Course Details

This two day course is designed to get your team working efficiently with Visual Studio 2013 as quickly as possible. The course focuses primarily on providing the skills and knowledge to use the features provided by Team Foundation Server 2013 including Work Item Tracking and Version Control.

The course introduces the various components that make up Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 and the benefits of an integrated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) suite. You will learn how to create and configure a Team Project and manage work efficiently using linked Work Items and customised queries.

The second major focus of the course examines how to use the version control system to check-in/check-out, branch, merge, shelve and much more. We cover workspaces and explain when to choose local and when to choose server workspaces.

This course looks at some of the code quality features in Visual Studio 2013 including the Visual Studio Test Explorer and the Code Review features.  This course includes hands-on labs to reinforce practical skills and ensure you’re ready to use the tools on your return to your workplace.

At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• Create, configure and manage Team Projects
• Use the Team Explorer to navigate project content
• Manage work using Work Items including configuring links correctly
• Use work items such as Task and Bug to provide traceability
• Create and customise Work Item Queries to find and organise work
• Setup and manage their own custom TFS alerts (notifications)
• Configure source control folder structures
• Use the version control system effectively including branching and workspaces
• Use the MSSCCI provider to enable backward compatibility for maintaining legacy code
• Use the code quality features in Visual Studio 2013 including Test Explorer and Code Reviews
• Use Code Clone Analysis to help reduce technical debt
• Use the new Team Room feature to improve team collaboration
• Utilise the Project Portal to store project artefacts and link them to Work Items
• View the built-in reports available in TFS 2013
• Use multiple client interfaces including TWA, Team Explorer and Microsoft Office