Close
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Menu
eWEEK.com
Search
eWEEK.com
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Development
    • Development

    Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2017 Update 2 Tracks Delivery Plans

    By
    PEDRO HERNANDEZ
    -
    July 26, 2017
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin
      Microsoft Team Server

      Microsoft released Team Foundation Server 2017 Update 2 this week, complete with a whole new way of charting the progress of developer teams.

      Update 2 is the last feature update the company plans to issue for the 2017 edition of the source code management system, according to Microsoft. In this latest release, Team Foundation Server can be augmented with a new Delivery Plans extension, helping managers keep an eye on how the work of a multi-team developer group is coming together in the face of looming deadlines.

      “Delivery Plans provide the ability for you to align the work of many teams on a common timeline; the work can be viewed at any level of granularity,” wrote Microsoft technical fellow Brian Harry, in a blog post. “You can expand and collapse teams to see more or less detail and you can add tags for key milestones to see how all the work lines up for delivery. This is a fantastic new ability for managing work in an organization with more than just a couple of teams.”

      A download link and additional information on the Delivery Plans extension, which is also compatible with Visual Studio Team Services, can be found here.

      A new work item search feature borrows from the Team Foundation Server’s code search functionality, offering users an intuitive alternative to creating a query. Team Foundation Server 2017 Update 2 also introduces a revamped build definition editor, used to set instructions on which code projects to compile and additional tasks. Enhancements include new build templates, a task composition tool with drag-and-drop functionality and new process parameters, stated Harry.

      The software also contains several new pull request and branch policy features, including a streamlined method of adding users to pull requests and enabling pull request notification and update tracking for those newly-added users. New Filter, Reply, Track Completion and Resolve options help make managing comments less of a chore and the branch policy editing experience has been given an extra, user-friendlier coat of polish.

      On the application release management and deployment front, Team Foundation Server 2017 Update 2 is more container-friendly, Harry announced. It now supports the deployment of containerized applications using Kubernetes, Azure Container Service and Azure Service Fabric.

      For mobile developers, there is improved support for signing and releasing iOS apps to the Apple App Store. Foundation Server also supports parallel deployments and Azure web apps based on Java, Node, PHP and Python.

      There are also new features for organizations that use Git, the open-source version control system. Users can now add or find Git tags or view commit history graphs, among other new capabilities.

      Looking ahead, Harry said Update 3 will “focus on fixes for customer-reported bugs.” Within the next few months, he expects his group to deliver the first release candidate for the next major release of Team Foundation Server.

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Android

      Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro: Durability for Tough...

      CHRIS PREIMESBERGER - December 5, 2020 0
      Have you ever dropped your phone, winced and felt the pain as it hit the sidewalk? Either the screen splintered like a windshield being...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Why Data Security Will Face Even Harsher...

      CHRIS PREIMESBERGER - December 1, 2020 0
      Who would know more about details of the hacking process than an actual former career hacker? And who wants to understand all they can...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      How Veritas Is Shining a Light Into...

      EWEEK EDITORS - September 25, 2020 0
      Protecting data has always been one of the most important tasks in all of IT, yet as more companies become data companies at the...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      How NVIDIA A100 Station Brings Data Center...

      ZEUS KERRAVALA - November 18, 2020 0
      There’s little debate that graphics processor unit manufacturer NVIDIA is the de facto standard when it comes to providing silicon to power machine learning...
      Read more
      Apple

      Why iPhone 12 Pro Makes Sense for...

      WAYNE RASH - November 26, 2020 0
      If you’ve been watching the Apple commercials for the past three weeks, you already know what the company thinks will happen if you buy...
      Read more
      eWeek


      Contact Us | About | Sitemap

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      Terms of Service | Privacy Notice | Advertise | California - Do Not Sell My Info

      © 2020 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×