Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization by Beeming, Gordon -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization

Table of Contents Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization Credits About the Author About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com

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Preface

What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support

Downloading the example code Errata Piracy Questions

1. Customizing the TFS Process Templates for Your Business

Prerequisites or tools Customizing the TFS work items

Adding a new portfolio to the process template

Creating a new work item type definition Adding a new portfolio backlog Adding a new work item category Importing a new work item portfolio

Importing the work item type definition Importing the categories file Importing the process configuration file

Summary

2. Increasing Web Access Usability

Customizing TFS dashboard tiles

Adding a tile to the dashboard Pinning build definitions to the team dashboard Pinning recent changes to the dashboard

Changing the default columns for portfolio boards Adding fields to the add panels Creating a basic JavaScript plugin

Getting started with an empty plugin Importing a plugin into TFS Web Access Setting up the debug mode

Enabling the Script Debug Mode Configuring a Fiddler AutoResponder rule

Adding information to display work items

Summary

3. Enhancing Work Items with Custom Controls

Creating a Windows Forms control

Writing the code Deploying the code Debugging the code

Creating a control for use inside the Web Access

Writing the code Deploying and debugging the code

Using the control on an existing work item definition Displaying a web page with rich data inside a WITD Summary

4. Creating Server Plugins

Using a TFS plugin over a check-in policy The basics of a server plugin

Setting up the code Deploying server plugins Debugging server plugins

Creating a check-in plugin Creating a work item changed plugin Summary

5. Creating TFS Scheduled Jobs

Creating a TFS job

Writing the code Deploying the code Registering the custom job and adding it to a schedule Verify that the job is installed

Checking the job history Debugging a TFS job Deregistering the custom job with TFS Summary

6. Customizing a TFS Build Process

Creating a copy of the default build template

Downloading the default template Using the template in a build

Creating a custom build activity

Creating the custom activity project Zipping the current build Uploading the ZIP file to FTP Sharing the build number and URL with the ZIP file

Adding a custom activity to an existing build template

Creating a build template project

Adding a build template argument Summary

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