Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server description
It allows everyone on the team to collaborate more effectively and deliver better quality software.

This image will expire December 31, 2008.

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System an integrated Application Life-cycle Management (ALM) solution comprising tools, processes, and guidance to help everyone on the team improve their skills and work together more effectively.
This VPC release is available in English only.

Visual Studio 2008 delivers on Microsoft’s vision of smart client applications by letting developers quickly create connected applications that deliver the highest quality rich user experiences. This new version lets any size organization create more secure, more manageable, and more reliable applications that take advantage of Windows Vista, 2007 Office System and the Web. By building these new types of applications, organizations will find it easier than ever to capture and analyze information so that they can make effective business decisions.

This virtual machine is running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, SP2. It contains a full installation of Team Foundation Server 2008, Team Build 2008, Team Explorer 2008, Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite and all necessary prerequisites. In addition, it has been updated with Office 2007 SP1, current Windows Updates as of March 25, 2008, and the December Release of the TFS Power Tools. Team Foundation Server is installed in workgroup authentication mode and thus does not require a domain controller.

This release also contains 38 hands-on labs and sample data. Please examine C:MSLabs inside the VPC image. If you desire, you can download the hands-on labs and their support files only. See the MSI download link below.

Please note: future updates to this image will be provided in the form of Virtual PC Differencing Drives. You may find it convenient to keep a copy of this download unmodified for these future updates so that you do not need to re-download this base image.

This virtual machine does not have anti-virus installed. It should not be connected to any network until it has anti-virus installed. In addition, the operating system and programs installed were patched with all updates as of March 25, 2008. If you use one of the included VMC configuration files, you will find networking is not enabled.

Requirements:

· Required Software: Virtual PC 2007 or Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.
· Processor: 2.0 GHz Pentium III+
· Disk Space: At least 11.5 GB of free disk space
· RAM: 1.5 GB of available physical RAM
The amount of physical RAM depends on what applications are running on the client machine. You can use the Task Manager to identify how much physical RAM is available on your machine. Running applications other than Virtual PC or Virtual Server will consume available physical RAM.



Instructions

To install and run under Virtual PC 2007, follow these instructions in the exact order shown:
· Download and install Virtual PC 2007
· Click the Download button on this page to download all parts of the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Team Suite VPC Image. The first part is a self-extracting EXE and will prompt for the other parts.
· Click on the self extracting en_visual_studio_team_system_2008_team_suite_and_tfs_rtm_vpc.part01.exe to extract three files (VSTS08RTM-V7.vmc, VSTS08RTM-R2.vmc, and VSTSRTM08.vhd). You will need to read and accept the License Terms before extraction proceeds.
· Launch the Virtual PC Console using Start|Programs|Microsoft Virtual PC.
· Click the New button to launch the “New Virtual Machine Wizard”.
· Navigate to the Options page and select "Add An existing Virtual Machine" radio button.
· Click the Browse button and navigate to the location you extracted the files to and select the VSTS08RTM-V7.vmc file (the VSTS08RTM-R2.vmc file is for use with Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1).
· Select the “When I click Finish, Open Settings” checkbox and click Finish.
· On the left pane for the dialog "Settings for VSTS08RTM-V7", select Memory. Then on the right pane, adjust the value of the RAM setting for your computer (You should leave at least 256 MB of free memory). Click OK to close the dialog.
· Select the new image entry, VSTS08RTM-V7, and click Start.
· To logon to the machine, click on Action Menu (Shortcut: Right Alt+Del) on the VPC console and use the following credentials:
Username: TFSSETUP, password: P2ssw0rd (Administrator account)

Note: Mulitple user accounts have been created for Team Foundation Server. (Please refer to the the installation guide mentioned above, TFSInstall.chm, under User Accounts Required for Team Foundation Server Setup section for more details.) In addition, several user accounts exist for future hands-on labs. All accounts use the same password: P2ssw0rd.


Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 Beta

This release includes the following new features:

· Support for Windows Server 2008.
· Support for SQL Server Codename Katmai CTP6.
· The Add to Source Control dialogs have been improved to be easier to use and more scalable.
· Drag & Drop from Windows Explorer to add to Source Control.
· Support for Version control operations on files not in bound solutions.
· Right-click access to set Working Folder/Cloak of folders from within Source Control Explorer.
· Check in date/time column in Source Control Explorer.
· Editable path field for the Source Control Explorer.
· Email work items and queries to someone.
· A new API to download files to a stream.
· Links to Team System Web Access pages from notifications.
· Improvements to the number of projects per server.
· Performance and scale improvements.
· Improvements to the VSS converter to make it much more robust.
· Support for creating Team Projects from the command line.

Important :This beta release is for early testing and feedback. As a beta release, we recommend you only install the service pack on test computers. Prior to installation, you should carefully review the included readme file to be aware of any known issues with this release. For example, this service pack has some known compatibility issues with previous releases, including:
· Expression Blend (all versions)
· Silverlight 2 Beta 1 SDK
· Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008