I was reading this post by Jeff Wharton about the launch of the CommNet site for Tech.Ed 2007 down here in Australia. To be honest I am feeling a little bit guilty because Dave Glover asked for my presentation abstract ages ago and I didn’t send it to him. Anyway, here it is.
Abstract
The DEV316 session is all about getting the most out of your Team Foundation Server investment with a special focus on build and deployment automation with a virtualisation twist. In this session Mitch will show how to use the following tools together:
- Team Foundation Server
- Team Build
- Virtual Server
- TFS Integrator
- TFS Deployer
- TFS Build Virtualiser
- TFS Build Progression Guardian
This session is a must for build masters who need to manage complex build requirements and who are constrained by how much computer resources they can throw at the problem.
Tut tut! I’ll be doing this one for sure
Where does one find the last three TFS tools mentioned here? I had not heard of them…
[...] - Build Server Virtualisation (Mitch [...]
Hi Chris,
You can find out about TFS Deployer here:
http://notgartner.wordpress.com/2006/12/16/getting-started-with-tfs-deployer/
The build virtualizer and build progression guardians are new tools that we haven’t released to the public yet. Their first public outings were last weekend