Chapter 2. Exploring the changes in TFS 2008
This chapter covers
- Architecture of Team Build
- Creating and managing builds
- New functionalities in version control
Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server (TFS 2005) was a version one product. As such, it had certain deficiencies that are typically inherent in the first generation of such an ambitious system. Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server (TFS 2008) delivers improvements in several areas, such as enhanced features in Team Build and Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC), better performance and scalability, more flexible system configuration, simplified installation, and support for SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Although the changes are generally incremental in nature, they add up to make TFS 2008 a more reliable, usable, and extendable product.
This chapter discusses some of the new features available in TFS 2008. We look at some of the important changes that are likely to impact your software development process. Specifically, we focus on the improvements made in Team Build and Team Foundation version control. The material in this chapter is introductory in nature.
In this chapter, you’ll learn about the following: