Services

TFS Consulting Services

Assessment

We provide an initial assessment and analysis, this can help us and also your organization to better understand the current state of your Team Foundation Server platform. During our assessment we analyze your overall implementation of TFS. During this process we can identify the issues and potential gaps around TFS Infrastructure Architecture, High Availability, Performance, Security and Operations. We also analyze you current development processes and how your Application Lifecycle Management processes are managed in TFS. Once gaps or improvements are identified our consulting services team can help you optimize your overall platform and enhance your ALM processes.

Team Foundation Server Platform Implementation

PRAKTIK can help you with the implementation of your in-house Team Foundation Server platform. Whether you are a small to medium size organization which requires a single instance of TFS or you an enterprise with a globally distributed team we have the expertise to help.

Source Code Migration

Our goal is to ease your TFS adoption process and help you with the planning and execution of your migration process either from a legacy source control system or from a previous version of TFS. While there are some migration tools available we found that every migration has its own challenges and a certain amount of expertise is required for a successful migration. Why not let the experts help you with the process? Should you want to migrate your source code to our TFS Hosted platform, we can help you with that as well.

Build Automation

PRAKTIK developed a “One Click Build and Deployment” framework for TFS. Our unique approach does not only streamline your ALM processes but at the same time saves you valuable time. Once configured and tailored to your specific TFS environment, things are fairly simple and human errors are reduced to a minimum. Not to mention your increase in productivity.

TFS Customization

Developing Custom reports and customizing Process templates are areas that we have spent a fair amount of time on. Team Foundation Server comes with a fair amount of out of the box reports and its reporting framework is highly customizable. We can help you create those complex reports that you are after. Process Templates customization is a delicate process and it is important that you understand all the ramifications of modifying the templates that come with TFS. Modifying your templates will impact your upgrade and migration processes and best practices need to be applied to ensure that you will not be negatively affected.

Sustainment and Support Services

Our Support and Sustainment Services have been designed to accommodate and address all your Team Foundation Server needs. Whether you need help with operational tasks or resolve complex issues, our TFS experts are ready to help. Our expertise in TFS is unparalleled in the market place and we specialize in all aspects of Team Foundation Server.

Tailored to your company’s specific business needs, our Sustainment and Support services brings the knowledge of TFS experts directly to you, helping to identify and resolve issues proactively. We do not have a multi-tier support staff and programs in place; our staff is equivalent with tier 2 support and higher.

While we label our services as “Anything TFS”, here is a shortlist of services covered in our packaged offering:

  1. Platform Optimization. We can analyze your current TFS state both from an architectural level as well as from an end user perspective and provide you with TFS best practices that would increase your user experience and maximize your investment.
  2. Migrations. If you are in the process of migrating to TFS from another Source Control system or from another TFS implementation we can assist with the migration process and help you with risk mitigation. Migrations can be fairly complex; PRAKTIK has the expertise to help you with any migration issues/tasks you may encounter.
  3. TFS Customization. Whether you are looking to enhance some of out of the box features of TFS or if you encountered issues we can help. Typical customizations around process templates and reporting are common, we not only have the expertise to help you out but at the same time we understand the implications that certain customizations will introduce.
  4. Issue Resolution. Solving certain issues could take time away from your schedule, TFS is what we do and solving complex issues is not new to us. We will involve you in every steps of the process ensuring that you understand what the issue was and how to mitigate it in the future. We have a close relationship with the Microsoft TFS product team and we can leverage it for those really tough scenarios, but not to worry we can coordinate everything for you.
  5. Sustainment. Our sustainment tasks are based on the number of hours that you are committing to every month. As part of the sustainment tasks are we can assist you with operational tasks as well as taking a proactive approach on keeping your platform healthy. A proactive monitoring of your platform ensures that you have a good handle on capacity, performance, availability, backup and recovery related tasks.

HOW DO I GET STARTED? Email us at sales@praktikconsulting.com or call us at 1-888-PRAKTIK.