Upgrading to TFS 2012: What You Need to Know!

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Upgrading to TFS 2012: What You Need to Know!

Dave McKinstry, ALM Practice Manager

Imaginet and ALM: Efficiently Build Better Software

Agenda

• Overview:– “ALM” in 2012– Visual Studio 2012

• New ALM Features– Agile Management– Developer Productivity– Feedback and testing– DevOps– Features by Edition

• Planning Your Upgrade– Client-side Upgrade– Server-side Upgrade– Migration Options– Next Steps

• Summary

FEEDBACK

Project Portfolio• Ideas• Business

Priorities• Funding• Project

Selection

Definition• Elicitation• Requirements• Validation• Planning

Development• Design• Develop• Test

Operate• Release• Monitor• Support

Retire

Yesterday’s View of the Application Lifecycle

Initial Project Portfolio Retire

Recognizing the Iterative Nature of Applications

Define• Requirements• Validation• Prioritization• Release Plan

Develop• Iteration Plan• Develop• Test

Operate• Monitor• Support• Upgrade

Plan

WorkDonePlan

WorkDone

Plan

WorkDone

Plan

WorkDone

Plan

WorkDone

ALM Capabilities in Visual Studio 2010




OperateDeployment to feedback

DevelopIdea to working software

DefineIdeation

• Requirements Management• Basic Agile Planning• Project Server Integration

• Basic Agile Management• Reporting• Version Control• Branch Visualization• Continuous Integration• Gated Check In• Unit Testing

• Test Planning• Test Case Management• Bug Tracking (Rich)• Automated UI Testing• Lab Management• IntelliTrace• Load Testing

Opportunities from Visual Studio 2010 ALM




Can’t Get Actionable Feedback

Can’t Reproduce Production Incident

MisunderstoodRequirements

ConflictingPriorities



WorkInterruptions

Unmet userexpectations

DefineIdeation

New ALM Capabilities in Visual Studio 2012




DefineIdeation



• PowerPoint Storyboarding• Agile Planning

• Suspend & Resume• Code Reviews• Feedback Collection• Unit Testing• Exploratory Testing• Continuous Integrations• Continuous Deployments

• SCOM Integration• IntelliTrace in Production• PreEmptive Analytics

ULTIMATE

Team Explorer

Everywhere

Extensibility

SharePoint

Project Server

System Center

Premium

Professional

TestProfessional

TEAMFOUNDATION

SERVER Lab Management

Office

Web Access

Windows Azure

Version Control Test Case Management

RequirementsManagement

Build Automation

ProjectManagement

Reporting

Visual Studio 2012 TFS

Agenda




• Summary

Managing the Product Backlog

• Accessed from the Team Project Web Access

• Shows a single view of the current backlog of work

• Dynamically re-ordered and group

• Enable Product Owner to quickly prioritize work and outline dependencies and relationships

Velocity progress

Easily drag ’n drop to prioritize tasks

StoryBoard Assistant Tool

• Tighter loop between the Business Stakeholders and Development Team

• Graphical design tools built in PowerPoint

• Embed other content including context slides

• Capture screen shots and create lightweight animations

• Store common elements within a shape library

• Create master templates to simplify multiple similar views

• Get feedback to others– Email, print and version control the

document– leverage collaborative tools– leverage web viewing tools

Sprint Planning Tool Capacity & Sprint Burndown

• The enhanced work item management tools in Team Web Access

• Tool pre-populates required data

• Streamlines the association and update process.

• Effectively allocate work balancing load with available capacity

• Real-time feedback on the updates to the plan

Burndown progress

Team capacity at a glance

Task Board in Team Web Access

Burndown progress

Easily move tasks around

• Updates the status of work items visually

Task Board Burndown

DEMO

• Team Web Access

• Agile Management

• Storyboarding

Agenda




• Summary

Team Explorer: My Work

• Associate work packages– Associate work items with

activities– All changes are

automatically associated with those work items

• Easily suspend/resume– Suspend active work– Perform other work– Resume work when ready

• Easily request / respond to code reviews

• Other Team Explorer efficiency changes…

Unit Testing Runner

New Test Runner:• Tests run in background• Run automatically on build• Support for multiple unit

testing frameworks:– MS Test– xUnit– nUnit– And More!

• Deep integration in the IDE• Supports native C++ code• Multiple run options

– Failed Tests– Not-run Tests– All Tests

• Easy code coverage access

Integrated Code Review

• Provides feedback from other team members

• Shared knowledge across team

• Code reviews can be set as a quality gate

• Source changes highlighted and comments about the changes.

Code Clone Detection

• Reviews common code blocks exposing refactoring opportunities

• Detect code blocks with common structure and approach

• Search is semantic, not just literal

• Detects ‘copy and paste’ errors

• Detects code fragments with a common logical structure

• Review common code and decide how to proceed

DEMO

• Team Web Access


• Storyboarding

Agenda




• Summary

Request Feedback

• Requested via team web access

• Specify who will receive the email request

• Specify how to access the target application:– Web application– Remote machine– Client application

• Provide one or more focus areas for the feedback

Accessing the Feedback Client

Using the Feedback Client

Exploratory Testing

Easily view previous sessions

Create new exploration

sessions

DEMO

• Team Web Access


• Storyboarding

Agenda




• Summary

What is IntelliTrace?

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Application Instrumentation Log File

Without IntelliTrace

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IntelliTrace • Record• Playback• Rewind

IntelliTrace

IntelliTrace In Production

• PowerShell commands

• Historical Debugger

• Full collection options

• View requests and exceptions

• Shows all events and calls

System Center & TFS Integration

• Capture application issues in production

• Actionable workflow between development and operations

• Operations leveraging System Center to pass data to the development team

• Integrated IntelliTrace infrastructure used for historical debugging

• Fully integrated with TFS work items

Visual Studio 2012 EditionsFeature Professional Premium Ultimate Test Pro

IntelliTrace™ X

Profiling X X X

Graphics Debugging X X X

Code Coverage X X

Code Clone X X

Blend for VS X X X

Code Review X X

Architecture Tools X

Storyboarding X X X

Feedback Manager X X X

Backlog Mgmt. X X X

Sprint Planning X X X

Manual Testing X X X

Load Testing X

Coded UI Tests X X

Lab Management X X X

Unit Testing X X X

Fakes * *

Agenda




• Summary

How do you get there?

• Upgrade?

• Migration?

• Coexistence?

• Iterative adoption?

• Instantaneous adoption?

• Education?

• Pilots? Testing?

• Servers– O/S?

• 2003? 2008? R2?• 32-bit? 64-bit?

– SQL Server• 2005? 2008? R2?

– SharePoint• WSS? SF? MOSS? 2010?

– TFS • 2005? 2008? 2010?• Lab Management?

– Project Server?– Customizations?

Where are you today?

• Client Tools– O/S?– Visual Studio

• VB6 and other legacy?• VS .NET, 2003?• VS 2005, 2008?• VS 2010?• MTM?

– Eclipse?– Other IDEs?– Third-Party Tools?– Customizations?

Compatibility

• SxS Client Tools?

• File compatibility?

• Additional tools?

• Process Templates?

• Reports?

• How you work?

?

Agenda




• Summary

Requirements for Visual Studio 2012

• Supported operating systems:– Windows 7 (x86 and x64)– Windows 8 (x86 and x64)– Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)– Windows Server 2012 (x64)

• Supported architectures:– 32-bit (x86)– 64-bit (x64)

• Hardware requirements:– 1.6 GHz or faster processor– 1 GB of RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)– 10 GB (NTFS) of available hard disk space– 5400 RPM hard drive– DirectX 9-capable video card running at 1024 x 768 or higher display

resolution

Visual Studio SxS

• Visual Studio 2012:– Install along side older Visual Studio

versions– General project compatibilityA with Visual

Studio 2010 SP1– Platform targeting

• Managed code can target Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 with Visual Studio 2010 SxS, targeting .NET 4.0 or earlier

• Team Explorer 2012 can…– Connect to TFS 2012– Connect to TFS 2010B

A Solutions and projects can generally be opened in VS 2012 without breaking compatibility with VS 2010. There are some exceptions (e.g., Database projects).

B Reduced functionality when connecting to earlier versions of TFS.

Project Compatibility

• Compatible with 2010 SP1:– Blend– C#/VB Silverlight 4 or 5– C#/VB Webforms– C#/VB Winforms– Coded UI test– Modeling– SharePoint 2010– Unit tests– Visual Studio 2010 web– VS 2010 SSDT– WCF– WPF– MPI/Cluster Debugging– SSRS

• Upgrade required– SharePoint 2007– MVC 2– Rich Internet Applications

Based on October 2012 MSDN Documentation

• Yes, With Limitations:– Visual Studio 2010

Database (.dbproj)– SQL Server 2008 R2 Express– SQL Server Report Project– Visual C++ – Visual Studio Lab

Management

• Other:– SQL Server CE 3.5 (After

upgrade to SQL Server CE 4.0)

– Office 2007 VSTO (Upgrade to Office 2010 /.NET 4)

– MVC framework (For compatible MVC versions)

– MPI/Cluster Debugging (For compatible versions)

– Office 2010 VSTO (.NET 4)

• No (Deprecated):– MSI setup (.vdproj)– Visual Studio macros– Windows Mobile– Windows Phone– SharePoint 2007

• No:– BizTalk 2010 R2– Cloud tools– F#– LightSwitch– Rich Internet

Applications– Visual Studio SDK/VSIX– SQL Server Express

LocalDB

Visual Studio and TFS 2012

• Connectivity to TFS 2012:• Visual Studio 2012 (Native support)

• Visual Studio 2010– Requires SP1 and TFS 2012 Compatibility GDR

• Visual Studio 2008– Requires SP1 and TFS 2012 Compatibility GDR

• Visual Studio 2005 and earlier– No support expected– Consider the MSSCCI provider

Microsoft Test Manager

• Compatible across MTM and TFS versions:– Test Plans– Test Case work items– Test Runs– Work item queries

• Incompatible:– MTM 2012 and TFS 2010

• Lab Management• Test Results (additional tab)• Exploratory Testing• Windows Store app testing

– MTM 2010 and TFS 2012• Lab Management (environments and templates)

Cross Platform

• Team Explorer Everywhere (TEE) 2012:– Connect to TFS 2012– Connect to TFS 2010*– Connect to TFS 2008*– Connect to TFS 2005*

• TEE 2012 supports 3.4 - 3.8• TEE 2010 SP1 supports 3.2 - 3.6• TEE 2010 supports Eclipse 3.0 - 3.5

* Reduced functionality when connecting to earlier versions of TFS.

Beyond Visual Studio

• Third party tools and integration…– Some VS/TFS 2010 tools will work as is. – Some VS/TFS 2010 must be upgraded.– Some VS/TFS 2010 will not work.

• New versions of some common tools are available:– Team Foundation Power Tools– MSSCCI Provider

• Not using Visual Studio or Eclipse?– Team Explorer on Windows or TEE cross-platform– Some compatibility via bridges: TFS/SVN or TFS/GIT– Web access

Agenda




• Summary

TFS 2012 Prerequisites

Operating System:• 64-Bit server

– Windows Server 2008 SP2– Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1– Windows Server 2012

• 32-bit or 64-bit client– Windows 7 SP1– Windows 8

Database Requirements:• SQL Server 2008 R2• SQL Server 2012• Express (basic installation)• Standard or Enterprise Edition

for Reporting

SharePoint Requirements:• SharePoint Foundation 2010• SharePoint Server 2010 (Enterprise

or Standard)• MOSS 2007 (Enterprise or

Standard)• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Project Server Requirements:• Project Server 2010 SP1• Project Server 2007 SP2 with SQL

Server 2005 or 2008

TFS Requirements (Upgrade):• TFS 2008 SP1• TFS 2010 RTM or SP1

General Upgrade Process

• In-Place Upgrade:• Verify the upgrade before the upgrade.• Take care of prerequisites!• Make sure you have backups!• Uninstall TFS 2010• Install TFS 2012• Configure TFS 2012 as an “Upgrade”• Post-Installation cleanup• Verify and release the upgrade into production!

Alternatively, you can migrate to a new server!

Configuring the Upgrade

Enabling Web Features

• Browse to Web Access• Access your project• View Backlog• Configure Upgrades• Move forward with TFS 2012!

Agenda




• Summary

Migration from where?

• ALM:– TFS (older versions)– Rational Team Concert– Other…

• Version Control:– Visual Source Safe– IBM ClearCase– CVS– MKS– Subversion– Perforce– StarTeam– Vault– Other…

• Work Tracking:– HP ALM (Quality Center)– IBM ClearQuest– Other…

• Automated Build:– CC.NET– FinalBuild– Bamboo– Hudson– NAnt– Ant– Other…

• Testing:– HP ALM (Quality Center)– Other…

Migration Options for ALM

• TFS Hardware Migration– Upgrade to 2008 SP1 or later– Restore backups of TFS databases on new servers– Perform aforementioned upgrade steps– Retire original server

• Non-TFS ALM Migration– Migrate per individual subsystems

Version Control Migration

• “Tips” Migration– Low fidelity– Works with everything– Opportunity to clean up

• Timely Migration™– High fidelity– Subversion– StarTeam– CVS– TFS

• TFS Integration Platform

– Subversion– ClearCase– Custom

• VSS Converter

• Bridges– SVN Bridge– GIT TFS

• Roll-your-own

Work Tracking and Test Case Migration

• Manual– Retype– Excel

• Scrat– Quality Center to TFS– Support Requirements, Bugs, Test Cases and Attachments

• Test Case Migrator Plus– Supports link type: Parent/Child, Related, Tests/Tested By– Supports Requirements, Test Cases, and Bugs– Frequently used with Excel as an intermediary

• HP Quality Center Synchronizer– Bugs only – not currently support TFS 2012

• Scripting / Roll-your-own

Test Runs, Automated Builds, Reports, …

• Rebuild from scratch

• Roll-your own

:-(

Agenda




• Summary

What next?

• Plan– Understand your environment– Understand timing and risks– Define your destination

• Leverage Experience– Build it internally

• Read / Study• Practice• Verify

– Hire/buy experience

• Execute!

Summary

Answering some questions…

• What is Visual Studio 2012 “ALM”?

• What are some of the compelling new features?

• What should you consider when planning for Visual Studio 2012?

• What about for TFS 2012?

• What approach will you use when you upgrade?

Questions?

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