Customizing the TFS Build Process and Automatically Deploying your Web App

This session is all about automated deployment. Two technologies are at play here the TFS 2010 Build Process and Web Deploy. Dave Lloyd is an ALM MVP and TFS Build expert, Colin Bowern is an ASP.NET/IIS MVP and Web Deploy expert. Together they will demonstrate the following through discussion and demos.
·Best Practice for Customizing your Build process
·Utilize the Community Build activities
·Customize your build to set the AssemblyFileVersion and AssemblyVersion on your projects
·Change the build so that the build number also includes the Version Number
·Overview of Deployment Approaches
·Packaging and Deploying Web Applications with Web Deploy

Colin’s Bio:
Colin Bowern is a solutions architect and coach focused on the advancement of organizational goals through pragmatic technology investments.  His work spans music, financial, public sector, and technology industries including start-up and multi-national organizations like Microsoft, Bank of Montreal, and officialCOMMUNITY. Colin engages teams and executive management to boost productivity and drive innovation using user-centric design and promoting craftsmanship in software engineering. Recognized by the community for interactive contributions in public speaking, community building, and writing, Colin has been awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional designation for ASP.NET/IIS for the past several years.  His work appears across books, forums, and web casts. You can find out more about Colin on the web at ObjectSharp.com/Colin.

Dave’s Bio
Dave Lloyd is a senior partner and co-founder of ObjectSharp. He has 25+ years experience in the IT industry designing and building software solutions for a large number of clients in varying industries. Dave is a seasoned project manager with a great deal of experience implementing process into development teams, from small and large ISV’s to in house development teams. Dave has also spent time during his career implementing test solutions for clients. Working with the most current automated test tools and implementing successful test environments. Dave brings to the table 20+ years of teaching experience.
Because of Dave's experience in the many roles of a software development team it's only natural that he would gravitate toward Team Foundation Server and the ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) world.
A lot of Dave's assignments involve helping teams with their development process and to better utilize Team Foundation Server to enhance their Software Development Lifecycle. Dave has received the Microsoft MVP award for Application Lifecylce Management.