have collected a number of resourcesAnonymous
December 18, 2006
VSTS Links and ResourcesAnonymous
December 18, 2006
Last week we did a four days workshop on Visual Studio Team Systems . We have collected a number of resources