TFS Extensibility Enhancements Jim Lamb Program Manager Microsoft Corporation [email_address]

Team Foundation Server Extensibility enhancements System overview What’s new in Orcas? What’s coming in Rosario?

System overview

What’s new in Orcas?

What’s coming in Rosario?

System Overview

Team Foundation Server What’s New in Orcas? Administration, operations & setup (Beta 2) Build Data Warehouse Migration Version Control Work Item Tracking Web Access

Administration, operations & setup (Beta 2)

Build

Data Warehouse

Migration

Version Control

Work Item Tracking

Web Access

What’s New in Orcas? Administration, Operations & Setup SharePoint and MOSS 2007 support SQL named instance support Compatibility with Longhorn Non-default port configurations Simplified installation Reduced domain account requirements Official support for clustering, mirroring, log shipping, VPC deployment and more

SharePoint and MOSS 2007 support

SQL named instance support

Compatibility with Longhorn

Non-default port configurations

Simplified installation

Reduced domain account requirements

Official support for clustering, mirroring, log shipping, VPC deployment and more

What’s New in Orcas? Build Automation Support for multi-threaded builds Continuous integration, build queuing and drop management Scheduled builds Build agent improvements Stop and delete builds from within VS Managed object model “ No pile on” check-in policy Run GUI tests as part of the build

Support for multi-threaded builds

Continuous integration, build queuing and drop management

Scheduled builds

Build agent improvements

Stop and delete builds from within VS

Managed object model

“ No pile on” check-in policy

Run GUI tests as part of the build

Continuous Integration

What’s New in Orcas? Version Control Annotate (blame) Folder Diff Destroy Get latest on checkout Workspace improvements Performance and scale improvements Offline improvements Extranet support for proxy Command-line help

Annotate (blame)

Folder Diff

Destroy

Get latest on checkout

Workspace improvements

Performance and scale improvements

Offline improvements

Extranet support for proxy

Command-line help

What’s New in Orcas? Work Item Tracking Performance and scale improvements Query builder usability improvements Improved attachment handling – drag & drop, multi-select Field tool tips show field name for querying Server-side support for deleting work items and work item types

Performance and scale improvements

Query builder usability improvements

Improved attachment handling – drag & drop, multi-select

Field tool tips show field name for querying

Server-side support for deleting work items and work item types

What else is New in Orcas? Data warehouse Added support for check-in policy overrides Migration toolkit To build conversion and mirroring solutions Web Access TeamPlain Bug Fixes

Data warehouse

Added support for check-in policy overrides

Migration toolkit

To build conversion and mirroring solutions

Web Access

TeamPlain

Bug Fixes

Extensibility Enhancements Interface-based semantics Improved version-to-version compatibility Potential for greater extensibility All object models will be updated by next release (Rosario) New object models Team Build Folder Diff Web service level compatibility with Whidbey applications

Interface-based semantics

Improved version-to-version compatibility

Potential for greater extensibility

All object models will be updated by next release (Rosario)

New object models

Team Build

Folder Diff

Web service level compatibility with Whidbey applications

Team Build Object Model Use IBuildServer to manage… Build agents Build queue Build definitions Builds Build details Build qualities TeamFoundationServer tfs = TeamFoundationServerFactory.GetServer(TFS_SERVER); IBuildServer buildServer = (IBuildServer)tfs.GetService(typeof(IBuildServer));

Use IBuildServer to manage…

Build agents

Build queue

Build definitions

Builds

Build details

Build qualities

Team Build Scenarios Define your own builds steps They will appear in the build details view Develop a build agent for another platform Agent is now a web service endpoint Incorporate automated builds into your workflow Build non-MSBuild projects Leverage custom properties

Define your own builds steps

They will appear in the build details view

Develop a build agent for another platform

Agent is now a web service endpoint

Incorporate automated builds into your workflow

Build non-MSBuild projects

Leverage custom properties

What’s coming in Rosario? Project Server integration Program (multi-project) management Full traceability (including hierarchical work items) Comprehensive metrics and dashboards New features to quickly identify, communicate, prioritize, diagnose and resolve bugs Test case management Quality metrics for ‘go/no-go’ release decisions Improved support for distributed teams Easier process customization Improved multi-server administration, build and source control

Project Server integration

Program (multi-project) management

Full traceability (including hierarchical work items)

Comprehensive metrics and dashboards

New features to quickly identify, communicate, prioritize, diagnose and resolve bugs

Test case management

Quality metrics for ‘go/no-go’ release decisions

Improved support for distributed teams

Easier process customization

Improved multi-server administration, build and source control

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