Buck Hodges

Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS and Team Foundation Server)

Installing TFS, the short version

Jeff Atwood at Vertigo posted his version of Cliff's Notes for a Team System Install, including links to get the trial versions of everything required.  If you aren't going to read the official guide, you might try his approach.  I know no one reading this blog would take shortcuts...but just in case.Meanwhile, you can ...

Licensing differences between TFS Workgroup Edition and TFS Standard Edition

Recently Ajay Sudan, Product Manager for VSTS, answered a question regarding some confusion over the differences between TFS Workgroup Edition and TFS Standard Edition.  Here is how he summed it up. TFS Workgroup Edition is not licensed on a Server/CAL model. This means CALs are not required when using the Workgroup Edition. For this ...

Update on the TFS source control provider for applications other than VS 2005 (MSSCCI provider)

Brian Harry has posted an update on the status of the TFS source control provider.  It's currently scheduled for release the week of April 3rd.Here is the list of applications tested.  There are more applications that support the MSSCCI provider model than we have resources to test, so he also requests your help in reporting issues ...