Professional Team Foundation Server 2013

A comprehensive guide to Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2013 Team Foundation Server has become the leading Microsoft productivity tool for software management, and this guide covers what developers need to know to use it effectively. Written by Microsoft insiders and MVPs, the book follows the tutorial style of Wroxs successful Professional guides. The 2013 release expands beyond the Microsoft developer community to include supporting iOS, MacOS, Android, and Java development. Offering a specific focus on the significant new features of the TFS 2013 release, the guide still provides step–by–step instructions for using TFS to manage and deliver software products in an enterprise. Professional Team Foundation Server 2013: Provides a broad overview of Team Foundation Server for developers, software project managers, testers, business analysts, and others wanting to learn how to use TFS Gives TFS administrators the tools they need to efficiently monitor and manage the TFS environment Covers core TFS functions including project management, work item tracking, version control, test case management, build automation, and reporting Explains support for Git version control. Helps certification candidates prepare for the Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2013 certification exam Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real–world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job. Programmer Forums Join our Programmer to Programmer forums to ask and answer programming questions about this book, join discussions on the hottest topics in the industry, and connect with fellow programmers from around the world. Code Downloads Take advantage of free code samples from this book, as well as code samples from hundreds of other books, all ready to use. Read More Find articles, e–books, sample chapters, and tables of contents for hundreds of books, and more reference resources on programming topics that matter to you.

Steven St. Jean is a Senior ALM Consultant with Microsofts Premier Support for Developers team Damian Brady is a Solution Architect and State Manager for SSW in Brisbane, Australia, specializing in application lifecycle management and ASP.NET development. Ed Blankenship works at Microsoft as the Product Manager for Visual Studio Online, Team Foundation Server, and Application Lifecycle Management. Martin Woodward is a Principal Program Manager on the Visual Studio team at Microsoft. Grant Holliday is a Senior Service Engineer for Microsoft Visual Studio Online. Edward Thomson is a Senior Software Development Engineer at Microsoft where he develops Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio tools with an emphasis on version control and Git libraries.