Lap around ALM with Visual Studio and TFS 2013

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This document discusses features and capabilities of Visual Studio 2013 and Team Foundation Server 2013 for application lifecycle management. It covers areas like agile management, developer tools, testing, feedback, DevOps, release management, and using TFS in the cloud. The presentation agenda includes overviews of TFS, agile portfolio management, code review requests, web-based testing tools, integrating System Center Operations Manager with TFS, release management automation, and capabilities when using Visual Studio Online such as automated builds and load testing.

Application Lifecycle Management
with Visual Studio 2013 and TFS 2013
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Paul Hacker Microsoft ALM MVP
paul.hacker@agilethought.com

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Agenda
• TFS Overview
• Agile Management
• Developer Tools
• Testing
• Feedback
• DevOps
• Release Management
• TFS in the Cloud

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 Code Metrics
 Code Coverage
 Coded UI Testing
 Code Clone
 Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation)
 Code Review
 Task Suspend/Resume
 Test Case Management: Test
Manager client and web based
 Manual Testing
 Exploratory Testing
 Lab Management
 Release Management
 PowerPoint Storyboarding
+ TFS full capabilities
 Agile Portfolio Management
 Team Room
 Feedback Manager
 Work Item charting
+ Team Foundation Service
 Windows Desktop and Windows
Store Apps
 Web and Cloud development
 Office and SharePoint Development
 Office 365 Cloud Business Apps
 Blend for Visual Studio
 LightSwitch
 Extensible Testing Framework
 Advanced Profiling and Analysis
 Refactoring & Peek Definition
 Third-Party Extensibility
Features

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Web Access
• Team sensitive home
page
– Customize tiles with
team favorites
– View burndown
– Start feedback
– View members

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Agile Portfolio Management
• Agile for large workloads
– Manage several teams in
an organization
– Get insight from Features
and track progress down
to Stories and/or Tasks
• Consolidate portfolio
– Easy navigation and
visualization of complex
hierarchy of scenarios
– Gain understanding of
overall project completion
across multiple teams

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Project Teams
• Team room
– Durable & real-time
communication to
improve team
collaboration
– Centralized and
searchable project
activity feed
including changes
to code, work
items, build status
and more

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New Team Explorer
• Team Explore starts at a Home page
• Separate pages have targeted functionality
• My Work supports:
– Work Item association
– Easy Shelve / Unshelve (Suspend / Resume)
– Merge from Shelveset
• Pending changes supports:
– Work Item association
– Include / Exclude files
– Shelve / Unshelve
– Find Shelvesets
– Resolve Conflicts
– Undo All
– Manage workspaces

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CodeLens

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Code Review Request and Response
• Built into Team Explorer 2013
• Review Request and Response Work Items
• Streamlined workflow

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Web based testing tools

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Load Testing in the cloud
• Cloud-based load
testing
– Use Visual Studio
Ultimate combined
with Team
Foundation Service to
conduct load testing
using Windows Azure
hosted load agents
– Scale load tests easily
from tens to
thousands of users
without the need to
setup your own
infrastructure

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Feedback: Initiating
• Click on link in Web
Access
– Select stakeholders
– Instruct how to access the
application
– Focus the feedback
• Feedback request is
mailed out
– Stakeholders click a link to
start a feedback session

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Feedback: Responding
• Click on a link to start a
session
– Feedback can also be
initiated “voluntarily” by
the Stakeholder
• Select what to record
– Screen / voice / both
– Screenshot at any time
– Attach files
– Type comments

DevOps: Integration from SCOM to TFS
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SCOM Issues in TFS

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Agenda
• TFS Overview
• Agile Management
• Developer Tools
• Testing and Lab Management
• Feedback
• DevOps
• Release Management
• TFS in the Cloud

How do we think about Release Management
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Automation

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Visual Studio Online

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Low overhead automated builds

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Load testing, simplified

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Application Insights

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paul.hacker@agilethought.com

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1. Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 and TFS 2013 Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Paul Hacker Microsoft ALM MVP paul.hacker@agilethought.com

2. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Agenda • TFS Overview • Agile Management • Developer Tools • Testing • Feedback • DevOps • Release Management • TFS in the Cloud

3. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies

4. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies  Code Metrics  Code Coverage  Coded UI Testing  Code Clone  Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation)  Code Review  Task Suspend/Resume  Test Case Management: Test Manager client and web based  Manual Testing  Exploratory Testing  Lab Management  Release Management  PowerPoint Storyboarding + TFS full capabilities  Agile Portfolio Management  Team Room  Feedback Manager  Work Item charting + Team Foundation Service  Windows Desktop and Windows Store Apps  Web and Cloud development  Office and SharePoint Development  Office 365 Cloud Business Apps  Blend for Visual Studio  LightSwitch  Extensible Testing Framework  Advanced Profiling and Analysis  Refactoring & Peek Definition  Third-Party Extensibility Features

5. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Agenda • TFS Overview • Agile Management • Developer Tools • Testing • Feedback • DevOps • Release Management • TFS in the Cloud

6. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Web Access • Team sensitive home page – Customize tiles with team favorites – View burndown – Start feedback – View members

7. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Agile Portfolio Management • Agile for large workloads – Manage several teams in an organization – Get insight from Features and track progress down to Stories and/or Tasks • Consolidate portfolio – Easy navigation and visualization of complex hierarchy of scenarios – Gain understanding of overall project completion across multiple teams

8. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Project Teams • Team room – Durable & real-time communication to improve team collaboration – Centralized and searchable project activity feed including changes to code, work items, build status and more

9. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Agenda • TFS Overview • Agile Management • Developer Tools • Testing • Feedback • DevOps • Release Management • TFS in the Cloud

10. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies New Team Explorer • Team Explore starts at a Home page • Separate pages have targeted functionality • My Work supports: – Work Item association – Easy Shelve / Unshelve (Suspend / Resume) – Merge from Shelveset • Pending changes supports: – Work Item association – Include / Exclude files – Shelve / Unshelve – Find Shelvesets – Resolve Conflicts – Undo All – Manage workspaces

11. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies CodeLens

12. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Code Review Request and Response • Built into Team Explorer 2013 • Review Request and Response Work Items • Streamlined workflow

13. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Agenda • TFS Overview • Agile Management • Developer Tools • Testing • Feedback • DevOps • Release Management • TFS in the Cloud

14. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Web based testing tools

15. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Load Testing in the cloud • Cloud-based load testing – Use Visual Studio Ultimate combined with Team Foundation Service to conduct load testing using Windows Azure hosted load agents – Scale load tests easily from tens to thousands of users without the need to setup your own infrastructure

16. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Agenda • TFS Overview • Agile Management • Developer Tools • Testing • Feedback • DevOps • Release Management • TFS in the Cloud

17. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Feedback: Initiating • Click on link in Web Access – Select stakeholders – Instruct how to access the application – Focus the feedback • Feedback request is mailed out – Stakeholders click a link to start a feedback session

18. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Feedback: Responding • Click on a link to start a session – Feedback can also be initiated “voluntarily” by the Stakeholder • Select what to record – Screen / voice / both – Screenshot at any time – Attach files – Type comments

19. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Agenda • TFS Overview • Agile Management • Developer Tools • Testing • Feedback • DevOps • Release Management • TFS in the Cloud

20. DevOps: Integration from SCOM to TFS Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies

21. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies SCOM Issues in TFS

22. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Agenda • TFS Overview • Agile Management • Developer Tools • Testing and Lab Management • Feedback • DevOps • Release Management • TFS in the Cloud

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24. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Automation

25. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Agenda • TFS Overview • Agile Management • Developer Tools • Testing and Lab Management • Feedback • DevOps • Release Management • TFS in the Cloud

26. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Visual Studio Online

27. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Low overhead automated builds

28. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Load testing, simplified

29. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies Application Insights

30. Insightful Solutions :: Innovative Technologies question and answer session Q&A Paul Hacker Microsoft ALM MVP paul.hacker@agilethought.com

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