While the world was enjoying the virtual launch of Visual Studio 2012, MEA ALM Community Team was celebrating it in a different but a cool way. We are very glad to announce that HandsOnVisualStudio.com is now up and running. This website is intended to help you learn, experience and practice Visual Studio 2012 through HOLs, videos, demo mates, Virtual Labs and more.

 

Oh, and the SharePoint labs are coming very soon 

This is just a quick note to let you know that MEA ALM Community Team has just published The Visual Guide for Building Team Foundation Server 2012 Environments.

The Visual Guide for Building Team Foundation Server 2012 Environments is not only intended to walk you through the installation and the configuration process of Team Foundation Server 2012 but it is also written and designed to reflect real-world experience of the installation and configuration processes via detailed steps, well-defined  screenshots and videos; and hence the name “Visual Guide”.

 

 

Download the Guide

Final release is available now! Start using the guide today, while we continue to further improve it.

• Download The Visual Guide for Building Team Foundation Server 2012 Environments

Watch the Videos

This Guide comes with 38 videos that explain all scenarios in a step-by-step manner.

• Watch The Visual Guide for Building Team Foundation Server 2012 Environments

Parts

Part 1- Introduction & Overview

Part 2 – Creating & Preparing the Required Infrastructure

Part 3- Installing and Configuring Team Foundation Server Pre-requisites

Part 4- Installing and Configuring Team Foundation Server

Appendices

Chapters

Part 1- Introduction & Overview

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Architecture & System Requirements

Part 2 – Creating & Preparing the Required Infrastructure

• Chapter 3: Creating & Preparing the Domain Controller
• Chapter 4: Creating & Preparing the TFS Infrastructure Physical Machine (Hyper-V Host)
• Chapter 5: Creating & Preparing the Team Foundation Server Virtual Machine

Part 3- Installing and Configuring Team Foundation Server Pre-requisites

• Chapter 6: Installing & Configuring SQL Server 2012
• Chapter 7: Installing & Configuring SharePoint Server 2010
• Chapter 8: Configuring SharePoint Server 2010 for Dashboard Compatibility

Part Part 4- Installing and Configuring Team Foundation Server

• Chapter 9: Installing & Configuring Team Foundation Server 2012
• Chapter 10: Configuring the Team Build Service
• Chapter 11: Configuring the Enterprise Application Definition

Appendices

• A. Creating Local Service Accounts and Groups for Windows Server 2012
• B. Installing Hyper-V Role on Windows Server 2008 R2
• C. Adding .NET 3.5 Framework feature for Windows Server 2008 R2
• D. Configuring SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services Port
• E. Configuring SQL Server 2012 Database Engine Port
• F. SQL Server 2012 Installation Verification
• G. SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 Installation Verification
• H. Team Foundation Server 2012 Installation & Configuration Verification

Videos

• 3.1 Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• 3.2 Creating the Service Accounts and Groups
• 4.1 Installing Windows Server 2012
• 4.2 Adding the Hyper-V Role to Windows Server 2012
• 5.1 Creating the TFS Virtual Machine
• 5.2 Installing Windows Server 2012
• 5.3 Configuring the Local Policies
• 6.1 Adding .NET 3.5 Windows Feature
• 6.2 Installing SQL Server 2012
• 6.3 Configuring Analysis Services to Recover on Failure
• 7.1 Adding the Required Roles and Features
• 7.2 Emulating the Exit Code
• 7.3 Installing SharePoint 2010 Prerequisites
• 7.4 Installing SharePoint Server 2010
• 7.5 Configuring the Default Application Pool
• 7.6 Configuring SharePoint Server 2010
• 8.1 Configuring the Excel Services Application
• 8.2 Configuring the Secure Store Service Application
• 9.1: Installing Team Foundation Server 2012
• 9.2: Configuring Team Foundation Server 2012
• 10: Configuring the Team Build Service
• 11: Configuring the Enterprise Application Definition
• Appendix A: Creating Local Service Accounts and Groups for Windows Server 2012
• Appendix B: Adding the Hyper-V Role to Windows Server 2008 R2
• Appendix C: Adding .NET 3.5 Framework feature to Windows Server 2008 R2
• Appendix D: Configuring SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services Port
• Appendix E: Configuring SQL Server 2012 Database Engine Port
• Appendix F-1: Verifying SQL Server Reporting Services
• Appendix F-2: Verifying SQL Server Database Engine and SQL Server Analysis Services
• Appendix F-3: Verifying the Connection to SQL Server Instance (Database and Analysis Service)
• Appendix G-1: Verifying the Connection to the Web Applications
• Appendix G- 2: Verifying the Recommended Authentication Settings
• Appendix H-1: Installing Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate Edition
• Appendix H-2: Creating a New Team Project
• Appendix H-3 : Processing the Warehouse and the Analysis Databases
• Appendix H-4: Verifying the Excel Services Reporting
• Appendix H-5: Verifying the TFS Build Service
• Appendix G-3: Verifying SharePoint 2010 Dashboard Compatibility