Professional Team Foundation Server

2.1. Administrator Types

There are many different individuals perform various types of administrative function using Team Foundation Server. Each of them looks at Team Foundation Server in a different way to solve their problems, or make their daily work lives a little easier.

2.1.1. Enterprise IT Administrator

Everyone knows the enterprise IT administrator. He is the guy (or gal) who keeps the corporate infrastructure up and running. He watches and fixes problems with the network, makes sure e-mail is always working, and fixes problems with user accounts. He is concerned about the servers on his network, especially to ensure they are functioning properly. His daily concerns are for the reliability, availability, and performance of both his network and the servers on it.

He doesn't expect too much from Team Foundation Server. He just wants an application that works easily within the current security and software requirements of his organization. He also wants it to easily integrate into his existing disaster recovery procedures, so as not to create extra headaches for himself. That's not too much to ask, is it?

Team Foundation Server meets these expectations. It supports multiple deployment types, from a single server installation to multiple servers that will scale easily to meet demand. The servers can be members of an Active Directory domain, or a simple workgroup. Because most information concerning Team Foundation Server is stored in a database, integrating TFS into disaster ...