tfs or team foundation service?
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Little presentation about pro and cons of using Team Foundation Service (TFS on azure at http://tfs.visualstudio.com)TRANSCRIPT
TFS with on clickIs it possible?
Going to the cloud
Team Foundation Service is RTM http://tfs.visualstudio.com
Costs for small teams TFS Express is free for team up to 5 users It does not means it comes absolutely at no cost Hardware Power supply Mainteniance Backup / Restore High Availability
The real cost of a software is not only the «licensing» one
Costs for small teams
Safety of data
• TFS holds everything about your project
• Data needs to be safe
• Backup mainteniance
• Scheduled restore verification
and planning for disaster
recovery
Costs for small teams
High availability
• Your server should be always on line
• Mimimize scheduled offline time
• Accessible from everywhere
• Mimize time to come online again after a failure
Costs for small teams
Upgrade
• TFS is a product that evolves
• Manage updates
• Minimize downtimes during
update
• Plan and rollout update
carefully
Costs for small teams
Operational cost
• Hardware
• Power supply
• Support hardware (UPS,
Cooler)
• Upgrade hardware
• Hardware disaster recovery
Cost is not zero
Disaster recovery
Keep skills updated
Maintenance
People training
There is an alternative
http://tfs.visualstudio.com
• Team Foundation Service is RTM
• It is free for team up to 5 users
• It contains more features than TFS Express
• One minute and you are ready at really no cost
TFS expressVS
Team Foundatoin Service
Pro of Team Foundation Service
Plus you get with TFS Service
• Zero maintenance cost
• Free and constant upgrades
• Accessible from everywhere
• High availability and backup
• One minute activation
Cons of Team Foundation Service
Things not in TFS Service
• No process template customization
• Still no support integration with other systems (Es Sharepoint)
• Only LiveID support
• Limited reporting
Mixed configuration
Best of both
• Tfs Proxy on premise
• Tfs Build machines on premise
• Integration platform to have a copy on-premise
The big advantage
Reliability
• Reliability, always on, Microsoft experience in managing the service
• Safeness of the data, automatic upgrade to new versions without discontinuities
• Accessible from everywhere with secure protocol (https)
TFS is a complete ALM Solution
Source control
Work Item Tracking
Build Machine
Testing Tools
Be ready to choose
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