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

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=43e098e5-9087-44d2-846f-d33ab3dd966a&displaylang=en

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

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2AED0ECC-1552-49F1-ABE7-4905155E210A&displaylang=en

TOOLS & PARTNER PRODUCTS

Team System Tools & Add-ins (inc. Requirements Gathering)
https://www.teamsystemwidgets.com

Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Client

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=87E1FFBD-A484-4C3A-8776-D560AB1E6198&displaylang=en

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

https://www.osellus.com/solutions/microsoft/processes_automation_using_visual_studio_team_system_and_iris.html

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

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1FA86E00-F0A3-4290-9DA9-6E0378A3A3C5&displaylang=en

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

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4410d601-6e0c-406a-ba7a-d12f868d1af7&displaylang=en

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