Today we release the final version of our patterns & practices: Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.  It's our Microsoft playbook for Team Foundation Server.  It shows you how to make the most of the Team Foundation Server.  It's a compendium of proven practices, product team recommendations, and insights from the field.

• Download the guide.
• Read the guide online.

Key Changes Since Beta 1

• We added guidelines for build, project management and reporting.
• We added practices at a glance for build, project management, and reporting.
• We added a chapter to summarize key Visual Studio 2008 changes.
• We revamped our Internet access strategies.
• We did a full sweep of the guide.
• We completed more thorough product team reviews for key chapters.

Contents at a Glance

• Part I, Fundamentals
• Part II, Source Control
• Part III, Builds
• Part IV, Large Project Considerations
• Part V, Project Management
• Part VI, Process Templates
• Part VII, Reporting
• Part VIII, Setting Up and Maintaining the Team Environment
• Part IX, Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server

Chapters

• Ch 01 – Introducing the Team Environment
• Ch 02 – Team Foundation Server Architecture
• Ch 03 – Structuring Projects and Solutions in Source Control
• Ch 04 – Structuring Projects and Solutions in Team Foundation Source Control
• Ch 05 – Defining Your Branching and Merging Strategy
• Ch 06 – Managing Source Control Dependencies in Visual Studio Team System
• Ch 07 – Team Build Explained
• Ch 08 – Setting Up Continuous Integration with Team Build
• Ch 09 – Setting Up Scheduled Builds with Team Build
• Ch 10 – Large Project Considerations
• Ch 11 – Project Management Explained
• Ch 12 – Work Items Explained
• Ch 13 – Process Templates Explained
• Ch 14 – MSF for Agile Software Development Projects
• Ch 15 – Reporting Explained
• Ch 16 – Installation and Deployment
• Ch 17 – Providing Internet Access to Team Foundation Server
• Ch 18 – What’s New in Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server

Our Team

• Jason Taylor
• Prashant Bansode
• Alex Mackman
• Kevin Jones

Contributors and Reviewers

• External Contributors / Reviewers: David P. Romig, Sr; Dennis Rea; Eugene Zakhareyev; Leon Langleyben; Martin Woodward; Michael Rummier; Miguel Mendoza; Mike Fourie; Quang Tran; Sarit Tamir; Tushar More; Vaughn Hughes
• Microsoft Contributors / Reviewers:  Aaron Hallberg; Ahmed Salijee; Ajay Sudan; Ajoy Krishnamoorthy; Alan Ridlehoover; Alik Levin; Ameya Bhatawdekar; Bijan Javidi; Bill Essary; Brett Keown; Brian Harry; Brian Keller; Brian Moore; Buck Hodges; Burt Harris; Conor Morrison; David Caufield; David Lemphers; Doug Neumann; Edward Jezierski; Eric Blanchet; Eric Charran; Graham Barry; Gregg Boer; Grigori Melnik; Janet Williams Hepler; Jeff Beehler; Jose Parra; Julie MacAller; Ken Perilman; Lenny Fenster; Marc Kuperstein; Mario Rodriguez; Matthew Mitrik; Michael Puleio; Nobuyuki Akama; Paul Goring; Pete Coupland; Peter Provost; Granville (Randy) Miller; Rob Caron; Robert Horvick; Rohit Sharma; Ryley Taketa; Sajee Mathew; Siddharth Bhatia; Tom Hollander; Tom Marsh; Venky Veeraraghavan

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