GETTING STARTED WITH THE TFS OBJECT MODEL
7 October 2011
Jeff BramwellEnterprise Applications [email protected]/jbramwell devmatter.blogspot.com
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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
WHAT ARE WE COVERING?
TFS Architecture General Process (for using the APIs) Demos
TFS ARCHITECTUREClient Tier
Visual Studio
Office(Plug-ins)
Command Line
Other/Custom
Tools
Application Tier
Data Tier
Work Items
Build Data
Data Warehous
e
SourceRepositor
y
Internet Explorer
Team Foundation Server Web Services APITeam Foundation Integration
ServicesTeam Foundation Data Services
Event Notification Services
Linking Service
Registration Service
Work Item
Service
Source Code
Control Service
Build Data
Services
Team Project Portal
Web Parts
Reports
WSS
SSRS
ASP.NET
SQL Server
Team Foundation Client API (Object Model)
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
GENERAL PROCESS
1. Connect to TFS Configuration Server/TPC
2. Identify desired services3. Instantiate and interact with services
TFS CONFIGURATION SERVER VS. TPC
TFS Application Instance
Default Collection•Team Project 1•Team Project 2Playground Collection•Team Project A•Team Project B
CONNECTION CLASSES
Both classes offer similar methods Choose class based on scope of
data/servicesAbstract Class
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
DEMO
IDENTIFY TFS SERVICES
LIST TEAM PROJECTS
Multiple approaches VersionControlServer CommonStructureService ICatalogService
DEMO
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/vs
vnext
Extending Team Foundation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb130146.aspx
