Extending Team Foundation

Team Foundation is a multitiered application for which users install some components on client computers and other components on the application tier. You can extend Team Foundation by using its client object model on the client computers or the server object model on the application tier, and you can customize your build process by using the build process object model on the build machine.

In this topic

• Client Object Model

  • Get started

  • Team projects and Team Explorer

  • Bugs, tasks, and other work items

  • Version control

  • Build

  • Reference

• Server Object Model

  • Events

  • Warehouse and Reports

  • Reference

• Build Process Object Model

  • Reference

Client Object Model

By using the client object model, you can extend the features of Team Foundation that relate to version control, tracking work items, and build. Applications that use this object model must run on a computer that is also running Team Explorer.

Get started

Samples and concepts	Reference
Connect to Team Foundation Server from a Console Application Getting Additional Team Foundation Services Acting on Behalf of Another User (Impersonation) (blog post) Introducing the TfsCollection, TfsConfigurationServer, and TfsTeamProjectCollection Classes	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common

Team projects and Team Explorer

Samples and concepts	Reference
(blog post) Extending Team Projects and Team Explorer Customizing Team Projects and Processes	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation

Bugs, tasks, and other work items

Samples and concepts

Reference

Extending Work Item Tracking by Using the Client Object Model for Team Foundation Create a Work Item By Using the Client Object Model for Team Foundation Edit and Save Work Items by Using the Client Object Model for Team Foundation Finding Bugs, Tasks, and Other Work Items by Using the Work Item Query Language and the Client Object Model for Team Foundation (Code Gallery) Work Item Tracking Samples (CodePlex) Custom Controls for TFS Work Item Tracking Writing Code for Different Types of Work Items by Using the Client Object Model for Team Foundation Customizing Project Tracking Data, Forms, Workflow, and Other Objects

Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.Provision Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Common Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Proxy WorkItemStore.GetWorkItem

Version control

Samples and concepts	Reference
(blog post) How to: Implement, Package, and Deploy a Custom Check-in Policy Extending Version Control Version Control Samples on the Microsoft website	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Common

Build

Samples and concepts	Reference
(blog post) How to Create a Custom Workflow Activity	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Common Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Tasks

Client Object Model Reference

You can find the assemblies in the client object model in Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE under ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0 and PrivateAssemblies.

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Common

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.Reporting

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.SharePoint

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Controls

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Client

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Common

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Proxy

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Proxy.ProjectManagement

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Proxy.Security

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Common

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.Provision

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Common

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Proxy

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation

Server Object Model

Applications that use the server object model must run on an application-tier server for Team Foundation. You typically use this model to integrate other tools and data into Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.

Events

Samples and concepts	Reference
Team Foundation Eventing Service on the Microsoft website	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server

Warehouse and Reports

Samples and concepts	Reference
Code Churn Warehouse Adapter Sample on the Microsoft website	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Warehouse

Server Object Model Reference

You can find the assemblies in the server object model in Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 under Tools and Application Tier\Web Services\bin.

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Config

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Server

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Server.Compatibility

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server.WebServices

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Framework.Server.WebServices.Proxy

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Server

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Server

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Warehouse

Build Process Object Model

You can customize your build process by using the build process object model. The build process object model is installed with the Team Foundation Build Service.

Samples and Concepts	Reference
Customizing Team Foundation Build Create and Work with a Custom Build Process Template Team Foundation Build Activities Control Where the Build System Places Your Binaries Navigate in a Complex Windows Workflow	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities

Build Process Object Model Reference

You can find the build process object model in the global assembly cache (GAC).

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Tasks

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Design

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Services

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Tracking

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Validation

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestImpact.BuildIntegration.BuildActivities

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestImpact.BuildIntegration.BuildTasks

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestImpact.Client

See Also

Concepts

Team Foundation Server Architecture

Customizing Team Projects and Processes