Team Foundation Server - Softcover

Azher, Jamil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933988592 ISBN 13: 9781933988597

Publisher: Manning Publications, 2008

Synopsis

HIGHLIGHT

Virtually all software development is done by teams, and managing complex

software projects requires a sophisticated solution like Team Foundation Server

2008.

DESCRIPTION

Team Foundation Server 2008 in Action is a hands-on guide to team software

development using Team Foundation Server 2008, Microsoft’s enterprise development

platform. Written for working developers with a good handle on TFS

basics, this book shows readers how to solve real-life problems. This book

covers the new DBPro product for team development for Database Professionals

as well as Visual Studio 2008.

Team Foundation Server 2008 in Action is a practitioner’s handbook showing

how to work with TFS under common constraints. This book walks readers

through real-life software engineering problems based on hundreds of hours

of TFS experience. Readers will benefit from expert author Jamil Azher’s extensive

interactions with members of Microsoft’s TFS team and MVPs, survey

feedback from the author's blog, and interviews with organizations and user

groups using TFS.

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Focus on solving real-life problems for enterprise development

• Based on the author’s extensive experience with TFS, survey feedback,

and related interviews with groups using TFS

• First book to cover TFS for Database Professionals (DBPro) and

Visual Studio 2008 TFS.

• Great value for project managers, tech leads, developers and anyone needing

to improve enterprise project management and development processes.

About this title

About the Author

Jamil Azher

has over 17 years of experience in software development ranging

from hands-on programming, remote as well as on-site project management,

technology leadership, and entrepreneurial ventures. He is currently Principal

Enterprise Architect in Wolters Kluwer Financial Services (WKFS), one of the

nation's top compliance solution providers. Over the years, Jamil has coached

members of the technical staff, created and reviewed architecture of major

products and web services, developed technology plans for VCs, supervised

development of mission-critical financial applications onsite and offshore, and

interacted with CxOs and Technology Committees of large financial institutions

regarding technology strategy. His work included ensuring compatibility and

interoperability of a company’s products and services with client IT infrastructure

and policies, selecting technology platforms for executing company's business

plans, and creating technology roadmaps for the company’s products and services.

Jamil has a master's degree in IT from Harvard and bachelor's degree in

engineering from Caltech. He is the author of Global Outsourcing Using VSTS,

published by Thomson Delmar Learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1933988592
• ISBN 13: 9781933988597
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 324