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Installing Visual Studio 2012 with Update 2 CTP4

 

Brian Harry has announced release of Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP4, this release contains significant improvements compared with other 3 releases and this is the final CTP release.  This weekend I have decided to refresh my environment with this latest Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP4 release.

Before I start, let me give some details on what’s new in Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP4.

  • Backup and restore Power Tool
  • Preserve Configuration on Upgrade
  • Servicing in High Availability SQL Environments (SQL Always On)
  • Customizable kanban columns
  • Visual Studio Git Extension

You can complete details of new features here , you can download Visual Studio 2012 Update CTP4 from here http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=273878.

My development environment setup

(Note :this is my personal development environment setup and does not guarantee security or other features )

Steps

1.Go to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36833 and download “VS2012.2 CTP TFS Server ENU.iso” file

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2. Mount “VS2012.2 CTP TFS Server ENU.iso” file and double click on “tfs_server.exe”

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3. Accept the license terms for the Team Foundation Server by selecting check box and click on “Install Now” button

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4. Wait till the time update gets over

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5. Once installation completed you will be redirect to following Upgrade Wizard screen

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6. Enter appropriate appropriate SQL instance name

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7. Enter tsf service account (I am going to select default NT Authority\Local Service)

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8. I don’t want to configure my reporting service now, so I am going to skip this by un checking the check box

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9. I don’t have SharePoint configured on my box , following option will be disabled mode

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10. Following screen shows the detailed summary which you have selected

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11. Click on Next button to verify the selected setting is correct or not

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12. Click on Configure button to configure the tfs

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13. Once Configuration process is done, click on Next button to start upgrade process

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14. Upgrade process is in progress

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15. Upgrade process is completed, click on Next button

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16. Upgrade process complete

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17. Open Team Foundation Server Administrative Console, which shows TFS is upgraded to CTP4

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18 . Application tier up gradation summary

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