Exam 70-512:

TS: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, Administration

Published:June 16, 2010
Language(s):English
Audience(s):IT Professionals,Developers
Technology:Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Type:Proctored Exam

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Exam Topics Covered
This exam is designed to test the candidate's knowledge and skills on installing, configuring and maintaining Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server.
Audience Profile
This exam is intended for candidates who install, configure, and manage a Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 implementation. Candidates typically work in an enterprise development organization that provides process automation services by using TFS.

The qualified candidate has:
  • a solid understanding of the TFS architecture and components.
  • experience installing and configuring a TFS in both single-server and multi-server configurations.
  • experience managing security for TFS components.
  • experience configuring and using Team Build.
  • experience adapting process templates to an organization.
  • experience managing project artifacts with TFS version control.
experience configuring and using work item tracking.
Credit Toward CertificationWhen you pass Exam 70-512: TS: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, Administration, you complete the requirements for the following certification(s):
MCTS: Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server, Administration
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Skills Being MeasuredThis exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.

The information after “This objective may include but is not limited to” is intended to further define or scope the objective by describing the types of skills and topics that may be tested for the objective. However, it is not an exhaustive list of skills and topics that could be included on the exam for a given skill area. You may be tested on other skills and topics related to the objective that are not explicitly listed here.
Installing and Configuring TFS (27%)
  • Install TFS.
    This objective may include but is not limited to: SQL Server version support, installing TFS in a multi-tier or multi-machine environment, installing TFS in a load-balanced environment, setting up version control proxy
  • Configure application tier
    This objective may include but is not limited to: validating an installation, configuring SMTP for TFS, changing the URL (friendly name), changing the default SharePoint Web application, setting up reporting (SQL Server Analysis Services)
  • Migrate and upgrade TFS.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: upgrading TFS 2005 or TFS 2008 to TFS 2010, importing a source base from Microsoft Visual Source Safe (VSS), a third-party revision control system, or a sub-version
  • Install and configure team lab.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: set up environment templates, installing and configuring test agents, installing and configuring Virtual Machine Manager (basic Virtual Machine Manager installation), creating library shares or resource pools
  • Install and configure multiple build agents and controllers.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: tagging, binding a controller to a project collection, adding as build agent
Managing TFS (27%)
  • Manage Team Project Collections.
    This objective may include but is not limited to: moving project collections, managing team collections and projects, creating and configuring team project collections, moving team projects from one collection to another, creating a team project with SharePoint and SQL Server Reporting Services, cloning (splitting team project collections, partitioning)
  • Configure for backup and recovery. 
    This objective may include but is not limited to: backup and recovery of TFS and related components, recover a failed application tier, recover a failed database tier, implement a disaster recovery plan
  • Monitor server health and performance.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: application tier logs, monitoring the server for performance issues (monitoring activity logging database and TFS server manager), monitoring job infrastructure for failed jobs (monitoring warehouse adapters and warehouse jobs), cleanup of stale workspaces and shelvesets, cleanup builds (applying retention policies), setting up team build to use a version control proxy server
  • Administer TFS application tier.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: retiring or archiving projects and purging the system, rebuilding a warehouse, configuring user permissions by using Active Directory Domain Services  and TFS groups, moving a TFS instance to a new server or a new domain, configuring security for TFS Work Item Only View
  • Manage reporting for TFS.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: basic reporting using Microsoft Office Excel Services, adding a custom report to a SharePoint project portal, uploading a new SQL Server Reporting Services TFS report, configuring to enable a report to appear in a SharePoint project portal
  • Set up automated functional and UI tests.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: setting up a build definition, configuring the build definition to use the proper lab environment, setting up tests to work on an installed agent, setting up a service as interactive, setting up data collectors
Customizing TFS for Team Use (24%)
  • Configure a team build definition.
    This objective may include but is not limited to: setting up for a Symbol Server and Source Server, setting up for test impact analysis, setting up for custom build numbers, configuring build log verbosity, setting up for code analysis, setting up for automated unit testing, setting up for architecture validation
  • Configure and execute a build. 
    This objective may include but is not limited to: queuing a build with parameters, reconciling workspaces as part of a gated check-in workflow, setting up build triggers (gated check-in, continuous integration, scheduled build)
  • Modify a process template.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: customizing a process template by changing the workflow for a work item, adding a new work item type as a child of an existing work item (WI), uploading and downloading process templates
  • Configure a team project.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: areas and iterations, default security groups, portal settings (team project portal site URL, process guidance URL)
  • Apply work item customizations.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: link types, Global list, creating a new WI category and adding existing WI types to the new category, adding or removing fields, transitions, queries, customizing a workflow, creating or editing a work item type, importing and exporting work item types, renaming work item types
  • Create Work Item Query Language (WIQL) queries.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: query folders and permissions, query types (tree, flat, directed), defining WIQL keywords, adding fields to a query, creating a WIQL query by using Team Explorer, identify built-in macros
  • Configure client connectivity to TFS.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring Visual Studio, Team Explorer, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, and other tools to connect to TFS, configuring clients for proxy server
Administering Version Control (23%)
  • Create and manage workspaces.
    This objective may include but is not limited to: cloaking, undo delete, modifying a workspace, deleting a workspace, specifying the workspace visibility, restoring deleted items, unlocking other users’ checkouts, pending changes, and code
  • Configure shelvesets. 
    This objective may include but is not limited to: private builds, creating a shelveset, deleting a shelveset, opening another user’s shelveset
  • Branch and merge source artifacts.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: track change visualizations, converting a folder into a proper branch and creating a new branch, merging and resolving file conflicts, viewing branch hierarchy, creating a branch, deleting a branch
  • Configure version control proxy.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: cache hit ratio, setting up the cache size, setting up for multiple TFS servers
  • Configure team project version control settings.

    This objective may include but is not limited to: enable multiple checkout, enable get latest on checkout, configuring check-in policies for a team project (work items, builds, code analysis, testing policies)
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