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.
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.