Visual Studio Team System
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Visual Studio Team System is a set of development collaboration, metrics, and reporting tools from Microsoft. The Visual Studio Team Edition versions were released in November 2005, and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server was released in March 2006.
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[edit] Platform
Visual Studio Team System consists of server-side and client-side applications. The server-side is Team Foundation Server, which allows various workstations to collaborate together with source control, reporting, build automation, work-item tracking, a team web portal, and more. The client-side applications are specialized versions of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, and they are called Visual Studio Team Editions. Additional testing, developing, database, and architecture tools are also included in the Team Editions, depending on which version of Team Edition you use. Team Explorer provides client-side interaction with Team Foundation Server, and integrates into the Visual Studio IDE when installed on computers with Visual Studio 2005 and later, and includes a license for Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition for those without Visual Studio 2005 for the exclusive use of Team Explorer.
[edit] Versions
[edit] Server-Side
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - available as a separate product for an MSRP of US$2799. CALs for non-Team Edition versions of Visual Studio are available for an MSRP of US$499. Visual Studio Team Editions include a CAL for accessing Team Foundation Server.
- Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition provides access for up to 5 named users and is available for no additional charge with Team Editions accompanied by an MSDN Premium subscription.
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (including Workgroup Edition) requires Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition; however, a license for Standard Edition is included with both products.
[edit] Client-Side
- Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Architects - provides visual designers for software architects, systems operations managers, and developers
- Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Developers - additional development tools for building applications and service-oriented products, including unit testing, profiling tools, and code analysis tools
- Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers - provides Web testing, load testing, unit testing, and other various testing tools
- Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals - currently a Community Technology Preview, provides database development and testing tools
- Visual Studio Team Suite - includes Team Edition for Software Architects, Team Edition for Software Developers, and Team Edition for Software Testers. When Team Edition for Database Professionals is released, owners of Team Suite will get a license for it at no additional cost.
[edit] MSDN
Typically, customers purchase an MSDN Premium subscription when licensing the Team Editions and Team Suite, which provides Software Assurance that entitles users to product updates over the life of the subscription. This includes Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition, development licenses of many Microsoft Windows versions, Visual Foxpro 9, Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office, development licenses of many server-side offerings, SDKs and DDKs, a large amount of documentation, and more. The Team Edition and Team Suite products can not be purchased without a MSDN Premium subscription.
