With the release of Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2017 announced at the Connect(); // 2016 conference in mid-November, organisations are now looking at upgrading to the latest version.
The new version of TFS brings many major benefits to teams including:
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Package Management
Create and manage private NuGet feeds.
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Code Search
Search all the code across your project collection easily.
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Agile planning improvements
new form, following work items, live updates, better notifications, …
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Git improvements
Hugely upgraded pull request experience, iterative reviews, squash merge, …
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Build improvements
Java build templates, Xamarin build tasks, Docker support, …
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Release management improvement
Support for ARM templates, task groups, manual approval task, scheduled releases, …
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Test improvements
10X more compact test results storage, lots of manual testing improvements, test reporting and traceability improvements, …
To help TFS administrators upskill their knowledge to help plan, upgrade and configure TFS 2017, we’ve created a brand new course specifically for existing administrators.
Introducing Updating Your TFS Administration Skills for TFS 2017, a 2-day training course for experienced TFS administrators.
At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to:
- enable new features in TFS 2017 as required
- plan their migration to the latest version of TFS
- configure Package Management and set security on feeds
- install, configure, and optimise the new Code Search feature
- troubleshoot issues with Code Search
- understand the latest improvements to Build and Release from an admin perspective
- install extensions from the Visual Studio Marketplace
- understand how to install internally developed TFS extensions
- understand the new process template model
- implement work item customisations
- understand and configure new permissions
Find out more about this course and review the course outline now. (PDF)
If you’re new to TFS administration, we also have a 4-day “TFS 2017 Configuration and Administration” course featuring comprehensive coverage of all administration tasks.