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Getting Started with Visual Studio Team Services (2018)

By Benjamin Day
Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) is basically Team Foundation Server in the cloud. This course will show you how to get started, give you an overview of the features, and cover the typical tasks that you’d use VSTS for.
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(49)
Level
Beginner
Updated
May 1, 2018
Duration
4h 13m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
VSTS Is Not Your Parent’s TFS
What Is Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)? 7m Why Is VSTS More Than Just TFS in the Cloud? 3m Why Use Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)? 4m Course Overview 5m
Getting Started
Overview 0m Creating Your First Project 3m The Structure of Your Project + Demo of the Azure Portal 5m User Types & Security in VSTS + Adding Users Using Microsoft Accounts 5m Account Types, Features, and Billing 6m Demo: Attach VSTS to an Azure Subscription & Link to Azure Active Directory 4m User Management with Azure Active Directory (AAD) 2m Demo: Add Azure Active Directory (AAD) Users to VSTS 5m Demo: Add Microsoft Account (MSA) Users to an AAD-linked VSTS 3m Demo: Managing User Licenses and VSTS Extensions 5m Permissions Overview 3m Demo: Permissions Management 6m Summary 1m
Managing Your Source Code with VSTS
Overview 1m Why Version Control + Version Control Options in VSTS 4m Git vs. TFVC 5m TFVC Demo, Part 1: Create a Project and Connect with Visual Studio 5m TFVC Demo, Part 2: Create a Workspace Mapping and Initialize the Repository 3m TFVC Demo, Part 3: Add Code and Check-in Pending Changes 3m TFVC Demo, Part 4: TFVC Through the Web Interface 2m TFVC Demo, Part 5: Associate a Bug to a Check-in 3m Git + VSTS 2m Git Demo, Part 1: Create a Project + Initialize the Git Repository 4m Git Demo, Part 2: Connect Visual Studio to a Git Repository in VSTS 4m Git Demo, Part 3: Git from the VSTS Web Interface + Staying Up-to-date in Visual Studio 2m Git Demo, Part 4: Associate a Bug to a Git Commit 3m Branching and Merging 1m Demo: Branching and Merging with Git 7m Code Reviews 1m Demo: Code Reviews Using Git Pull Requests 10m Summary 1m
Building, Deploying, and DevOps with VSTS
Overview 0m Automated Builds: Why Do I Care? 7m Build Demo, Part 1: Tour of the Sample Application 3m Build Demo, Part 2: Create a Build Definition 4m Build Demo, Part 3: Run the Build 3m Build Demo, Part 4: Artifacts, Triggers, and Variables 2m Release Demo, Part 1: Create a Release Definition 5m Release Demo, Part 2: Run the Release and Deploy to Azure 1m Release Demo, Part 3: Edit Configuration Details as Part of the Release 6m Release Demo, Part 4: Multi-environment Releases and Approvals 5m Release Demo, Part 5: Run a Multi-environment Release with Approvals 5m Summary 1m
Managing Your Projects & Teams Using VSTS
Intro 1m Work Items and VSTS Project Management 3m Demo: Work Items and Work Item Queries 8m Scrum Demo, Part 1: Manage a Product Backlog 7m Scrum Demo, Part 2: Plan a Sprint 8m Scrum Demo, Part 3: Use the Scrum Board in the Daily Scrum 3m Scrum Demo, Part 4: Visualize Progress with the Burndown Chart and Dashboard 4m Summary 1m
QA Testing and Defect Tracking with VSTS
Intro 1m New QA vs. Old QA 10m Test Case Demo, Part 1: A Basic Test Case 5m Test Case Demo, Part 2: More Detailed Test Case 4m Demo: Run a Test Case and Create a Video Recording 5m Demo: Run a Test Case and Create a Bug with a Screenshot 4m Summary 1m
Migrating Existing Projects to VSTS
Intro 1m Options for Migrating to VSTS 5m Demo: Migrate from GitHub to VSTS 3m Demo: Migrate from Git to VSTS 4m Demo: Migrate Code to TFVC 5m Summary and Thanks 1m
Description
Course info
Rating
(49)
Level
Beginner
Updated
May 1, 2018
Duration
4h 13m
Description

At the core of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) is a thorough knowledge of DevOps and software delivery. In this course, Getting Started with Visual Studio Team Services (2018), you’ll learn how to use VSTS to help deliver great working software.

First, you’ll learn how to manage code using Git and TFVC version control.
Next, you’ll explore automated builds and automated deployment of your software.
Finally, you’ll discover how to manage your projects using Scrum and Kanban along with how to manage the QA testing effort of your software project.

When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have a foundational knowledge of software project delivery using VSTS that will help you as you move forward to successful software delivery and DevOps awesomeness.

Course FAQ
Course FAQ
What is Visual Studio Team Services (now Azure DevOps Services)?

Azure DevOps Services, previously known as Visual Studio Team Services, is a product from Microsoft that covers the entire application lifecycle and enables DevOps capabilities. It provides version control, reporting, requirements management, automated builds, testing and release management capabilities, and much more.

What's the difference between Azure DevOps and Azure DevOps Server?

The primary difference is that Azure DevOps is a hosted cloud offering, or Software as a Service (SaaS), while Azure DevOps Server is an on-premises version. Both are used for CI/CD, but the process usually starts in Azure DevOps (SaaS).

Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone who wants a to gain thorough knowledge of DevOps and software delivery through Azure DevOps Server (formerly Visual Studio Team Services).

What will I learn in this course?

You will learn:

  • What Azure DevOps Server (Visual Studio Team Services) is
  • How to manage your source code
  • Building, deploying, and DevOps
  • How to manage projects and teams
  • QA testing and defect tracking
  • How to migrate existing projects
  • Much more
Is Azure DevOps Server free?

There is a free "express" version of Azure DevOps Server for teams of 5 or fewer, or for individuals.

About the author
Benjamin Day
About the author

Benjamin Day is a consultant and trainer specializing in software development best practices using Microsoft-based technology. He is a Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP, a certified Scrum trainer via Scrum.org, and a speaker at conferences such as TechEd, DevTeach, and VSLive. He can be contacted via http://www.benday.com.

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Section Introduction Transcripts
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Course Overview
Hi everyone! My name is Ben Day, and welcome to my course, Getting Started with Visual Studio Team Services in 2018. I'm a developer, a trainer, and a coach, and I specialize in helping teams and companies get good at software delivery. Whether that's helping them with scrum or software testing or software architecture or just listen to them vent, it's all in the goal of helping them deliver great, done, working software, which brings us to the topic of this course, Visual Studio Team Services, VSTS. So what is VSTS? The oversimplified answer is that VSTS is Team around for 13 years or so, and it's helped teams and companies to manage their software development efforts. It helps you with your source code project plans, automated builds, automated deploys, testing, bug tracking, you name it, all the stuff you need to worry about when you're working on a software development project, it helps you manage that stuff. With VSTS, you get all those same features, but now it's a cloud service. You no longer have to worry about setting it up, keeping it running, patching, backing it up, any of those details because, well, it's hosted by Microsoft in their cloud. Plus with VSTS, you get new features a lot more often than you would with the on-premises version of TFS. So this course is going to talk about how to get started with VSTS. Some of the things we're going to talk about. Why use VSTS? How to manage your code with VSTS using Get and TFVC. We'll cover some DevOps-related topics like automated builds and automated releases, automated deployments. We'll talk about how to use VSTS to help streamline your QA effort and your defect tracking. How to find, purchase, and install feature extensions and user licenses for VSTS. And then also a little bit about how to migrate your existing stuff into VSTS. By the end of this course, you'll know more than enough to be productive with Visual Studio Team Services. So I hope you'll dive in on this course and learn how to use VSTS with my Getting Started with Visual Studio Team Services course here at Pluralsight.

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