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Skytap and Crosslake Technologies share our ideas for how to improve software quality and velocity with automated creation and management of on-demand, scalable test environments. We focus on cloud-enabled ALM through the joint use of Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and Skytap.
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Tony Perez, Skytap, Cloud Solutions Architect
James Waletzky, Crosslake, Partner
The Path to Continuous Integration with Team Foundation Server & Skytap
What’s in it for you?
How does Team Foundation Server help me?• Learn how TFS handles build and lab management, and enables CI and automated testing workflows
How do I get started integrating Skytap and TFS?• Learn how to install and configure the Skytap TFS automation pack
How does the build-deploy-test (BDT) workflow work with TFS and Skytap?• We will take a short trip through an end-to-end BDT scenario using Skytap
What kind of help is available for Skytap customers?• Hear some pointers on getting started, sprinkled with a few best practices
AGENDA
TFS Build-Deploy-Test Overview
Building in TFS
Getting Started with the Skytap TFS Automation Pack
Appendix:Installing, Troubleshooting
Who is Crosslake & what is Skytap?
Skytap & Crosslake
Business Impact:
• Enhance product value and quality
• Increase engineering effectiveness
• Reduce time to market
• Implement best practices and tools
• Deliver measurable improvements
Best Practices
Human Performance Improvement
ALMDeployment
Engineering System
Assessment & Improvement Plan
ProcessPeople
Tools
Skytap at a GlanceOur Company:• Focus on building better software
faster
• 20,000 users
• Founded in 2006
Our Technology:Skytap provides SaaS-based dev/test environments. We remove the inefficiencies and constraints that companies have within their SDLC.
Build-Deploy-Test & TFS
• Unit test
• Continuous integration
Develop
• Clean environment (build machine)
• Binaries dropped
Build • Setup/Tear down test environments
• Copy/Install/Configure
Deploy
• Integration test
Test
Would you rather do this manually or automate?
Build-Deploy-Test (BDT)
TFS BDT Architecture
Microsoft Test Manager
MTM comes with VS Ultimate, VS Premium and VS Test Professional
Skytap and TFS
Skytap Cloud Test Environments
• Mult-VM environments with software defined networking
• Spin up test environments on demand and in under a minute
• Create environments only when needed, pay for what you use
• Create golden templates of build & test environments
• Create fresh instances of environments from golden templates
• Create multiple copies of the environment in parallel
• Save failures frozen in time templates for further investigation
• Run application components in Skytap Cloud or on premise
• Connect components together using self-service VPN connections
• Use projects to enable teams to work together
• Use one-click publish URLs to share resource outside your organization
Create Custom Environments
Repeatability
Debugability
Flexibility
Collaboration
Skytap and TFS Overview
Prerequisites Team Foundation Server 2012 or 2013• Running on-premise or in Skytap• If on-premise, VPN to Skytap configured
TFS Build components• Build controllers• Build agents (2 or more)
TFS Test components• Test controllers• Test agents
DEMOSetup the Skytap Test Environment – Part 1Scenario:
Skytap TFS configuration is in place. Set up the test environment via TFS Lab Management where the bits will be deployed and automated tests executed.
Process:
1. Overview of Skytap environment (including plug-in configuration)
2. Instantiate a Skytap configuration that contains the test environment (VMs)
3. Ensure the network settings are set to be visible to other networks
4. Save the test configuration as a template
5. Connect the test configuration to the TFS configuration network
6. From a VM in the TFS configuration, ping the test machines to ensure connected
DEMOSetup the Skytap Test Environment – Part 2
Scenario:
Skytap TFS configuration is in place. Set up the test environment via TFS Lab Management where the bits will be deployed and automated tests executed.
Process:
1. Create a new test environment in Microsoft Test Manager Lab Center
2. Set up the administrative user for machine communication• Same username/password combination on all machines
3. Initiate the creation of the test environment
4. Create a set of test settings to reflect an automated BDT scenario
5. Shutdown the test configuration (the build will re-create it)
6. Disconnect the network
DEMOCreate & Execute a TFS Build Definition
Scenario:Test environments are now set up. Add a build definition to TFS to kick off the overall build-deploy-test workflow.
Process:1. Create a new build definition based on the Skytap build process template XAML
2. Fill in key parameters:• TFS Configuration ID
• Skytap Login ID
• Skytap Login Key
• Test Environment Configuration ID
3. Queue a new manual build
Final ThoughtsAdditional Links & Resources
• Skytap Automation Pack for TFS Whitepaper
• How to Set up and Use the Skytap Automation Pack for TFS
• Crosslake Services: http://www.crosslaketech.com
• Skytap Trial Account: http://www.skytap.com/free-trial
• Contact Information:
• Tony Perez (Skytap): [email protected]
• James Waletzky (Crosslake): [email protected]
Watch the Full Webinar
To watch, click here: http://j.mp/crosslake
