Visual Studio Team System useful links

This is a really good Visual Studio guidance project on CodePlex. It has all sorts of guidance and best practices for all aspects of software development projects. I find it really useful when I'm not sure whether I am doing the right thing... http://www.codeplex.com/VSTSGuidance/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Source%20Control&referringTitle=Home

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Virtual Labs – online labs - great for an hour or two to dive into some aspect of Team System: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs/aa740411.aspx

Team Foundation Server installation guide: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e54bf6ff-026b-43a4-ade4-a690388f310e&DisplayLang=en

And the MSDN installation overview here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253084(VS.80).aspx

It is long but straight forward – it might take a day perhaps to do (it requires Sql Server 2005). You can install it on one server or separate TFS and Sql onto two different machines.

A good blog entry (by a guy on Microsoft's VSTS team) about TFS capacity planning: http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2006/01/04/509314.aspx

Visual Studio Team System Home: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/default.aspx

Team Foundation Server Fundamentals: A Look at the Capabilities and Architecture: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms364062(vs.80).aspx

Visual Studio Team System on MSDN http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms391945(VS.80).aspx

Visual Studio Team System - Process Guidance Home. Information on the available Team System processes (including MSF Agile) and how you can go about customizing them to fit your environment: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718795.aspx

Visual Studio Team System Basics Training – download a Virtual PC image which has a load of training labs associated with it so you can practice using Team System without needing all the infrastructure: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=527e2a17-1dea-4d0b-9484-6ae43d00e570&DisplayLang=en

MSF for CMMI® Process Improvement http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=10b578f1-b7a4-459f-a783-04bc82cb2359&DisplayLang=en

Migrating from Visual SourceSafe http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253060(VS.80).aspx