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Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook

You're reading from Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook Over 80 hands-on DevOps and ALM-focused recipes for Scrum Teams to enable the Continuous Delivery of high-quality Software... Faster!

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784391058

Length 340 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Windows Server

Concepts

Application Development

Authors (2):

Tarun Arora

Tarun Arora

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Team Project Setup FREE CHAPTER

2. Setting Up and Managing Code Repositories

3. Planning and Tracking Work

4. Building Your Application

5. Testing Your Application

6. Releasing Your Application

7. Managing Team Foundation Server

8. Extending and Customizing Team Foundation Server

Index

Setting up a TFBuild Agent using an unattended installation

The new build framework allows the unattended setup of build agents by injecting a set of parameter values via script. This technique can be used to spin up new agents to be attached into an existing agent pool. In this recipe, you'll learn how to configure and unconfigure a build agent via script.

Getting ready

Scenario: The FabrikamTFVC Team wants the ability to install, configure, and unconfigure a build agent directly via script without having to perform this operation using the Team Portal.

Permission: To configure a build agent, you should be in the Build Administrators Group.

Download the build agent as discussed in the earlier recipe Configuring TFBuild Agent, Pool, and Queues. Copy the folder to E:\Agent. The script refers to this Agent folder.

How to do it...

Launch PowerShell in the elevated mode and execute the following command:

.\Agent\VsoAgent.exe /Configure /RunningAsService /ServerUrl:"http://tfs2015:8080/tfs...

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Authors (2)

Tarun Arora

Tarun Arora

Tarun Arora is obsessed with high-quality working software, continuous delivery, and Agile practices. He has worked on various industry-leading programs for fortune 500 companies in the financial and energy sectors. For many years, Tarun has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Visual Studio and Development Technologies. His core strengths are designing application architecture for cloud scale and everything DevOps. He was recognized as an MVP by Microsoft in 2014 for going over and above in supporting the product teams and community with his contributions. Tarun is an active open source community contributor, speaker, and Blogger. Follow Tarun on Twitter @arora_tarun for the latest and greatest updates in DevOps.

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Arora

Arora

Tarun Arora is obsessed with high-quality working software, continuous delivery, and Agile practices. He has worked on various industry-leading programs for fortune 500 companies in the financial and energy sectors. For many years, Tarun has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Visual Studio and Development Technologies. His core strengths are designing application architecture for cloud scale and everything DevOps. He was recognized as an MVP by Microsoft in 2014 for going over and above in supporting the product teams and community with his contributions. Tarun is an active open source community contributor, speaker, and Blogger. Follow Tarun on Twitter @arora_tarun for the latest and greatest updates in DevOps.

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