![]() ![]() So at the end of the day, why stitch together multiple disparate systems like this: TFS also integrates with Microsoft Project and Project Server to help plan and manage projects. ![]() The SQL Server engine that houses all real-time data is able to provide insight into any pending or upcoming issues so that the team can make data-driven decisions. The data warehouse enables powerful reporting tools which provide historical trending and visibility into overall project health. Work item tracking houses all requirements, bugs, tasks, and other artifacts that allow the entire team to communicate together within one system. TFS provides version control, work item tracking, build automation, and data warehouse. Team Foundation Server is at the core for VS ALM and it serves as the main hub for all the collaboration between the different parts. Visual Studio ALM includes features that address all facets of ALM, as shown on the diagram below: Many people think of TFS as just a source control system, but it is so much more, and if all you are using it for is to store your code, you are vastly underutilizing it and you should re-evaluate your investment (of time and money). Lately I’ve seen more and more information coming out such as this: and this. So what was the big change? They added much better testing and virtualization tools, they revamped their build system, added more project management features through test case management. ![]() Up until the 2008 release, Microsoft had been pushing the “Visual Studio Team System” name, and last year in 2010, I started seeing that changed towards Visual Studio ALM. TFS 2010 finally put out what I believe is a compelling product that rivals anything that is out there, competes with them head to head, and in many ways does a much better job than other more established packages. But it built the foundation for what has been released in the following versions (2008, 2010, and the minor “in-between” releases). The first release focused mostly on developer support such as builds and task tracking. Their first true venture into that space was the introduction of TFS back in 2005. In the past few years, Microsoft has been playing catch-up in the ALM world. ![]()
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