OTSUG - Migrating to TFS 2010 - Lessons Learned

LESSONS LEARNED Migrating to TFS 2010 Omaha Team System User Group 25 May 2010 Jeff Bramwell Russ Wagner [email_address] [email_address]

The Four Phases
Research & Planning
Setup
Migration
Post-Migration

Research and Planning

Research
Must Reads:
Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2010
http://bit.ly/TFS2010InstallGuide
Visual Studio 2010 Upgrade Guide
http://bit.ly/VS2010UpgradeGuide
Lot’s of examples blogged about
Search “TFS 2010 Install”
This session (Q & A)

Hardware Strategy
Determine your hardware strategy
Single-Server
Multi-Server
Load Balanced
Others…
Use new hardware/VMs (when possible)

Team Project Collections
Determine TPC strategy
Migrate in a “piecemeal” fashion
Migrate “all-at-once”
All-at-Once recommended – in most cases
Piecemeal makes sense for hosted scenarios or off-site consulting projects

Team Project Collections (cont’d)

Build Server Strategy
Determine if you will use pooled build servers or purpose-specific build servers
Create “tagging” strategy if using pooled build servers
Catalog software components on existing build servers

Process Templates/Work Items
Have you modified the process templates?
How about your Work Item Types?
Upgrade plan must include process templates and work item types
More information can be found here:
http://bit.ly/EnableALMForVS2010

Agile Workbooks
New for MSF for Agile Software Development 5.0
Not automatically added to existing/upgraded projects
More information can be found here:
http://bit.ly/EnableALMForVS2010

Hardware Setup
Build out hardware, including support for:
SQL Server Analysis Services
SQL Server Reporting Services
Windows SharePoint Services/MOSS
Team Foundation Server 2010 Application Tier
Team Foundation Build Controller/Agents

Software Setup
Install As Needed:
SQL Server Analysis Services
SQL Server Reporting Services
Windows SharePoint Services – or – MOSS
Team Foundation Server 2010

Build Servers Setup
Install Team Foundation Build software
Install catalogued software across build agents (as defined in plan)
Do not configure build servers - yet

Migration

Configure TFS
Application Tier URL/Port (default provided)
Reporting Information
Report Server URL, Reports URL, Reader Account, etc.
Warehouse Database Location
SQL Server Analysis Services Location
SharePoint Information
Site URL and Admin URL
Team Project Collection
Name (default provided) and database location

Upgrade Wizard Settings

Configure Build Servers
Configure Build Controller (only one per TPC)
Configure Build Agents
Build Agent Tags – if desired

BPA
Use the Best Practices Analyzer
It will notify you of existing configuration issues
Available with TFS Power Tools
http://bit.ly/TFSPowerToolsApr2010

Practice Makes Perfect
Practice, Practice, Practice!
Practice all phases of the plan
Make sure you have a backup plan
Create a “Playground” TPC – if possible

Post Migration

Post Migration
Provide Guidance
Custom Build Tasks
Check/Convert Branches
Update Build Definitions
Build Controller
Possibly new Drop Folder
Leave Trigger as is or possibly change to Gated Check-in
Modify Agent Settings for tagging (if required)
Review Retention Policy
Get “migrated” builds running first – then convert to Workflow-based builds later

Review Permissions
Review TPC/Team Project Permissions
Review new Build permissions

Review Permissions (cont’d)
Utilize the TFS Administration Tool
http://bit.ly/TFSAdminTool
Modify permissions for TFS, SharePoint, and SSRS at same time
Can copy users from one Team Project to another

TFS Administration Tool

Questions

Resources
Visual Studio 2010
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio
Team Foundation Server 2010
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ff637362.aspx
Free On-line Training (limited time offer)
http://www.LearnDevNow.com/VS2010
Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010
http://amzn.to/PALMwVS2010
MSDN Forums for Visual Studio “Team System”
http://bit.ly/MSDNVSTSForums

OTSUG - Migrating to TFS 2010 - Lessons Learned

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