One of the key pieces of feedback we’ve heard about Team Foundation Server is that customers want more guidance on daily operations, and specifically guidance about how to put together their own operations plan. The Visual Studio Team System Rangers and our own UE team worked together to understand this need and produce a technical article specifically designed to address this need.  We’re proud to announce the public release of this technical article today.  Be sure to check out Operations Guidance for Team Foundation Server and let us know what you think!  A quick summary:

You can manage your deployment of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server more effectively if you create your own operations plan. As you create your plan, you should understand key elements of the architecture of Team Foundation Server and how your deployment topology affects operations. This white paper explains those elements in detail, so that you can avoid common problems with your deployment.

Applies to:

   Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, including:

   – Team Explorer

   – Team Foundation Build

   – Team Foundation Version Control

We’d like to know if you’d like to see more of this kind of documentation in the future.  All feedback is welcome!

-=Susan