This document discusses upgrading Team Foundation Server. It describes the different types of upgrades including in-place, migration-based, and consolidation upgrades. It provides details on the upgrade process such as verifying system requirements, backing up data, upgrading SQL Server, and installing the new version of TFS. It also covers considerations for the upgrade like how process templates, reports, and the data warehouse are handled as well as recommendations to backup and test the restore before performing the upgrade.

1. Upgrading Team Foundation
Server
Overview
Steve Lange
Sr. Developer Technology Specialist | Denver, CO
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2. Topics
• Types of Upgrades
• Upgrade Process
• Considerations
• Recommendations

3. Upgrading Team Foundation Server
TYPES OF UPGRADES

4. Notes on Team Project Collections
• Team Project Collection (TPC)
– A Team Project Collection is a group of related
Team Projects. TFS 2010 now hosts Team Project
Collections, not Team Projects.
• Upgrades will place all Team Projects into a
single TPC.

5. Types of Upgrades
• In-Place Upgrade
– Upgrade software, no change in hardware
• Migration-Based Upgrade
– Upgrade software, move to new hardware
• Consolidation Upgrade
– Combine multiple 2005/2008 servers into a single
2010 server

6. In-Place Upgrade
• Backup
• Verify System Requirements
• Verify User Permissions
– Necessary if changing accounts or using new SQL Server
• Upgrade SQL
– TFS 2010 requires SQL 2008
• Upgrade Reporting
– SSRS & SSAS to 2008
• Prepare Portal Services
– Upgrade to WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, or SharePoint 2010
• Uninstall TFS 2005/2008
• Restore SQL, if needed
• Install TFS 2010
• Run Upgrade
• Configure MOSS 2007 or SP 2010 if needed

7. Migration-Based Upgrade
• Backup
• Verify System Requirements
• Verify User Permissions
– Necessary if changing accounts or using new SQL Server
• Set up IIS
• Set up SQL Server
• Set up Portal Services
• Prepare Portal Services
– Install SharePoint Extensions
• Uninstall TFS 2005/2008
• Restore SQL to new hardware
• Install TFS 2010 on new hardware
• Run Upgrade
• Configure MOSS 2007 or SP 2010 if needed

8. Consolidation Upgrade
• Upgrade each individual server (in-place or
migration-based)
– Upgrade first server to destination TFS 2010
server
• Move each Team Project Collection to
destination TFS 2010 server
– Each “old” TFS server will be represented by a TPC
on the “new” TFS server

9. Upgrading Team Foundation Server
UPGRADE PROCESS

10. Upgrade Process – Verification Checks

11. Upgrade Process - Upgrading

12. Upgrading Team Foundation Server
CONSIDERATIONS

13. Considerations
• Existing process templates continue in TFS 2010
– Work involved in moving to new templates
• Reports are not moved in upgrade
– Manual move required, or use 2010 reports
• Data Warehouse not deleted in upgrade
• Establish branches in source control to enable
branch visualization
• Build definitions are moved via “Upgrade Build
Template”
– Migrate to TFS 2010 build template when available

14. Recommendations
• Backup, test restore first
• Review all documentation
• Check for latest patches for TFS
• Get help
– MCS
– Premier
– Certified ALM Partner

15. Questions?

16. Resources
• TFS 2010 Installation Guide
• TFS 2010 Supplemental Upgrade Guide
• Blog: Upgrading to TFS 2010
• 2008/2010 Compatibility
– VS 2008 SP1 Forward Compatibility Update
• TFS Web Access Information

17. Steve Lange
Sr. Developer Technology Specialist | Denver, CO
stevenl@microsoft.com | slange.me