Microsoft's Team Foundation Server (TFS) is a very capable platform for integrating all aspects of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). There is a great deal of functionality provided out of the box that will handle the majority of a development team's needs. However, there are times when you need to extend the functionality of TFS to handle scenarios not anticipated by Microsoft (or they just didn't have the time to get them built into the product). This session will cover the common APIs provided by the TFS Object Model and provide the knowledge needed to get started developing with TFS right away.

1. Getting Started with the TFS Object Model 7 October 2011 Jeff Bramwell Enterprise Applications Architect jbramwell@gmail.com twitter.com/jbramwell devmatter.blogspot.com

2. Please Be Courteous!

3. Who Am I? Jeff Bramwell Enterprise Applications Architect Farm Credit Services of America Leader, Omaha Team System User Group Microsoft MVP – Visual Studio ALM MCSD.NET, MCTS: TFS

4. What are we covering? TFS Architecture General Process (for using the APIs) Demos

5. TFS Architecture Client Tier Visual Studio Office (Plug-ins) Command Line Other/ Custom Tools Internet Explorer Team Foundation Client API (Object Model) Application Tier WSS ASP.NET Team Foundation Server Web Services API Team Project Portal Web Parts Team Foundation Integration Services Team Foundation Data Services Event Notification Services Linking Service Work Item Service Registration Service Source Code Control Service Build Data Services SSRS Reports SQL Server Data Tier Work Items Build Data Data Warehouse Source Repository

6. Where to Extend Web services – Not Supported Database – Not Supported Reports (via Warehouse) Custom Check-in Policies SharePoint web parts Work item types Process templates Custom work item form controls TFS Object Model

7. General Process Connect to TFS Configuration Server/TPC Identify desired services Instantiate and interact with services

11. Connection Options Several options: Connect via URI Connect via RegisteredConfigurationServer Connect with custom credentials Connect on behalf of another user Connect using TfsConfigurationFactory Provide a connection dialog via TeamProjectPicker

12. DEMO

13. Identify TFS Services

14. List Team Projects Multiple approaches VersionControlServer CommonStructureService ICatalogService

15. DEMO

16. More information My Blog  http://devmatter.blogspot.com Visual Studio Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/ Visual Studio vNext Forums http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/vsvnext Extending Team Foundation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb130146.aspx