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Tips for Visual Studio

Lab Management

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Hyper-V Host(s)

TFS Build

TFS Test Controller

TFS Server

SC-VMM Lab Management Architecture

Developers and Testers

Controller Agents(s)

SCVMM (Library)

Lab Deployment – SC-VMM

What is Network Isolation?

LAB.LOCAL192.168.23.X

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Any PCs and VMs

TFS Build

TFS Test Controller

TFS Server

Standard Lab Management Architecture

Developers and Testers

Controller Agents(s)

Lab Deployment – Standard

Tips

You are probably licensed for Lab Management

Invest in good hardware for VM Hosts

Look at the ALM Rangers VM Factory as a way to create VMs

If you wish to use Templates you have to set properties via SC-VMM 2012 now, can’t be done in MTM anymore

VM & Lab Environments are bound to Team Projects, you can move them but it is awkward

Tips

Don’t create labs directly in the SC-VMM library

Build your VMs and domains first

Store them in the SCVMM library as VMs

Build your network isolated environments from these

Only when all is working store the whole environment in

the library

Tips

Important to consider governance

Think about dedicated host groups to separate the Lab

Management from other VMs

Don’t try to be clever, and be patient

Don’t tinker in SCVMM let Lab Management automation do

the work if possible (but you will need to tinker!)

Remember even if you don’t have Hyper-V you can still run

standard environments

Resources

Brian Keller’s TFS 2012 VMhttp://aka.ms/VS11ALMVM

ALM Rangers Lab Management Guidehttp://aka.ms/treasure28

ALM Rangers VM Factoryhttp://aka.ms/treasure32

Techday 2010 – End to end demo of Lab Managementhttp://tinyurl.com/BMTFSLab

Forthcoming Events

For more details or to book see http://www.blackmarble.co.uk/events

What? Where? When?

Global Windows Azure Bootcamp Black Marble’s office 27 April

Introduction to Windows Azure Mobile Services Webinar 30 April

Introduction to Service Bus Webinar 11 June

DevOps with Visual Studio TFS Webinar 18 June